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.”

but also very smart, I 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 an argument. Every. Single. Day. School was like a

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

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 on

word. She cried and cried for a long

to say this, I need to! I need to let go of the past and the past and this is the only way to do that”, Gisele said shakily but,

of this baggage. But now that the cash is finished,I refuse to be stuck here with you when I have better opportunities out there’. I was crying and tried to hug him but he pushed me away and said, ‘See? You’re clingy, just like your mother. A bunch of

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