Chapter Eight
DONNY HELPED Robin with his blocks, grinning as Robin was able to recognize and name almost all the letters. “Good job!”
“Good job,” repeated Robin. “Cookie?”
“How about a box of raisins?” He went to the kitchen for a snack box of raisins and gave it to Robin at the kitchen table. “Count them and tell me how many you have,” he suggested.
He leaned back against the counter, watching as Robin slowly counted the raisins, listening enough to correct Robin and help once Robin hit six.
Part of his mind was rabbiting, though. He’d blown Jeff. He’d sucked his boss’s cock. And he wanted to do it again. He’d been waiting all morning for Jeff to come down. Finally, he heard footsteps on the stairs, heard Jeff’s whistling, and his prick jerked eagerly in his jeans.
“Daddy Jeff!” Robin went running over to Jeff before Donny could say something silly like “I’ll volunteer for that position.”
Jeff scooped Robin up, kissed his nose. “Good morning, son. Don. How’s Miss Kimberley?”
Donny gave Jeff a warm smile, telling himself to stop acting like a moonstruck teenager. “She’s good.” She was swinging, half-asleep.
“And how are you?” Jeff’s eyes were so warm.
“I’m good too.” Falling in love a little, no matter how silly or dangerous or stupid it was.
“Excellent.” Jeff was looking at him like he was the center of the world. Wow.
He found himself smiling goofily at Jeff.
“You guys want something amazing for lunch or….” Those pretty eyes danced. “Do we want to go get a burger and play on the bouncy castles?”
“Bouncy castle!” Donny and Robin shouted it out together.
“Well, what are we waiting for?”
“Do you need something to eat before we go?” He also needed to get Kimberley’s go bag, make sure there was a fresh bottle in it, more than one diaper—you didn’t want to be caught short—a couple of juice boxes and some snacks for Robin, and a change of clothes for both kids, just in case….
“I’ll grab a cup of coffee. I have the diaper bag and Robin’s backpack ready.”
“Oh wow, really?” Man, that was awesome, not to have to worry about that. Not that he minded, really, but it was cool having another pair of hands and another grown-up thinking about that kind of thing. “Cool. We’re ready to go, then.”
“Excellent. I thought we’d walk down, have burgers at Dave’s, then the fun is only a block farther.” Jeff put Robin down. “Get your shoes on, and let me grab a cuppa.”
“Sounds perfect.” Donny got his own shoes on, feeling so happy—like he was really a member of the family and not just the nanny. And Jeff had included him before they’d… gotten each other off. Which meant this was about more than that.
He went into the kitchen and stopped to watch Jeff dance Kimberley around in one arm, coffee in the other. Oh man. It made him warm inside to see that, made his heart beat a little faster. He was definitely falling for Jeff; seeing this made it that much easier to do.
Kimberley laughed, the sound pure happiness, and Jeff grinned. “That’s right, baby. We’re going to go out and play.”
“She’s a joy, isn’t she?” Donny was smiling so hard it almost hurt.
“She’s amazing.” Jeff danced toward him, dropped a soft kiss on his mouth. “Good morning, Don.”
No one had ever called him Don but Jeff. He liked it. He licked his lips, gave Jeff a warm smile. “Good morning.” It was. It was a really good morning. “Yes.”
Kimberley turned and grabbed his shirt in her tiny grip, holding him.
“Hey, pretty girl.” He stayed there, close to Jeff, making faces at the beautiful baby. She cooed and wiggled, flirting madly. She was going to be a heartbreaker.
“Are you trying to steal Don, baby girl?”
“There’s no stealing here—she already has my heart.” He grinned. “The only girl who ever has.” Okay, so he loved his sisters, but this was different; Kimberley wasn’t related.
“See? You’re magical.” Jeff blew a soft raspberry on her tiny neck, making her squeal.
That sound had Robin barreling in. “Me too, Daddy Jeff!”
Don laughed. Robin did love his getting raspberries.
Jeff handed Kimberley over, then stalked Robin, playing hard. Donny was still laughing as he followed them slowly. It was so good, seeing Jeff relaxing and playing with the kids. It was amazing, the way they were all becoming a family. It was so much more than he’d ever hoped for when he’d decided to become a nanny.
He got Kimberley’s sweater on and grabbed the harness, slipping her into it before putting it on. She laughed and giggled at him, the dear girl almost always in a good mood if she wasn’t hungry, tired, or in need of a diaper change.
“Okay, let’s go, guys. I am starving.” Jeff scooped Robin up. “I think we should have frog burgers!”
“Do you think if we have frog burgers we’ll start hopping all around?” Donny asked. Hopping was one of Robin’s favorite outdoor activities.
“Hopping!” There he went. Boing. Boing. Boing. In Jeff’s arms, his feet right at Jeff’s balls.
Donny winced and hoped no harm came to them; he wanted to love on them. God, he had it bad. He’d recognized from the start that Jeff was appealing, but the way he was feeling now had kind of snuck up on him.
Jeff scooted Robin up higher as they wrangled the stroller out of the garage. “It’s a beautiful day.”
“It is. The nicest day ever.” Donny was practically skipping, for Christ’s sake.
“I don’t know, Don. Last night was fabulous.”
Oh. Yeah. He smiled even wider, nodded. “Yeah, yeah, it was.”
Jeff looked at him, gave him a burning smile.
Donny beamed back. He was in so much fucking trouble.