Chapter 7 - Elizabeth

Come on, get it together. I inhale and open the fridge, trying to find something to make for dinner.

My first day as Edward’s nanny is almost over, and it did not go as planned at all.

Today wasn’t miserable. Time didn’t crawl, and I didn’t want to claw my eyes out or drown myself in a bottle of wine. Instead—dare I say it—I had fun. I didn’t expect to like Edward. I hoped to mildly tolerate him while I formulated a plan on how to con his father out of a large sum of money, but events unfolded differently.

Edward isn’t a spoiled and entitled brat. I can say teaching Edward manners is important to Jon, and even though he comes off as a mean old grump, I sense he’s a gentleman at heart. After only a day, the kid is growing on me, and I need to press pause—if not rewind—on this whole situation and go back to not giving a shit.

But, dammit, I can’t.

“Do you