His Outback Nanny by Annie Seaton

Author:Annie Seaton [Seaton, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Entangled, Bliss, sweet romance, Romance, Pricke Creek, Australia, Australian Rural Romance; Marriage of Convenience; Falling for the Nanny; Widowed Dad; Supermodel turned Nanny; Cowboy; Rancher; Small town; outback, nanny
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Even though it was only a five-minute drive, Ryan nodded off to sleep in the ute on the way across to the farm.

“Scooter off and have your showers while I put Ryan to bed,” Ned instructed the girls when he lifted Ryan out of the car seat. He strode up the steps with the girls following close behind. Jemima went around to the back of the ute and pulled out her two suitcases. Angie had almost stopped her from putting them in the back of the truck with the chaff bags, dog food, and hay bales.

“Jemmy, they’re Louis Vuitton, for goodness sake. You can’t put them in a farm ute.”

Jemima had kept her voice matter-of-fact. She’d seen the strange look on Ned’s face when he’d glanced at the labels on the monogrammed canvas bags with the glossy brass corners and clips.

“They’re just suitcases, Angie.” But the fact that each suitcase had cost a few thousand dollars, and she hadn’t given it a thought at the time, brought home the different lifestyle that Ned had been living for the past few months. He needed to sell cattle to put more money back into the farm and grow the business. Jemima had enough funds invested to do it ten times over, and that thought made her uncomfortable. When he’d gone to thank her again, all she’d had to do was hold up her hand and Ned had flashed a sheepish grin. One thing she’d make sure of in the coming year was to help out as much as she could without making it too obvious. The girls needed new clothes, and Ryan seemed to be growing out of his every time she dressed him.

Jemima had never taken her income for granted, and she’d sought financial advice and invested wisely. She could afford to buy the children some new clothes and some toys for the smaller two. She’d already looked at a couple of horses that Jim Ison was selling but would have to broach the subject with Ned before she bought them.

She slid the two bags off the back of the ute and crossed the yard to the house. The living room was empty as she pushed open the screen door, and she stood there for a minute, uncertain about where to put her bags. She could hear the girls chattering in the bathroom down the hall, and she bit her lip.

A door closed, and Ned walked up the hall. His gaze settled on the two bags.

“Um, where should I put them?” Her voice was hesitant.

Ned walked over and picked them both up. “In my…our room, I guess.” He lowered his voice. “I meant to talk to you about this on the way home. We’ll have to share a bedroom, but I’ve figured it out. The last thing we need is for Gwennie to pipe up at school about Daddy’s room or Jemmy’s room.”

“True. So what are—?”

Ned cut her off. “Come and I’ll show you what I’ve planned. Gwennie tells the world everything.

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