Blessed Babysitters

Everyone thinks they know Brontë Ashford.

They know the version that posts polished photos from charity galas, the one who smiles at luncheons with her mother and answers questions with practiced charm. They know the Brontë who was supposed to go to Yale, who wore pearls before she had braces, who always did what was expected.

What they don't know is that Brontë Ashford left her junior year to keep her secret.

They don't know about the boy who she kept from her world, or the whirlwind summer that ended in heartbreak and hospital rooms.

They don't know that when her parents sent her away to "get better," she came back with a business plan.

Blessed Babysitters started as a distraction. Something to do while everyone whispered behind her back. But now it's more than that-it's the most in-demand childcare network on the Upper East Side, run out of a hidden office her parents still don't know exists.

People say she's put it all behind her.

Brontë's just made sure no one asks the right questions.

And as long as she keeps smiling, keeps winning, no one will ever know what it costs her to stay perfect, right?