Page 27 of Military Daddies' Nanny

She keeps sneaking little sideways glances my way too, like she can sense the smoldering tension radiating between us right now. Those big, soulful eyes seem to bore right through me, leaving me feeling unsettled and needy as fuck in their wake.

I should say something, some kind of witty, charming remark to kick-start a friendly rapport between us. Drew and Nathan are the silent, brooding types in need of a buffer, but flirty small talk is usually my strong suit.

Yet even as I open my mouth in an attempt at casual conversation, I get completely derailed by the enticing view ofNancy bending over to load the dishwasher rack, her skimpy shorts riding up to frame her lush, round ass in the most indecent way imaginable.

My throat goes bone dry, my cock so hard it's fucking painful.Jesus, this woman is going to be the absolute death of me.

Finally, after what feels like an interminable stretch in which I just ogle her shamelessly, Nancy straightens up and turns to face me with a curious look.

"So, you live here with Drew and Nathan, huh?" she asks, giving me an easy conversational opening. "How did you guys all meet, anyway?"

I force my gaze up to her face, clearing my throat roughly. "Uh…sort of. I have my own apartment, about twenty minutes from here, but I use one of the spare rooms here a lot. Drew and Nathan are the family I never had, you know? We go way back, all the way to our army days."

I leave out the fact that my visits have become much more frequent because of her presence.

Her eyebrows shoot up in surprise and interest. "No kidding? You were all in the military together?"

I nod, finally starting to regain my conversational footing as I eagerly grasp the subject she's opened up between us. Keeping things casual is the only way I'll make it through this torture without ripping her clothes off.

"I never really had a family growing up, you know?" I explain, shoving my soapy hands back into the warm dishwater. “I grew up an orphan on the streets and picked up some Spanishmessing around with gangs when I was younger. At the time, it didn’t look like I had a lot of options in life. Shit got messy on the streets, and at seventeen, I disappeared, running away from a life I could never claim was beautiful.”

Nancy's face falls into an empathetic frown and I wave it off reassuringly before she can react.

"Don't worry about it,mamacita, that was a lifetime ago. Not that I missed too much being an orphan. Turns out my dad was a raging alcoholic asshole, and my mom…well let’s just say she didn’t hang around after dad bailed on her.”

Flashing her a grin, I carry on with my tale. "Anyway, I bounced around for a few months before finally getting fed up with the struggle. That's when I decided to just bite the bullet and enlist."

I can't help the way my voice lowers fondly as I go on. "That's where I met Drew first — we got thrown together in the same platoon. Could not have been more different as people, but we meshed from day one. Had each other's backs through all the worst firefights and near-death fuckery you could imagine over the years."

Nancy shakes her head slowly, her brow furrowed as though trying to wrap her mind around it all. I know firsthand how hard it is for civilians to understand that shit, so I press on easily.

"About six months after we were first deployed, we got a new guy transferred into our unit—a scrawny little techie nerd named Nathan. Drew’s brother. He mostly kept to himself at first, focused solely on rigging our communications gear and the other gadgetry shit he was assigned to handle. But therewas just something about the guy. He had the biggest heart of anyone I'd ever met, all hidden under that shy, quiet exterior. We wore him down eventually.”

I grin, remembering all the times Drew and I went out of our way to get a rise out of Nathan and include him in our shenanigans.

“Pretty soon, he became the little brother I never had."

I glance over to find Nancy watching me closely, a soft look in her eyes as she hangs on my words. And that's all the encouragement I need to keep going.

"Long story short, a few tours and about a decade later, we were finally all three out of the army, sharing beers at this shitty little biker bar back in Atlanta and trying to figure out what the fuck to do with our lives next. Drew had been saving up all his pay from his engineering gigs to start his own garage once we got stateside, but he needed investors and partners to get it off the ground.”

I pause to hand her some plates that need to be loaded into the dishwasher. I pretend that I’m not looking at her ass again, but I secretly watch her load them into the racks inside the machine with avid interest.

"So,” I go on, “Nathan and I did what any pair of dumbass adrenaline junkies would do — pooled our resources and used our life savings to help buy into Drew's vision, no questions asked. The rest is history. That rust bucket shop ended up being the fastest-growing speed tuning outfit in the Southeast before we knew it."

I shrug easily, a small smile tugging at the corner of my mouth as I recall all the sweat and hustle that went into gettingJohnson Automotiveoff the ground over the years. We risked everything on that dream, and have the success to show for it now.

"Damn," Nancy breathes out, her expression almost reverent. "You guys really are like a family, aren't you? You've been through so much together."

Something softens in her gaze as she meets my eyes, the air between us seeming to thicken with unspoken intimacy. My heart thunders in my ears, and I swallow hard, searching Nancy's face for a hint of the same swirling desire I'm feeling right now.

She lets out a shaky breath, the tip of her tongue darting out to wet those plump, rosy lips.

Fuck, she's going to kill me…

"Last night, I uh..." A hint of a blush stains her cheeks, but her eyes stay locked on mine, bright and searing. "I told Nathan that I find you two…well, you and him and Drew, actually… really—"

My whole body feels like it's vibrating, every molecule attuned to her and only her. Goddamn it, she's so sexy when she's being all shy and uncertain but still taking risks to put herself out there.

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