Page 74 of The Nanny Goal

“Somewhere else?” I back her up, until she’s against the shelves for the second time today, and I’m bracketing her between my arms. “Oh no, Emery. I need you to stay here.”

“I—I can’t.”

“Why not?”

Her mouth falls open. “Are you really going to make me say it?”

“Because we kissed?”

“Because of our history, Alexei. Because of all the reasons the kiss was a mistake.”

“Didn’t taste like a mistake to me.” I drop my gaze to her mouth. “I want to do it again.”

“Not going to happen.”

“You enjoyed it.”

“That’s irrelevant.”

Actually, it’s very relevant.

She repeats her protest. “I cannot live down the hall from you. And now that your parents have returned, we need to find you better childcare.”

“You are the best.”

“I amnot.”

“So you think I should hire a nanny, hmm? You want someone else to sleep just down the hall from me? Meet me in the hallway in the early morning, wearing almost nothing?”

“I wasnotwearingnothing.”

“You didn’t want me to see how tight your pretty nipples got when I looked at you.”

“It was cold.”

“But I could see feel how hot your pussy got for me, Emery. You couldn’t hide that. And you didn’t want to hide it, did you? You rubbed yourself on me like a happy little kitten.”

She growls under her breath and I duck my head, covering her mouth with mine.

Instantly, her hands come up to clutch at my head, to hold us together as I sip at her, as I taste her lower lip and then tease my way deeper.

It’s only been a few hours, and it feels like it’s been too long already.

This time, though, I won’t take too much.

This time, I’ll leave my sweet sunshine girl wanting more.

I rear back, hating the way she gasps in confusion—but loving the way she clings to me for a second before she finds herself.

Her hands drop to her sides.

“I know,” I grind out. “We can’t do that again.”

She gapes at me for a minute, then finds her voice, even if it’s a bit faint. “You need to hire a nanny.”

“With a no-kissing policy firmly in place?”

Her gaze flares possessively. “You can’t kiss?—”

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