Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo novel Chapter 425

The nanny Dylan recommended was called Mrs. Potts. She was from Bartham's neighboring town called Pishal. Pishal was a small backward town and the young people there liked to flock to Bartham—including Mrs. Potts' daughter.

Her daughter could be seen as a capable lady. Born in a single-parent family, she counted on her own hard work to get into a good university in Bartham. After she graduated, she became hired at a good company and married a Batham local.

Although the man was from Bartham, his family was only a middle-class family. The two families gave all they could to buy the married couple a house, but the couple still had to pay off the monthly mortgage themselves. Mrs. Potts' daughter was filial, and she was worried that Mrs. Potts would feel lonely back home in Pishal, so she brought Mrs. Potts to live with her after her marriage. To lessen the burden on her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Potts took up her old job again and became a nanny.

All this was what Mrs. Potts told Larissa on her first day. In her old age, Mrs. Potts was very chatty and gregarious. They had only just met, but she pulled Larissa to her and called her "dear", then pulled Aster to her and called him "baby boy".

Larissa wasn't used to such affection, but she didn't dislike it. On the other hand, Aster loved it and kept calling Mrs. Potts "Granny Potts" joyfully. By the time Mrs. Potts was done cooking dinner for Dylan and came over, it was almost Aster's bedtime. Larissa had thought that the sole purpose of hiring Mrs. Potts was to take care of Aster, but little did she expect to be urged to bed every night herself.

Mrs. Potts said, "This is an extra order Mr. Shields gave me." Larissa didn't know if she should compliment Dylan for being thoughtful or scold him for being nosy. Mrs. Potts was someone who took her job very seriously. She would burst into Larissa's room a few times every night, and whenever she saw that Larissa was still awake, she would nag at her.

"Staying up late is very bad for your health. Don't think that you can ignore your health just because you're still young! Work is never-ending, so it's not urgent anyway! You have no idea that my daughter recently fainted because she burned the midnight oil at work for too long. It scared my whole family! We even had to send that old …" To cut off her nagging, Larissa had no choice but to switch off her laptop and go to bed. After days of keeping up this habit, Larissa's work-life balance slowly got back to normal. She was very energetic in the mornings even if she didn't rely on coffee.