The Love Hater by Elle Nicoll

He’s New York’s coldest billionaire CEO.

And I just accidentally became his daughter’s nanny.

To be clear, I didn’t mean to become anyone’s nanny.

There was a coffee shop.

Some bunny-shaped foam art.

And a serious case of mistaken identity.

Now I’m working for Sullivan Beaufort.

Grumpy. Guarded. Sinfully handsome.

And CEO of Beaufort Diamonds.

He’s a self-proclaimed Love-Hater, haunted by a family tragedy that left scars too deep for anyone to reach.

He doesn’t want a nanny.

He definitely doesn’t want me.

But where he is sharp edges, brooding silences, and late-night piano melodies soaked in grief… his two-year-old daughter is belly giggles, mischief, and sticky fingers that have wrapped themselves around my heart.

One minute we’re baking cookies.

The next, I catch Sullivan watching me like I’m both his biggest regret…

and his greatest temptation.

This job was never meant to be forever.

It was stop-gap. A paycheck I desperately needed.

But now?

I don’t know if I can walk away from the man who swears he’ll never fall in love…

Because the music he plays sounds like his soul is begging him to be wrong.

And if I listen closely enough, maybe I’ll finally understand what he’s been afraid of all along.

I know one thing for certain…

When this song comes to an end, none of us will ever be the same.