The Greek Tycoon Box Set: The Complete Serial: Books 1-10 by Kay Brody Read Free Book Online

delicate as Carla.  
    She felt right, even if he knew this was wrong.  
    Again, she did not resist him. She moved into him instead, pressing herself on him. Her tongue flitting against his. She wanted this too.  
    “I want you, Carla,” he whispered seductively in her ear.  
    “I—”
    Suddenly, they heard a faint giggle come from the house and they separated quickly; each acting as if nothing had happened.  
    “I’m sorry…” Atreus began as he gathered himself to leave.  
    “We can’t…” Carla agreed before slowly walking away.  

    *****

    Andria and Hanna ducked behind a curtain to avoid being discovered. They giggled like schoolgirls until they heard Atreus’ car pull away from the driveway.
      “I am sure I smell love in the air,” Hanna giggled, waltzing away from the window as if in a dreamy stupor.  
    Andria laughed and playfully slapped Hanna’s arm.  
    “So do I, Hanna,” she said, clapping her hands. “So do I.”

    *****

    When Carla came into the house, she went straight up to the nursery. The shocking sensation of Atreus’s kiss and his voice reverberating so close to her ear lingered in her body, pulsing now and then just to remind her of its presence. But there was no time to contemplate the meaning of such a feeling – Andria and Hanna were leaving for a shopping trip, which meant Dios needed every last bit of Carla’s attention.  
    Shortly after the two older women had departed, the phone rang. Without Hanna there to answer it, Carla made her way towards the phone with Dios on her hip. The little boy had taken a liking to her long blonde hair, and his fingers wove between the strands as he latched on, his brown eyes staring up at her lovingly.  
    Balancing the child in her arms as she took the receiver.
    “May I speak with Andria?” A shrill female voice pierced into her ear before Carla could even greet the caller.
    “I – I’m sorry, Mrs. Kostas is not at home,” Carla stuttered, taken by surprise. “May I take a message?”
    “Who are you?” the voice demanded. “I don’t know you.”
    “My name is Carla Simpson, ma’am. I’m the nanny.”
    “The nanny ?!”
    “Yes, ma’am,” Carla replied, unsure of how to proceed.
    “Oh, that’s rich. He’s left his son with some British slut while he does God knows what!”  
    Offended by the caller’s words but unable to abandon her professionalism, Carla couldn’t find the right words.  
    “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. May I take a message?” she repeated, wishing with all her might that this strange call would end.
    “Ha! A whore and stupid, too? Just divine. Listen to me, you hussy. I am Serene Kostas, and I am the mother of the child you’re supposedly watching. You tell Atreus that I called. And that I am not pleased.”  
    Before Carla could respond, the line abruptly went dead. Carla’s head spun.
    Right away another phone rang – her own cell. Shifting Dios to the other side of her body, she slid the phone from her pocket and checked the caller identification. Atreus. Her nerves doubled.
    “Hello?”
    “Carla? It’s Atreus. I was just checking in. I… I think we need to talk.”  
    His voice was a comfort to her, even though her hands were still shaking from her encounter with Serene.  
    “Everything is fine, Mr. Kostas. Dios has been in a great mood all day,” she said avoiding the awkward conversation.  
    “Wonderful,” he said taking her lead.  
    “But, Mr. Kostas…”
    “Yes, Carla?”  
    There was a pregnant pause as Carla weighed the importance of her words.  
    “I just got off the phone with your wife. She called the villa. At first she wanted to speak to your mother, but after discovering I was the nanny…” She searched for a way to be tactful. “…she only wanted to speak to you.”
    Atreus’ voice was suddenly steel.  
    “Serene called? Just now?”  
    “Yes. And…”
    “And what, Carla? What did she say?”  
    Atreus sounded insistent,