The Billionaire's Nanny

Family

"Are you still upset?" I asked Celine as we got ready to head downstairs the next morning.

We had both gotten up pretty early this morning, my reason being that I could not get any sleep after our fight last night and C, probably for the same reason, or something else, I could not tell.

There were only ever rare times when I and my best friend had serious disagreements like this, and it had never been over a dick. That was my cue to fix this. As much as I loved Lucas, I would never give up my relationship with my longest friend and favorite person in the universe for any reason.

She did not look at me as she spoke, "Alex will be here to pick me up in an hour, you coming?" she did not answer my question directly either, and I got my answer from that.

"C," I started slowly, inching towards her, "I'm sorry about last night."

"What happened the last night?" she feigned ignorance, "oh do you mean when you called me a nosy bitch for only trying to look out for you?"

"I would never call you a nosy bitch C," I said with a grim look.

"Implied. You implied it by your words and actions." she hissed and folded her hands across her chest. "and forgive me for caring so much that you are just welcoming back with open arms a man who hurt you so damn much...your words, not mine."

"He made a mistake Celine, but Lucas did not hurt me on purpose. It's not his fault that Sarah decided to come back and make everyone's lives difficult."

"Why are you defending him so much bess?" she said in a softer tone.

I looked away, swallowing hard, "because I love him, I love him so much that I'm willing to see past whatever has happened in the last few days and give him a second chance"

I half expected her to explode into more flames as I spoke about giving him a second chance, but instead, she walked to where I stood beside the bed and hugged me. "Believe it or not, I only want the best for you bess."

"I do not doubt that," I hugged her back. "and I promise Lucas is the very best for me, so please don't hate him anymore."

"I'll try, but only because I love you." she feigned a frown, but it only came out as a grin.

"I love you too bess." I returned her smile with an even bigger smile. "Also you were joking about the jail thing right?"

She scoffed and shrugged, "I guess we'll only ever find out if he hurts you again, and I'm hoping he doesn't." The edge with which she spoke made me wonder if this was one of those times she was serious or if she was kidding.

Celine and I went downstairs for breakfast after getting ready. Thanks to daylight, it was easier to find our way through the hallways and to the breakfast table downstairs. Almost every seat on the table was filled with all the members of the Maxwell family, extended too. Martha sat next to Calvin who sat at the head of the table, Lilan next to Rob, Mia and Mason were there too, the three kids occupied three seats next to each other, though Zoey's chair had been replaced with a breakfast bar chair for toddlers.

"Do they always have breakfast together?" C asked as we took a few steps towards them.

I whispered to her, since we were already close, "I've had dinner with them like this a few times so I guess yeah."

"That's fucking sick," she grinned, "I love them already,"

"Good morning Christine," Martha pushed her chair back and wrapped me in an embrace the moment she saw me. She had developed a fondness with me since the last time I was here and I could not say I was complaining about having a great relationship with my boyfriend's mom.