Confessions of a Teen Nanny 03 - Juicy Secrets by Victoria. Ashton Page A
Authors: Victoria. Ashton
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dinnertime."
"Fine," Emma grumbled. She slumped her way to the piano and hit a loud chord."This is all going in the report."
"Maybe I'm keeping my own reports," Adrienne teased.
Emma stared at Adrienne, horrified.Then she frowned. "You wouldn't know how to collect evidence properly. Your reports would be thrown out as inadmissible."
"Bach." Adrienne pointed at the piano. "Begin."
Emma faced the keys and hit the opening notes of the fugue. Adrienne breathed a sigh of relief. Emma's CSI obsession was a lot harder to deal with than her previous bout of Oprah-worship.
Now for some of my own homework, Adrienne thought.
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She settled onto the sofa and pulled open a book.
The room went dark as a pair of strong hands covered her eyes.
"Guess who?" a deep voice asked.
Adrienne smiled. "I think I need more of a hint than that."
She felt warm lips brush her cheek, making her tingle.
"Uhhhhm, Brad Pitt?" she teased.
"Oh, someone much better looking," Graydon joked, releasing her. "Wouldn't you say?"
Adrienne laughed. "You'll do."
He slid onto the sofa with her and kissed her.
"Gross!" Emma exclaimed."Do you have to do that?"
"If you keep practicing like you're supposed to," Adrienne said, "you won't even notice us."
"I'm going to grab a soda," Graydon said, standing up. "Want anything?"
"To be an only child," Emma said.
Graydon laughed and walked out of the room.
Emma spun around on the shiny piano bench."Break up with him," she told Adrienne.
Surprised,Adrienne stared at Emma."Why would you say that?"
"Because he's not good for you," Emma said.
Adrienne smiled. Was today declared Jealousy Day or something? First Brian, and now this? Emma had been
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bothered when Adrienne had spent time with Cameron, back when Adrienne believed Cameron was actually decent.
She crossed the plush rug and sat beside Emma on the piano bench."You're awfully nice to worry," she said."And just because I like Graydon doesn't mean I don't like you."
"I know that," Emma said. "I'm not a child."
"Actually, Em, you are," Adrienne said. "But we'll just keep that our secret."
Emma scowled. "You never listen to me," she said, "and I always end up being right."
Graydon walked back in with his soda and smiled at Emma. She stuck out her tongue at him, then went back to playing the Bach fugue.
"So," Graydon said, "want to grab a drink or some food?"
"I can't," Adrienne said. "I can't leave Emma."
"It's six," Graydon pointed out. "Aren't you supposed to be off now?"
Adrienne glanced at her watch. "True. Let me check with Tania," Adrienne said.
"Does that mean I can stop playing?" Emma asked.
"Looks that way," Adrienne said.
"Yay!" Emma popped off the piano bench.
"Meet you in the hallway," Graydon said.
Adrienne walked Emma into the kitchen, where Tania was getting dinner ready. She smiled, revealing her gold
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tooth, when she saw them.
"You have the timing of the perfect,"Tania said."I just ready to come to call you." Then her eyes narrowed and she looked at Emma suspiciously. "Or you know that because of secret spy tool?"
Adrienne laughed."Don't worry," she said."I was just coming in to see if it was all right to leave. Emma had nothing to do with it."
"Okay, then."Tania nodded. "Good goings!"
"Good goings to you, too."Adrienne grabbed her stuff and met Graydon in the hallway. He smiled warmly at her, and her knees felt a bit wobbly. How does he do that? she wondered with pleasure. But I hope I do it to him, too.
"Well, well!" Cameron came around a corner dressed in extremely low-rise jeans and a miniature cashmere sweater barely coming down to her ribs. "Where are you two going?"
"The Carlyle," Graydon said, mentioning the luxury hotel a few blocks north on Madison Avenue.
"Ooh-la-la!" Cameron teased."Taking a room,
"Fine," Emma grumbled. She slumped her way to the piano and hit a loud chord."This is all going in the report."
"Maybe I'm keeping my own reports," Adrienne teased.
Emma stared at Adrienne, horrified.Then she frowned. "You wouldn't know how to collect evidence properly. Your reports would be thrown out as inadmissible."
"Bach." Adrienne pointed at the piano. "Begin."
Emma faced the keys and hit the opening notes of the fugue. Adrienne breathed a sigh of relief. Emma's CSI obsession was a lot harder to deal with than her previous bout of Oprah-worship.
Now for some of my own homework, Adrienne thought.
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She settled onto the sofa and pulled open a book.
The room went dark as a pair of strong hands covered her eyes.
"Guess who?" a deep voice asked.
Adrienne smiled. "I think I need more of a hint than that."
She felt warm lips brush her cheek, making her tingle.
"Uhhhhm, Brad Pitt?" she teased.
"Oh, someone much better looking," Graydon joked, releasing her. "Wouldn't you say?"
Adrienne laughed. "You'll do."
He slid onto the sofa with her and kissed her.
"Gross!" Emma exclaimed."Do you have to do that?"
"If you keep practicing like you're supposed to," Adrienne said, "you won't even notice us."
"I'm going to grab a soda," Graydon said, standing up. "Want anything?"
"To be an only child," Emma said.
Graydon laughed and walked out of the room.
Emma spun around on the shiny piano bench."Break up with him," she told Adrienne.
Surprised,Adrienne stared at Emma."Why would you say that?"
"Because he's not good for you," Emma said.
Adrienne smiled. Was today declared Jealousy Day or something? First Brian, and now this? Emma had been
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bothered when Adrienne had spent time with Cameron, back when Adrienne believed Cameron was actually decent.
She crossed the plush rug and sat beside Emma on the piano bench."You're awfully nice to worry," she said."And just because I like Graydon doesn't mean I don't like you."
"I know that," Emma said. "I'm not a child."
"Actually, Em, you are," Adrienne said. "But we'll just keep that our secret."
Emma scowled. "You never listen to me," she said, "and I always end up being right."
Graydon walked back in with his soda and smiled at Emma. She stuck out her tongue at him, then went back to playing the Bach fugue.
"So," Graydon said, "want to grab a drink or some food?"
"I can't," Adrienne said. "I can't leave Emma."
"It's six," Graydon pointed out. "Aren't you supposed to be off now?"
Adrienne glanced at her watch. "True. Let me check with Tania," Adrienne said.
"Does that mean I can stop playing?" Emma asked.
"Looks that way," Adrienne said.
"Yay!" Emma popped off the piano bench.
"Meet you in the hallway," Graydon said.
Adrienne walked Emma into the kitchen, where Tania was getting dinner ready. She smiled, revealing her gold
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tooth, when she saw them.
"You have the timing of the perfect,"Tania said."I just ready to come to call you." Then her eyes narrowed and she looked at Emma suspiciously. "Or you know that because of secret spy tool?"
Adrienne laughed."Don't worry," she said."I was just coming in to see if it was all right to leave. Emma had nothing to do with it."
"Okay, then."Tania nodded. "Good goings!"
"Good goings to you, too."Adrienne grabbed her stuff and met Graydon in the hallway. He smiled warmly at her, and her knees felt a bit wobbly. How does he do that? she wondered with pleasure. But I hope I do it to him, too.
"Well, well!" Cameron came around a corner dressed in extremely low-rise jeans and a miniature cashmere sweater barely coming down to her ribs. "Where are you two going?"
"The Carlyle," Graydon said, mentioning the luxury hotel a few blocks north on Madison Avenue.
"Ooh-la-la!" Cameron teased."Taking a room,
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