her sister returned from the bathroom and as her eyes took in Dr. Nelson’s appearance, she let out a low wolf whistle and clicked her tongue against her teeth. “Wow, Deb, you didn’t tell me you had a man!”
Eric moved from where he stood, stuck his hand out and said with a smile, “Hello, I’m Dr. Eric Nelson.”
Nikki took hold of the moving Adonis’ hand and as she looked him up and down, she had to blink several times before her brain recognized why she felt like she already knew him.
“You’re THE Dr. Eric Nelson, aren’t you?” She let go of the hand in hers and looked beyond the wall of perfection to her sister, literally astounded. “Are you serious? Is he really standing in your living room?”
Dully, and because there was nothing better to say, Debra waved her hand between her sister and her boss, “Dr. Nelson, please meet my sister Nikki Brayden. Nik, meet Dr. Nelson.”
~*~*~
“Wow! I mean, I can’t believe it!”
Debra glared at her sister as she proceeded to eat what was left of her breakfast. To her strange delight, Dr. Nelson looked irritated. She said, “Nik, come on, would you not embarrass me? I mean, he’s just as human as you and I.”
Nikki giggled. “I’m your sister, what’s there to be embarrassed about? A guy you eat breakfast with ought to meet your sister anyway.”
Debra sighed. “It’s not like that .” For the life of her, she couldn’t understand why so many people jumped to the wrong conclusion, or that particular conclusion. Why would anyone who knew her think that a man like Dr. Nelson would be her boyfriend? Maybe Nikki had no clue what she was like.
Nikki raised an eyebrow. “So tell me what it is like, then.” A smirk played on her face as her eyes sparkled with youthful thoughts of ‘My sister has a crush on a famous doctor!’
Eric chose that moment to interrupt the girl by holding up his hand. The girl, even if he’d only known her for the better part of half an hour, was probably the most inconsiderate person he’d ever met, and he’d known his share. He said after all eyes were on him, “Miss Brown is my employee, and since she has been exceptionally kind to my children these past couple days, I thought it would be a nice gesture to cook breakfast for her on my day off.”
Eric watched as Nikki took a minute to contemplate what he’d said to her, and then blink for another minute or so before she down and out laughed, staring at Debra in disbelief. “You’re a nanny? Oh, man, that’s so rich! Ha, ha! I thought that would be the last thing on Earth you’d want to do!”
Debra felt her face redden and not so much because she was embarrassed, but because she wanted to smack her sister silly. She knew she’d taught Nikki as many manners as she knew to teach and still she grew up into being a nearly classless human being who didn’t put much effort into stopping short of stomping on other people’s feelings.
She looked to Dr. Nelson and, for a minute, thought back to the moments they shared this morning that were almost too perfect to consider having actually happened, and she said, “Would you excuse me please? I should go shower and get dressed.” She looked at the disaster area that used to be her kitchen and sighed again. “Don’t worry about the kitchen, I’ll get it.”
Eric let his eyes follow Debra as she moved down her hall after basically dismissing him, and he resolved that she was not going to get her way and be the martyr. He lifted himself from the kitchen counter and, ignoring Nikki’s eyes at his back, set to cleaning the kitchen himself. He was like that, a multitasker of a man. That, and if someone said that he couldn’t do something, it made him want to do it all the more. Besides, he wasn’t sure he liked Debra’s younger sister and the way she treated Debra. It ate at him for some reason and keeping busy kept his mind from pondering on
Eric moved from where he stood, stuck his hand out and said with a smile, “Hello, I’m Dr. Eric Nelson.”
Nikki took hold of the moving Adonis’ hand and as she looked him up and down, she had to blink several times before her brain recognized why she felt like she already knew him.
“You’re THE Dr. Eric Nelson, aren’t you?” She let go of the hand in hers and looked beyond the wall of perfection to her sister, literally astounded. “Are you serious? Is he really standing in your living room?”
Dully, and because there was nothing better to say, Debra waved her hand between her sister and her boss, “Dr. Nelson, please meet my sister Nikki Brayden. Nik, meet Dr. Nelson.”
~*~*~
“Wow! I mean, I can’t believe it!”
Debra glared at her sister as she proceeded to eat what was left of her breakfast. To her strange delight, Dr. Nelson looked irritated. She said, “Nik, come on, would you not embarrass me? I mean, he’s just as human as you and I.”
Nikki giggled. “I’m your sister, what’s there to be embarrassed about? A guy you eat breakfast with ought to meet your sister anyway.”
Debra sighed. “It’s not like that .” For the life of her, she couldn’t understand why so many people jumped to the wrong conclusion, or that particular conclusion. Why would anyone who knew her think that a man like Dr. Nelson would be her boyfriend? Maybe Nikki had no clue what she was like.
Nikki raised an eyebrow. “So tell me what it is like, then.” A smirk played on her face as her eyes sparkled with youthful thoughts of ‘My sister has a crush on a famous doctor!’
Eric chose that moment to interrupt the girl by holding up his hand. The girl, even if he’d only known her for the better part of half an hour, was probably the most inconsiderate person he’d ever met, and he’d known his share. He said after all eyes were on him, “Miss Brown is my employee, and since she has been exceptionally kind to my children these past couple days, I thought it would be a nice gesture to cook breakfast for her on my day off.”
Eric watched as Nikki took a minute to contemplate what he’d said to her, and then blink for another minute or so before she down and out laughed, staring at Debra in disbelief. “You’re a nanny? Oh, man, that’s so rich! Ha, ha! I thought that would be the last thing on Earth you’d want to do!”
Debra felt her face redden and not so much because she was embarrassed, but because she wanted to smack her sister silly. She knew she’d taught Nikki as many manners as she knew to teach and still she grew up into being a nearly classless human being who didn’t put much effort into stopping short of stomping on other people’s feelings.
She looked to Dr. Nelson and, for a minute, thought back to the moments they shared this morning that were almost too perfect to consider having actually happened, and she said, “Would you excuse me please? I should go shower and get dressed.” She looked at the disaster area that used to be her kitchen and sighed again. “Don’t worry about the kitchen, I’ll get it.”
Eric let his eyes follow Debra as she moved down her hall after basically dismissing him, and he resolved that she was not going to get her way and be the martyr. He lifted himself from the kitchen counter and, ignoring Nikki’s eyes at his back, set to cleaning the kitchen himself. He was like that, a multitasker of a man. That, and if someone said that he couldn’t do something, it made him want to do it all the more. Besides, he wasn’t sure he liked Debra’s younger sister and the way she treated Debra. It ate at him for some reason and keeping busy kept his mind from pondering on
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