{"id":3341,"date":"2023-04-05T11:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3341"},"modified":"2023-04-05T11:44:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:44:32","slug":"his-housekeepers-twin-baby-confession","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/his-housekeepers-twin-baby-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"His Housekeeper&#8217;s Twin Baby Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-opsdw6-0277e45d2e31378b3596d79105548fd2 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3341'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0\">\n.flex_column.av-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-mjn8qu-1c2645dfc8d24888d49efcfe4f4340d0 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-23jjjq-49152a7dc2c4b166727b28c15e7e4283\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-23jjjq-49152a7dc2c4b166727b28c15e7e4283{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-23jjjq-49152a7dc2c4b166727b28c15e7e4283 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-23jjjq-49152a7dc2c4b166727b28c15e7e4283 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-23jjjq-49152a7dc2c4b166727b28c15e7e4283 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >His Housekeeper\u2019s Twin Baby Confession<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Consequences of hot Argentinian nights\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jxrivs0d-9b4d9f4a26435218d8582cda9f2fef2d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>After a harrowing marriage, housekeeper Carrie vowed she\u2019d never fall for another man. And <em>never<\/em> reveal her hidden desire for her boss, Massimo. Then their chemistry ignites! Accompanying Massimo to Buenos Aires as his lover is irresistible. But soon Carrie has shocking news. She\u2019s expecting twins!<\/p>\n<p>Before Carrie, Massimo hadn\u2019t committed to anyone beyond a single night. Now, after his own tainted experiences of family, he\u2019s going to be a father. Massimo is determined to claim his babies. 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479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jxriwdo6-1dd96e7bae10d90e98281bdea34e4314 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-jxriwdo6-1dd96e7bae10d90e98281bdea34e4314 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size av-linked-heading'><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Excerpt from<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >His Housekeeper\u2019s Twin Baby Confession<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jxrixqv6-648333a3a013df2a88a72299dd9ca7c6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Massimo Black, Lord Linden, curbed his irritation. \u2018I said, please take a seat.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The woman who had just entered was looking at him as if she\u2019d never seen a man before. He was used to slightly less obvious reactions. Maybe his assistant had been wrong when he\u2019d said, before he went to summon her, \u2018This is the last one, boss, and apparently she\u2019s never heard of you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That had made Massimo sit up. It was rare for him to meet anyone who didn\u2019t know him and his lurid life story: inheriting the vast Linden wealth and his father\u2019s title of Earl of Linden at only eighteen, after the premature scandalous deaths of his parents\u2014his mother of a drugs overdose at their family country pile after a debauched party and his father only a few weeks later, while piloting a helicopter with his latest lover. And then the tragic death of his beloved younger brother, who had inherited the destructive gene from his parents, in spite of Massimo\u2019s best efforts to keep him on a straight path.<\/p>\n<p>Massimo pushed all that aside.<\/p>\n<p>So far none of the candidates for housekeeper had impressed him, in spite of their more than adequate CVs and references. So he didn\u2019t hold out much hope for this one, who came with none of that.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u2014he checked her name\u2026<i>Carrie Taylor<\/i><i>\u2014<\/i>sat down gingerly on the edge of a chair. Massimo wondered why she was sitting like that, and looked down and saw she was tugging at her skirt, as if to pull it over her knee. He saw a flash of pale skin. A hole in her tights.<\/p>\n<p>Massimo felt something stir in his blood. <i>Awareness. <\/i>He immediately scoffed at himself. For this scrap of a thing? Because she <i>was<\/i> a scrap. Her clothes hung off her, and she looked as if she needed to be sent to the sun for a few months, to put some colour in her cheeks.<\/p>\n<p>Her blonde hair was pulled back in a bun, but tendrils were trying to escape. Her face at first glance was plain enough, but as Massimo took a seat opposite her and watched her looking around the room he could see fine bone structure, a straight nose, and a surprisingly lush mouth. Her eyes were huge, and very green. <i>Unusual.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>She looked at him then, and Massimo had to use all of his control to stop himself reacting.<\/p>\n<p>He looked down at her file. \u2018It says here that you\u2019re widowed?\u2019 He looked back up just in time to see her flinch slightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His conscience pricked. He knew what it was to lose someone you loved. The pain of his brother\u2019s death nearly ten years ago was still vivid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m sorry. It was recent?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She avoided his eye. \u2018Six months ago.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It also says here that you\u2019re available to start right away and are available to live in?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Massimo felt curious now, about this woman who had travelled all the way from Manchester to apply for a job that she really had very little hope of getting.<\/p>\n<p>He asked, \u2018What makes you think you\u2019d be qualified to take on a job as housekeeper of this house?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He saw her draw in a breath and her breasts rose under her shirt, fuller than he would have expected. He diverted his gaze up, once again incensed to be caught like this.<\/p>\n<p><i>Affected like this.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>She looked at him now, her gaze direct. Her voice was soft but clear, with a surprising hint of steel. \u2018I know I don\u2019t have any fancy university qualifications, but I\u2019ve been working since I was sixteen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Is that when you left school?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She lifted her chin. \u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Massimo couldn\u2019t help but admire her defiance.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u2018I started working in a local hotel, making beds and cleaning bathrooms, and I made it all the way up to become manager by the age of twenty. I hired staff, managed them, and was responsible for ensuring the smooth running of \u2026everything really.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Massimo put down her file and sat back. He found that he could well believe it. The unmistakable pride in her voice impressed him. She didn\u2019t have an academic qualification to her name, but she had more experience in her little finger than any of the other candidates he\u2019d just met. Who had all been as dull and boring as he might have expected.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u2018So my question now is, why leave all that to come and manage one house in London?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She avoided his eye again. A shadow passed over her face. \u2018Because I have no ties and I would like a change. I want to gain experience in the private sector.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Massimo had a sense that there was more to it than that, but he resisted pushing. Then he made a split-second decision\u2014very unlike him.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u2018You\u2019re hired. One month\u2019s trial. My outgoing housekeeper will be on hand for a week, to show you the ropes and get you acquainted with how we run things here. How long do you need to pack up and move down?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She looked at him, her eyes wide, dazed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You mean it?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He nodded. He was fascinated by the colour coming into her cheeks. Pink. His blood grew warm. He doused it with ice. This woman would be his housekeeper. Out of bounds. If she accepted the job, from this moment on he would not allow her to affect him again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Um\u2026I just need a day or two\u2026 I could be back here after the weekend?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Massimo stood up and held out his hand. \u2018Perfect, my assistant will give you any help you need with packing and moving.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Carrie couldn\u2019t quite believe what had just happened. She stood up and her legs felt shaky. She put out her hand to Lord Linden and he took it, engulfing her in heat. His touch was like an electric shock, zapping through her body and blood.<\/p>\n<p>She told herself it was the shock of the job offer. And because he was so charismatic and impressive. <i>And young. <\/i>She\u2019d have to be made of stone not to be affected by a man like this.<\/p>\n<p>She pulled her hand back and somehow managed to get out, \u2018Thank you for giving me this opportunity. 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