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She could dreah

He seemed … miserable

“You’re up early,” he said

“I’ht person I sleep because I have to I’ve always been like that since I was a kid Up early and late to bed” When she had difficult kids to look after, she valued her parents’ patience with her when she couldn’t sleep Granny placed a coffee in front of her, and she thanked her “You have a beautiful home”

“Thank you,” he said

She reached into her bag for so to do, and pulled out her references “There are contact details there of all my previous employers There is also one for a family who lives in France I spent three years with them while they traveled around the world”

“You came home?” he asked

“Of course It was an opportunity I didn’t want to miss, but this is home to me, so like always, I came back” If there had been more opportunities to nanny in town, she’d have never left

A lot of locals just thought she was trying to be a glorified babysitter In a way she was, but she saw herself as uidance while parents were busy She never liked to interfere, and was always there for everyone she took care of

When she glanced back at Caleb, she saas looking down at her clothes She wore a pair of faded jeans and one of her father’s old checked shirts, which never failed to offer her comfort

Dressing up in fancy dresses and clothes didn’t exactly ith kids Unless some of the fa

“Paige is seven, like I told you, and she has to be taken to school five days a week, and brought home My son could also use a woman’s touch around the house,” Granny said “I re”

“Yes, children can get hungry at all sorts of hours, and the families I ith often had a chef I kno to cook” She’d taken the tis

Maddie hated drama She hated violence and nastiness, so she’d always make the extra effort to befriend everyone Life was hard, but she didn’t have to make it complicated

Caleb fired questions at her, which she answered She didn’t think he liked her very much, and from the scowl on Granny’s face, she wasn’t too happy with her son

Maddie resigned herself tothe job, which was a shame, as she absolutely loved the place

Chapter Two

There had to be a catch Caleb wasn’t convinced that Maddie could hack it here full-tiht of her in theHer back had been to hi out across the fields When he opened the door, and she’d turned to hiaze