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notion he should sidestep? Especially since it involved a sometimes crazy American woman who stirred uneasy feelings and hitched his adrenaline with her looks. One who was so sassy it almost put his head in a spin. So beguiling in her charms that she won over clientele and turned them into regular customers after just one visit.
    Perched on a nearby stool, Lyle considered the brainwave – trained nursery nurse with experience, patience and quick wit. Long legs, a watchable sway and eyes that made him look for longer than he should. An accent so sweet it reminded him of purest organic highland honey on the comb.
    Or maybe that should be American sweet rolls? Addictive. Distinctive. For his willpower, maybe even deadly?
    Lyle pocketed the phone. He had a solution here. A quick, short-term fix to ensure his son had immediate expert attention. Why doubt it could work? Ultimately he just wanted Josh to be cared for and to make this situation more bearable for all of them.
    Maddie looked up with a beaming smile when he reached her.
    Lyle looked back at a truly exceptional candidate for the job. His son’s new American nanny.
    All he needed now was to persuade her. Should he lock her in the stockroom until she agreed?

Lyle fixed her with a searching grey gaze that sought serious response.
    ‘Would you consider being my stand-in nanny? With a considerable pay rise as incentive? Obviously I’d be inconveniencing you, so you’d be entitled to a short-notice pay hike. It’s a live-in job. I’d pay a bonus for that inconvenience too.’
    Was this a joke?
    Maddie stared at Lyle and waited for a punch line that didn’t come. She gaped at him for some seconds. ‘You’re serious?’
    ‘Think of it as a job swap. You told me you’re trying to get a mortgage. The increased pay should come in useful.’
    Lyle Sutherland. Grumpy Coffee Chain Boss asking her to be a nanny to his son with immediate effect. Too weird?
    He watched, waiting for her answer, and she drank in the brief glimpse of his tongue moistening his lower lip – too kissable for comfort.
    ‘You’re ideal, it’s staring me in the face. The perfect solution is you.’ His smile and confidence did nothing to allay the danger in his suggestion. ‘You’ve won Josh over already.’
    ‘I think I’m speechless,’ Maddie muttered. ‘Caught by surprise.’
    Lyle motioned to the pirate hats they’d made and strewn across the café table. ‘Anyone would think I’d asked you to walk the plank.’ He blinked and those dark impossibly long lashes showcased his killer grey, sharp eyes. Her insides were registering how much he affected her in a slow, heated meltdown within.
    This man had power in spades.
    Power to upend her. Confuse her. Affect her.
    ‘You really mean this, Lyle? It’s not revenge for when we first met?’
    He laughed off her questions. ‘You’re already hired, experienced. Saves going through interviews and vetting processes again. Of course the decision is entirely yours.’ He shrugged broad shoulders. Shoulders that carried a spectrum of qualities: implacability, stubbornness, go-getter business instincts, clear love and adoration of his young son. Noble as well as dangerously enticing.
    Maddie herself was struggling to see the conquest in the situation; she suspected she could be the loser in this helter-skelter offer. Experienced childcare worker she might be, nanny material, she wasn’t quite as sure. Being a one-to-one nanny meant burrowing deep into one family. Becoming a friend and confidante as well as an essential cog of happy home life.
    Happy family life caused her personal issues. Revisiting her past. Remembering her father.
    Then again she needed more money saved. She needed to keep Lyle on side as an employer. She’d been dreaming of that place of her own, with her name on the deeds, for so long.
    But was she ready to become a nanny to achieve it? To move in with Lyle?
    Maddie watched Josh trying on his new gloves and beaming at her.