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“And since then? Any feelings for the guy?”
“Hunter?” I shifted, needing to bring feeling back to my feet. I stretched my legs out and turned back toward Jax as his eyes moved down to watch my actions. The desire in his gaze made me feel beautiful, but there was no way I was acting on it. This deal he was offering me was far beyond anything I could hope for anywhere else. I wasn’t messing it up by falling for the one guy I would never get. “No. He’s like a brother to me.”
“Me too.” Jax yawned again, which caused me to yawn.
“Why were you going to Hunter for childcare advice? He’s a bachelor and plans on remaining that way. I don’t think the man has any desire to settle down at all. Him having a viable source for you to call for Tyson seems highly unlikely.”
He raised a hand to his face, rubbing at his eyes. “I was more like bitching to him about my lack of sleep and shitty parenting. I have no clue what I’m doing. I invited some of my college friends over last night and between the six of us, nothing was resolved. Tyson kept crying and I was honestly beside myself.”
“Your mom’s still alive, right?” I had to ask.
“Yeah, but she’s still suffering a lot over Alice’s death.” Jax averted his gaze from me.
His mother wasn’t the only one suffering. I almost felt like shit for having nefarious thoughts about the man. Here he was just having lost his wife and I was thinking about how good he must look under his slacks.
“No other leads for a na
“No. No one I’ve hired to watch him has been nearly good enough. They seemed alright at first, but they all turned out to be less than trustworthy.”
“How so?”
He shifted as if uncomfortable and I almost started to back track and save him, but he answered too quickly.
“They were more interested in getting to know me. Know my money or spend a night in my bed.” He shrugged and glanced back over at me.
Maybe I wasn’t any better than the other girls. I already cared for the babe in my arms, but I could see myself becoming quickly infatuated with the handsome billionaire in front of me. I knew nothing would come of it as he was way out of my league, which was comforting and not.
“I get it. I’m not interested in your money or your bed, so we’re good.” I smiled as his lips turned down into a subtle frown. Had he wanted me to be interested? No. I was making things up.
“Good. Then I don’t have to give you the hands off speech.” He sat up and moved to the edge of the couch.
“Nope. Tyson is the only one having anything to do with my hands.” I closed my eyes and leaned back, relaxing as my phone buzzed again. “Are you pleased with the way he and I have interacted so far?”
He didn’t respond, so I opened my eyes to see a sexy, nefarious smile on his face. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”
“Um, yeah. That’s why I asked.” I shook my head and picked up the phone to see Brian’s text. He was locked out of the house and needed my help. “Oh no.”
“What’s wrong?” Jax glanced back after he turned the TV off.
“My roommate. He’s locked out of our apartment and is standing in our hall. He thought I was home.”
“Your roommate is a guy?” The narrowing of his eyes told me quickly that he didn’t like it.
“Yep. The guy from the picture. Can I tuck Tyson in, run over there and come back when I’m done?”
“You’re good. Just tuck him in and then head home. We’ll talk tomorrow.”
“You sure?” I stood and tugged at the bottom of the shirt.
“Yeah. You want some sweats to wear home?”
“Um, yeah. I would die if someone saw me half dressed.”
“But you’re okay with me seeing you?” He laughed and I blushed. The sound of his joy was warm and welcoming.
“Just get the sweats and I’ll tuck the baby in.”
“Yes ma’am.” He walked away mumbling about being unsure of who was working for who.
8 - Kendra
The sunlight that streamed through my window woke me the next morning. I stretched and turned on my side, my body warmed in all the right places from the long sexy dream about my new boss.
The clock beside my desk said it was ten, which was too early in my book, but it wouldn’t be put to waste. I needed to use the rest of my day to get my website back up. Then I could work through getting my bank account opened again should Mr. Wilder want to pay me with direct deposit. I didn’t want the embarrassing conversation with him on why it was closed down in the first place. Lack of funds sounded better in my own head than it would in a conversation with Richie Rich.
I slipped out of bed and walked to the desk before putting on my glasses. His white t-shirt and sweats laid over the back of my study chair and I couldn’t help but bring the t-shirt to my nose and breathed in deeply.
Small tingles resurrected in my belly and fa
I ca
I stretched again and let the shirt drop to the floor. Tyson was a sweetheart and a half. Being in his life was going to be something special that I couldn’t get anywhere else. We had a co
Wait a second. How long are you pla
I laughed at the thought of sitting beside Jax at the boy’s high school graduation.
Let it go.
I flipped through my phone and found nothing that wasn’t there the night before. An e-mail from the hackers cleanup crew waited patiently on me and I sca
My clothes were still at Jax’s and I really needed to make a special trip over there to get them. Not wearing anything other than a t-shirt around him half the night was ballsy, but knowing that he wasn’t interested in me left me with a sense of security. He didn’t want to see what was under the t-shirt. He was going to be more like a big brother figure. Like a really sexy version of Hunter.
The few times I caught him looking at me, he was just being a typical male. I shrugged and got dressed in a t-shirt and comfortable shorts. After pulling my hair into a messy ponytail of sorts, I walked out into the apartment and half expected the smell of something yummy cooking. Nothing.
Odd.
I stopped by Brian’s room and pressed the door open a little. I hated to interrupt him or see him and Billy inappropriate in any way, shape or form. He would never let me live it down if I did. The sound of his snoring gave credence to the fact that he was wiped out. He never slept past ten.
I closed the door carefully and walked to the kitchen, getting out the milk and cereal nearest me in the pantry. My thoughts moved back to the baby, the sweet little boy not fussy at all after we figured out exactly what was wrong. Jax probably didn’t even need my help past gaining insight into proper burping.
Hush. The job is yours. Stop trying to give it away.
The fact that no one had informed Jax of how to do something as simple as burping the baby left me feeling concerned. What else didn’t he know how to do? I would have to simply work through all of the main parts of caring for an infant while I was there and teach him subtly if needed.
Having the job was great, but getting attached to the little guy was going to happen, or already had. There wasn’t a time in my life that I hadn’t been reminded to stay disco