👱👱NANNY nee-dED👱👱
CHAPTER 1
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“No,Mr Wendell…I’m..$h!t…I’m really sorry”Clara said,pouting her quaint littlel-ips at Sebastian hoping she would be pardoned but Sebastian was having none of it
“Well I’m sorry too but you have to leave my house”Sebastian”a many who thinks more of her vlooks than her charge is as useless as the EA in tea!”
His b©dy still reverbr@ted with anger as Che remembered when he c@m£ into the room from work only to find his beloved niece crying her lungs out while her nanny was busy watching a make up tutorial
A make up tutorial!
Sebastian glared at Clara again as the girl tried to cling at his arm while he pushed her out
This was another reason he wanted her gone
She was too clingy and was hoping they becime something more than employer and employee.
Well,Sebastian would have gladly gone ahead but he had a niece to consider
To him,lily was the most important thing to him right now
After that,comes finding a job
Although his family was still clamoring for him to come work for the family company,Sebastian didn’t really want to work in a company in a small town that is alre-ady run by that family
That was why he left for the army.
Despite the fact he’s the heir
It was common knowledge that the small town of Pittsburgh was owned and controlled by the Wendell family
It has been so for three generations
Sebastian was knocked out of his thought when Clara wra-pped his hands round him
That did it
He lifted her bodily and proceeded to dump her at the gate despite her squealing
Hec didnt care if it was alre-ady late he slammed the gate and ran into the house to his bawling niece
Lily vst©pped yelling vwhen Sebastian picked her up
Instead she gurgled and nestled safely in the crook of his arm
“What are we gonna do kiddo?”he said softly to the almost slee-ping baby”I just put your nanny out with the trash.damn she didn’t even last two weeks.well at least she lasted longer than the two days I did,right?”
Lily apparently didnt want to know because she was alre-ady sound asleep
Sebastian sighed
Damn,why did Luke and pat have to die then?
Tears stung his eyes as he remembered hpwb hisv brother and sister in-law wear so happy to have lily,now they weren’t even here to see her grow
Or talk
Or laugh
Or grow a new tooth
Or take her first step
Lily Wendell was an orphan
But not anymore
Sebastian was determined to give her a happy life
That’s why he had insisted on raising her himself instead of giving her to the family, where his evercapable sisters were re-ady to take care of lily
But nope.
It was just them now
Weary thoughts after weary thoughts moved in his head and sleep soon overtook him with lily nestled in his arms
Tomorrow would be a good day and all his problems would go somehow
CHAPTER 2
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The next day,Sebastian wondered what on earth made him insist on caring for little lily so far away from his family as he tried to quieten lily for the millonth time
Deciding,it would not be a good idea to stay cooped up in the house all day with lily,Sebastian had wisely left the house with lily to an nearby breakfast lounge where he ordered pancakes for his breakfast
But 30mins later he was wondering how a good idea suddenly went so wrong
Lily suddenly bec@m£ uncomfortable and started squirming
Soon she began crying
Sebastian tried to feed her with the bottle he brou-ght with him, at least he had that much s-en-se
But the baby kept turning her head away
Sebastian finally gave up and was about to scream for help at the t©p of his lungs when a fragrant feminine scent pas-sed before his nose and lily was lifted out of his hands
Automatically his hands ti-ght£ñed but the sweet feminine voice that followed made him loos£n up
“its OK”
He turned to stare at woman, probably in her early twenties,dressed in the waitress’s uniform of the place
She had an handkerchief tied around her hair but it was the smile on her face and those beautiful blue green eyes and that S-xy voice that bec@m£ motherly as she crooned to lily that made him incapable of picking his heart from the ground where it had fell on her approach
“Now what do we have here?”she said”a little angel but…oops..oh dear, I think or little angel must have pooped in her p@n-ts”
She proceeded to ru-b noses with lily who squealed in delight
“Got any extra diapers?”she asked and it took a moment for Sebastian to realize she was talking to him
“Um yea,in the car”
“Great,why don’t you go get it while I take your daughters bottle to the kitchen?”she said”she really can’t eat something this cold”
“And your name is?”.
“Claire”she said with a smile”Claire Matthews”
She was gone before he could tell her she wasn’t his daughter, that he was even married,that he was single and searching,that her smile was doing something to his insides but that was stupid, Sebastian thought as he rummaged in his car and got a new diaper for lily and sprinted back into the lounge
He watched as Claire deftly re-moved the pitiful diaper he had worn and placed a neat one in such a snug way that he thought lily would start bouncing
“There,our pretty little angel”she said,cooing to the baby”must have given daddy a ha-rd time right?”
“No she isn’t my daughter”Sebastian said,smiling
Noe why did he say that?
“Oh?”she said.
“Yes,she’s my orphaned niece”now that he had started talking,he couldn’t st©p
What was wrong with him?
“Oh my god,I’m so sorry”she said,dismayed”oh you poor thing”
She k!$$£d lily and the baby soa-ked it up like sunshine.it was clear she loved Claire
“Yes, we are managing….”
“Claire,I told you to serve the customers not flir-t with them!”an annoying voice retorted and they both turned to stare at a man who was sm-irking at them in an annoying way
CHAPTER 2
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The next day,Sebastian wondered what on earth made him insist on caring for little lily so far away from his family as he tried to quieten lily for the millonth time
Deciding,it would not be a good idea to stay cooped up in the house all day with lily,Sebastian had wisely left the house with lily to an nearby breakfast lounge where he ordered pancakes for his breakfast
But 30mins later he was wondering how a good idea suddenly went so wrong
Lily suddenly bec@m£ uncomfortable and started squirming
Soon she began crying
Sebastian tried to feed her with the bottle he brou-ght with him, at least he had that much s-en-se
But the baby kept turning her head away
Sebastian finally gave up and was about to scream for help at the t©p of his lungs when a fragrant feminine scent pas-sed before his nose and lily was lifted out of his hands
Automatically his hands ti-ght£ñed but the sweet feminine voice that followed made him loos£n up
“its OK”
He turned to stare at woman, probably in her early twenties,dressed in the waitress’s uniform of the place
She had an handkerchief tied around her hair but it was the smile on her face and those beautiful blue green eyes and that S-xy voice that bec@m£ motherly as she crooned to lily that made him incapable of picking his heart from the ground where it had fell on her approach
“Now what do we have here?”she said”a little angel but…oops..oh dear, I think or little angel must have pooped in her p@n-ts”
She proceeded to ru-b noses with lily who squealed in delight
“Got any extra diapers?”she asked and it took a moment for Sebastian to realize she was talking to him
“Um yea,in the car”
“Great,why don’t you go get it while I take your daughters bottle to the kitchen?”she said”she really can’t eat something this cold”
“And your name is?”.
“Claire”she said with a smile”Claire Matthews”
She was gone before he could tell her she wasn’t his daughter, that he was even married,that he was single and searching,that her smile was doing something to his insides but that was stupid, Sebastian thought as he rummaged in his car and got a new diaper for lily and sprinted back into the lounge
He watched as Claire deftly re-moved the pitiful diaper he had worn and placed a neat one in such a snug way that he thought lily would start bouncing
“There,our pretty little angel”she said,cooing to the baby”must have given daddy a ha-rd time right?”
“No she isn’t my daughter”Sebastian said,smiling
Noe why did he say that?
“Oh?”she said.
“Yes,she’s my orphaned niece”now that he had started talking,he couldn’t st©p
What was wrong with him?
“Oh my god,I’m so sorry”she said,dismayed”oh you poor thing”
She k!$$£d lily and the baby soa-ked it up like sunshine.it was clear she loved Claire
“Yes, we are managing….”
“Claire,I told you to serve the customers not flir-t with them!”an annoying voice retorted and they both turned to stare at a man who was sm-irking at them in an annoying way
CHAPTER 3
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“Oh I’m sorry,Mr Phil,I was just helping Mr…”Claire began turning to the odious man who happened to be her boss
“Sebastian”Sebastian offered”and there’s no nee-d to be sorry”
“Oh us that so?”the annoying man sm-irked”get back to work,Claire!”
What the…
“now listen mister…”Sebastian began but he was cut off
“Stay out of it sir”the man ordered”just eat your breakfast and leave”
how rude
Sebastian wasn’t used to taking orders
Even in the army,he gave orders not the other way round
“Alre-ady half a day and you are flir-ting with the customers”he continued as Claire and Sebastian glared at him”wonder what you’d do in a month”
“You are just annoyed because the owner made you employ me!”Claire retorted
“Now one more word and you are fired on the sp©t”the man fired back”get back to work”
“Look Mr,you are asking for a broken nose!”Sebastian retorted as he bodily shoved Claire to the kitchen
Claire g@sped.
“no that’s OK”she pleaded”plea-se don’t do that”
“Oh you make me sick”the odious man said”that’s it,you are fired!”
“What?”Sebastian retorted
“No!”Claire said as she re-moved her handkerchief from her hair and flung it to the ground”I quit!”
Sebastian was alre-ady lost as he saw the cascade of golden hair that fell to her w@!st
Lord,she was beautiful
The annoying man still sm-irked
“Knew you wouldn’t last the day”he said and Sebastian had had enough
He moved towards the man re-ady to kick his teeth down his throat so he can review whatever he had for breakfast but Claire held him fast
“No its OK”she said”I didn’t even like the job”
Sebastien calmed down
Damn he he would have calmed down Even if she didn’t t©uçh him
Only speak
“Go her your things”he said,eyeing the man”we are leaving and we are not coming back”
The man snorted
“now that’s a real tragedy”
Sebastian Glared at him then leaned forward
“Tell your boss he will be gearing from Sebastian Wendell”
At the mention of the Wendell name,the man paled and Sebastian nodded in recognition
He just messed with the wrong family
He turned and placed a check on the table for his breakfast but the man picked it up and gave it back to him
“Um…no sir”he stammered”breakfast is on the house.sorry for the …ahh..inconvenience”
“Nice try”Sebastian said”but illy still talk to your boss”
“Oh plea-se sir…”
” I’m re-ady”Claire said and Sebastian tried to catch his breath
If she was mouthwatering in her waitress uniform,he could eat her up now in skin ti-ght jeans and a blouse that ba-red her shoulders
“Claire plea-s…”
The Man didn’t get his chance as Sebastian whisked her from the room,while she gr@bb£d lilt at the same time
“Where are we going?”she asked as they walked to his car”Mr Sebastian”
“Nope,just Sebastian”he said” we are going to my house”
“What?”Claire st©pped”no”
“Yes,she’s in desperate nee-d of a Nanny”Sebastian said,pointing to lily in Claire’s arms”and you are perfect for the job I think.so miss Claire Matthews..it is miss, right? Are you married?”
Claire shook her head
“Great”he continued”so miss Claire Matthews, will you be the nanny I so desperately nee-d?”
CHAPTER 4
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Claire turned a way from him
He was entirely too good to look at and she ought to have learnt her lesson about falling for good looking men
That was what brou-ght her into this predic@m£nt,running from town to town,hiding because of her own stupid mistake
A good looking man
No,she shook her head,she won’t think about kyle now
“Is that a no?”The good looking man beside her asked”look I’ll give you $2500 a month,plus feeding and any other thing you want”
Clare searched her br@in for many reference to what he had said before
Oh yes
He wanted her to be a nanny to his little niece
She swallowed and tried not to look into his beautiful probing,eyes
“Will it be a live in position?”she asked and he nodded
“I don’t have any experience in that area”She said trying to hold something to keep back
“From what I just saw”Sebastian continued”you are more than qualified”
“You don’t even know me”Claire said in exasperation”I could be a serial killer..or a drug dealer or even a kidnapper,you never know”
“oh”Sebastian replied”are you?”
Claire gr-unted in exasperation
“OK fine,but I…I..I’m actually um…”she stammered”I wont be here for long”
There she had said it
No matter if mr employer is one guy guy,she just can’t do it
She can’t get attached to anyone or anyplace
“Why?”Sebastian asked with a raised eyebrow
“I…uh…I got school”she said”Yes,I’m a student”
“Oh?”
“Yes”
Anyvfool could see she was lying and this gorgeous man in front of her certainly did not look like a fool but she vjad tobkeace
That’s it
She couldn’t bear it if she involved someone else in her mess
There was too much at stake but the offer was really good and she nee-ded the money,to keep her on the run
But the last thing she nee-ded was getting in danger,and also putting someone else can her mess too
Lily started squirming and Sebastian quic-kly took her from Claire’s v arm and placed her in the baby seat inside the car,ma-king sure she was comfortable and snug in her seat
He turned to Claire and extended ab hand
“You coming?”he asked,hoping with all his heart that she took his offer
God knows he nee-ded help with lily but he was also scared that he would never see her again
Ckaiee stared at his outstretched hands for va long time then reluctantly climbe-d into the car,ignoring his hand
She was afraid she might not be too steady if she took his hands
Sebastian raised his eyes to heaven in a silent prayer of thanks then quic-kly climbe-d into the car
Claire tried to make herself comfortable in the closed space and tried to focus on the deal at hand
Three months
She would give them three months and tried to see ifvshev couldn’t wing it
No attachments this time,Claire, she silently warned herself,no attachments
TBC