He lost everything. Even me.
I was never a nanny. Just a helping hand until he found someone more qualified.
But Dex with a crying newborn and a heart still breaking?
I couldn’t walk away.
Now I’ve fallen for both of them.
For Ellis, who clings to me like I belong to him.
For Dex, who looks at me like he wishes I did.
For the family I never thought I’d have.
This was supposed to be temporary.
So why does it already feel like home?
***
Whoever said love is patient…
Has never begged a newborn to sleep.
That was me until Maya walked into my life.
She soothed Ellis. She stayed. She smiled like she wasn’t afraid of me.
And I did the one thing I swore I wouldn’t.
I let her in.
But love doesn’t fix what’s broken.
It only gives you something else to lose.
And I did.
