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She sighed After they’d made love, after he’dMatt go wasn’t easy at all

Get a grip, Ari After all, she’d walked into his arms with her eyes wide open, hadn’t she?

She kissed the top of Noah’s head and forced herself to se, as she unlocked the door of her ancient car, the shiny fra wheels on the back Behind it was the mountain bike

She needed a distraction to take her ht with Matt And Noah needed a distraction to take histo ride his bike without the training wheels? They could surprise Matt after Noah had ht help hi Noah help cook breakfast or…heck, any nuht end her fixation on how seductively her sexy boss kissed Because she needed to concentrate on being the best nanny Noah had ever had Even better than Mary Poppins

Ari had been here only one week Hoas it possible that the house could feel empty without her? Matt had itched to ask her to spend the day with thee of insanity keeping his hands--andHell, he’d barely been able to sleep last night It had taken all his willpower not to walk down the hall and beg her to come back to his bed, back into his arht, if only for a few precious hours in the dark

No question about it, she orth a beating froaze he couldn’t face if she knew he’d taken his nanny to bed, abusing the trust of his employee

"So, buddy, what shall we do today?"

"The zoo" A pout hinted on Noah’s mouth

Ari had mentioned Irene’s broken promise There were obviously residual effects of her casual thoughtlessness

"I haven’t been to the zoo in ages" He always tried to do soether "I heard about a great place close by fro zoo You can even talk to the parrots How does that sound?"

"Fun!" Noah’s eyes bugged with excitement

"I just need to drop off some work papers on the way, okay?"

Half an hour later, they were in the car Doreen had the day off, and he enjoyed driving Noah hiht that it would have been so da between the seats to inspire Noah with endless questions or co she said and did

Wending their way through surface streets to reach the San Jose office, Noah chattered about school, the lad Noah was distracted, because the neighborhood wasn’t the best He was pretty sure he saw a drug deal going down in an alleyway, and an inappropriately dressed lady atte

He’d seen worse in his old Chicago neighborhood A stabbing or a shooting on a Friday night was co, he’d realized the true i made it out of that life His mission was to make sure his son never lived the kind of childhood Matt had, the kind of life all the Mavericks had experienced If not for Susan and Bob, he didn’t knohere they’d all be The Mavericks were his blood brothers But Susan and Bob had been their heart

Turning a corner, he almost hit the brakes Golden-blond hair, skinny jeans, and an innately sensual walk that stopped his heart--he’d know that rear viehere

What the hell was Ari doing here?