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“Is that your way of giving me a compliment?”
“I’m stating facts.” He reached out to touch me again, leaning close as if he were going to kiss me.
“There you are, sir!” The voice neared, forcing him to step away from me. “Hurry up and get dressed for the final toast! Everyone is waiting for you to cut the cake!”
Sighing, he slowly looked me up and down before leaving the spa.
SIXTEEN
PIERCE
Please remind me what I said to you before this trip.
Jerry
Keep your mother away from all the minibars.
The OTHER thing, Jerry.
The #1 thing…
Stay the hell away from the nanny.
Thank you.
SEVENTEEN
HARLOW
A completed yacht sailing & a full day later
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are at it again…
“Can you hear me, Miss Hawthorne?” Mr. Dawson spoke to me for the first time since we returned to New York. Via FaceTime.
“Miss Hawthorne?” He pressed his lips into a thin line. “I’m talking to you.”
“Shocking.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing.” I stared at him. “I thought you were still purposely avoiding me by sending notes through your staff to get your messages my way.”
“That was a temporary situation.”
“Any chance we can make thatpermanent?”
He sat up straighter in his office chair, staring at me like he did in the steam room, looking as if he wanted to taste my mouth.
“You haven’t picked up my niece from school yet,” he said. “Are you struggling to get back into work mode since your vacation?”
“That was not a vacation.”
“Everyone else said they had a great time.”
“Because they’re not your nanny.” I rolled down the window and showed him where the twins and I were currently parked.
The Hudson School for Girls.
