NATHANAria followed me quietly down the hallway, her soft footsteps barely making a sound against the wood floor.I didn’t know why my pulse was picking up. Maybe because I’d already decided she was different, and that terrified me more than I wanted to admit.We stopped outside my daughter’s room. I knocked gently before pushing the door open.“Hey, sweetheart,” I whispered. “There’s someone I want you to meet.”Lila sat on her bed, cradling her stuffed rabbit. Her hair was a wild mess of curls… she’d refused to let me brush it this morning, and her face was set in that stubborn little pout I knew too well.“I don’t want another nanny,” she mumbled without looking up.Aria hesitated by the doorway, then smiled softly. “That’s okay,” she said gently. “I don’t want to be just another nanny either.”Lila’s head snapped up, surprised.I watched the two of them- my guarded daughter, and this calm stranger, facing each other. “What’s your name?” Lila asked quietly.“Aria,” she said, step
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