Thanks to everyone who has decided to give this story a shot.

So originally I was thinking of having Elliot in this but now I think I want to see some of the newer guys in it. Maybe it's just me but I think Olivia and Amaro have a really good friendship forming so I'd kinda like to use that. I hope that doesn't put anyone off reading. Either way there's not going to be a great deal of the other members of the squad in this story anyway, at least not just yet.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Chapter 2

Olivia had been up and out of bed for about an hour or so. She was desperate to start searching through Richard's room and his study but she couldn't risk it whilst he was still in the house. She was in the kitchen, getting things ready for the children waking up. She also had a pot of coffee made and was already enjoying a cup of it as she crept around making sure the place was as tidy as possible.

The sudden sound of Harrison crying led her up to his nursery. She walked in and was surprised to see Richard holding him, trying to settle him. However, she was a little more surprised to see Richard had no shirt on. Clearly he was in the middle of getting ready for work. It made her smile to think he'd stopped to check on his crying child even though she was in the house and that was her job.

"Morning." she said to Richard over Harrison's cries.

He turned round to face her and she was sure he blushed slightly. She guessed it had something to do with him being shirtless. "Morning, Nichole. I heard him crying and came to check on him." he said. "Don't know why, I can never get him to settle." he said, sounding a little flustered.

Olivia calmly walked over to him and held her arms out. Richard passed her his crying son who cried for a moment longer before Olivia's soft swaying began to soothe him. She rubbed soft circles on his back and once more Richard watched as his son cuddled up to her.

Richard stepped right up to her and gently stroked Harrison's head. "He sure does like you."

Olivia noticed he sounded a little hurt. "Yeah well he likes his Daddy more." she said as she passed him back to Richard.

Richard quickly took hold of him but once more Harrison began to fuss. Feeling a little hurt Richard immediately went to pass him back to Olivia but she stepped back a little. "If you're feeling flustered then he'll pick up on it." she told Richard.

"I always feel flustered when he cries like this." Richard said as Harrison got worse.

"Well don't." Olivia replied with a smile. "Just take a deep breath, calm down and sway gently with him."

Richard did as she told him but Olivia could see he still looked unsure and Harrison continued to cry because of it. Giving up he passed Harrison back to Olivia. She laid him across her front holding him securely in one arm, and gently patting his back using her other hand.

Richard stepped behind her and watched over her shoulder as Harrison now settled down. His red puffy eyes began to drift shut as he fell asleep in the comfort of Olivia's arms. He placed his arm around Olivia and gently stroked Harrison's head, then his rosy tear stained cheek. "He settles so well for you." he whispered to her.

The feel of his warm breath hit Olivia's neck and it felt nice, as much as she hated to admit it. As he reached his arm further around her his body pressed up against her back. She could feel his body heat radiating through her thin shirt. She didn't realize it when her body sunk back against his. His other arm reached around her as he took hold of Harrison's little foot.

Olivia could smell Richard's aftershave, it was amazing. She had no idea that behind her he could smell her shampoo. She looked down when she felt his fingers brush against her bare arm, "You're fantastic with him." he said to her.

The touch of his skin against hers seemed to send a shock of electricity through her body, one she couldn't control. It shocked her how much she liked his touch. What the hell was happening to her?

She felt him rest his cheek against the side of her head and still she didn't pull away from his touch. She liked it too much. Her heart was pounding hard against her chest and she wondered if it would wake Harrison. She had to put a stop to this before it got out of control.

She was about to force herself to pull away from him when his cell phone began ringing. He stepped back from her and reached into his pocket and answered. "Martin, good morning." She heard him say as he stepped out. Martin was Richard's business partner, this much she knew from the investigation.

She sighed and placed a sleeping Harrison back into his crib. She turned and made her way out of the room, "Pull it together." she muttered to herself.

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Olivia had had another great day with the kids. She was really fond of them and she had a good feeling they liked her. The kids were all now fast asleep in bed. It was gone 11pm and Olivia was beginning to feel tired. She was going to get a drink of water and then go up to bed, but before she went to sleep she was going to give the team a quick check in call.

She was searching through the fridge for a bottle of water when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned to see Richard walk into the kitchen. He placed his briefcase down on the table. She couldn't help but notice how exhausted he looked.

He stood there looking at her for a moment before he sighed then smiled and said, "I'm having a glass of wine before bed, would you like one?"

Olivia was hesitant but decided it was an opportunity to talk to Richard, question him in a subtle way. "Sure, I'd love one."

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Olivia couldn't help but laugh as Richard topped hers and his glasses up again. "I thought you said one."

"Something you should know about me, Nichole, is that I love expensive wine, especially if it has a great body like yours…" he said. Olivia quickly looked at him, a smile on her face. "Shit..! I mean like this, a great body like this one has… Not that you haven't got a great body, you have…" he stuttered. Olivia had to try to hold in laughter. "Ok, so no more wine for me." Richard said as he pushed the glass away and hid his face in his hands, completely embarrassed.

Olivia just laughed and said, "I'm just gonna say thank you, because I'm sure there was a compliment in there somewhere."

Richard just laughed, still feeling a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry." he said.

"It's fine."

"It's been a while since there was a woman around the house." he confessed.

"Well, I'm flattered. It's been a while since someone's gave me a compliment."

"I'm happy to help." Richard said, still having yet to look her in the eyes.

She couldn't help but think he was a shy man. She had seen all types of murderers but she had never sat and drank wine with one. For now at least he didn't seem like the murdering type. But she decided to press on.

"What happened to your wife?" Nichole had no idea what had happened but of course Olivia did. She knew Richard's wife had been found stabbed and drowned in the indoor swimming pool in the house, but she wanted to hear what he was telling people.

He hesitated before he said, "She was murdered. Someone broke into the house and they stabbed her then they threw her in the pool and they left her to drown. She was stabbed in the back, she couldn't do anything to save herself." He sounded so sad. He even had what Olivia thought were tears in his eyes. "But before all that they raped her, because murdering her wasn't enough." he said, sounding a little angry.

"The police have no idea who did it?" she asked.

"Nope. Whoever raped her was smart, they used a condom, so there was no DNA and they left no other clues. God, I miss her, and I know the kids do."

He turned to look at her and she found herself actually feeling sorry for the man. It just seemed so odd that his first wife, and Benjamin's mother, had been found stabbed to death. Then his second wife and Susan's mother had been found shot to death and then his latest wife, Harrison's mother, had been stabbed and left to drown and all of them brutally raped.

"The truth is I'm not very good at the parenting thing. I forget to pack Ben's soccer shirt all the time. I have no idea how to braid Susan's hair the way she likes it for school, and Harry just cries whenever I hold him. Sometimes, I wonder if they think I don't love them and I do. They're everything to me." he said, his eyes fully glassed over with tears.

Olivia was now very seriously beginning to think they were wrong about Richard and that he was just one very unlucky man who bad things seemed to happen to. After all his first wife had been murdered whilst staying in a hotel room whilst working away and his second had been shot in a drive by style shooting whilst dropping Benjamin and Susan off at school.

"They know that you love them, and they love you to." she said, trying to sound reassuring. Richard smiled and blinked away his tears, seeming a little embarrassed by them. "They're great little kids." she added.

"They seem great because they're in school all day. Wait till you have to spend all weekend with them." Richard joked, making Olivia laugh.

She turned to look at Richard again, who was now smiling. It was a warm friendly smile. She found herself looking at his eyes, trying to read him. Trying to work out whether or not she thought….

She hadn't even seen him move forward, she just felt his lips against hers, kissing her softly but passionately. She had no idea why but she didn't move away when he put his hand up and held her face as he deepened the kiss. It went on a few seconds longer and then that's when she pulled away and pushed herself up from the couch where they had been sitting next to each other. She stepped around the coffee table so that there was something between them, something other than their feelings.

"I'm sorry." she said.

"No, I am. That wine has really gone to my head." Richard said.

"I better get to bed." Olivia said before she practically ran out of the room. She made quick checks on the sleeping children before she climbed into bed and hid under the quilt.

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The next few days seemed to fly by. She and Richard tried to act like nothing had happened, but they both knew something had and they both knew that feelings of some sort were beginning to develop between them. That didn't mean that either of them knew how to handle it. She tried to focus on why she was here and not about how she felt for Richard who, so far, she had nothing on.

She'd had little chance to do much investigating, because as good as she may have been with children, it was hard taking care of three of them and trying to do detective work at the same time. Although in the day Benjamin and Susan where in school little Harrison kept her busy, not to mention all the housework she had to do. That part of the job she wasn't so keen on, she'd much rather chase down a perp than do housework every day.

It was early morning, about 5.30am and Olivia couldn't sleep, she'd been tossing and turning all night. She got up out of the ridiculously comfy bed and decided to go check on the children on her way to go make a cup of coffee and maybe some breakfast.

First she checked on Harrison, he was fast asleep, sucking on his thumb. Next, Susan, she too was still fast asleep. Some of the teddy bears, that usually surrounded her on the bed, were now on the floor. Olivia crept in and picked them all up and placed them back on the bed. Benjamin was next to check and he too was fast asleep but his foot was sticking out of the bed. She smiled and walked over to him and carefully took hold of his ankle and tucked his foot back under the warm blankets. She then fixed them over him before she walked out and left him to sleep.

It was a cold Saturday morning as she walked into the kitchen and turned on the coffee machine. As it slowly began to fill she walked over to the huge set of glass doors that separated the kitchen from the pool room by a small hallway. She'd only been in the pool room the first day she had worked here, when she'd had to drag Susan and Benjamin out of the pool.

She stepped into the silent pool room and looked around it, it was lovely and warm in the conservatory style room. She loved the fact that the house had its own indoor pool, she never got chance to go to the public baths anymore and to be honest she wasn't so keen on going in public pools even though she adored swimming. She smiled as she decided a swim would be perfect. She turned on her heels and went off to get her swim suit on which she had decided to bring along with her after a last minute decision.

She had been swimming laps for a little over twenty minutes, using the wall either end of the large pool to kick off and stat a new lap. She swam mostly below the water, holding her breath with ease as she did so. However, she suddenly got the feeling that she was being watched. As she finished a lap she grabbed hold of the side of the pool. She clung on with one arm and rubbed her stinging eyes with the other.

Someone suddenly reached down and grabbed her shoulder, she screamed and pushed back off the wall and then looked up at who it was. "Richard! Christ, you scared me to…"

"Give me your hand!" he told her in a tone Olivia wasn't about to argue with. She reached up and placed her hand in his. He pulled her up out of the pool without her even having to assist him. He was clearly strong, very strong.

"Thanks…" she began to say but Richard quickly cut her off.

He wasn't happy. He thrust a towel from off a chair behind him into her arms. "What the hell do you think you are doing in here?" he barked at her.

She was shocked at him yelling at her, he always seemed so calm and collected. Her shock showed on her face. "I was taking a swim. I'm sorry. I didn't think you would have a problem with it." she said, trying to stay calmer than she felt. Really she was actually quite pissed off that he was talking to her like a child.

"You have no idea do you?" he yelled louder at her.

Before she had chance to respond to him he grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the room with him. His grip didn't hurt her, it was gentle in fact, even considering how annoyed with her he seemed.

He stopped and let go of her once they were in the kitchen. She stood there in just her bikini still, feeling more humiliated because of that fact. She had no reason to, she stayed extremely fit and her slim toned body showed for it. But she felt like a naughty child who had been caught red handed with their hand in the cookie jar. She watched, fighting back tears, as Richard slammed both sets of doors shut. Olivia flinched as the whole house seemed to shake from such rough manhandling. She was too angry to say anything back to him.

"That is where my wife was murdered by someone who is still out there! What if the person who did it had come back and saw you in there, alone! They would do the same to you as they did my wife! You don't go in there, ever, and the kids don't go in there either! Do you understand that?" he yelled, red faced and clearly angry.

They both stared at each other for a moment before the sounds of Harrison crying caught both their attentions. Without a word Richard stormed past her and went to see to his crying son. Olivia stood there with tears now building in her eyes. She blinked them away and wrapped the towel around herself as she went to her room. She couldn't do this anymore.

~0~0~0~0~

Amaro was out running when his phone began to ring. It came up as Nichole, he knew on her phone he was saved as Matt. "Hey." he said as he answered.

"I can't do this!" Olivia said, her voice shaky as tears and sobs threatened to explode out of her.

"What's happened?" he asked as he stopped running. He was worried for her. She was the most capable Detective he knew so he couldn't understand why she would think she couldn't handle an undercover assignment.

"I can't stay here." she said as she sat down on the huge bed and tears began to roll down her cheeks.

"Has he hurt you?" he asked her, needing to understand. He was ready to go help her if she needed him.

Olivia took a second to think about his words. Richard hadn't hurt her, he'd flipped at her whilst trying to protect her, truth was she wanted out because she could feel herself falling for him and she had no idea if he was a killer or not yet. "No." she told him.

"Well, is it the kids?" he asked her.

Her heart skipped a beat when she heard a knock on her bedroom door. "I have to go. I'll speak to you later." she whispered before hanging up and putting the phone that was kept constantly on silent back in the bedside drawer.

She got up, still wrapped in the towel and walked over to her door. She hesitated before she opened it.

"Nichole, please, let me in. I need to explain." Richard said through the thick wood.

She sighed and then opened the door. Richard stood there looking much calmer. Olivia noticed how there was always a look of sadness in his cerulean blue eyes.

"Can I come in?" he asked her.

"It's your house." she said as she stepped away from the door but didn't bother to open it for him. She walked over to the bed and continued to put clothes back into her suitcase which lay open on the bed.

"You're leaving?" Richard asked her, his voice curious but also a little disappointed.

Olivia couldn't answer him because she literally didn't know what to say so she continued packing.

"Nichole, please." Richard said as he softly placed his hand on her waist.

Olivia felt her body stiffen and she couldn't hold in a small gasp. Richard's touch felt amazing, but she quickly shrugged him off and then turned to face him. "You humiliated me downstairs." she told him as tears started to roll down her cheeks again.

"I know and I am so so sorry. I just…I saw you swimming and it just brought back the morning that I found Clarissa. She used to get up and swim every morning before the kids would wake up. I'm so scared that the person who hurt her will come back, and hurt Benjamin, or Susan or little Harry and then I think about them hurting you, and even though I barely know anything about you, the thought of someone hurting you kills me." he told her.

Olivia looked at him, wondering how and why it would bother him if she were to get hurt. She felt like she couldn't do her job properly around him. She couldn't work out if he was a cold blooded killer or just someone who everyone had gotten wrong. "Why would that bother you? I'm just the Nanny."

"No, Nichole, you're not just the Nanny." he said as he reached up and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "You're someone who my children love, and someone who I think that I'm falling in love with. In fact, I know I'm falling in love with you." he said to her.

Olivia felt her hot tears fall down her face more uncontrollably. Why? God, why did she always attract the bad guys? Why not a good guy, just once? She couldn't trust her feelings anymore. Her heart was telling her to let herself keep falling for Richard, but the cop in her told her to keep thinking of him as a suspect. It shocked her when the words came out of her mouth because she hadn't meant to say them, she had just thought them. "Did you kill your wife?"

"No." he told her.

Olivia didn't know why but she believed him so when his lips met hers she didn't even stop herself from kissing him back. He placed his hands on her hips and pulled her body closer to him. She reached up and hooked her arms around his neck.

His kiss felt fantastic. It was so full of passion but yet it was so tender. Olivia couldn't believe how quickly her body as reacting to him. Her head screamed pull away from this now, but when Richard slipped his hands into her towel and touched her skin it was like electricity. She found herself deepening the kiss, felt her hands move down his torso and to his trousers. She unbuckled them as he pulled her towel off.

With his belt undone she quickly worked on pulling his shirt over his head. It went on like this until they both fell down on the bed naked. There was no stopping herself now, she wanted this to happen and she was powerless to stop herself, and Richard knew it.

TBC

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