The Nanny Plan by Sarah M. Anderson

Author:Sarah M. Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

He couldn’t tie the tie. This was why he paid Stanley money—to tie his damn ties for him.

Every time Nate tried to loop the ends around and under, just like the how-to video on YouTube, it came out...not tie-like. More like a four-year-old’s attempt to tie his shoes than a polished, James Bond–like piece of neckwear.

“Hell,” he mumbled as he undid the mess again. Maybe he wouldn’t wear the bow tie. Maybe he’d go tieless and proclaim it was the latest fashion trend. It might even be a fun sociological experiment—how many people would follow suit because the richest man in the room said so?

Or he could still just cancel. That was an option, too. Sure, it was a gala sponsored in part by the Longmire Foundation and yes, people were probably starting to wonder if he’d died, since he hadn’t been seen in public in three weeks. But he was Nate Longmire. He could do whatever he wanted.

“Knock, knock,” Trish said from the doorway. “We came to say good-night.”

Nate turned and saw Trish silhouetted from the light in the hallway. Jane was in her arms, her little head tucked against Trish’s neck.

Mental correction—he could do almost whatever he wanted.

“Ready for bed?” he asked.

Jane turned her head away from him, which Trish had explained meant not that she didn’t like him, but that the little girl was too tired to process.

Still, it stung in an entirely childish way. Nate crossed the room and kissed the back of Jane’s head. “Good night, Janie. Sleep well.”

He straightened up. Trish was looking at him, her large brown eyes taking in everything.

They stood like this a lot—so close together he could see the way her eyes shifted from a lighter brown to a deeper chocolate color. Close enough to kiss, except for the baby in between them. And, of course, there was no kissing.

In theory, he was getting better at not thinking about it. It was a nice theory, too. But right now...

She blinked, which pulled him out of his thoughts and back into reality. “You need some help with your tie?”

“You know how to tie a tie?”

The corners of her mouth quirked up. “I can’t do much worse, I suppose. Can you wait until Jane’s down?”

“Sure.” He watched as she turned and walked across the hall. She settled into the glider chair and told Jane a story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears while the baby had her bedtime bottle.

Nate knew he should stay in his room, finish getting ready, maybe try the tie one more time. That was the safe thing to do—the legally advisable thing to do. But he was drawn across the hall, watching Trish rock Jane to sleep.

There it was again—that feeling of absolute peace as he watched Trish nurture the baby. She looked up at him, her eyebrows raised as if she were expecting him to ask a question or something, but he just shrugged a shoulder and watched.

Yeah, it could be that the serenity was

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