Billionaire Babysitter by Layla Valentine

Author:Layla Valentine [Valentine, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

LUCAS

Although it’s not natural for me, many years of early business meetings have trained me to be a morning person. The trick to it, I’ve discovered, is to set the alarm at the latest possible time so you’ll only just have time for the morning tasks you’ve got to do if you get up right then. I like to have a shower and read the news before I leave, so that means my alarm is usually set for half six or seven. Enough time to make it into the office by eight a.m. while not having to rush my personal tasks.

If I get up on time, anyway. Some days, it’s a struggle. Some days, after a late night, I let myself skip the shower.

But today, my alarm was set for six a.m. Not a time I particularly want to get up on a Friday morning, especially when I’m working from home. I like to start late on a Friday anyway, and if I don’t have to show my face, emails can easily wait until nine a.m. But dinner last night was way more successful than I was expecting, so I’ve decided to keep the momentum up by making Sophie breakfast.

Of course, the complications to this are that I don’t eat breakfast, and my cooking skills are still mediocre at best. But I’ve never let things like that stop me before. It’s all a matter of confidence.

And last night was good.

If I didn’t know any better, I’d almost say that she felt the chemistry too. I definitely felt a spark, and I’m not convinced it was all my imagination. There was something there. I might not have much time for it or interest in it, but I know the way to romance is through a good meal. And the Chinese place I ordered from is the best Chinese place I know in the city.

I assume she went to an interview, because she was dressed in her smart pantsuit when she got back, emerald green with a pale blouse that brings out the green of her eyes. It makes her strikingly beautiful, elevates her from pretty into stunning. And when she does her hair like that, curled and voluminous, it frames her face in such a way that makes you want to look and not turn away. It gives her a sharpness, gives her the appearance of all the intelligence I know is lying beneath.

Damn. The more I think about it, the more I realize I really am falling for Sophie. I don’t know if this is worrying or not. Is it wrong to fall for the person you know best in the world? Is it worse when you’ve spent years treating her like she’s disposable?

God, I’m such an ass.

Anyway, that’s why I’m making breakfast. I can’t atone for everything overnight, but I can try. I can start paving the way. If I can just convince her that she likes being here, she won’t leave. And if she doesn’t leave, I won’t lose.

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