The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)

by Tessa Bailey

Burgess’s daughter launched herself out onto the sidewalk before her mother had a chance to open the door. And when all her twelve-year-old fury was directed solely at Tallulah, not him or his ex, Burgess remembered what he’d missed with stunning clarity and his heart sank down into his boots. “You promised me you weren’t going to steal my dad,” Lissa shouted, her voice high-pitched and wobbly. “You are such a liar!” “Lissa!” Burgess roared out of pure shock. Steal him. Liar? “We’re going to calm down and talk about this, but there is no reason for you to speak to Tallulah like that. Apologize.” “No.” Burgess turned to apologize to Tallulah himself and found her usual glowing skin had paled, her attention locked on Lissa, and his pulse started to pound in his temples. This was bad. This situation was beyond a point where he could stop it from hurting Tallulah or his daughter. How had he failed so hard? “I’m sorry,” Tallulah whispered to Lissa. “When I told you that your father and I weren’t . . . I . . . it just happened—” “I don’t care. They’ll never get back together now. I hate you.” Tallulah blanched. “Lissa, okay, that’s enough,” Ashleigh said, seeming a little caught off guard herself. “I might have asked about your father’s love life a few too many times and given you the wrong impression. Maybe at first there was some leftover jealousy, but now it’s pure curiosity. That’s all. Lissa, Dad and I are divorced. I’m engaged to Todd.” “Yeah, but you’re not married yet.”