He laughs under his breath. “I’d take you to the bar as your wingman, but I don’t see you picking up a girl for sex. That’s not your style. The nanny, though, she’s hot. It’s a good thing I’m already taken. Unless, of course, she’s interested in threesomes. I could ask Nikki—”
“Don’t you dare!”
A grin cracks across his face.
He knows just what to say to get to me, and it worked.
“It wouldn’t bother you if you didn’t find her attractive.”
That was never the problem. Paige is very attractive. Countless times I’ve mentally undressed her and imagined driving my cock inside of her warmth.
“Attraction isn’t the issue. She’s my daughter’s nanny.”
Dante shrugs. “Where’s the problem? If it doesn’t work out, she’ll quit. Paige isn’t going to stick around after you stick it to her. So, you’ll have to find new help, but in the meantime, you can move on and maybe not be so damned grumpy all the time.”
“I’m not grumpy.”
“Right, and the sun doesn’t rise every damn day. You’re Oscar the grouch. Just ask Nova.”
My eyes twitch.
Nova doesn’t speak. At least not anymore.
He knows that.
But she used to speak all the time, and he’s not ignorant of the fact that she’s clammed up since her mother died.
Serene isn’t the only one that died that day.
Nova’s nanny was murdered, too. I can’t help but wonder if Nova witnessed it, and that’s why she’s become mute.