Chapter 3

I woke up around 5:30 am. I always tend to wake up early, but it gives me enough time to get ready for my first full day of being a nanny. I got up out of bed, left my room, and walked into the kitchen to make myself some coffee to wake me up. While I waited for the coffee maker to finish I decided to go use the bathroom.

I turned the corner and bumped into a tall broad figure. "I'm so sorry." I looked up at him, it was Vincent. He looked even better in person, like wow.

"You must be Maya." He smiled.

"Yes, I am so sorry for not watching where I was going."

"Don't apologize, I wasn't paying any attention." His eyes scanned me over. "Anastasia told me that you're amazing, I guess I'm just gonna have to see for myself."

Everything about him was sexy, his deep voice, his body, his face, like ugh. I wanna melt.

"Um, I thought you weren't gonna be back for a couple of days."

"That was the plan but I'm back early. Tell me, how was your first day?"

"It was amazing, your daughter is so smart, she's amazing."

"Thank you." He smiled. "She called me yesterday to tell me how much she likes her new nanny." He chuckled.

"Well, I'm glad she likes me."

"I'm just now meeting you so I'm gonna need you to impress me."

Oh, do I have ways to impress you. Their just not ways you're thinking of.

"Of course." I smiled.

"Well, it's been a long day and I've just got back home. I'm gonna go get some rest." He shot me a smile before walking away.

I turned and watched as he walked up the stairs "Wow." I said to myself. I forgot that I had to use the bathroom, I rushed to the bathroom and used it. I returned to the kitchen and poured myself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table enjoying it.

Vincent was running through my mind, I've literally just met him but he already had me wanting to rip my clothes off for him. Or maybe it's because I haven't got laid in 3 years. It's just because I haven't met anyone that wants to be in a serious relationship; like literally, all they expect is sex from me. I want more than sex, I want real love, I want loyalty, I want honesty. I want a real man.

I snapped back to reality, I finished off the rest of my coffee and then started to clean up a little bit around the house. The door rang "Who could be here this early?" I walked to the door and unlocked it.

"Can I help you?" I said.

"Hello, you must be the new nanny. I'm the maid Abby." She smiled.

"Oh, I didn't know he had a maid. Sorry." I moved out of her way so she could walk in.

"Yeah, I only work 5 days out of the week." She took her coat off and hung it up.

"Well I cleaned a little bit, so there's not much left."

"That makes my job way easier." She chuckled.

I laughed "Yeah, I'll get out of your way and let you get to work. By the way, I'm Maya."

"It's nice to meet you, Maya."

"Yeah, you too." I walked off.

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It was now an hour later, I walked up the stairs and knocked on Rose's door "Rose, it's time to get ready for school."

"Okay." She mumbled back.

"Can I come in?"

"Yes."

I opened the door and walked inside "I'm just gonna set the bath for you, okay?"

"Okay." She sat up in bed.

I walked into her bathroom and put the stopper in the tub then turned the bath on, I put some bubbles in the bath for her.

I left the bathroom "I'm gonna be waiting downstairs for you, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Eggs, bacon, and waffles, please? the chocolate chip kind"

"Got ya." I smiled and then left her room.

I went downstairs into the kitchen and got started on breakfast. I made enough for me, Anastasia, and Rose. Vincent was gonna be sleeping most of the day so I didn't make any for him.

A few minutes later Anastasia walked into the kitchen "Good morning."

"Good morning. I made some breakfast for you."

"You didn't have to, thank you."

"Anytime." I made her a plate and set it down in front of her.

I made a plate for me and Rose "Is Rose done getting ready?" I asked.

As soon as I said that she came running into the kitchen "Maya, can you help me tie my sneakers please?"

"Of course." I bent down and tied both of her sneakers for her.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome"

She sat down in her seat and started to eat breakfast, I sat down and began eating also. After breakfast, I went back to my room and got dressed so I could take Rose to school.

"Rose, go get your book bag so I can drop you off at school." I put my coat on.

She ran upstairs, she came back down with her jacket and book bag on "I'm ready."

"Okay."

"Here, These are the keys to One of Vincent's cars, the black Porsche, you can use it whenever you need to." She dropped them in my hand. "It's not like he uses it."

"Wow, thank you. Let's go Rose." We left the house, she got into the back seat and I clipped the seatbelt around her. I got inside the car and then drove off.

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It was later on around 7:00 pm, I'd just gone shopping earlier for groceries so I could cook dinner for everyone. I'm gonna cook some chicken Alfredo and some garlic bread to show off my cooking skills.

I played some music on the speaker while I cooked, Rose walked into the kitchen.

"Maya, Can I help you cook?"

"I would but I don't know if your dad is okay with it."

Just as I said that he walked into the kitchen "It's okay, as long as she doesn't get too close to the stove or any of the pans."

"Okay, Here's something easy for you, I want you to apply some of this mixture on these pieces of bread." I handed her the bowl and the spoon.

"Okay."

I mixed around the chicken in the pan "It smells delicious." He walked over to me standing only a few feet away.

"Thanks."

Just his body that close to mines did things to me.

"And you're making the Alfredo sauce from scratch?" He asked.

"Yeah, I like it thick and creamy." I laughed when I noticed what I said. "I'm sorry, That came out extremely wrong."

He raised an eyebrow at me then chuckled "It's okay." He walked over to Rose and began engaging with her.

About 30 minutes later everything was cooked, I made plates for me, Vincent, and Rose then we sat down to eat.

"Mmm, this food is delicious." He said.

"Thank you."

"Yeah, it is." Rose said.

"I'm glad you like it."

"So Maya, I have a few questions, if you don't mind."

"Ask away."

"Well one, do you have any sisters or brothers?"

"Yes, I have one younger sister and one younger brother." I answered.

"Do you have a close relationship with your parents?"

"Um." I cleared my throat "No, not really. My dad left when I was younger, and my mom moved to Miami to chase her dreams of being A model, left me all behind with my sister and brother, and then they both moved out and left me alone."

"I can relate sort of. I don't exactly have a good relationship with my mom. My dad passed away about nine years ago and ever since my mom has been taking her sadness and anger out on me. I'm the only child so it sucks. But once she found out that I was rich she wanted everything to do with me, which is fuc-" He was about to curse but remembered Rose was sitting at the table "Messed up."

"I'm sorry to hear that." I frowned.

"It's fine, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make things negative." He set his fork down "So uh, why did you decide to take this nanny job?"

"Um, well the short answer is that I really needed the money."

"Ah, I see. Did you lose your job or something?"

"Yeah, unfortunately. My boss had to let me go due to budget cuts. And to make matters worse I'm already behind on rent. It's been a tough few months."

"That sounds rough."

"Yeah, it's been a bit of a struggle. But I'm trying to stay positive and keep pushing forward. That's why I jumped at the opportunity to work as a nanny. I figured it would be a great way to earn some extra cash while also doing something that I love." I smiled.

"That's a good attitude to have. And I'm glad you're excited about the job." He leaned back in his chair and stared at me "I appreciate you being honest with me, about everything."

"Of course. I promise to take care of Rose like she was my own daughter."

"Thank you." He smiled.

The rest of the dinner was peaceful and quiet, we finished our dinner then I grabbed the dishes and began putting them into the sink. I was about to wash them when Vincent walked over.

"I have a maid for that."

"I know, but it's better if I just help out so she doesn't have to do much."

"How about this, I'll wash them. You just go get Rose ready for bed."

"Okay. Rose, let's go."

We both walked upstairs and into her room "Get changed into your pajamas, I'll pick out a book to read for you."

"Okay." She grabbed her pajamas and ran into the bathroom, I looked through the stories and picked out one of my favorites when I was a little kid.

Cat in the Hat.

I waited for her to return, she came running out and hopped into bed, I sat down next to her.

"The sun did not shine, It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house, all that cold, cold, wet day." I turned the page. "I sat there with Sally, We sat there, we two. And I said, how I wish we had something to do!"

"Too wet to go out and too cold to play ball, So we sat in the house, we did nothing at all." She read along with me.

I read her the rest of the book and by the end of it, she was closing her eyes to go to sleep. I shut her lights off and planted a kiss on her forehead then left her room.

Vincent was walking down the hall "Is she asleep?"

"She's going to sleep now."

"Okay, thank you."

"Of course."

"Well, goodnight." He smiled and then walked down the hall to his room.

I went back downstairs and down the hall to my room, I walked inside and shut the door.