Prince Daddy & the Nanny by Brenda Harlen

Author:Brenda Harlen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Hannah and Riley spent the following Saturday afternoon on the beach again, but the prince made no effort to join them. And although the three of them had dinner together, as usual, the prince immediately retreated to his office after the meal was done.

It was Monday before Hannah worked up the nerve to knock on his office door.

She could hear him talking, and she pictured him pacing in front of his desk with his BlackBerry in hand. It seemed as if it was always in hand. His voice rose, as if to emphasize a point, and she took a step back. Maybe she should come back later. Maybe she should forget trying to talk to him at all—or at least choose a different venue for their conversation. The last time she’d been in his office with him was when the prince had kissed her.

Okay, it probably wasn’t a good idea to think about that kiss right now. Except that since Wednesday night, she’d barely been able to think about anything else.

She realized that she couldn’t hear him talking anymore, and knocked again, louder this time.

“Come in.”

She pushed open the door and stepped inside.

He looked up, as if surprised to see her. He probably was. They’d both been tiptoeing around each other for the past several days.

“We never did finish the conversation we started to have about Riley,” she reminded him.

“I assumed if there was cause for concern I would hear about it.”

“Well, actually, I do have some concerns. Primarily about her eating habits.”

“I have lunch and dinner with my daughter almost every day,” he said. “Other than her preference for chicken nuggets, I haven’t observed any problem.”

“I wouldn’t say it’s a problem,” she hedged. “At least not yet.”

His brows lifted. “You came in here to talk about something that isn’t yet a problem?”

She felt her cheeks flush. “Riley seems to eat a lot for such a young child, and she has dessert after lunch and dinner—every day.”

“So?”

“If she continues to eat the way she does now, it won’t be long before she’s battling weight and possibly even health issues.”

“She’s not even four.”

She didn’t disagree with what he was saying, and it wasn’t Riley’s weight that worried her. It was the pattern that she could see. She knew there was an easy fix for the problem, but only if the prince agreed to cooperate.

“She eats too much and exercises too little,” she said bluntly.

“Should I hire a personal trainer for her?”

“No, Your Highness, you should stop hiring people and start spending time with her.”

His brows lifted in silent challenge.

“I know I haven’t been here very long,” Hannah said. “But I’ve noticed that you don’t interact with Riley very much outside of mealtimes.”

“Then maybe you’ve also noticed that I have a lot of work to do and Riley is busy with her own lessons.”

“Yes, I have noticed that, too,” she admitted. “And I think that’s why Riley is overeating.”

“I’m not following.”

She hesitated, torn between reluctance to disturb the status quo that obviously mattered to him and determination to open his eyes to some harsh truths.

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