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I made breakfast for Aden the next morning. Troy was still asleep.
"Here you go…" I said as I slipped the scrambled egg from the pan and onto Aden's plate.
"Yum!" Aden dug into his breakfast. "Gabriella, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, sweetie." I replied.
"Are you going to leave like the other nannies?" He asked.
"What do you mean?"
"All the other nannies ran away because of mommy." He said. Who wouldn't?
"I'm not going anywhere, Aden." I assured him. He smiled to my answer.
Later, Troy came down to the kitchen. "Hey Aden…" He said as he kissed Aden on his cheek. "Hey, Gabriella…"
"Good morning…" I responded. He was acting like nothing had happened.
"Hey, we're all going to a French restaurant for dinner." He said. "But now, I've got some work to do."
After he ate his breakfast, he went upstairs to do his work. At 5 pm, Aden's tutor, Taylor, came. After she finished teaching Aden, she asked, "So, how's it going so far?"
"Well… I've got something to tell you. But you can't tell anyone, okay? Especially not Angeline."
"I would never…" She promised.
"Alright, last night, Troy got drunk. And he… flirted with me." I told her.
"What?! Flirting as in…?"
"Touching my hands and cheeks?" I said.
"Woah… do you like him?"
"What?! No! He has a wife, remember? And it was only because he was drunk."
"I hope so."
At night, we all got dressed and headed for a French restaurant. I sat in the backseat with Aden. The restaurant's name was 'Chef-d'œuvre'. It meant 'masterpiece' in French. And it looked really expensive. "Aden, do you want lobster?" Troy asked his son.
"Yup!" Aden answered.
"What about you, Gabriella?"
"I'll just have a beef burger." I told him.
"Nah, that wouldn't fill your tummy. Eat lobster."
"But it looks expensive."
"But it's worth it."
So after we ate dinner, we went back home.
"You can sit in the front seat, Gabriella." Troy said. "Aden's gonna fall asleep in the backseat."
"Alright…" So I sat in the front seat, beside Troy. When we arrived, Aden was fast asleep. He sleeps a lot. But we didn't get out of the car yet. "You were right. Aden did fall asleep!" I laughed.
"Yeah…" Troy said. I noticed him staring at me.
"Maybe we should get down now…" I said.
"Nah… let's just stay here for a while." He said. Then his eyes caught mine. Soon, he began moving closer towards me. And I didn't move. I don't know why I didn't! Before I knew it, our lips were touching. Slowly. Passionately. I froze. I didn't kiss him back. He just played with my lips with his. I didn't know what I should do. Next, he caressed my cheeks with his big, warm hands and put them behind my neck. It actually felt good. Soon, I came back to my senses and turned away. But he still kept his lips on my neck. "Troy, stop it…" I said. He stopped kissing my neck. "I'm sorry…" He said and got out off the car.
Then a feeling popped up inside me… a feeling for Troy.