LOGINALAN
I watch all color drain from her face.
Her eyes are laser focused on the stairs, her body trembling from my son’s rejection. I take the time to properly watch her. Button nose, blue-green expressive eyes, heart-shaped lips, thick brows and lashes… Reina Summers is no doubt the prettiest little thing I’ve seen in a while. A pure sight for sore eyes.
Her hand goes through her long, pale-blonde hair which spills over her shoulder in loose, careless waves. She says something to me. I don’t register. Her worried gaze returns to the stairs.
This woman is going to be a problem around here, I note to myself. First glance and I’m already wondering how well she takes to instructions. Hmm.
She speaks again. This time I’m listening. “I need to… is he okay, Sir? Can I meet him?”
I give her a nod. “Your job here depends on whether or not he likes you. If he doesn’t, we’d be done here.”
Her throat bobs as I turn around, making my way up the stairs. Ethan better fucking like her.
He’s sent a total of thirteen intending nannies home with his tantrums. I need a positive. I love my son, but I’m in Silver Crest for work.
We find Ethan at the end of the stairs, crouched in a corner like he’s hiding from us. My jaw tightens, my brows creasing as I lower myself to his height.
“Hey. What’s wrong, big boy?” I start, cussing internally when he lifts his head up and I spot tears clinging to the lid of his eyes.
Ethan watches Reina behind me. “Is she… is she back for Kaio?”
What?
“No! Oh my God, that’s what this is… can you… can I please talk to him now, Sir?”
I rise, moving backward so she can step forward. She crouches before him and smiles widely. That easy, soft smile of hers. It immediately entraps Ethan like it did me, and he hangs on to every word that leaves her lips.
“… so no, I’m not here for your neckpiece, handsome. I’m here to have fun with you. I’m looking forward to it actually.” She grins at him. Reina looks like she really looks forward to it.
But I know there’s more to her decision to come here. Despite her smiles and flustering since she arrived her, there’s also been flickers of worry in those color changing eyes.
This job is more important to her than simply ‘having fun’ with my son.
When she stands up again, I direct my gaze to Ethan. He lowers his head and mutters almost inaudibly,
“I like her.”
I frown. “You’d need to be louder than that, Ethan. And let me see your face.”
Seconds pass, and then he finally lifts his head and speaks a tad bit louder,
“I like her. She can stay.”
I nod once. Reina is beaming with smiles. She can barely hide her excitement, not even when she turns to meet my eyes and I’m watching her with a tight-lipped expression.
“Come with me.”
I hear her footsteps behind me. I don’t lead her to the sitting room like the rest of the women I interviewed. I turn the knob of my private office instead, stepping in.
The room is dark, chilly. I hear her breathing become louder. Fear. My cock is semi-erect in my slacks just from her reaction.
I frown. Bastard usually needs more than mere emotion to spring alive.
Rounding the table, I take a seat on the only chair available in my office and turn on the little lamp on the table. I can put on the light switch instead, but where’s the fun in that?
The light barely illuminates the room, only brightening up the table area.
“Mr King?” Her voice is quiet, unsure. I can’t fully see her face anymore, but I can see that youthful, perfect body. Even with a dress like that, it’s easy to see that she has a lethal body.
I still recall her body in the bakery’s uniform. Narrow waist leading to subtle curves—rounded hips and full thighs. Her breasts looks perfect on her frame. Everything about her is.
Half the restaurant had their eyes on Reina. She hardly noticed, though. Her attention remained on me the entire time, and it made me more excited than I should’ve been. I usually don’t notice female attention.
Especially from young, naive-looking girls like Reina.
My lips twitch despite myself.
“Yes?” I finally answer her, taking out the contract I’d drafted for the woman who’d finally become Ethan’s nanny.
“There’s… where can I sit?”
“Come here.” I say. She does not move.
“Belle.” I call out in slight warning. She starts to move, walking towards me. She’s slow, but I’m a patient man. Reina eventually stands before me.
Before I can be rational, talk myself out of it, I tap my lap twice. Her doe eyes widen, and she stares down at my lap like a plague.
“I-I can stand.”
My voice hardens, “Unfortunately, I need you to sit. Now, Belle.”
She folds her arms around her chest, pushing those tits upwards. I drag my gaze up to the rebellious expression on her face.
“And if I don’t sit on your lap? I don’t get the job?”
Stubborn. I don’t like talking back on a normal day. I’m a typical Dom, through and through. I get off women following my every command. Or so I thought.
Now however, her back talk stirs my cock and I snap,
“Wouldn’t you like to find out?”
She pauses a while. Her teeth nibbles at her bottom lip.
“Say please.”
“Sorry?”
“Close. Now say please. If… you want me on your lap.”
I clench my teeth. “I don’t beg.”
She shrugs. “Too bad.”
“Hmm.” I relax back against my chair. “And you seemed pretty desperate for this job.”
She frowns. Then shakes her head.
“Asshole.” She mutters under her breath, moving closer until she’s tumbling onto my lap, the weight of her supple behind pressed against my throbbing cock.
Reina adjusts herself on my lap, and I grip her hip before I’m tempted to fuck her in this office and scare her off this environment for life. She’s probably used to vanilla—simple ‘wham, bam and thank you’ sex.
I inflict pain for my pleasure.
Still, I’ve never been this hard in years. And she hasn’t done anything yet. Red fucking flag. Yet I pull her closer.
I don’t refer to her jab, don’t even tell her I heard it.
Reina gasps softly. “You’re… hard.”
“Hmm.”
I reach for the contract and place it in front of her, my hand clasping around her upper thigh.
As soon as she signs this contract, I have to make the boundaries clear. I don’t mix business with pleasure. But we still have time until she’s business.
She moves.
“Stay still, Belle.”
“Why?” She moves again.
I say nothing in return. She opens the contract. I push it closed.
She whimpers, “S-Sir!”
“Interview first. I need to ask a few questions first, remember?” I hum against her ear. She cranes her neck to stare at me. Then turns away quickly. I smirk.
“How old are you, Belle?”
I ask the question that’s been on my mind since she walked in. Why? Well, Reina Summers doesn’t look a day over eighteen, and I’m trying to convince myself that she’s not too young for me.
“Twenty.”
I nod. “Why do you want this job?”
My hand inches upward, disappearing under her clothing. We both watch, her breathing loud against the quietness of my office. Her skin is warm, soft. I want to bruise it.
“Belle?”
“Oh… um, my uh… gramma is sick and we need… we need money for treatment. Plus rent.” She stutters, opening the contract again. I push it closed, again. She wiggles in my hold. I grunt.
I don’t really give a fuck about her gramma right now.
My hand goes much higher, until I’m grazing her inner thigh. My thumb traces a slow, deliberate line there. She stills, and I hear a sharp intake of breath before she turns to face me.
Reina mutters, “You’re such a pervert!”
But she’s shivering, and the room is thick with the smell of her arousal.
“For you.” I answer. “Not usually like this.” I tell both Reina and myself.
She rolls her eyes petulantly, “Yeah right.”
“You didn’t really need to sit on my lap, you know? You’d have gotten the job still.” I tease her further.
Silence.
“Next question?” She demands suddenly, annoyance laced in her tone.
I chuckle. My hand starts to go higher. Her hand clamps on it. I use my other hand to peel it off, staring straight into her lusty eyes.
“I’m not wearing pretty panties.” She says quietly, her lips in a pout. I almost break out in a full laugh. Fuck, this woman.
“Next question. How well do you work under pressure? Like this?”
I finally graze her panties, freezing slightly when I find them drenched.
A soft, sweet moan leaves her lips and I know I have to fuck this woman or I’d explode. My finger goes to move her panties aside and I trace the outline of her soaked cunt. I watch the needy expression on her face with so much restraint, knowing I want to do more than just lightly touch her pussy.
Such a good fucking girl…
“Dad!” The door slams open and Reina falls off my lap at once. I fix my pants quickly, my voice strained when I answer,
“Yes, Ethan?”
But he refuses to say anything else. I grit my teeth, getting up to my feet just as Reina stands up too. I walk towards the light switch and turn it on.
He faces Reina. “Are you my nanny yet?”
I look at her too. She’s visibly flustered, her breathing uneven. Her eyes skitter everywhere but where it should rightly be—on me.
“I…”
“Yes.” I answer for her. She finally glances at me and I hold her gaze, “Yes, she is Ethan. Her name is Reina, and she’s your new nanny.”
ALAN“You look beautiful, Reina, you’ll ruin the lace of the dress if you keep touching it.” I murmur, catching both her hands and pulling them gently against my chest.She lets out a nervous breath and looks around the ballroom again. The hotel hall is packed with people dressed in expensive suits and gowns, moving beneath giant crystal chandeliers while soft violin music drifts through the air. Champagne glasses clink from every direction, and the low hum of conversation fills the room with the kind of polished energy these rich events always carry.At the center of the ballroom, a long display table is covered with Reina’s wig bundles and extensions, all arranged inside elegant boxes tied with gold ribbons. I already had my staff make sure every important guest leaves tonight with one of her sample boxes.Reina glances toward the table again before looking back at me. “These people are used to raw bundles and elite extensions. Are you sure they’re going to pick my stuff?”I shake m
REINA“Are you sure we should tell him right now, Alan?” I ask, my fingers nervously twisting the edge of my Christmas themed knitted sweater as we stand right outside the door to Ethan’s room.“He needs to know, Reina. As soon as possible. Ethan can be rough with you. We need him to be careful around you from now on.” Alan murmurs, his large hand coming down to cover mine entirely, his thumb rubbing slow circles over my knuckles to stop my shaking.“I’m just terrified he’ll think a new baby means we won’t have enough time for him anymore, especially since I just got back into his life a few days ago.”Alan frowns. “Ethan loves you too much to ever think that, so just take a deep breath and trust me on this one, baby.”I take a deep breath like he’s requested. Then with my eyes still trained on his, I say, “Okay, let’s go inside before I completely lose my nerve and run back to the kitchen.”Alan pushes the door open with a gentle nudge, and we step into the room where Ethan is sittin
REINA“You’re staring, Al.” I say, shifting slightly under the heavy duvet, my eyes still shut even if I’m awake now.I still feel his eyes on me, and I hear him set his laptop onto the nightstand. Excitement makes my lips curl into a smile. “I am allowed to look at my wife.” He says.“First off, I’m not your wife yet. Secondly, I’m just lying here in an oversized t-shirt with messy hair, there’s nothing special to look at right now.”“Oh you’ll be my wife, Miss Summers. And there is everything to look at,” He murmurs, his deep voice sounding incredibly raspy in the quiet bedroom. He plops down on the mattress and slides his large hand under my chin, his thumb brushing slowly against my bottom lip. “I spent weeks in this empty house wishing I could see you exactly like this.”“Cute. What else were you doing while waiting for me?” I ask teasingly.“Fucking my fist.”My eyes snap open and I slap his chest. “Al!”“Good. I want that face red for me. Your ass too, if you’re offering.”My
ALAN “You have to keep your eyes closed, Dad! No peeking or the magic trick gets ruined,” Ethan orders, his hands patting down on my knees over the heavy duvet. I keep my eyes shut just like he asked, leaning my head back against the pillows while a small smile tugs at my mouth. Reina lets out a soft laugh from the edge of the mattress, and I hear the familiar rustle of a deck of cards being shuffled between her fingers. They laugh together, and it’s just like old times. Fuck. How did I live without this? "Alright, the cards are ready." Reina announces. "Show him what we practiced in the kitchen.” “Okay, you can open you eyes now!” Ethan chirps. I open my eyes to find Ethan holding a slightly bent three of hearts right in front of my nose. Reina is sitting cross-legged right behind him, her chin resting on her hands as she watches us with a cheeky smile on her face. “Pick a card, Dad. Any card you want, but don’t look at it,” Ethan instructs, holding the cards out with
ALANI stand in the bathroom doorway, the test stick cold against my fingers. Those two pink lines just stare back at me. Reina scrambles out of bed, the sheets rustling loudly as she tries to find her words, but my brain completely locks up. She keeps calling my name, her voice shaking with a panic that tells me everything I need to know. I don't look at her. I just walk back into the bedroom and start picking my clothes up off the floor, my jaw clenched so hard my teeth ache. She reaches out to grab my arm, trying to pull me back to talk, but I shake her off. The anger building in my chest makes me feel like I am about to tear the walls down. I button my shirt with numb fingers, grab my keys and jacket, and walk out into the cold night without giving her another chance to lie to me again.The drive home is a blur of pure fury. I push the accelerator down way too hard on the sharp curves of the road. My hands grip the steering wheel until my knuckles turn white, the image of those
REINAI stir the sauce with one hand while the oil crackles in the pan, rereading one of my supplier emails with the other hand. My apartment smells like garlic, pepper, and onions now, nice enough to almost make me forget how exhausting today was.Pregnancy is truly a full time job. Because how else do you explain the extreme tiredness?I set my phone down with a tired sigh before reaching for the seasoning beside the stove. My back aches from standing too long already, but at least cooking calms me down these days. The knock on the door catches me completely off guard.I glance toward the clock first. Almost nine.My brows pull together instantly because nobody visits me this late except delivery people, and I didn’t order anything tonight.The knock comes again.I quickly wipe my hands on a towel before walking toward the door. I pause for a second, then twist the doorknob open.And freeze.Alan stands there in a dark suit with one hand in his pocket while the other holds his ca
REINAMy mind isn’t focused these days. No matter what we do, Gramma isn’t getting any better. I offer to help Thelma with the chores, but in reality, I’m just trying to get my mind off things.Ethan has a lesson teacher now, as Alan doesn’t want him completely idle during these holidays. This mean
REINAAlan hasn’t been home for two days now.I don’t take down the decorations in those two days, at least, not all. Thelma took out more than I would’ve liked, telling me it’s a bad idea to even keep any of these decorations but I cannot completely break Ethan’s heart.We were doing so well. He w
REINA“He’s home?”Thelma does not look up at me as she answers, “Hours ago. Managed to hide away but I could tell he looked really pissed.”“Oh my God.” I whisper, turning away at the same time the clanking of the knife on the table causes me to jump. It’s Thelma, I realize when I spin back around
ALANI must be dreaming.My house looks like a fucking circus. I get down from my car, seeing red. The security in front of the house shift their feet uncomfortably.“What the hell happened here?” I glance around again, my eyes meeting the fake snow, wreath and snowmen that litter around. My door’s







