Chapter 82 The nanny chapter fourty five

  Chapter fourty five

  “I’m not okay,” he said, shaking his head with a dry chuckle. “I’m here in a sweat shirt and shorts making a complete ass of myself.”

  “I don’t think you’re an ass,” she said, rather foolishly, before she could stop herself.

  His face softened palpably.

  “Why are you here?” she asked, needing to know, although it was hard to think anything else at the moment. She still needed to hear the words.

  So Jason said them. “Because I love you,” he said. “I’m crazy in love with you. And you left me. You left us.”

  Efua just about burst into tears.

  As she stood there, twisting her face and breathing unevenly, Jason jumped into action. “Shit, please don’t cry, baby. That’ll be the end of me.” He put an arm around her and led her to the bed, where both of them sat down on the edge.

  She managed to pull herself together. “Sorry,” she said, taking a few deep breaths. “I’m not crying.”