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“I don’t want this to confuse Paige,” she said

“Paige adores you”

“But, I’m your nanny This is—”

He pressed his lips against hers, silencing any protest from her, and she knew he did it on purpose to keep her silent “Tell me about Chad and Emily,” he said when he pulled away

This made her jerk back a little “Why do you want to know about them?”

“I’ve heard what other people have had to say about the incident, and I find that I’d rather hear your side of it”

“Which part?”

“All of it Where you met What happened after”

She blew out a breath “This is kind of weird to talk about”

“I’ood listener”

She smiled “Okay I h school I’d been nannying for a while, and whenever I went into a coffee shop in town, he was always there He kept asking o out with hiood date It was a lot of fun, and he did h One date turned into two Before I kneas happening, ere in a serious relationship I invited him back home to meet my parents, and then he discovered E, I don’t even think he liked her She was going through a rough patch with her own boyfriend, and I think she hated that I wasshe was supposed to be the prettier of the two of us, she hated it It wasn’t long that they were having an affair The wedding was already happening at that point, and then everything else you heard” She shrugged

“You don’t seem bothered by it”

“At the time I was devastated, but I think it was ed “I’ot her claws into hiuy”

“I think you’re the prettier of the two”

“You don’t have to say that I’reat to look at” He cupped her face, silencing her once again Whenever he touched her, she found it evenwas a jumbled up mess in her brain His thumb ran across her lip