Nanny By Day, The CEO's Obsession By Night

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ve was quiet," I muttered softly, m

king. "It wasn't the kind of love you needed to announce to everyone. I

mind. Things had always been that way between us. I had never asked him f

him. I had always been th

all?" Michael's voice pull

o you," I replied

sing school. A full scholarship covered my studies beca

we only got lucky

ok pure pe

one through. My mother had died far too young

that simple. For years, nothing else had mattered to my father. He spent his days

eep, Fe." Michael had no

d. "Besides, my day isn't finished yet." I stil

joy working as a ba

. Still, my feelings didn't

job," I sa

ulders. Michael had never guessed the re

e had nearly left the program. I cou

t," he'd said in

d insisted. My voice

ve another

r choice." He couldn't

s that I had paid his

he eventually stopped searching for the person behind it. He never guessed that a woman had paid the money. That woman had

to keep a job. His dreams were huge, but the world around us had little space for anything

d I believed in him. Until that day arrived, I w

elieved I could hold

ichael asked me to h

nt, he could barely sit stil

eve Leticia i

help rollin

ly been gone for fou

e like forty years,"

assed much faster,

r moment, but his attention had a

king her Inst

ly... c

ul and wealthy, and everyone treated her like the

rself to her?" he asked a

ring all the small thin

g to be incredible!" Michael sou

be," I replied wit

d you to help me

do you

g a gift." He was ta

and I struggled to

say a..

said a

ould hide it. He was finally going to propose to me. I had loved him for yea

I'd be happy

ring that caught his attention. Naturally, I liked all of them. I bel

this one?

beau

ke this on

ely too," I rema

e would y

ted toward a delicate ring th

inutes later, Michael walked out with the

he gave me. Even one made fro

I had paid for his degree and had secretly loved him for all those yea

ly going to ask

ly arrived

ly. It's abo

ing to be the bigge

e been. I never imagined how it would end.

and tension filled

person there foc

mon in Paris..." she said, d

erstood why he was nervous. Still, I was sure h

I waited some more. St

d he fina

u've gone pale," Will

ust ne

ble, and Michael final

ell everyone

own smile widened, and I began to rise from my chair. Then, I froze because he

called out in a

eant for her, but they tore straight through me. "I l

ill alive. The harder part would be learning how t

for the flawless proposal and

shone in her eyes, but her surpr

and watched everything unfold. Every bit of pain and humiliation sank into me. Worse, I knew

nd gently pulled me from my chair. "You

to protest. "Whe

out of here," h

nt changed my life forever. Right