Ray Of Sunshine

Chapter 19: Sugar Plum Fairy

"No." I lower my eyebrows. "She's my daughters nanny."

"Nanny?!" He raises his eyebrows.

"Yeah..."

"I wouldn't mind having her as my nanny." He smiles.

I raise my eyebrows and shake my head.

"I'm just saying." He shrugs. "That must be every dads dream, to have a good looking nanny-"

"Seriously, can you just focus on the contracts?" I make a face, beginning to get annoyed.

"Yeah..." He nods.

We get back to work, and Vanessa walks back in to the kitchen. She looks over at us as she turns on the kettle.

"I'm making tea, would you like any?" She asks.

"Andy is just le-"

Andy cuts me off.

"Yeah." He smiles. "That would be great."

I give him the side eye.

"Ok." Vanessa smiles. "Michael?"

"Yeah... thanks." I show a little smile.

Andy needs to fuck off now. Vanessa makes the tea, and brings it over to us.

"Thank you." Andy smiles, with his eyes checking her out as he looks up at her.

"No problem." Vanessa smiles, and then looks at me. "Jessica will be so happy when she sees you at the show."

"I didn't want to let her down." I shake my head.

"How long have you been a nanny for?" Andy asks.

He's really trying isn't he?

"Um, I've been working here for 6 weeks now."

He nods.

"How long have you been a consultant for?" She asks.

"About 7 months. No where near as long as Michael. He's been doing it for years."

"Yeah, you've got a lot of learning to do." I give him a look.

Andy laughs, but I wasn't joking.

"Well, I'm learning from the best."

I sip my tea, and Vanessa let's out a soft laugh.

"Ok, well, I'll let you get back to work." She says, walking away.

Andy sips his tea as his eyes follow her. I roll my eyes, and look down at the paper work.

Once we've finished the tea, I check the time and stand up.

"We can continue this another day. I've got to be somewhere soon."

"Ok." Andy nods, and stands up. "Thanks again for the tea." He says, looking over at Vanessa.

She's busy baking something, and looks over at him.

"That's ok." She smiles.

"It was nice meeting you."

I lock my jaw. Come on, cut the bullshit, and get out.

"Yeah, it was nice to meet you too." She nods.

I lead him over to the front door, and see him out.

"Is Vanessa single?" Andy asks.

I give him a look.

"I don't know."

"It's just, I'm single, and I thought you could-"

"I could what? Set you two up?" I scoff. "Could you act professional for once Andy? I allowed you in my home so we could work, not so you could eye up my daughters nanny."