The Nanny & The Ice King

the rules. **His** rules. B

breeze bore the sweet smell of fresh roses and jasmine, rustling the leaves as Sienna led Lily along th

had noticed how her eyes lingered on the window, wistfully st

ule. That her routine was carefully planned so that sh

ing under that rigid

serenely beneath the surface of the water. "That one?" she said, reaching with a finger toward a

e very first time, there was **something other t

we sit really still, they

ittle legs hanging an inch or two. Sienna sat next to her, letting the mo

Watch this," she whispered, pouring the bits into the water. The koi fish dar

ously, she touched her hand to Sienna's, taking a cr

to notice the fleeting glimpse of hum

peace was

ck does you thin

and laced with fury. She slowly shifted her

tension, his steel-gray eyes blazing with unrestrained anger. His pr

never been good

front of Lily. "We're outside," she said, as

anger hovering just short of

pted, her voice calm but resolute. "And

have sworn it would shatter. "You don'

. "So why did you employ me? To be a glori

Assisting doesn't mean

n. But this isn't about business, this is about **your daughter.** She's not one of your em

-an emotion so raw it was gone

aying," he ground out. "Lily h

d her arms. "

was si

but Sienna could feel how hard he was struggling to h

*her.**" She glanced over at Lily, who sat transfixed by the pond, clinging to her dress. "She's your daughter

rical wire. For a moment, Sienna dreaded that he w

th

y m

ing the water's surface. The koi fish scattered and the

ut the merest sound-a faint, almost unhe

s darted to his daughter, and for

r a word. She mere

. Proof that she needed more than what he

aybe, he kne

his hair. He looked at Sienna, something unreadable in hi

smiled.

e, Grayson didn't step in. He just stood there, watching, as his daughte