The Billionaire’s Babysitter by Essie

Gisele looked at Slate in alarm after he uttered that sentence. That was a part of her life that only one person knew about, apart from her father, Lizzie.

“I ca- I mean- u-uh S-slate. I-I…”, Gisele stuttered. Then, she took a deep breath and tried to steer the topic away from her past.

“S-slate, y-you want m-me to trust y-you b-but i-it g-goes both ways. I-I can’t t-t-trust y-you if you d-don’t t-trust me”, she managed.

Slate looked at her in the eye and said, “I do trust you, Gisele. I do. I trust you like I trust no one” and I’m falling in love with you, he added silently.

Gisele closed her eyes in an effort to compose herself. She took in a big breath and started, “My family was a very happy one. My mother, my father and I. We were very happy. My parents were even planning on having another kid.”

used to overhear all their arguments. If it wasn’t about money, it was about my father seeing another woman. It was like they were endless. Everyday, they had

and clung onto him for dear life. He tried to shake me off but I wouldn’t budge. Then he picked me up and

can’t!”, she cried urgently. “Those memories, I-I’ve t-t-tried s-so s-so h-h-hard to forget them. P-p-please d-don’t make me say i-i-t”. Her voice broke

in his arms and didn’t say a word. She cried and cried for a long time. Her sobs became scarce and

I need to let go of the past and the past and this is the only way to do that”, Gisele said shakily but, in a determined voice. Slate hid a

you. I just wanted your mom’s money. Not any of this baggage. But now that the cash is finished,I refuse to be stuck here with you when I have better opportunities

When she was tired, she went into her room and lay there, not doing anything just lay there. She may have fought with my father, but I knew she loved him. She sunk into a depression and nothing helped. Her family didn’t want anything to do with her because she had married my Dad without their consent or acceptance. She died when I was nineteen and