Miss Betty Suarez, Nanny
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Chapter 2
Betty nearly choked "I'm sorry! did you say Nanny?"
Daniel looked at her with a sheepish grin.
Her eyes were as big as saucers "You've got to be kidding me!"
Betty wasn't sure if he was joking or being serious. She was half tempted to just walk out and never look back, but something about him made her want to stay. She pulled him aside and said "I'm sorry, Daniel, but why the heck would you want me to be your kid's nanny?! I thought you said you had a very important job for me!" she stated in an annoyed tone. "I thought you were going to hire me at Meade!"
He sighed "Look, please! This IS a very important job! I need you to look after my son! I know this isn't your dream job, but I could really use the help! I'm desperate! I'll pay you anything you want!"
She looked at him in surprise, but shook her head and said "No, look, I'm sorry, but I'm not a nanny! I'm a writer!"
"Look, how about this, how about I hire you part time as my assistant? I will do whatever it takes! Please! I need you! What can I do? I'll do anything!"
She looked at him in confusion "Your assistant? Um...Mr...Daniel, at which magazine do you work?
He smirked "Uh...I'm Daniel Meade."
Her eyes grew wide "Oh my gosh! Mr. Meade?! Wait, so...you want to hire me as your son's nanny AND your assistant? As in assistant to the C.E.O of Meade?"
He grinned "Uh...yah, I guess, is that enticing enough for you?"
She bit her lip in thought. It wasn't exactly what she signed up for, especially being this guy's nanny...well, his son's nanny. But the being his personal assistant part was definitely an enticing proposition. He was in charge of all of Meade. If she worked directly with him, perhaps she would learn the business even more.
"Um...so how will the hours work?"
He grinned "Ok...well, let's see...how about you work with me from the morning until... let's say about 2 or 3 and then the rest of the time help with my son, picking him up from school, help him with homework, and dinner, stuff like that."
She was thinking this might work. "Do I get a day off?"
He nodded "Sure, whatever day you need off."
She smiled, but said "So, you'll pay me whatever I want?" she teased. He grinned, but said "Oh boy, you're going to make me poor, aren't you?" he teased back.
She giggled, but said "No, whatever you think is fair. I mean, I will be working two jobs, so...make it good!" she teased further. He chuckled "Smart! I like it!"
"There's only one problem, I don't have a car, and I live in Queens."
"Queens, huh?"
She nodded. He thought for a moment, but then his eyes grew bright "Hey, what if you live here with us! You can be a like a 'live-in Nanny'. There's plenty of rooms; I'm sure you can find one you like! I'll have a town car at your disposal, too."
"You want me to live in your house? I...I don't know...uh…"
"Think about, it will make it easier to go into Meade together and then you won't have to worry about going on the subway or catching a cab every night."
He made some valid points, but she was still uncertain, not only because she'd be living with this incredibly gorgeous man...and his son, but also what would her family think?
"Uh...I'm going to have to think about that. I'll talk with my family about it"
"Shit! I'm such an idiot. I didn't even consider you might be married or have kids!"
Her eyes grew wide "I'm not married and I definitely do NOT have any kids!" she stated.
He chuckled at how panicked she sounded about the kids. "Ok…"
"I live with my father, sister and nephew" she said, blushing, feeling embarrassed at how dramatic she sounded.
He nodded "Sure...so…"
"So?" she teased.
He gave her a desperate look, and she couldn't help but laugh "Fine! ok...I'll be your son's nanny. AND your assistant!" she said with a grin.
He nodded and threw his arms around her in a happy hug "Yes! Thank you! You have no idea how great this is!"
When he let go of her she looked at him with wide eyes, but smiled, a slight blush on her face.
He ran his hand through his hair, but said "so, when can you start?"
She looked between him and the boy who was sitting playing on his game. She walked over to him "Uh...hi DJ, was it?"
He nodded, but didn't smile. "I'm Betty, do you think we can become friends?"
He sighed, rolling his eyes "I guess" a small smirk crossed his face as he held his hand out for her to shake. She smiled and shook his hand resulting in a painful electric shock to her hand "Ow!" she broke her hand away at the shock.
And DJ burst into laughter.
"DJ!" Daniel yelled, and looked at his hand to see a shock chain in his palm "give me that! What the hell? Where did you even get this?"
DJ laughed "my friend gave it to me" he laughed again. Betty got up and looked to her hand. It still stung, but she had to admit that was a pretty good prank.
"Are you ok?" Daniel said as he took her hand in his, and she felt like the air in her lungs escaped her in a rush and she felt butterflies from his touch. She watched him in a daze as he assessed her hand.
His blue eyes met hers and she nodded slowly "I'm fine"
He let go of her hand and shook his head "I'm so sorry! I spill hot coffee on you nearly burning you and ruining your jacket, and me and my son both shock you all in the same day! You are very forgiving if you still want to work for me, even after all that we did to you!" he said with a smirk.
She laughed "How do you know I'm not going to leave right now?"
He smirked and said "Well, Miss Suarez, I think you would have left by now."
She bit her lip, realizing he was right. She wondered what it was about him that made her want to take a chance and stay.
Perhaps it was those incredible blue eyes.
Or how gorgeous his smile was.
She realized she was staring at him when he looked at her with a smirk and said "why don't you stay for dinner? It's the least I can do for all that we did to you"
She smiled and said "Are you going to cook for me?" she teased.
He laughed "Uh...I'm not really a chef or anything, but I can make a pretty good cheeseburger."
"Yes Papa, you're going to make burgers?" DJ got up excitedly, placing his game in his pocket. Daniel and Betty both laughed "yah, does that sound good?" he asked, resulting in nods from both Betty and DJ.
Betty laughed as she watched DJ hug his father "Thank you, papa!" he quickly ran off to the kitchen.
"He's so cute!" Betty found it sweet how happy he got over something so simple.
Daniel looked to her with a smile "Please remember that whenever he causes trouble."
"Oh gosh, what did I get myself into?"
He laughed. As they started in the direction of the kitchen, Betty looked at him and said "Can I ask you something?"
He looked to her "sure, what's on your mind?"
"Um...your son has a little bit of an accent, does he speak French?"
Daniel looked at her in surprise "Wow, you're good!" he nodded "His grandparents are French. He talks to them every week, and I try to take him to Paris to visit them every year, sometimes during the summer or around Christmas."
"Wow, Paris? At Christmas? That sounds amazing!" Betty's eyes shined at the mere thought of seeing Paris, let alone during Christmas.
Daniel smiled, finding her sweet and adorable seeing her excitement. "Well, if you're still around by Christmas, maybe you can come with us"
Her eyes grew wide in astonishment, "wow, that definitely makes me want to stick around!"
He smiled as they stopped in front of the kitchen counter. "I hope you do" his voice was low, and she felt like her heart was galloping in her chest. Why was this man so charming?
She should have known who he was that morning.
He was Daniel Meade!
She'd seen him on that Fashion news that her nephew loved to watch, and remembered he was appointed as the new C.E.O. of Meade after Bradford Meade died just a couple of months ago. She remembered just before his father died, he was going to be put in charge of Mode magazine. He was also known for being one of the most handsome bachelors in the city.
And she was working for him.
She couldn't believe she was such an idiot and didn't realize he was that Daniel until now.
She watched him as he was getting things set up to make the burgers, with DJ helping.
She smiled as she watched them together. She could see how much Daniel really loved his son. She thought back to how he'd said being here for his son was the important job he wanted her for. That was sweet of him to value his son that much.
As she watched them, she thought it probably wouldn't be a good idea to live with them, more specifically around him. It was one thing to see him at 'work' but to see him at 'home' too. She might just fall for him. He was so charming.
And of course incredibly handsome!
Who was she kidding? What would this incredible handsome rich guy see in her, anyway. He was completely out of her league. She was nuts to ever think he might be into her.
Like ever.
He was a hot millionaire and she was Betty. Not some famous supermodel or glamorous beauty.
She bit her lip as he looked to her with a smile. She felt butterflies.
"So, Miss Suarez, what is your favorite food?" he asked as he prepared the meat for the burgers.
She smiled "hmm...my father's empanadas are pretty great. And Oo, I love french fries! Any form of potato, really."
Daniel laughed.
"I love french fries!" DJ exclaimed, "Papa, can we make fries too?"
"Uh...I'll try, that might be a lot for me to do, bud!"
Betty got up and said "Please let me help! What can I do? Do you want me to cut some potatoes?"
He looked embarrassed, "Uh...to be honest, I haven't had time to get food, I doubt there's any." he said, feeling like a crummy dad, for not even having food.
Betty shook her head "That's ok. Maybe next time!" she said as she opened the refrigerator to see what there was, to find it mostly empty.
There were condiments, milk, jelly, a few cups of yogurt and some vegetables, and lots of soda. She looked to Daniel and he looked totally embarrassed "I told you there was nothing."
"It's ok. Trust me, if it wasn't for my papi, I'm pretty sure me and my sister would starve and we'd feed my nephew nothing too!" she joked.
He laughed.
He watched her as she took out a tomato and lettuce, washed them and came over beside him to start cutting them. She looked to him with a smile, and he didn't know why but in that moment, he felt like she was the one he and his son needed and had been looking for.
He was so glad he ran into her. He smirked as he looked at her and she gave him a funny smile, before she said "What?"
He laughed "I'm just remembering how I spilled coffee on you"
She laughed "What? Are you laughing at me now? That's so mean!"
He grinned "It's just...you are so…"
"What?" she asked, her eyes wide, wondering what he was going to say.
He shrugged, and laughed "I don't know! I'm just really glad I did!"
"You're glad you spilled hot coffee on me and ruined my clothes?" she said, but still had a smile on her face.
He grinned "Yah, because then...I wouldn't have met you"
She blushed feeling butterflies. For the next few minutes she sliced the tomatoes and cut the lettuce in a daze at what Daniel said to her.
After she was finished with them, she watched as Daniel and DJ assembled the burgers, finding them so adorable together. She could see that Daniel was a really good father, and DJ clearly loved his dad very much. They joked back and forth with each other and seemed like actual friends.
Daniel held up the burger he finished making "Now, this is a burger."
"Shut up, papa!" DJ pushed him.
"Hey! That's no way to thank me for my hard work!"
Betty giggled.
"Ms. Betty, which burger is better?" DJ asked as he held up his.
Betty placed her finger to her lips in thought "Hmm...let's see…"
Daniel kept pointing to himself, while DJ kept shoving his father away. She giggled "I think I have to say...DJ's looks better!" she said with a grin, resulting in DJ to chant "YES! Ha-hah!" to his father and Daniel to glare at her, and then push DJ "Whatever, buddy!"
Daniel looked to her with a pretend glare "not cool"
She giggled "Hey, don't be mad at me. I'm trying to making a new friend here!" she said looking to DJ who laughed.
She couldn't believe she was here like this. How did they come into her life so quickly? This was not at all how she pictured her day going, but she was finding that she didn't completely hate it.
Daniel looked to her with a grin "For you, Miss Suarez" He placed a plate with her burger in front of her.
"Mm! Thank you! That looks great! It smells so good!" she said as she took her plate.
He and DJ walked around with their plates and sat over at the kitchen table. She followed and sat next to Daniel.
They started eating, and after Betty finished her bite she looked to them with a smile "This is the best burger I've ever had"
"Really?" Daniel asked in surprise. She nodded "Mhm...It's delicious!" she said before she took another bite.
DJ grinned "yes, but Ms. Betty, you must try my burger! It is better!" he said pushing his plate toward her.
She looked to him "Are you sure?"
He nodded with a grin, glancing at his father with a smirk, who was shaking his head. Betty laughed and took a small bite from DJ's burger. "Wow! That's amazing! I love the sauce! What is that?"
He grinned "My secret recipe!"
She laughed "Well, it is amazing!"
"Hey, no fair, so DJ's burger is better?"
She bit her lip, but nodded "Mhm...I'm sorry, but yeah, that sauce is really good" she said seeing he was upset that she liked DJ's more.
She giggled, as DJ smirked at his father and said "see Papa, my burger is better!"
"Fine, you win! This time! I'll kick your ass when we play basketball later!"
DJ and Betty laughed. She couldn't believe how much fun she was having with them.
"So, DJ, I have a nephew, Justin, about your age. Maybe sometime I could bring him over to meet you?"
DJ shrugged "Ok"
As Betty tried to talk to him, he went back and forth between being nice and being 'mean'. She wondered if he was pretending to mean.
When Daniel noticed DJ was being rude, he changed the subject and asked DJ how school was and he told them about his crazy day, including running into Betty. She blushed as he recounted their meeting.
After some time as they were finishing up their dinner, DJ got up and said "Dad, I have something to show you. I will be back!" he ran off to retrieve something.
"DJ is a great kid" Betty said as she looked to Daniel. He smiled "Yah, most of the time. He's been giving me a rough time lately, acting up in school, playing pranks, and scaring off his other nannies." he said with a smirk.
Betty nodded "I think he's trying to do that with me!"
"I hope he doesn't scare you away"
She laughed "I'm from Queens! I'm a tough girl! I'm sure I can take it!"
He grinned "Great!"
Daniel noticed there was a small spot of ketchup on her cheek. She was so freaking adorable. He smirked, and she noticed "What? Why are you laughing at me?"
He laughed and said "Uh...you have ketchup on your cheek"
She blushed as she brushed her hand across her cheek to wipe it away, but she didn't quite get it.
He smirked and lifted his hand to rest at her cheek wiping the spot away. His eyes met with hers as she watched him in surprise. He didn't know what came over him and why he felt the urge to touch her. He felt like he was lost in her eyes, even though she was wearing glasses. His heart was racing as her cheeks seemed to redden at his touch.
Betty felt like she was under a spell. Daniel Meade had his hand on her cheek and was looking at her with those hypnotizing beautiful eyes of his. She felt like she couldn't breathe.
As she was becoming completely immersed in this bubble, DJ's footsteps brought them back to reality and Daniel dropped his hand from her cheek, and their fixed eyes were directed back to DJ.
"Papa, close your eyes!"
"What? Why? I don't like the sound of that"
Betty watched them in a daze. What was happening to her?
"Just do it!" DJ stated. Daniel complied with his request and closed his eyes and from behind his back DJ whipped out a can and sprayed silly string on his dad and immediately started laughing as Daniel yelled "DJ!"
Betty couldn't help but giggle seeing Daniel covered in silly string, but suddenly DJ sprayed silly string all over her, too! As Daniel was reaching for the canister of silly string, DJ laughed and ran off.
Betty took her glasses off, trying to remove the silly string off them and herself, while Daniel was doing the same "You see what I have to deal with" he said, but chuckled.
She giggled as she looked to him, finding it funny that even though DJ was being a little mischievous Daniel couldn't bring it upon himself to actually be mad. He was incredibly sweet.
Daniel looked to her covered in the silly string "I'm really sorry! I won't even be mad if you decide never to come back" he said, a slight disappointing tone in his voice.
"Like I said, I'm a tough girl. Trust me, I can take much worse. I got picked on plenty in middle school and high school. This is really not that bad."
"I can't see why anyone would pick on you. You're so nice!"
She bit her lip, then said "I haven't always looked as put together as I am today. In fact, up until a few months ago I had braces and I wear glasses, my hair is sometimes frizzy, and I haven't always dressed well. I'm definitely not the prettiest girl in the world that's for sure. My boyfriend cheated on me with my slutty neighbor because she was hotter and prettier than me" she said, realizing how embarrassing it was that she said all that to him.
"Well, I happen to think you ARE pretty! I say, good riddance to that bozo! He couldn't see how great you are." he said, finding it crazy that this girl made him blurt out his feelings so easily. Something about her made him want to tell her everything.
She blushed "Um...thanks. I should probably get going. It's getting late" she said as she got up, feeling nervous.
He nodded as he tried to get off more of the silly string off her as he stood up. "Again, I'm really sorry for all that we did to you today!"
She smiled "It's fine! Really. I actually had a lot of fun"
He smiled, and slowly took the last bit of silly string from her hair. Betty watched him as if everything was happening in slow motion. His eyes had this captivating light in them, and she felt lost in them every time she looked in those amazing blue eyes.
He dropped his hand and smiled at her "Thanks again! Let me get your number and I'll text you everything you need"
She nodded and told him her number. He text her with his name and a smiley so she got his number. She smiled "Great! I'll see you tomorrow, Meade?"
He nodded "yah, great! Meet me there at 9"
She nodded with a smile.
"Let me call a town car for you"
She shook her head "no, that's ok. I can take the subway."
He shook his head and text his driver to be here as soon as he could "No way! You're part of our family now! I can't have you taking the subway at night! I would never forgive myself if something happened to you!"
She smiled finding him so sweet that he cared about her safety. "I've been going on the subway since I was DJ's age."
"Oh god, please don't tell him that!" he said dramatically. She laughed. "Anyway, thank you. That is very sweet of you. I'll just wait out here" she said as she took a seat on the front steps.
Daniel didn't know what it was about this girl, but he felt he couldn't get enough of her. He found himself taking a seat next to her. She looked to him with a smirk. He smiled, causing her to laugh. He found that a pleasant sound.
"So…" he started
She looked to him with a playful smile "So?"
"You're not married and definitely DO NOT have kids right?" he made emphasis on the do not have kids part, with a smirk.
She blushed "Um...yah...sorry about that. It's not that I don't like kids. I love my nephew Justin, and DJ seems like a great kid, I just don't want kids until I've gotten my career going and I don't know...I'm too young. I'm only 24."
He nodded, listening to her as she spoke.
She continued "My sister, Hilda, had Justin when she was 17, and although I know she loves him and wouldn't change anything in the world if it meant he wasn't part of her life, I know that having a kid changes things, you know?"
She laughed realizing that he definitely knew. He nodded "Yah, I was 19 when I was dating DJ's mom, Lucy. I met her in Paris. She was a model. She got pregnant after a year of us dating and we had DJ and lived in France for about 2 years before she got sick and died."
"I'm sorry."
He shrugged "It's ok...DJ asks about her a lot, especially on his birthdays."
"My mom...she died when I was 12. I miss her a lot. I think about her all the time" she said, as her eyes became teary.
He watched her, seeing the light bounce off her glossy eyes, he felt his chest tighten, seeing how sad she looked. She held her necklace, that he noticed was a B with pearls hanging "She gave me this and told me I was a beautiful princess"
He smiled as he looked at her. She was definitely beautiful. A special beautiful, the kind of beauty you felt.
"You wanna know something crazy?" he asked
She looked at him, curious about what he wanted to tell her, she nodded. "Mhm"
"Uh...my brother Alex...almost faked his death over a year ago."
Betty looked at him in surprise. Daniel looked at her. "I found out he was going to do it before he did. I don't know what I would have done if he...if I thought he died."
She nodded, finding that notion scary.
"My brother's always been better at me at everything. He was my dad's golden child. Anything my brother did, my dad was there cheering him on. But I found out that my brother wanted to get a surgery to become a woman and my dad basically told him he might as well be dead"
Betty watched him speak in awe.
"I guess Alex took that too seriously and wanted to actually get back at my dad by faking his own death."
"Wow" Betty stated in shock. Daniel laughed "My family is nuts! Alex is now in Paris getting a surgery to become a woman and I don't know how to process it. What's even crazier, is Alex is actually DJ's real dad"
Betty looked at him in surprise "What?"
"My girlfriend Lucy cheated on me with my brother, and I only found out when she died"
"Oh no! That's awful!"
He nodded "Yeah, uh...when DJ was five we told him, and I explained to him that he was my son no matter what. That I loved him and that nothing changed."
She nodded "You can see how much he loves you"
He nodded with a smile "I love him more than anything." he looked to her and realized all of what he told her. "Wow! I'm really sorry! I can't believe I told you all that!"
She shook her head "It's ok" she saw that the car pulled up in front. "Um...I guess I'm going to get going."
He nodded and got up, pulling her up "Thanks for listening. I don't know what it is about you, but you make me want to tell you everything."
She smiled "It's funny, but I feel that way about you too. You somehow got me to tell you two of the most painful things about my life."
He smiled "I think we are off to a great start!" he said with a laugh. She laughed and nodded "yeah, it's great, because you trust me, and that is definitely a good thing for your son"
He smiled "Good night Miss Suarez"
She blushed, "Good night...Mr...Meade?"
He laughed "Just Daniel! Please! You make me feel so old! Mr. Meade is my dad!"
She laughed "Fine...Goodnight Daniel. You can also call me Betty"
As Betty got into the car and told the driver where to take her, she sank into the back seat feeling like her heart was going to come out of her chest. How could this man she only just met make her feel such a way?
She'd never felt this way before, like everything about him consumed her heart.
She was in big trouble.
AN: Hope you like it! Please let me know what you think! Thank you! 3 =)
