Billionaire's naughty nanny

EPIlOGUE

Epilogue – Six Months Later

Cassie

Iclapped along with the rest of my sisters as the waiter brought out dessert. It didn't come as any real surprise to me that Alex had gone all out for it. It was one of my favorites. An ice cream that came decorated with oranges that were set aflame right at the table.

It was mostly the show that I liked, though I did love the taste of oranges and chocolate together.

It was a celebratory dinner Alex and I had decided to have with my sisters and his best friend, David after we officially opened the doors to my new daycare center.

While life with Alex had been wonderful, it had still taken me some time before I was ready to allow him to be my investor.I didn't want him to rescue me, and I didn't want business to complicate the relationship we had with each other.

But, in the end, he won out.

"Come on," he said. "You know things aren't going as well as they could be with my new sponsorships, and with how I have been dealing with my own investors, I'm ready for a change of pace. There are always going to be parents out there who are looking for childcare, and with what you're doing, I see this being a real strong investment."

"But I don't want it to change you and me," I argued.

"The only thing this is going to change for us is to lessen the stress you feel over your business," he argued.

And, as it turned out, he was right.

The money he gave me allowed me to take the risk I'd wanted to take, and we opened up an official daycare center downtown. It was a place where Teresa and Angela were both able to punch a time clock, and I was able to hire other help that had come on to relieve them both when they wanted more time to themselves.

At the same time, I didn't have to be at the center beyond what I wanted to be, either. I was free to oversee as I pleased and spend the rest of my time with Lucy. She didn't have to attend unless it just so happened to be a day when I would be working myself, and she was welcome to come with me when I did.

The business was thriving to the point we were able to open a bigger facility, which was what we had been able to officially open up that afternoon.

The dinner had been great, with plenty of banter and laughter being shared all around, though I had to admit, I was looking forward to having Alex to myself that evening to ask him if he, too, noticed how much Angela and David were making eyes at each other.

I was confident Teresa had also seen it, but she knew better than to say anything right then, and I wasn't going to get the chance to talk to her privately until tomorrow, I was sure.

After the flame was put out and the dessert had been served, I was ready to dig in. The pregnancy was making me crave sweets more than I ever thought possible, and while dinner had been delicious, I had been looking forward to dessert all day.

But just when I was getting ready to dig in, I was stopped with another waiter coming to the table with a cart. I hadn't been expecting that, nor the presents that were sitting on the cart, either.

"What's this?" Teresa asked, and Angela looked at me with inquisitive eyes as well. I could only shrug and shake my head as I turned to Alex for an explanation.

"I thought I would add to the dinner by giving you ladies a little present," he said with a nod.

The waiter placed the gifts in front of each of my sisters, along with one in front of Lucy.

I was still confused. We hadn't talked about getting gifts for anyone, and even though Alex had met my sisters on a number of occasions, I didn't know if he knew them well enough to be able to get them something. Not that they were hard to please, but it was confusing to me why he would go through the trouble of getting them something without telling me when I could easily have picked them out something myself.