Page 49 of The Nanny is Off Limits

“Do you want some breakfast? I can make more French toast?” Ellie asks and I shake my head.

“No, I’m good, thanks. I’m going to go talk to Margot and then shower. Do you know anything else about what she’s doing tonight?”

“Gabe is out of town if that’s what you’re asking,” SJ interjects before he gets up, puts his plate in the sink, and heads out of the kitchen.

“Well…that does answer one of my questions,” I say, grateful that SJ somehow seems to know everything about what goes on in this house.

The thought kind of terrifies me after what happened last night with Ellie though.

“Isla, are you going to Sabrina’s after the game?” I ask her, wondering if there’s a chance the house would be empty tonight except for Ellie.

“No, she’s coming here.”

“Is she sleeping over?”

“Yes! Ellie said she could!”

I nod, knowing that at least that will keep Isla preoccupied for the majority of the night. Plus, Margot will be out…and usually Sawyer has friends over after the game. That might mean Ellie and I can have five minutes alone tonight. My eyes drift to hers hoping she can see the ideas of everything I plan to do to her if we have any alone time later.

“Isla, you ready to go?” I ask her.

“I just need my sunglasses!”

“What color?”

“Blue, for SJ’s team.”

“Okay, go get them and your coat,” I tell her and she nods before hopping off the chair and running out of the room. I’m acutely aware of her footsteps going up the stairs and then I don’t hear anything, leaving Ellie and I alone in the kitchen.

“Hey,” I say with a smile and when she returns it, I can feel my heart start to pick up speed.

“Hi,” she says and I immediately start counting backward from ten in hopes it’ll keep my dick from rising in response to the pink spreading across her bronzed skin.She is so fucking beautiful.“I saw your text…I just couldn’t respond at the time.”

“I didn’t even think about the fact that you weren’t alone when I sent it. Sorry.”

“It’s okay. I have a passcode on my phone and I put your messages on mute after I texted you so if you responded it wouldn’t just pop up on my screen.”

“That’s smart.” I let out a sigh of relief that she’d had the foresight to do that. I take a few steps, closing the distance between us and she shakes her head.

“Not now,” she whispers and I swallow realizing how close all of my children are and though their voices all enter a room at least ten seconds before they do, I don’t want to risk it.

“Tonight,” I tell her. I’d meant for it to be a question but I hear how it comes out. Direct with a hint of dominance, and her eyes widen like that one word transports her back to last night and everything we did.

She nods rapidly. “Okay.”

“I mean…if that’s something you want…to continue what we started.” The last thing I want is for this very inexperienced woman almost twenty years younger than me to feel like I coerced her into something.

“I do. I know what I said before but…I have to stop ignoring what I want. And…I really want you,” she whispers before she walks by, barely brushing against me. Her scent surrounds me and I want nothing more than to submerge my face in her neck to keep it on me.

“Elianna,” I grunt and spin around just in time to watch her disappear around the corner without another look back.

We are walking to the soccer fields, and just before Sawyer takes off, he bumps his fist against Ellie’s.

“Good luck!” She calls after him.

“GO SJ!” Isla cheers while still holding Ellie’s hand and dragging the sign behind her. “Oh, there’s Sabrina, byeeee!” she says before she takes off running toward her best friend who is already sitting on the sideline in a pink chair that matches my daughter’s that I’m still holding. She’s pretty fast for a six-year-old. Even her physical education teacher has sent a note home asking me to consider enrolling her in soccer, but Isla isn’t having any of it.

Not only does she seem to hate wearing any kind of tennis shoe, but she prefers to be in a dress at all times and is terrified of getting hit in the face with a soccer ball after seeing it happen during SJ’s games.

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