His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 291 The Alpha Princess

Logan

“Ready to go?” I finished clasping the necklace onto Ella’s delicate neck, taking note of how my hands threatened to shake just from our close proximity.

Ella nodded, grabbing a small purse. She followed me out the door and down the steps of her apartment building, her heels clicking in the quiet atmosphere of the building’s hallways.

“So,” I said as we descended through the narrow stairwell, “that dress looks lovely on you, just as it did when you bought it.”

Ella blushed slightly. “Thanks. And thank you. for the necklace.”

I shrugged. “It’s nothing, really. Consider it an… apology.”

“An apology?” Ella chuckled wryly as we walked down the stairs. It was an oddly charming sound that I had gotten all too familiar with over the past weeks, ever since I met her. The Alpha Princess had a sarcastic air about her that was honestly a nice reprieve from all of the giggling and useless conversation I had become used to with the sort of women who were interested in me.

“Yes, an apology,” I replied. “For being an ass. And for coming at you with this event last minute.”

for the opal pendant around her neck, touching it delicately. In the dim light of the stairwell, I could see how her cheeks

going to be a lot

do you mean?” she asked. “Is this one and the white one

me with her eyes. “I mean, that’s not what I meant. I only mean to say that you’ll need more than two dresses. As lovely as you look in the two we bought

people in your circle aren’t worth having in your circle, then.” Ella stopped at the bottom of the stairwell, her hand resting on the

out a soft

say that

“I know.”

blunt Ella was. It

at the opportunity for a free chance at moving up in the world. A woman who only wanted to be spoiled by her man as a replacement for

I was actually in it, I realized just how wrong I was. Ella was different, and not in the cliche sense. She overturned many

a smile

a gentle

of her apartment’s steps as she locked her door, thinking how the soft glow from the corridor lights perfectly outlined the silhouette of

we went shopping-clung to her form in a flattering manner, making it impossible

know, staring is impolite,” Ella teased, sauntering

me? Besides, that dress… The green really brings out your

hair over her shoulder. It was a playful, flirty gesture, although something told me that

smirked. “And to follow up on your previous question, no, I don’t have any other dresses..

“Why?” I asked.

didn’t think I would need them here,” she replied as she walked down the steps and followed me to the car. “I figured I’d be spending most of my time working, not… going to events with a mafia

I dreaded hearing that word: mafia. It was a constant reminder of my status in life, of all of the luxuries I had afforded because of crime and violence. But

for her. “So, do you have any other leisure pursuits apart from work?” I asked,