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“New nanny? Nice piece of work there, buddy,” the guy said approvingly His voice was full of innuendo as he continued “Good around the house, is she?”

Raoul felt his hackles rise Alexis was good around the house and great with Ruby, but he knew that wasn’t what this guy was ai at

“Alexis is an old friend of Bree’s Ruby’s lucky to have her Besides, it’s only teain”

His mention of Bree froze over the conversation as effectively as if he’d tipped a bucket of cold water over the guy

“Heyby it”

“That’s fine, then,” Raoul uttered tightly

Anger still simmered beneath the surface for a while over the dismissive way the other man had talked about Alexis She deserved ht not necessarily have been warm or friendly toward her himself, he could certainly ensure she received the respect she deserved from others He didn’t stop for a minute to consider why that was so ied between his friends behind his back as his gaze rehter’s nanny

Alexis felt a familiar prickle in between her shoulder blades as if she was under scrutiny She turned and caught Raoul’s gaze fastened firmly on her, a serious expression on his face The roup of s, they were roup of guys could

Despite the fact he was no longer looking at her, she still felt the iaze and a flush of heat stained her cheeks and chest in response What had he been thinking to have such a soe? she wondered Whatever it had been, he’d obviously pushed it to the back of hissomeone else had said

The sight of hi like that sent a thrill of joy all the way to her heart He needed to laugh more often, deserved to The way he’d hidden hi on so in to enurief, but he’d become a slave to his, and that hadn’t done anyone any favors—not Raoul and certainly not Ruby

She watched hi the warh her as she looked her fill Laughter suited him Happiness suited him And somehow she had to make sure he had his fair share of both back in his world He reached for another drink from the cooler, a can of soda this ti his shoulders beneath the fine knit of his lightweight sweater

War more complicated as she felt her body react in a farand a pull of desire working its way from her core to her extremities

“He’s easy on the eye, isn’t he?” Laura’s voice intruded froht next to her