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CHAPTER ONE

Alex's POVWe are in the boardroom. Our head of cybersecurity is giving a presentation on how our firewall was breached on Monday. It’s Friday now, and the issue still hasn’t been solved. I think he’s completely useless for what he’s paid. His whole department can’t figure out how it happened. The issue was stopped before important files were opened, but still our whole system is shut down until it’s resolved, which isn’t good for business. We deal with sensitive government contracts and international confidential documents. This can never happen again.“Now Austin, with all this explanation, I’m still not hearing how we’re going to fix this and make sure it never happens again,” I say sternly, the boardroom completely silent as I speak.“Yes, sir. I assure you my team is on it, and we just want it to be completely impenetrable before we bring our system back up.”“For four days?” I ask, unimpressed it’s taking that long.Austin, the head of cybersecurity, starts to speak, but my part

CHAPTER TWO

Celine's POVI'm in my uncle's office. He called earlier, asking if I could assist with a cybersecurity breach at his company. I'm not exactly an expert yet, but I'm doing a PhD in Computer Science, and my doctoral thesis focuses on cybersecurity, so I'm knowledgeable enough.They had stopped the breach by shutting down their servers, but not fully once the servers were up again, the hackers would come right back. I sign some non-disclosure paperwork before I start working. Then I go through the code first, analyzing the threat. Whoever did this was skilled; it couldn't be traced.I write a new code, embed it into the system, clean out the breach, and close the backdoor. It takes me about an hour to fix everything. After that, I sit down with the head of IT and his team to explain the threat and the processes I added to prevent future breaches. Their team is actually good, but this was a very updated, advanced attack that was difficult to decipher. I was able to handle it because I've

CHAPTER THREE

Alex’s POVI still can’t believe she’s Will’s niece. For a moment, when he walked into the office and called her honey, I nearly choked on my own tongue. Will has been married for five years, I was not prepared to see a gorgeous young woman in his office and hear him call her something that personal.Thank God she’s his niece. And then, just as quickly, disgust rolls through me from my own desire for her because…how old is she? She looked young, too young. And from the little I’ve heard about Will’s niece, I always imagined a kid in college, not…whatever that was.“Celine? Your niece?” I ask once we’re finally alone. I can't believe we have never met, I have known Will since after college and we're practically family and his niece and nephew are a huge part of his life though they used to live with their mom who leaves in Florida.“She’s the cybersecurity expert? Isn’t she still in school?”Will chuckles.“Yeah, she’s 25 years old. She still in school. Grad school. She’s working on

CHAPTER FOUR

Celine's POVMy roommate officially moved out this morning, which means I have two weeks left to find my own place. I’ve seen a few apartments I like, and Uncle Will agreed to come with me today to look at them. I’m meeting him at his office, so I swipe in with my visitor badge and stop to chat with Maureen, his secretary. She’s sweet, and obsessed with asking me for fashion tips.I push open Uncle Will’s office door and freeze. He’s sitting on the couch with a kid, both of them eating pizza while the little boy explains something on a phone. I recognize the music instantly Super Mario Odyssey…or Mario Kart. I grew up with Leo; I know those sounds anywhere.“Hi,” I say.They both glance up.“Shoot, you’re showing me the apartment today?” Uncle Will blurts. “I totally forgot. I’m sorry.”“It’s fine, I can reschedule. You look busy.”He gestures to the boy.“This is Jack.”I smile and walk over. “Hi, Jack. I’m Celine.”He studies me carefully big, sharp eyes then gives a shy smile and

CHAPTER FIVE

Alex's POVI turn off the lights in Jack's room, lingering for a moment as I watch him sleep peacefully. He spent the entire car ride home raving about Celine, singing her praises, telling me how she'd beaten a game level for him, how "cool" she was. He talked about her the way he talks about superheroes he admires.Jack liked her.And that... made me happy. More than it should.Celine looked just as gorgeous as the first time I met her. Maybe even more so. Today she was dressed casually, a short skirt, a tight sweater that showed off her impressive chest, which I felt guilty for even noticing. She wasn't wearing the red lipstick from the first day, but her lips were shiny from some gloss, drawing my eyes anyway. She had stacked silver necklaces and big bangles that somehow looked like pieces of art on her.Too young, I remind myself. Way too young. Will's niece. And I shouldn't be looking at her at all.When we got home, Jack passed out on the couch immediately after finishing the ch

CHAPTER SIX

Celine's POVAna is sprawled across my bed, legs kicking in the air, phone in hand, deep into stalking her boyfriend's co-workers on Instagram because apparently he's "acting weird."Meanwhile, I'm tearing through my closet like a tornado."I don't think I have anything appropriate," I groan, holding up a top I definitely should've thrown out in 2021."Ana, you are supposed to be helping," I say.She sighs dramatically, dropping her phone like I just interrupted a very important investigation. "Okay, okay. What about your black miniskirt and that red long-sleeve top?"I pause. "But... is that appropriate?""Yeah," she says, waving a hand. "Just wear stockings. It'll give girl-next-door. Responsible. Hireable. Cute."I nod. She's annoyingly right.I change quickly, smooth the outfit down, let my long hair fall freely. Putting on my signature Black eyeliner, just enough mascara, and gloss instead of lipstick. Of course Jewelry, I have jewelry blindness. I wear a lot but today I limit do

CHAPTER SEVEN

Alex's POVThe interview went fine, and I've officially hired Celine as Jack's nanny, though I'm still not sure it wasn't a mistake. All through the interview I did my best to keep my eyes from trailing, but it was hard to. Celine had awakened something in me I haven't felt in forever. I've been celibate for three years now, a choice I had to make because I had an unhealthy amount of sex after my divorce.My ex and I had been together for 10 years. At that time, we had just graduated college, and almost immediately she was pregnant, so we got married. We had a healthy sex life, even though I wasn't in love, but things were good and we had Jack. My company was in its beginning phase then, so Nicole Jack's mom actually helped with looking after him. But something had always been lacking in our relationship. For Nicole, love was important, and she was in love with me, but for me, love was never a factor. I liked Nicole, and she was my best friend. I was happy having a family with her, bu

CHAPTER EIGHT

Celine's POVI change into jeans and a cashmere sweater, do my quick makeup routine, and head out with the driver, Mathew, to pick up Jack from school. We left a little earlier because I needed to get registered at the office as an approved guardian. My details had already been sent ahead, so I just had to show my ID and confirm my identity.By the time I'm done, the students are already spilling out of their classrooms. I step outside toward the gate, and before I can even scan the crowd, I see Jack sprinting toward me.He throws his arms around me."My dad was right! You're really going to be my nanny?" he asks, practically vibrating with excitement."Of course he was right." I smile and take his backpack from him. "How was school today?"We walk toward the car where Mathew is waiting, holding the door open with a grin."Hello, Master Jack," Mathew says, fist-bumping him."Mathew, have you met Celine? Do you know she's my new nanny?" Jack says proudly."Yes, I do. I met her earlier,

CHAPTER NINE

Alex’s POVI’m always up early, but today I didn’t sleep well at all. I spent most of the night tossing and turning. After that late-night conversation with Celine, it was a miracle I got any sleep. It took every ounce of self-control not to close the distance between us. Not to touch her. Not to kiss her.And the things we talked about sex clubs? that didn’t help.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her standing there in that cream silk nightwear. The robe tried to hide what was underneath, but my imagination filled in everything it couldn’t. Staying on this ridiculous celibacy vow is going to be a problem. A very real problem.I take a much-needed cold shower before heading to wake Jack up. He’s usually easy in the mornings, gets up, gets ready, no complaints. But as I approach his room, I hear voices.He’s already up. Already dressed. Laughing with Celine.She’s brushing his hair while quizzing him on mental multiplication. He’s focused, smiling… happy. The sight hits something so

CHAPTER TEN

Celine's POVIt's finally Friday. I didn't see Alex at all last night. He came home late I heard him go into Jack's room when he returned but I stayed in mine. I didn't go downstairs either; the last thing I needed was risking another highly inappropriate conversation like the one we had in the kitchen.And if I'm being honest... it feels like Alex is avoiding me too.This morning was proof. After Jack was dressed and ready for school, Alex barely said a word to me. Just a quick "morning," nothing else. He sat with his coffee while Jack ate breakfast beside him, talking excitedly about a baseball game he wants them to go to next weekend.Weekends are his mom's days, so Alex said he'd ask her about it. He was polite, attentive with Jack. With me... distant.After school today, Jack is heading to New Jersey with his mom. She's picking him up directly from school, which means I'm completely free until Sunday evening."Bye, sweetie," I say as I hug Jack and kiss his forehead. "I'll see you

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