It’s always a bad sign at an interview when your would-be employer orders you to strip—especially if the job is as the nanny to a grieving little girl. It’s even worse if you’re tempted to do it.

Zach Pennington is a star quarterback and now, suddenly, a single dad to a niece he barely knows. He’s also the most arrogant, clueless, vulnerable, sexy, stubborn, big-hearted man I’ve ever met, but Payton needs me, and I know what it feels like to be orphaned.

I just have to remember Rule Number One. Zach might be a great player, on the field and off, but I know better than to fall for your boss.

By the way, I’m proud to say that I didn’t strip for him—then.