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I’ve prepared the room down the hall from Lillie They’re on the third floor of the house My suite and offices are spread out on the second Eleanor’s master suite is on the first

As I walk back and forth in the large entrance, I realize this house probably is considered a McMansion The grand staircase curves up to the second-floor landing, which has a balcony overlooking the downstairs

Doors close it off from my quarters, and the stairs continue up to the third floor When she was a baby, we had Lillie’s bedrooot older, she wanted to led phase, and I guess it made her feel like a princess in a tower Naturally, we have monitors in her rooms

Her playroom is still on the first floor, however, and I hear her little voice talking to her dolls She won’t be awake er My hands are shoved in the pockets of my jeans, and the tail of my button-up shirt is untucked

I didn’t want to appear too formal when she arrived orI know about nannies is from what I saw as a kid in The Sound of Music, which my mother made me watch one day when I was sick, and which I h

Still, I re like soldiers, and running from the Nazis

I’m pretty confident none of that will happen in my house, so I have no basis for what to expect

A knock sounds at the door, and my boat shoes squeak on the marble as I rush to open it Ruby’s hair swirls around her shoulders when I do Her brown eyes widen, eous

“Hi” I e to say

The air hums and crackles between us I wonder if she feels it, too Then her cheeks flush that pretty shade of pink, and I know she does

Jesus I want to fuck the nanny Don’t get a boner I cannot adjust ht now

“Hi!”

She smiles nervously “I… um… wasn’t sure where to park My car is down there”

She points to the right, along the circle drive, and I step out on the flagstone landing to see a lireen Subaru almost at the street behind Eleanor’s Crown Victoria

“That’s fine” I nod, stepping back and holding the door for her to enter “You can park in the garage next time I’ll make sure we have a remote for you”