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Abby couldn't help but consider this as an adventure. Mark was paying her, and although her nursing job paid the bills, any extra cash was welcome.

"I kind of feel like Belle in Beauty and the Beast," she remarked. "I almost expected the wardrobe to talk to me, or for a candlestick to start dancing."

"I've never seen that movie."

She looked at him in shock. "Seriously? Not even as a kid? That is the saddest thing I've ever heard. It's one of my favorites."

He grunted, looking uncomfortable. "I don't get cartoons. Anyway, do you need anything else? I need to get back to work."

"Well, I guess, what do you want me to do? You are paying me. I guess you're my boss now."

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Whatever you think is best. I'm not going to give you a list of tasks or anything." Before he left, he added, "And I'll pay you two thousand a week. That all right?"

"That's fine," she replied, a little stunned.

He nodded and left her alone again.

If he were the beast in this scenari