(Hating) My Single Dad Boss by Brooks Summer

Author:Brooks, Summer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Scott

I hadn’t realized that I would feel so relieved upon hearing Sophie’s update. I had thought that if she wasn’t able to get Chloe to babysit for me then I would eventually get someone else. Eventually.

But that could have taken a while and the babysitter wouldn’t be Chloe — the face that I wanted to see every day.

I sat on one of my bar stools, holding my head and feeling my lower back ache a little. I considered myself to be an extremely fit guy and my appearance was proof of that. But caring for Ian was testing me not just mentally but also physically. I had newfound respect for nannies, and just parents in general. It was crazy the way that children demanded attention. They needed to be constantly entertained and I was happy that Ian had slowly reached a point where he wasn’t shy to ask me for things. He felt free to hold my hand and pull me in different directions around the house. He made me play soccer indoors, in my kitchen, and I’d broken a wine glass that Sophie had been drinking from. That made me wonder if I should hire a housekeeper in addition to hiring a nanny.

After my momentary feeling of overwhelm about my new situation, I decided to call Sophie instead of waiting on her to let me know when Chloe was arriving at the house. She’d told me over text that Chloe was aware of the arrangement that I’d asked for. Considering that she’d said yes after being told about it meant that she would be moving in soon.

Once Sophie let me know that she was on the way over to the house along with Chloe, I went inside one of the guest bedrooms where she would be staying for the duration of her employment, which would be a long time.

Now that things were getting real, it was starting to feel more weird than it initially had. I wasn’t planning on dating or bringing women over anymore, but having a woman live inside my house and caring for my kid would make it impossible for my romantic life to go anywhere. That thought was irrelevant because women didn’t have any space in my life at the moment. There was only one person who deserved all my attention and that was my son.

If anything, I needed to focus on eventually leaving things to Chloe and returning to work. Sallie had refrained from letting me know that she was worried but I heard it in her voice every time I spoke to her on the phone. I read it in her words every time she would email me about rescheduling something. The stress of not knowing when I would be back to work was getting to everyone — especially me.

I surveyed one of my spare bedrooms. It was impeccable but smaller than the other one that I liked much more. In fact, I liked it so much with all the furniture that whenever I went inside, I wondered why I had taken the master bed.

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