The Unexpected Nanny 2

16- The talk with Grace

Ethan watched Grace walk away, he thought she looked lost, and confused, and what really got him was the tear coming from her eye, but why? He walked past her to pay his bill, and looked at the guy who was sitting across from her. He felt they looked like they were cozy together, and saw that his hand was laying on top of hers, making Ethan feel uneasy.

He paid his bill, and walked back over to his table to leave a tip, he took one more look at Grace, and left. He felt satisfied that he was finally able to see her, and to talk her into talking with him. He got to work, and hurried to get his work done, hoping to get to the store, and grab something to make her dinner.

The day felt long to him, he kept checking the time, sighing each time when he saw that it was only thirty minutes from the last time he checked. He finally got his work done, and saw that it was six in the evening. He hurried out of the office, stopped at the store and quickly grabbed something to make for dinner.

While making dinner, his phone rang, his eyes closed when he saw that it was Ilona, and hesitantly answered the phone. Antonio, and Sadie gave her the night off, and wondered if he would like to go out. SHIT he swore under his breath. He made up an excuse, and asked if he could call her back, saying that he was deeply into work, and couldn't be interrupted.

He groaned thinking he was making a bigger mess out of something that didn't need to be, and hearing displeasure in her voice, got him hoping after talking with Grace, it would make things clearer for him.

Dinner was done, and all he needed was for Grace to finally show up. He sat, and ate alone, pissed at himself once again that she didn't show up. He put everything away, and had just sat down on the couch, when he heard a knock.

He felt his heart race, and answered the door, smiling when he saw it was Grace "I wasn't sure if you were coming. I made dinner, and just got done putting it away. But if you're hungry, I can reheat it for you."

"No thanks, I already ate, one of the reasons why I'm late."

He opened the door wider, and let her in. He was about to help take off her jacket, but she brushed past him, and continued walking inside.

"I hope this is quick, I have some things to do."

Ethan looked at the time, and ran his fingers through his hair "It's nearly ten at night, what could you possibly be doing this late at night?"

"You wanted to talk, so let's talk." She walked into the living room, and sat on the chair, she didn't want to be sitting on the couch where it was easy for him to sit next to her, and didn't want to give him any signs that she wanted anything else from him.

He sat on the edge of the couch, looked at her, and everything that he wanted to talk to her about, his mind suddenly went blank.

He breathed in heavily, and exhaled slowly, and looked at her "There is one thing I would like to know is, was the last thing that Tickle Me Elmo got before leaving the factory, was two test tickles?" he asked, trying to ease the tension in the room, and wanting to make her laugh. It somewhat worked, she partially smiled, which made him smile.

"Do you seriously need to be funny right now?" she asked, trying to hold back her smile.

"No, but I got you to smile, didn't I?" Ethan grinned. She then smiled, and let out a small giggle. She suddenly stopped, and looked away "What did you want to talk about anyway? Because if you just got me here thinking you could get me into your bed again, I might as well just leave." she says, turning to look at him.

"You came to my work the other day, why?"

"I told you why."

"I'm not buying any word of what you said, I could see the look in your eyes, there was something else."