Tags: new adult, friends to lovers, angst romance, serial romance, confess, nanny romance, naive girl in big city, seduction easy reads, one night promised, rich successful bachelor
did she come from? I find myself volunteering before I can even think the words through. "I'll help." Her eyes squint at me skeptically. "That's okay. I think we have enough volunteers." "You can never have enough volunteers." "Um, okay. You can help me in the kitchen, I guess. I'm making hot chocolate and pouring it in disposable travel cups for them to take on their way out of the facility. This way they'll have something warm to drink for the next hour or two." "You act like it's freezing outside, Cassie. It's a little chilly, but it's late spring not the dead of winter. The sun will warm them up." "Wow, you're an a–" she pauses for a brief second before continuing, "You're a real piece of work." I laugh and wink at her. "Thanks." Rolling her eyes, she turns and walks towards the kitchen and I follow her. We step through the double swinging doors into and empty kitchen and she starts to dig through the cabinets, slowly pulling out all the ingredients she'll need to make the hot chocolate. "What can I do?" I ask, looking around the spotless kitchen. "In the cabinet underneath the microwave you'll find pots. Can you grab the two largest ones and fill them with water before placing them on the stove. Then turn the burners on medium heat." She doesn't even look at me as she gives out her orders. She's completely focused on her own task. I grab the pots, fill them with water and place them on the stove. As the water slowly starts to heat, I turn to watch her. She's relaxed and comfortable, completely in her own element here in the kitchen. And even in her volunteer outfit I find myself fighting off an erection. Walking over to her, I spot an antique small radio on the long island of the kitchen. I turn it on and the loud sound of static fills my ears. I lower the volume, playing with the tuner until I get a decent radio signal. I instantly recognize the song as something that used to play at the roller rink when I was at boarding school. As I Swear by All 4 One plays on the radio I slide up behind Cassie and rest my hands on her hips. She's scooping out cups of cocoa from a large tin can and she stills, dropping the measuring cup in the powder. I lower my mouth to her ear and softly start to sing along with the song, ignoring the fact that I sing for shit. I switch to humming when the lyrics turn to words of lifelong commitment, but as I hum Cassie starts to slowly move her hips to the beat of the music. I turn her in my arms so she's facing me and then take her arms, placing them around my neck before resting my hands back on her hips. "Dance with me." It comes out as more of a statement than a question, but I still give her a chance to tell me no. She surprises me by tightening her grip around my neck and whispering, "Okay." We shift back and forth awkwardly and I'm beginning to regret my impulsiveness. I should be having fun with this. I willingly have her in my arms and I don't want to fuck that up now. Loosening her grip around my neck, I dip her back and then pull her up so she's flush against me. She giggles against my chest and I can't help the smile that spreads across my face because she looks likes she's genuinely enjoying this. Who knew this cheesy shit actually works? The song changes to I want to be Sedated by The Ramones and our moment is over. I release Cassie so she can finish up with the hot chocolate and I go to check on the water. "The water's almost at a boil. What do we do next?" She brings her measured cups of cocoa over along with some cinnamon and stands next to me at the stove. "It's pretty simple. We'll just mix the cocoa in with a teaspoon or two of cinnamon and it'll be ready to go. At home I make my hot chocolate with milk and fresh chocolate but we can't do that here. We don't have enough money in the budget for that much milk and bars of chocolate." "I'm sure this will taste just a good." Her face squishes up in disgust as she huffs. "This powdered chocolate doesn’t