Reunited by the Tycoon's Twins by Ellie Darkins

Author:Ellie Darkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-01-10T18:56:05+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER, and he was pretty sure he had a handle on this Madeleine thing. They’d managed a whole day of being in the apartment together, caring for the babies, with him in and out of his home office, without a single personal conversation or ankle bone in sight. Even the babies had showed pity on them and had only woken for a quick feed in the night and gone straight back to sleep. Seemed everyone was as keen as he was to get them back on an impersonal footing. Well, good. They were both going to be grown-up about this and pretend that nothing had happened.

‘How about this for a plan for today?’ he suggested as they both sipped a coffee with their breakfast on Monday morning. ‘We both take the babies into the office. They’re treated like minor celebrities, so all you’ll have to do is try and keep track of which one has been taken to which department to be passed around for cuddles. I’ll make sure someone brings you a steady supply of coffee, and you can call me in for nappy emergencies. We’ll do the interviews there after lunch. Does that sound manageable?’

‘If that’s what nannying for you is like then I want the job permanently,’ she said with a slightly forced polite smile. ‘Baby snuggles, no nappies, endless lattes. Sign me up.’

He reflected her creaky grin, wondering where the ease that he had felt before had gone. And then remembered where that ease had led them, and was grateful that they were both back to tiptoeing. ‘That deal is just for you. If you tell our interviewees then the deal’s off the table.’

‘Fine, fine. What time do you need to go in?’

‘Can you be ready by half seven?’ he asked. ‘It’d be good to be at my desk by eight.’

She glanced at the clock on the wall and nodded. ‘How do you want to handle the babies? Take one each—divide and conquer? Or assembly line?’

‘God, right now I just want to leave them to sleep. If you can give me a hand to get their bags packed we can stick a clean nappy on them the minute before we need to walk out the door. They can party in their pyjamas this morning.’

His kids could go out in their PJs. He could forgo breakfast. But the one thing that he absolutely, definitely could not skip this morning was the cold shower he seemed to be permanently in need of these days.

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