His Daughter's Nanny, His Heart's Obsession

the marbled floor of Knight Manor. It felt like the house exhaled - light streamed throu

k paper. Her tongue poked slightly out between her lips, fully focused on her task. Aria sat nearby, qu

ul. Too peace

rced the calm lik

careful how c

the senior maids, stood in the do

Aria asked,

to Isla before flicking back to Aria. "It's not wise to ge

d. "Is that

with good intentions and warm smiles. But this house eats ki

nd a pair of socks. "I'm not here

her mother returns? Or when Mr. Knight de

But Isla - quiet as

fingers. Her bunny dropped w

l. "Hey," she whispered, brushing Isla's hair back fro

but her fingers fis

a turned her head, leaned forward, and pre

ely a moment. But

clar

sse b

ession quiet but steel-

d. "Suit yourself." She turned

way, Damon ha

t the sound of Clarisse's voice had stopped him cold. And then he

she ch

esit

fe

comm

us

in his chest

-

n - just the two of them and a blanket bene

e, Isla simply lay on her stomach, dra

again. Or Liam from the far side balcony, a coffe

d softly to herself, a tune from a lullaby her mother used to sing. She wasn't aware anyone else was in the ro

dn't

for a moment. His

ou come in," s

ove quietly,

aint smile. "

fruit she was slicing

to say what she did," D

he knew. "She was jus

as overstepping. And

ld CEO with sharp eyes, but the man behind it, spe

voice warmer now. "Bu

plied. "That's

ked. "Wor

the counter and moved past her, his should

-

ked under her chin and Aria's scarf balled up beside her li

west wing - quiet, shadowed

light

sliver in the door, she saw Damon standing

is phone ringing,

lurred from her angle, but h

dn't

't m

t... until the s

ushing the cool glass as the wind picked up outside. Somew

art was full of Isl

s unreada

hadn't let herself

o