Page 13 of A Baby Surprise For My Billionaire Boss

“The bedroom is through there, and the bathroom opens off of it,” Eli said. “I’ll let you start settling in and go bring up the rest of your things.”

“Thank you,” Maddie said. “This is amazing. I really appreciate all of it.”

“No, you’re the one who is doing me a huge favor here,” Eli said. “You have no idea how good it is to have this nanny problem solved — and to know that it’s going to be someone my son actually likes. He’s really excited about this.”

“So am I,” Maddie assured Eli.

Eli grinned at her.

Maddie caught her breath. That expression on his face was enough to make her feel weak in the knees. It was an entirely different experience from noticing how handsome he was, because it felt as though he was trying to charm her. As if hewantedher to notice him.

But that couldn’t be true, of course. She was reading into things, seeing what she wanted to see. She was indulging her own fantasies. He was smiling at her because that was a polite way to act toward a person — that was as far as it went.

He turned and left the room. Maddie was glad — and she was also glad that he had promised to put her things out in the hall instead of bringing them in. She closed the door behind him and, after a moment to ponder whether what she was doing was allowed, decided it was okay to lock it. She didn’t have childcare responsibilities right now, after all. It was okay to be on her own.

She took her laptop out of her duffel bag, plugged it in, and checked the charge on her phone. There was enough, so she placed a video call to Tess.

Tess answered in one ring. “You all moved in?”

“Tess, you wouldn’t believe this place. It’s insane.”

“Show me,” Tess urged.

Maddie flipped the camera on her phone and began to walk around the room. “I haven’t even seen the bedroom yet,” she said. “This is just the… I don’t know what to call this. The living room, I guess.”

Tess let out a low whistle. “That’s this guy’s living room?”

“No, this ismyliving room. Part of my private suite.” She walked down the hall toward the bedroom. “This whole space is mine.”

“Oh, you’re kidding,” Tess said enviously. “Maybe we should swap places. You come back here and live with Damian, and I’ll live in the rich guy’s house.”

Maddie laughed. “You’d have to be a nanny,” she reminded her friend. “I don’t think you’d like that part very much.”

“No, you’re right, I wouldn’t, but… wow. Is there a bathroom?”

“I haven’t looked at it yet. I bet this is it.” Maddie opened a door off of her bedroom. “Oh — no, this is a walk-in closet.”

“Awalk-in? What else do you have, a butler?”

“No butler. I already asked about that, actually. But he is downstairs bringing my boxes up for me.”

“He — you mean the guy you’re working for? He’s bringing up your stuff for you?”

“Yeah.”

“Sounds like he’s the one working for you.”

“He’s just being nice.” Maddie sat down on the bed and immediately felt herself sink into the mattress. This was going to be so comfortable to sleep on. “He’s a really nice guy.”

“Yeah, seems like it,” Tess said dubiously.

“What’s that all about?”

“You said he was cute.”

“He is cute. I’ll take a picture for you.”

“You’re going to send me a picture of your cute boss?”

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