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I have to remind myself that it’s his job. I can’t be jealous. It’s his first damn day.
“I don’t follow football. Sorry, Damon, no offense.” He cringes a little.
I shrug. “None taken.”
“And what about you, Adeline?” Haze looks up at her expectantly.
She rounds the back of the couch and sits on the chair, crossing her legs. She’s wearing a dress today, and her bare legs look silky smooth. “I teach middle school.”
“Oh, a much more honorable career.”
I roll my eyes and go to the kitchen to make my breakfast while Adeline thinks it’s comedy hour, barely holding in her laughter.
“No offense, Damon, it just seems like football is all ‘I hit you, you hit me,’” Haze calls.
That actually does piss me off. I pop my head out of the kitchen. “Maybe you can come down to the stadium sometime. I’ll have Cooper Rice throw you a ball and you can dodge Miles Cavanaugh to try to catch it.”
Adeline loses the battle with her laughter and fails to recover many times over. It’s actually cute, but I’m not telling her that.
“I assume those are other players?” Haze whispers to Adeline.
She nods. “They live in the building too.”
“Adeline,” I snipe.
“He signed an NDA,” she says to me over her shoulder.
“Okay, so I’m usually home around five thirty. You never know with Damon. Sometimes he beats me home. Everything in her room is pretty much where you’d expect. She’s on formula, and I wrote down the amounts over by the bottles. I left both of our cell phone numbers, as well as my mom’s, in case you can’t get a hold of either of us. The stroller and carrier are by the front door. There’s a park not too far away.”
“Maybe just stay in today,” I say.
“Actually, there’s a group I host that I would love to take Clover to for a little interaction,” Haze says.
I narrow my eyes. “She’s five months old. What interaction does she need?”
“Oh, it’s for the adults.”
Clover fidgets in his arms.
“Yeah, no.” I hope he can tell I’m not joking.
“Maybe if you give us more specifics, Damon and I can discuss it later, Haze.” She looks at him sweetly. “I gotta go before I’m late.” She stands and goes over to give Clover a kiss goodbye.
Haze raises one hand. “She’s feeding so well. She knows you love her.”
“What?” I step out of the kitchen.
Adeline straightens and walks over to me, putting her hand on my chest. “It’s fine. Honestly. Have a great day.” She rises on her toes and is about to kiss me on the lips, but she freezes, and we lock eyes. “Shoot, sorry. Not sure where that came from.”
She grabs her bags and walks out the door with another goodbye, leaving me standing there wondering what that was and why it didn’t feel weird to me.
I should go too. I finish eating my breakfast in the kitchen, listening to Haze talk to Clover about all the adventures they’re going to have and how he’s so happy to be her host. What the hell?
When there’s a knock on the door, I assume it’s Miles since we’re driving in together. I open the door and grab my bag. Of course, Miles can’t stay outside. He has to come on in.
“Shit, this place is crazy different. Where are all the G-strings and bowls of condoms?” Miles stops when he sees Haze with Clover on the couch. His head whips in my direction, clearly questioning who he is.
“Miles Cavanaugh, meet Haze, our new nanny. And no worries, he doesn’t know who you are.”
