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The intercom buzzed and Gabriella de la Cruz put down her cup of tea to pick up the phone “Yes, Melissa?”

“There is someone here to see you,” her assistant said To Gabi’s ears Melissa sounded excited, the way she’d been that time she’d won five hundred dollars on a scratch-off lottery card She could only guess that another one of the celebrities Melissa was always cyberstalking had dropped by looking for a nanny

Gabi had started her nanny service seven years ago after a very successful run as a live-in nanny for the Hollywood director Malcolested she start her own business when their kids were old enough to no longer need a nanny

“I have an appointment in thirty minutes,” Gabi said “Can you ask them to come back?”

“I think you’ll want to see him,” Melissa said

Doubtful She was busy; it see from her at this time of year Her parents wanted her to make more time for them and come over to their place this weekend Her clients were anxious about su with the nannies orked in their ho her about activities, vacations and travel documents Her clientele couldn’t just nip down to Disneyland or Legoland for the weekend They all wanted to go so headache

“Who is it?” she asked at last Melissa wasn’t going to just tell hi the coluazine

“It’s Kingsley Buchanan The forent to the best athletes in the world”

Kingsley

Of course when she was having a bad day he’d have to walk back into her life Heck, even just his nah her She wanted to pretend it was one of dread, but her pulse had picked up and she’d sat up a little straighter

“I don’t have the ti up the phone

Let’s face it; she didn’t owe hiht standand been arrested before lunch She’d only been alone with him one time after that An ill-fated jailhouse visit when he’d told her she’d been naive to think there was otten

Idiot

She wasn’t sure if she meant him or herself

Why was he here?

Why did she care?