The Client: Short And Steamy by Parker M. S

Author:Parker, M. S. [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-03-21T07:00:00+00:00

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As we rode the elevator up to the penthouse, Carter squeezed my hand and bounced on the balls of her feet. “Do you think Alex is back yet? When is she going to be back, Daddy?”

Squeezing her hand back in return, I shrugged. “She’s coming back tonight. You talked to her yesterday, remember?”

Alex Howell was Carter’s nanny. She had been taking care of Carter practically since we’d brought her home, including going on tour with us and everything else. She’d even been willing to move across the country when we left California. She loved Carter like she was her own.

I'd bought the apartment one floor below and spent a fucking fortune making an entrance between her room and Carter’s. I wanted Alex to have access to Carter and vice versa. Sometimes Carter’s nightmares were horrible, and Alex was the one who handled them the best if I wasn’t around. But Alex didn’t need to be around to listen to Brinke’s vitriol, either.

Plus, I liked my privacy. So did Alex, when she wasn’t working – which was a grand total of one whole day a week. She'd assured me that was all she needed and I was grateful for it. I didn't know how I'd have survived without her.

A month ago, her mother had a stroke and went into a coma. Alex was an only child, and her father had died a few years back, so we'd given her all the time she'd needed to take care of her mom. Two weeks ago, her mother passed away and we'd told Alex to take all the time she needed.

I didn't begrudge her the time, but man, I missed having her around. When Alex was there, I worried far less about Carter. Brinke had become more and more flighty since we'd moved to the East Coast, staying back at the penthouse more often than not, coming into the studio maybe one or two days a week. This past month, without Alex around, I worried so much about our daughter that I didn't get much work done. If Brinke came with us, I had Carter go to Decker’s place after summer school, and that took care of a lot of problems.

Fucking mess that having her be with her mom was more of a problem than anything else.

The elevator door slid open and right away, I knew one thing – Alex wasn’t back yet. Music was blasting so loud, I could hear it from where I stood. Half the time, I felt like I was paying Alex to take care of two people – my wife and my daughter. I knew if I went through with the divorce that Alex would go with Carter – and there was no way in hell I was going to let Brinke get custody.

I pasted a smile on my face and swung Carter up into my arms.

“Come on. Let’s go see Mommy.”

Carter cuddled in closer and curled her arms around my neck.

The front door wasn’t locked and for a few seconds, nobody noticed as I stood there, looking from one face to another.

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