scarlet's pov:

"Who are you?" Asked the stranger in front of me.

"Scarlet, you?" I asked in return.

"The man who usually sleeps in this room." The man in front of me said with a smug smile on his handsome face. I bet all the women in the world fall for that smile, but not me. I don't know why but I just have the feeling to just want to wipe that stupid smile off his face.

"Well, it's kind of my room now, so if you will excuse me," I said quietly as I tried to step to the side to go down the stairs. But the man took hold of my wrist and stepped closer towards me. He looked at me as if he was looking at his next meal.

"Let go," I said with venom in my voice.

"Hiss, the kitten is fierce. But I am sorry, babe, you will have to tell me who the hell you are first. Are you one of the gold diggers who are trying to swindle my little brother of his money?" All of a sudden, the man in front of me changed--his whole demeanor completely flipped. I felt my blood run cold as he stared at me with murder in his eyes. I summoned all the courage I had as I tugged my wrist out of his grasp.

"First," I began, "don't ever call me 'kitten.' Secondly, I work for Kristian. I am Noah's new nanny. So excuse you for the disrespect." I made sure to be cold with my voice.

"What is going on here?" A strong and dominant voice said behind me. I turned around and found Kristian staring at me and the man behind me.

"Hello, Kris." The man said, "I just came back and found the room that I use normally, occupied. So I just wanted to know who this kitten is." I glared at him as he called me that ridiculous name. Kristian sighed as he walked towards me.

"Sorry for not introducing him sooner," he said, "He was out of the country for a while. Scarlet, this is Mateo, my cousin. Mateo, this is Scarlet Kristof, Noah's new nanny. And the woman who saved his life a couple of days ago." The moment Kristian finished talking, Mateo's whole body stiffened as he laughed awkwardly.

"Hahahaha, hi, Scarlet. Mateo," he nodded. "Sorry about all that. I get overprotective of my family easily. And thank you for saving Noah's life. We really owe you for that." I stared at Mateo in front of me dizzily as he scratched his head deplorably and shyly.

What the hell just happened? Are we sure this is the same man from before? It's like he's a completely different person!

"It's okay. You must have been shocked to see me in your room. I can go ahead and change rooms once Noah wake's up." I said kindly.

"You don't have to change rooms." Kristian said gently. "This one is yours now. Mateo can sleep in the guest room."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll sleep in the guest roo--wait a second, did you just say that Noah is sleeping in your room?" Mateo asked me with wide eyes.

"Uhm, yes. We fell asleep together after playing."

"Oh, wow!" Mateo said as he looked at Kristian with wide eyes.

"I know." Kristian said with a sigh."

"What?" I asked, looking between the two men, completely confused.

"It's nothing." Kristian reassured. "Anyway, lunch is ready."

"Then I'll go ahead and wake-up Noah and get him ready." I said as I reached for the door handle and went inside, leaving the two men behind me. I walked to the bed and slowly sat beside Noah's side. I played with his hair gently as I whispered, "Noah, baby, come on, get up". Noah started to stir as he snuggled closer to me. He held onto the hem of my dress with his tiny hands. He was so cute that I wanted to hug him forever.

"Come on little man, you need to get up, or I will eat lunch with your daddy alone." The moment I finished talking Noah into waking-up, he looked at me with disapproving eyes, acting mad, I couldn't help but laugh.

"Sorry, sorry. I was joking. Come on baby, let's go down to eat. Do you want to use the bathroom first?" Noah shook his head. I smiled a bit but deep down I wanted to hear him talk. I wondered how cute his voice was, but I kept my wonder to myself. Afterall, I am just the nanny, imagine what his father must be feeling.

"Come on, let's go down then." I finally stated.

Noah jumped off the bed, put on his shoes, and then waited for me at the door. I chuckled as I walked towards him and the held his hand in mine. We went down the stairs together and soon found Kristian and Mateo sitting at the table whispering, but when they saw us, they stopped.

"There's my little man!" Mateo shouted as he stood up and bent down with open arms. Noah dropped my hand and went running towards him and jumped in his arms, making Mateo stumble down.

"Oh, how much you've grown! What were you eating while I was gone, you peanut?" Mateo stood up with Noah in his arms and as I looked at them, I couldn't help but smile to myself.

"Cute ... "

Edited by the amazing @2129887Hb