Chapter 10

She thought about him again. Not Himchan but the guy who was waiting for him. Why did he look familiar? As if it wasn't already obvious, she did give him a double take when he flashed that gummy grin towards her. She was a little preoccupied to notice as she was leaving the party with Daniel. Now sitting at the dinner table waiting on Daniel to finish, she was still thinking about the guy with the gummy smile. “Nanny?” he woke her from her trance.

“Hmm?” she shifted her attention to him.

“I'm already finished,” he told her.

“Okay, go get ready for your bath while I clean up,” she instructed him. He nodded then ran off.

“Danny, it's bath time!” Annie announced as she looked around the posh apartment for the four year old boy. “Where is that little brat?” she muttered under her breath.

She could hear his faint giggling echo from near his room. “I got you now!” she smirked mischievously to herself as she ran into his room to find it empty. “Danny, this isn't funny! Get out here now!” The kid was clearly testing her patience, which was growing thin by the minute.

“You have to come find me!” she heard his voice echoing elsewhere. He was not in his room. Annie searched all around his room including the closet and under the bed with no luck. Groaning in frustration, she was back in the living room once again.

“Danny, if you do as I say, I'll buy you ice cream!” she said in a sing-song tone.

“Nice try! The last nanny said the same thing!” he exclaimed.

“I'm serious, Danny,” she said through gritted teeth. “Now is not the time to be playing games!”

She searched the bathroom, no luck. She avoided Miranda's room which was forbidden territory and since it was locked, she knew Danny would avoid it anyways. But then by what Daniel was doing now, she clearly underestimated his intelligence. “You're getting warmer, Nanny,” his voice uttered.

Her phone went off prompting Annie to grunt angrily. Someone picked the most inopportune time to be calling her. Not bothering to check the caller ID, she answered. “I'm a little busy,” she said with a tone of irritability.

“Nanny?” Miranda's voice rang out. “I'm calling just to check up on you and Danny.”

Annie froze. Uh-oh. “Oh hello, Miranda!” Annie chuckled nervously. “Yes, everything's fine! Just great! Danny is just about to take his bath and then I'm tucking him into bed.”

“Oh, okay, that's nice to hear, can I talk to him?” Annie's eyes widened.

“Now's not a good time,” Annie said nervously. “You see, he's still eating.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, you know he can't talk when he's eating, he'll get cranky,” she lied as she looked around frantically. “I'm sure you know that.”

Suddenly, the little boy emerged from behind. “You can't catch me!” he exclaimed before running off. He was out the door before Annie could catch him.

“Is everything okay?” Miranda asked with a hint of suspicion to her tone.

“Yes, everything's just dandy!” Annie exclaimed. “He's just playing a game! Listen, Miranda I have to call you back, okay?”

“Okay well just so you're aware I'll be home in about another hour or two so see you then!” she finally said.

“Right! I'll see you soon! Bye bye, Miranda!” she said before hanging up abruptly. “Alright you little monster, I'm coming to get you! So ready or not here I come!” She made it out the door and searched frantically down the halls.

Her phone rang once again and she immediately answered. “We're a little busy at the moment, Miranda--”

“Annie?” Daehyun's voice rang out.

She breathed a sigh of relief knowing it was not her boss. “Oh, it's you,” Annie replied in annoyance upon realizing it was her friend. “What do you want?”

“Is that the way you should greet your best friend?” Annie could feel him pouting at the other end but decided not to make a snappy comeback because it was unimportant at the moment. What was more important was finding this brat even if it took her the whole night.

“Look, Dae, now's not a good time,” Annie sighed.

“Why? What's wrong? Is everything okay?” he asked suddenly becoming concerned.

“I'm getting trolled by a four year old, that's what!” she barked back. “So does it look like I'm okay?! Let me call you back, okay?” she hung up before he can respond.

“Come and catch me!” Daniel exclaimed emerging from behind.

“Oh yes I will!” Annie said before charging towards him, the kid immediately ran off once again. Luckily for him, the elevator door to the floor opened. A guy obliviously emerged from the elevator prompting Annie to inadvertently collide with him. Together, they fell to the ground and Annie landed right on top of him. He groaned in pain.

Daniel was soon laughing hysterically. “I told you, you can't catch me, nanny!” he mocked her running into the elevator.

“I'm so sorry!” Annie sat up along with the stranger. “Are you okay?”

“I'll live,” he answered still groaning in pain. The familiar sound of his deep and husky which momentarily caught Annie off guard. Their eyes met and she realized it was him. The guy from the party with Himchan. She remembered because he sure was a handsome one, she thought. She also couldn't forget the fact that he saved her from getting hit by a car at that time. But then, she brushed away those thoughts shifting her attention to the little monster known as Daniel.

“Again, I'm sorry!” she abruptly got up to run after Daniel. “Danny, this isn't funny anymore!” she hissed.

“Danny?” the guy turned to find Daniel in the elevator. Annie looked at him in confusion. “What do you think you're doing?”

“Oh hi, Yonggukie hyung,” the little boy greeted the guy sheepishly. “I'm playing a game with my nanny. Do you wanna play too?”

Annie gave him a hopeful look hoping he can help her. He glanced from the boy to the helpless girl before him. She looked drained from this tirade with her disheveled hair and he started to feel bad for her knowing what a handful his young neighbor can be. “Okay, sure, what are we playing, little man?” he asked finally shifting his attention towards the little boy.

“Thank you,” Annie mouthed breathing a sigh of relief.

He, in turn, gave her a reassuring nod along with a gummy smile. “Anytime,” he mouthed back.

“Hyung!” Daniel called out from the bathtub.

“What's up, Danny?” Yongguk peered into the bathroom.

“Can we play video games?”

“Sure thing, little man. Just finish up your bath first,” he said grinning then motioned for Annie to go back inside.

Annie leaned down to help the little boy. “Alright, buddy,” she said. “Let's get finished cleaning up, shall we?”

Daniel gave her a mischievous grin and aimed a water gun towards her and before she knew it, Annie was soaked. He laughed hysterically. Yongguk, having witnessed the whole thing, couldn't help but chuckle. However, he immediately stopped when he found Annie glaring at him once she stepped out. In turn, he grabbed a nearby towel from the linen closet and handed it to her. She snatched it from him. “Thank you,” she said curtly.

“You have to admit, the kid's pretty clever,” Yongguk pointed out.

“Bite me,” she muttered.

“Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh,” he said stifling his laughter.

“Oh you go ahead and laugh, get it out of your system now before it gets old,” she sneered.

Yongguk shrugged. “Well, if you say so,” he burst into laughter. Annie frowned at first but soon found herself joining him as they laughed about this together. As soon as their laughter took a calm, he finally extended his hand to her. “I know we haven't officially met but please allow me to introduce myself, I'm Bang Yongguk. I live right upstairs.”

Reluctantly shaking his hand, she said, “I'm Annie. Nice to finally meet you.”

A/N: Finally! The moment you've all been waiting for! Sorry for making you guys wait! There's no such thing as a minor character in my dictionary which was why I had to drag out the official meeting between our leads! As you all know, this chapter was from the little teaser in the foreword. I edited it a little in this chapter. Maybe you'll spot the difference. Enjoy!

*I might fix this chapter for minor errors too >.<*