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Nanny To The Billionaire's Secret Heir Fifty
Chapter 49 Birthday Marielle woke to the sound of whispering outside her bedroom door. Not loud. Not even proper whispering, really. The sort children do when they believe lowering their voice by half an inch makes them invisible. "...She's still asleep." "We have to wait." "But it's taking forever." She smiled before she'd even opened her eyes. A soft knock followed. Then another. "Marielle?" "I'm asleep," she called. The door eased open anyway. Theo poked his head through the gap, hair sticking out in every direction, dressed before anyone else in the house. He looked so hopeful that she couldn't keep pretending. "I knew you weren't." "You caught me." "I've been awake for ages." "What time is it?"
Nanny To The Billionaire's Secret Heir Forty-nine
The first thing Theo noticed wasn't the snow.It was the silence.He stood at the living room window in his socks, one hand pressed against the glass, staring into the garden as though someone had quietly replaced it while everyone slept."It's white."Marielle looked up from her tea."What is?""The whole world."She walked over beside him.The garden had disappeared beneath a smooth blanket of fresh snow. Every flowerbed, every hedge, every stone path wore the same soft layer, untouched except for a pair of tiny bird tracks near the fence. The fountain had become a little white hill. Even the old oak tree looked different, its branches heavy enough to bow under the weight."It snowed all night," she said.Theo didn't answer.His nose was practically against the window now."Can we go outside?""It isn't even eight.""So?""So some people like breakfast first.""I'll eat fast.""You'll choke.""I won't."She laughed."I admire your confidence."Behind them, Grayson wandered into the
Nanny To The Billionaire's Secret Heir Forty-eight
By the time Thursday came around, Theo had asked three separate times whether they were both still coming.Once over breakfast.Again while Marielle packed his lunch.Then a third time from the front door, backpack hanging off one shoulder."You promise?"Marielle smiled. "We've already answered this.""I know.""So why are you asking again?"He shrugged, looking suddenly fascinated by the toes of his trainers."I just wanted to make sure."She crouched until they were eye level."We'll both be there."He searched her face for another second before nodding."Okay."Only then did he climb into the car.Marielle watched him drive away with the school bus longer than she usually did."You've started doing that every morning."She turned to find Odette standing in the doorway behind her, tea mug tucked between both hands."Doing what?""Watching until you can't see the bus anymore.""I have not.""You have."Marielle smiled to herself."I didn't even notice.""I know."Odette's smile soft
Nanny To The Billionaire's Secret Heir Forty-seven
Marielle woke because someone was laughing, not loudly, just enough to pull her out of sleep. She lay still a second, listening. The house was dark, the rain had stopped sometime after midnight, and everything outside had gone strangely quiet the way it does after a storm passes. The clock beside her bed read 12:41. She almost talked herself into thinking she'd imagined it.Then she heard the cupboard door downstairs, followed by a muffled curse. "...Seriously?"Grayson. She smiled before she could help it, and curiosity won out over sleep. She pulled on a cardigan and went downstairs, careful to skip the third stair that always groaned louder than the rest.The kitchen light was on. Grayson stood in front of the stove in yesterday's T-shirt and grey sweatpants, staring down at a frying pan with the kind of concentration most people saved for surgery. The smell reached her before he noticed she was there. Burnt bread."Most people use a lower heat, you know," she said from the doorway
Nanny To The Billionaire's Secret Heir Forty-six
The idea came to Marielle while she was folding towels.Not because of the towels.Because it was the first quiet moment she'd had all day.The washing machine hummed behind her. Rain tapped lazily against the laundry room window. Somewhere upstairs Theo was arguing with himself over whether dinosaurs could beat dragons. Grayson had left early for another meeting.Ordinary sounds.An ordinary morning.Yet all she could think about were headlines.Sponsors.Board meetings.Questions that had nothing to do with shipping companies and everything to do with her.She folded another towel.Then another.The thought came back.If I wasn't here...She stopped.Pressed both hands against the edge of the counter.No.She wasn't thinking about leaving forever.Just...until things settled.Until the newspapers found someone else to chase.Until Theo didn't have strangers whispering outside school.Until Grayson wasn't walking into meetings where people questioned his judgment before he even sat
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Monday mornings always carried the same smell on the executive floor.Fresh coffee.Printer toner.People pretending they weren't already tired.Grayson usually liked that.Routine made problems feel smaller. Predictable. If everyone kept moving, kept making decisions, kept signing papers, the company carried on no matter what storm happened outside.This Monday, nobody seemed interested in routine.The conversations stopped a fraction too late when he walked past.Not silence exactly.Just enough hesitation for him to notice.His assistant caught up with him before he reached his office."They've all arrived.""I know.""The board wanted to start early.""Of course they did."She hesitated."Mr. Cole..."He stopped walking."They're nervous.""I'd be disappointed if they weren't."She looked as though she wanted to say something else.Instead she handed him a folder."The latest sponsor report."He thanked her quietly and disappeared into his office before opening it.He already knew
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