Vanessa paced her new (temporary) quarters. She was a ball of nerves. She kept going back and forth about whether she had made the right decision.
“Sweet pea,” she said to her baby, “this situation is crazy.”
Nick paused just outside the slightly opened door to the suite Vanessa would be occupying for the duration of her stay at his mansion, and watched as she paced, unpacked her suitcase and then placed her clothing and toiletries where they belonged in the room. After leaving her apartment to go to his home, she looked rattled and nervous. He could not remember a time when he had had to work so hard to get a woman to stay overnight at his place, and this one had not even slept in his bed.
“It will be a temporary one though,” she said. “It has to be.”
He turned to walk away.
“It is c
