"I felt like murdering him so he won't have that smug grin on his face!"
Natalie frowned when she noticed how her friend's eyes twinkled with laughter.
"It's not funny, Lexi!"
Lexi raised her hands in mock surrender, "I'm sorry but dang, that shit was savage!"
Natalie glared at her while Lexi shrugged.
"I mean that's a nice way to greet your boss," Lexi giggled, "but it's the first time I've seen you so worked up over a guy."
"Focus, Lexi!" She snapped, "I've been given an ultimatum at work and Chloe doesn't seem to be helping matters."
Lexi frowned, furrowing her brows in surprise, "Chloe is your boss kid?"
"Yeah, but her name is the least of our worries!" Natalie snapped.
"Oh no, the name is the beginning of wisdom," Lexi shook her head in disagreement.
Natalie gave her friend a weird look, "I remember that's not how it goes in the scripture."
"Not important!" Lexi screamed, "What's your boss's name?"
"Dante," Natalie replied still glaring at her.
"As in Dante Rodrigo?" Lexi asked.
Natalie noticed how her friend was trying to hide her excitement.
"I dunno," Natalie replied with a small frown.
She was surprised when Lexi grabbed her laptop and turned it on. Going straight to google and typing furiously on the keyboard till she saw a familiar picture on the screen of the laptop, his familiar steel-blue eyes.
"Yes, that's my boss," she said then narrowed her eyes at Lexi, eying her suspiciously, "How did you know?"
Lexi made a fainting motion then jumped up and down squealing and yelling, "Oh my freaking bananas! Oh, my freaking bananas!!"
Natalie waited till her friend had calmed down before she asked her the question on her mind.
"Who the hell is Dante?"
If looks could kill, she'd be twelve feet under with the dagger stare Lexi threw her way.
"Please tell me you know Dante Rodrigo." Lexi made a motion of pleading and clasping her hands together.
"Is that the full name of my asshole boss?" She asked confused.
Lexi made a gasping sound. "Look. At. The. Screen!"
Natalie rolled her eyes at her friend's outburst and fixed her eyes on the screen.
She began reading every word of it. Dante Rodrigo was the grandson of the world business mogul—Alaric Rodrigo—and Dante was one of the top five America most eligible bachelors—after his wife's death—having over a billion dollars company in America and other European countries, some African and Asian countries.
In all, she had just clobbered the head of a man worth more than her entire existence and she thought her life couldn't get more complicated.
Well, he might be a rich stuck-up asshole but once upon a time she'd been like him too but no one needed to know that.
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"Daddy!"
Natalie took a deep breath as she stared at the annoying six years old brat and the mess she had made in the kitchen.
"No daddy is coming to your rescue, you must clean this up!" She snapped at the brat.
Chloe glared at her. Natalie knew she had intentionally spilled hot chocolate on her spotless white shirt and spilled the rest on the kitchen floor now she was calling her father.
"What's all the ruckus this early morning?"
Natalie groaned when she heard Dante's sharp voice heading in the direction of the kitchen.
Chloe gave her a smirk then began to cry. Natalie wondered how the kid comes up with all these crazy ideas.
"Why are you crying, Chloe?" She saw Dante out of the corner of her eyes pick her up. She ignored them and continued packing Chloe's lunchbox.
"D-daddy," Chloe stuttered in a teary voice.
Natalie sighed. She could almost see Chloe staring in a hit movie on Netflix.
"Hush, baby," Dante said in a soothing voice.
Suddenly, she felt an intense heat at the back of her neck. Turning around she saw Dante glaring at her.
"Why is my daughter crying on her first day in school and why is she covered in hot chocolate?"
Natalie massaged her temples. "She's faking her tears and she poured chocolate on herself."
Chloe intensified her wails. "She's saying I'm seeking too much attention!"
"That's enough, baby. Natalie is gonna apologize to you," he said in a stern voice.
Natalie frowned. "I didn't do anything..."
"Now!"
One look at his clenched jaw Natalie sighed, out of the corner of her eyes she could see Chloe hiding a small smirk.
Hmmph, devil's spawn!
"I'm sorry, Chloe." The evil spawn smiled at her and she quickly added, "your dad is pampering you too much."
She hid a triumphant smirk as both father and daughter gasped staring at her.
She would teach them some manners and make them realize she wasn't like other nannies, she smiled relishing that thought.
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After Natalie had succeeded in getting rid of father and daughter, she had the house all to herself and she proceeded on exploring the house not knowing where Lee had disappeared to.
She started from the garden she had seen from her window and gasped at how beautiful the garden was. It was filled up with different types of flowers ranging from white roses to red roses and lilies. She loved flowers but hated how fragile it was although she admired rose flower for having a thorn.
She went deeper into the garden and soon got lost in the wildflowers but she wasn't inclined to leave.
Lying on the ground, she closed her eyes till she felt a shadow. Opening her eyes she came face to face with dead black eyes.
A scream tore from her throat as she jerked up trying to get away from the lifeless eyes but got grabbed by the hand.
"I told you to stay away from here forever!" The voice shrieked grabbing her by her ankle.
The voice was oddly familiar but Natalie couldn't see the face because it was covered in a hoodie but the body and voice told her it was a man.
"Let me go!" She shrieked aiming a kick with her free leg but he easily grasped her other leg.
A feeling of deju vá filled her as she remembered the last time she was dragged like this. They had been dragging her to her death.
Another scream ripped from her throat and the man was suddenly tackled to the ground by...
"Lee?" She called surprised. He was pining down the man trying to probably murder her while flashing her a smile.
"Are you alright, Natalie?" He asked concern flashing in his eyes.
"I guess so," she replied standing up and smoothing her dress.
"I'm sorry about my brother, he's like this sometimes plus he's not used to strangers," Lee apologized while still holding him down.
"Your brother?" Natalie asked confused.
Lee scratched his head awkwardly before standing up from the man. "Please go back to your room Leo, and refrain from scaring Natalie."
The man cast her one last dead look causing a shiver to run down her spine and he was gone.
"Your brother is uhm...very strange," Natalie commented as they walked back to the main house.
Lee threw his head back and laughed. "I know he's creepy, Natalie."
Natalie shrugged, "I guess you're right."
Lee laughed. "I know you have questions so ask them."
Natalie shrugged. She did have some questions like why did he drag her farther into the garden?
Lee shrugged. "Leo has been unwell for a while now and he refused to see a therapist so he just stalks around my house."
Natalie frowned. She had never seen or heard anything about this man from anyone least of all Lee.
"He said something to me," she muttered.
Lee waved it off with a laugh. "Leo is just crazy that's all so don't let him bother you."
Natalie nodded as she realized they were out of the garden and now standing in front of the mansion.
"Thanks for coming to my rescue, Lee," she smiled at him.
He nodded then flashed her a grin, "Take care not to walk around alone, Natalie. The world is a dangerous place."
Once again, Natalie had a sense of foreboding as she watched Lee strode into the house.
She turned towards the garden and could have sworn she saw a pair of dark lifeless eyes staring at her. The ringing of her phone jolted her out of her thoughts and she frowned when she saw the unknown number on her phone.
Tapping the answer button she placed the phone on her ear.
"Hello," she spoke lightly.
"Ms. Tyson, there's been an accident!"
"Great! It just had to be her!!"Natalie rushed into the school hospital and saw Chloe glaring daggers at her as the school nurse attended to her.She had received a call from her school principal earlier and had rushed to see her. She was even surprised wondering why the principal hadn't called her father."Chloe, what happened to you?" She questioned taking in the disheveled state of the girl.Her immaculate white shirt was not smudged with dirt and wrinkled, she had a split lip and her skirt was torn slightly.Chloe smirked at her. "I got the other girl real good."Natalie followed her eyes and gasped. The second kid was lying on the bed, bruises on her wrist, and her right leg was hanged in a cast."Chloe, what did you do?" She asked, narrowing her eyes slightly."You have no right to even try and scold me so just zip it!" Chloe snapped.Before Natalie could respond, the door opened and the principal stepped in."Ms. Ty
Dante woke up with the incessant ringing of his phone. Grabbing his phone, still drowsy he tapped the answer screen."Dante, speaking.""Mr. Rodrigo it's Principal Curtis."His eyes flew open immediately as he heard the sharp voice on the other end of the line."Madam Principal, what a pleasant surprise." He stifled a yawn struggling to sit upon his bed."Are you still in bed, Dante?"Dante rolled his eyes at her pathetic attempt of trying to sound sexy. She had been trying to seduce him since he registered his daughter in her school and truth be told she was a very beautiful woman but he didn't like older women."No, Mrs. Curtis I'm wide-awake," he replied in a professional voice."Then get your ass to my office right now with your daughter!" She snapped.He heard a click and knew she had hung upon him. She hated the fact that whenever she attempted to flirt with him he would give her cold shoulders.He massaged his te
Dante was furious with himself as he drove away from his house and went straight to his office.It had taken everything in him to not kiss her again. She wasn't a mere nanny, she was a very beautiful woman with her long jet-black hair, her deep brown eyes, her luscious curves that had been beneath him last night, and her plump red lips that he had kissed.He could still remember her taste, she was so divine and he marveled at himself. He hadn't wanted any woman as much as he wanted this woman. Other women had thrown themselves at him but this one wasn't even trying and that baffled him.Dude, she kneed you in the balls, his mind designed to point out.He swerved his car into the parking lot, his face void of any emotion as he stepped into the Rodrigo Empire, a facade for all grandpa's other businesses.The security officials at the door pushed open the double glass doors for him, giving him a quick bow that he barely acknowledged.He stepped i
Natalie sat down on the Queen sized bed staring at the room decorated with lots of pony and unicorns designs. The Spongebob bedsheets were neatly arranged but the kid decided she would rather pace up and down than sit her butt down.Her concern wasn't Chloe's pacing, she was taking pity on the poor ground that had to suffer Chloe's stomping."Don't give me that look!"Natalie shrugged giving her an odd look. "You've been pacing since you got back from school!""Because the driver told me daddy went to the airport that's why he didn't pick me!" She cried.Natalie furrowed her brows in confusion. "So? He probably went to pick up some of his business partners."She rolled her eyes and Natalie couldn't help but frown.What was her deal anyway? She wondered curiously.The doorbell rang and the kid was scurrying out of the room faster than lightning"Hey! Chloe, wait for me!!" She yelled trying to catch up with the girl racing down the
Natalie frowned when her door was rudely swung open by none other than her royal bitchness, Sophie."Ever heard of knocking?" She asked fixing the brat a hard glare."What are you doing here?" Sophie asked Dante, ignoring her.Natalie was having none of that but she maintained her composure gritting her teeth."I just came to talk to her, Sophie," Dante replied.Natalie couldn't help but follow his hand movement as he tugged at his hair, looking frustrated."Since when do you talk with the maid in her room with the door closed?"Natalie face-palmed. At this moment she was getting ready to snap."No need to cause any trouble, Sophie," Dante snapped grabbing her wrist."Yes, better take her away!" Natalie snapped angrily."Now she's talking back at me!" Sophie cried glaring at Dante.Natalie rolled her eyes. "Please, stop being dramatic and leave."As if encouraged by an external force, Sophie whirled around and b
"Come out now and I may consider sparing your life!"Natalie's head jerked up as she locked eyes with the blue-eyed man."Grandpa!" Dante hissed.She was right, after all, he was Dante's grandfather, she mused as she walked towards them."Dante, you've not only gotten yourself a girl who ruined your engagement but also a spy?"So, she wasn't good at making first impressions, so what?You feel bad, her mind snickered.She ignored the tiny voice in her mind and focused on defending herself."I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean it like that."She approached him cautiously with a smile."I'm sorry about Sophie it was a huge misunderstanding, one I'd be ready to clear up.""Oh of course you will clear it up," the man replied with a smug grin."Grandpa, I already told you it's not possible," Dante said th
Six Years Ago."Natalie, go get your brother, we have to eat lunch!"Natalie chuckled stepping out from her room to see her mom looking exasperated and glaring daggers at the retreating figure of Noah."Nat, can't catch me!" He yelled giggling still running towards the shed.She gave her mom a small shrug and headed to the shed at the back of the house where she was sure Noah was hiding.Opening the door to the shed, she grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt."You little brat!" Then she proceeded to tickle him."Let me go!" Noah giggled as she continued her ticklish assault on himJust then they heard the crunching of car tires in their driveway.Noah bolted for the garage."Daddy!""Noah, wait!" Natalie exclaimed grabbing his wrist and pulling him back.
"So, you are the one causing Sophie heartbreak?"Natalie rolled her eyes as she glared at the 6ft4 of Jared standing before her with an annoying smirk on his lips."You two know each other?"Dante's sharp voice interrupted her from trying to shoot missiles at Jared with her eyes."Sort of.""She's my girlfriend."Natalie's mouth hung open as she stared at Jared. His girlfriend? Ha! In your dreams, mister, her mind snapped."I'm not your girlfriend, idiot!" She snapped poking a finger on his chest.Ouch! His chest was as