All Chapters of THE BILLION-DOLLAR NANNY OF THE MAFIA KING: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"Amelia," I said, my voice deathly quiet. "The school. St. Jude’s. Three hours ago. I want every camera in a five-mile radius." "On it," Eric muttered. The monitors on my wall flickered to life. Eric bypassed the school’s security firewalls like they were tissue paper. We watched the footage of the morning drop-off. I saw my car pull up. I saw Amelia get out, holding Amy’s hand. They looked happy. She knelt down, hugged my daughter, and whispered something that made Amy smile. Then, Amy walked into the gate. We watched as Amelia turned back toward the car. She reached for the door handle. Silas didn't open it. Through the grain of the security footage, I saw the car lurch forward. Silas floored it, leaving her standing on the curb. I felt a growl build in my throat. "He left her. He fucking left her on purpose." We watched Amelia. Her face fell, I saw her bite her lip, a habit she had when she was stressed. She looked around, desperate, her shoulders hunching in. People in the

The steam in the bathroom was so thick I could barely see the mirror above the vanity. I sat in the massive tub, the hot water lapping against my chin, trying to stop the shivering that had taken over my entire body. My teeth chattered, a sharp, rhythmic clicking sound that seemed too loud in the quiet room.I looked over the edge of the porcelain tub. Kade was sitting on the tiled floor, his back resting against the dark wood cabinets. He had taken off his soaking wet suit jacket and tossed it into the corner in a heap of expensive dark fabric.His white dress shirt was plastered to his chest, translucent from the rain, showing the dark ink of the tattoos underneath. His tie was undone, hanging loosely around his neck.He looked ruined. The pristine, terrifying CEO I had met yesterday was gone, replaced by a man who looked like he had walked through a hurricane just to find me."You're ruining your clothes," I whispered, my voice sounding raspy and small.

Nick stood in the doorway holding the black envelope. Kade stepped away from me immediately, and the warmth between us vanished, leaving the kitchen cold again. Snatching the envelope from Nick's hand without opening the flap, he looked at me with hard, serious eyes."Go upstairs, Amelia. Go to sleep," Kade ordered.I didn't argue with him this time, as the look on his face told me the conversation was completely over. Walking out of the kitchen and up the grand staircase, I headed into his large bedroom, climbed into the massive bed, and pulled the heavy duvet over my shoulders. I fell asleep listening for his footsteps, but he never came upstairs.Waking up the next morning to an empty room and cold, undisturbed sheets, I got out of bed and walked down the hall to my own room in the East Wing. After a warm shower to wash the rest of the alley dirt from my ski

AMELIA'S POVI dropped my hand away from the cold metal handle immediately and spun around to face the hallway. Nick stood just a few inches behind me with a deeply serious expression on his face. He reached out and gently wrapped his fingers around my elbow to guide me away from the basement door."I was just walking to the laundry room to get fresh towels for the bathrooms," I explained quickly while stepping away from the heavy door. "I did not mean to listen to what was happening down there.""I know you did not come looking for this, Amelia," Nick replied quietly as he walked me further down the corridor. "But you need to understand that this house operates on two very different levels. The upstairs is for you and the little girl to live peacefully, and the basement is where Kade handles the violent realities of his business."Another muffled scream echoed through the floorboards beneath our feet. I flinched and wrapped my arms around my waist."He is hurting Silas because Silas

I threw the heavy grey duvet back and climbed out of the large bed. I walked into the attached closet and searched through the organized rows of clothing Mrs. Halloway had previously provided for me. I found a pair of black athletic leggings and a fitted white cotton tank top. I pulled my dark hair up into a tight ponytail to keep the long strands out of my face. I walked back into the bedroom where Kade was waiting near the doorway. We left the bedroom and walked downstairs to the kitchen in complete silence.The kitchen was entirely empty because it was still very early in the morning. I walked over to the large walk-in pantry and pulled out a plastic container of rolled oats. I placed a medium metal saucepan on the stove and poured two cups of milk and one cup of the oats into the pot. I turned on the gas heat and stirred the mixture slowly with a wooden spoon. Kade sat on one of the tall wooden stools at the island counter and watched my hands move. I grabbed two yellow bananas fr