47|Your Babysitter

~Kai~

“There you go, bear,” Markus said, gently setting down little Mikael on the mat with cartoon owl print. He carefully set the overhead gym with dangling fluffy owls. Mikael’s small hands stretched up, drooling as he blabbered something like ‘woo woo owo.’

Unlike Mikael, who’s still high on energy, Ramona was peacefully asleep in my arms. In fact, she’d fallen asleep in the middle of the chatter in the gazebo.

Once Mikael was occupied, Markus stood and took Ramona from me. “I got you, princess.”

Markus set her in the pink crib, making sure she was comfortable. I watched the boss, fascinated. Seeing this side of him, a gentle and loving grandfather, was a breath of fresh air.

“I got everything covered here,” he said, sitting crossed leg beside Mikael, wiping his drool with a fluffy white towel. “Go enjoy your break from work.”

In my time working for the Martinellis, this was the longest I spent with Markus. And the smile ghosting his lips as he glanced over his shoulder sent