The Billionaire's Nanny

The park

The next few days went by really smoothly. The kids loved the car and insisted I drove them to school every day in the car. I had to give Abby a new style of hair every day before school, and they no longer found it difficult to talk to me about school problems. A milestone for me, because I enjoyed listening to them and knowing their challenges, and helping them.

Lucas and I had not been best friends, but we had managed to be in the same room without exchanging death stares at each other and without all the sarcastic remarks for more than one week. I could tell that he was still very uncomfortable from his one-word replies around me but he was putting up an effort and I was helping him by giving him as much space as possible.

After doing homework with the kids and some numbers and letters, I got the kids ready for the park. It had become a small tradition to take them for an outdoor activity at least twice a week. On Tuesday, we had a tea party on the back lawn, and today given the cool weather, I thought it would be nice to take a walk in the park.

Abby and Aiden rattled off all the exciting things they loved to do at the park, while I changed them into warmer clothes. They had not stopped talking since I told them we would be going to the park. The most exciting part for them was the many pets they hoped to see at the park.

"Is daddy coming with us?" Abby asks out of the blue.

"Well you see sweety, your daddy has been very busy with work," I said brushing a lock of hair from her face. "I know he would like to come, but he's very busy now."

Lucas had been home since the kids got back from school. After having a brief conversation with them, he went to his office and locked himself up. My first thought was that he was upset, but Emma informed me that he was usually like that when he had a lot of work to do. I knew better than to disturb him with something as small as coming on a walk with us when he was so stressed.

"But daddy said he'd come with us this week," Aiden whined with a sad face. "He wasn't there last week."

He did say he was going to come with us this week after he got held up in traffic on his way home to join us. I took a deep breath and crouched down to reach them. I pulled them closer to me gently and tilted my head to see their faces, as they looked down.

"Okay, I'll go downstairs and ask your dad if he can come with us."

"What if he doesn't want to come with us," Abby said.

"Honey your daddy always loves spending time with you. Sometimes he's just a little..." I paused, thinking of the right word.

"Occupied?" Aiden completed for me.

"Busy?" Abby added

"Yeah, those things. But I know he would never be too busy for his little angels, so let's go downstairs, I'll go talk to him."

"Okay." They chorused, as a small hopeful smile crept up their faces.

I held both their hands and took them downstairs. I left them in the living room with Emma, while I went to Lucas's office to talk to him. I took a deep breath before knocking on one of the large double doors.

"Come in," a gruff voice called a minute later.

I opened the door to find Lucas leaning on his work table, looking sexier than ever, and I thought that was impossible. He had his lab coat on, and my brain was already swirling with all the dirty things I wished he'd do to me in it. A pair of recently used gloves lay on the table next to many different types of equipment, trays, notes, and other science stuff.

His hair was tousled, and I could tell he had run his hand through it a couple of times. His shoulders were tensed and rigid, he looked stressed, and it did not help that he usually got tensed around me.