One Last Shot: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Julia Connors

Author:Julia Connors [Connors, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

“I do have my own place in the Village, so I wouldn’t need to live here full time,” the second nanny we’re interviewing this morning says after we finish giving her the tour. So far, the interview’s gone very well. I can tell by her body language that Petra thinks this girl is the one. With the first candidate, we didn’t even bother showing her around because it was obvious we weren’t going to hire her. “I’m happy to stay here overnight whenever necessary, but I do find that it’s also good for everyone to have their own space.”

I consider what she’s saying. “That’s great,” I agree. Natasha was such a godsend those first few months Stella was with me, and I don’t think I could have done the parenting thing without her. But Stella and I are settling into a routine now and it would probably be awkward to have a nanny here when I didn’t need her. And even though what I’ll be paying her could warrant a 24/7 work schedule, I know that’s not a healthy expectation either. “I’m just at the beginning of the playoffs now, and God willing, I’ll be playing for another month or more. But then, summer should actually be much lighter in terms of how often I need you. Things will pick up dramatically when the season starts up again, but I generally have the schedule well in advance so we can see all the time I’ll need you here late for home games, or for a few days and nights when we are traveling. Depending on the schedule, sometimes we’re on the road for a week or more at a time. Will that work okay?”

She nods. “It will.”

“Discretion is critical,” Petra says. “That NDA you signed when you arrived is in place because Aleksandr is very private and Stella is still adjusting to this living situation, and it’s essential that her new normal not be upset. Can you truly handle not telling anyone—your roommates, your family—who you are nannying for?”

“I don’t have roommates or a family, and I can definitely avoid telling my friends.”

I watch the way Petra’s eyebrows knit together. “I’m not trying to pry,” she says. “But if you’re going to have such close access to this family, I do need to know what your situation is? How does a young woman like you live in the Village without roommates? And do you really not have any family?”

Raina, the potential nanny in question, steels her shoulders as she opens her mouth to respond. “My parents died in a plane crash in Alaska when I was a teenager, so I moved in with my aunt, who had a brownstone in the Village that she’d inherited when their parents passed. It had been in my dad’s family for generations. My mom was an only child and her parents had already died by then, so it was literally just me and my aunt. She passed away from cancer a year ago. The

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