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“Jason is my entire existence, and at times, I feel like I’m doing things wrong too. But with kids, it’s simple. They recognize a kind heart and effort. And in the end, that’s all that matters,” she said dreamily.
I shouldn’t say it. Not when I’d been dreaming of kissing her soft lips since the moment my eyes settled on her. But I needed to. I had always done what was good for my girls, and I couldn’t let that be the one time that I did not.
“Tell me, Miss Carter, would you like a job?”
- FIRST DAY AT WORK
ZOEY CARTER
At exactly 8 am, I drove into the Black estate as he’d instructed. The large house was situated in an impressive neighborhood, but it was separated from the rest by means of an iron fence that camped the house and a long stretch of land. The smell of wet grass hit my nostrils as I climbed out of the car.
I blew out a breath and clutched my side bag tightly as I walked to the front door.
I raised my hand to knock but was cut short when the door swung open to reveal Adrian Black covered in a white powdery substance and a layer of sweat. He had a black silk apron tied around his waist. And even then, he looked breathtaking. Mysterious blue eyes, full peachy lips, perfectly symmetrical face, and broad shoulders that I wished I could run my hands over.
He cleared his throat noisily, and I felt my face flush at being caught staring so blatantly. My words caught in my throat as I fiddled with my side bag.
“Hello, Miss Carter.” His voice was deep and velvety.
“Zoey, Sir. Just call me Zoey.”
“Alright, Zoey. Anyways, you’re just in time. Come in.”
He stepped aside and ushered me in. I had barely stepped foot in when...
“Daddy, who’s this?” A little voice called out warily, and I looked down to see two cute little girls with the most beautiful feline eyes. She clutched at Adrian’s leg tightly as he flashed a smile at her.
“This is Zoey, darlings. She will be staying with you girls while I’m away, going forward,” he explained. “Zoey, meet my daughters. Aurora and Rose Black,” he said, pointing at first one girl and the other. The girls were identical, and at first glance, you could easily take one for the other, but Aurora was slightly taller.
“Like Aunty Claire?” Rose asked, bubbling with excitement.
“Yes. Like Aunty Claire, but she will be more around,” he explained. The sound of a blaring alarm came from a corner of the room.
“Shit!”
He rushed off, and the girls and I trailed after him. We walked into a huge kitchen, it was almost as big as my entire apartment, and it had a lot of sophisticated equipment. I wondered what magic I could whip up in a kitchen like that. The stench of smoke filled the room as he hit a button on the oven and carried out a tray with some charred contents, which he dumped into the sink.
“Fuck!”
“Daddy, what is fuck?” Aurora asked timidly.
While Rose seemed to exude confidence and happiness towards everything, Aurora was the more timid and quieter one, and I knew it was going to require some work to get her to warm up to me.
“Nothing, darling.”
He clutched his hand in pain as it started to turn pink. I rushed to the refrigerator and grabbed some ice cubes. I grabbed a metal basin from the counter and poured the cubes into it.
“Here. Put your hand in.”
We were close, and I could feel his breath on my face.
“Ouch, cold,” he shrieked and pulled his hand out. I grabbed a napkin and placed it on his hand. My skin tingled as it met with his, and he must have felt it, too, as his eyes held mine. My breath hitched as a jolt of electricity coursed through me. A subtle hint of woody, musky cologne assaulted my senses.
“Daddy. The cookies are burnt.”
And the moment was gone as he snatched his hand away and walked to the sink. The cookies were nothing more than a black char now. I looked at the girls, and they both had gloomy looks on their faces.
