His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 297 Temptation & Her Mistress

Logan

The symphony of the ballroom surrounded us: the gentle murmur of voices, the soft clink of glasses, and the mesmerizing notes of the orchestra weaving a spell around the dancing couples.

But amidst all the sounds, there was a silence, a charged void, between Ella and me. Every step we took, every turn, and every glide was a wordless conversation.

My wolf, always alert beneath the surface, yearned to entangle with hers, to join in a dance of their own. I could feel the pull, the almost magnetic attraction between our two spirits, and it was maddening.

“I wish she would let me in,” my wolf complained, his voice a growl in the back of my mind as it mirrored my own turmoil. “Just for a moment.”

“I know,” I answered. “She’s a fortress.”

No matter what I did, Ella and her wolf resisted. There was a barrier, a wall she had erected, both to protect herself and to maintain at distance from the chaos of my world. My wolf growled low in frustration, longing to bridge that gap, to assert our bond..

I wanted to pull her close, to feel her breath against my lips, to lose myself in the intoxicating allure she radiated. The urge was overwhelming, almost primal, yet the conscious part of me fought it..

I knew it wasn’t the time, nor the place.

“You keep staring at me,” Ella said, a ghost of a smirk playing on her lips. “It’s weird.”

a twirl as the music swelled.

shade of red than it already was. “You’re flirting with me.” “So what if I am?” I asked. “You’re a

of the dance approached, and the intensity between us grew. My hand tightened on her waist, her fingers gripped my shoulder a tad

But just as the dance concluded, with our faces inches apart and the promise of a kiss hanging

moment, I glanced to the side and met my father’s piercing

the sudden tension. Her eyes, previously soft and lost in our connection, now held a hint of confusion,

I swallowed hard, the words catching in my throat, “get yourself another drink

voice betraying what almost sounded like a hint

I took a deep breath, attempting to quell the tempest of emotions within. I knew I had to

as 1 walked over to my father, a poignant reminder of the emotional whirlwind that was

timid, the next, a fierce protector of a stranger. And yet, the very elements of her that baffled me

cut through the gossamer thread of

stature always. reminded me of the old oaks on our family estate-solid, enduring, and occasionally imposing. “Your ‘girlfriend’ seems quite taken with the hired help,” he remarked dryly, his

his. Ella, in her ethereal beauty, looked slightly out of place amidst the grandeur, like a wildflower

of at smile dancing on my lips. “She has a

allowed that little spectacle earlier because the man you brutalized-Rodrick-was a problem. His businesses were cutting a little too close to mine, so I allowed you and your Alpha Princess to play your little game of ‘sticking it to the man’. But remember who you are, Logan. And who she might turn out to be. It’s unwise to trust someone who so openly fraternizes withi

fixed on Ella. “Rodrick beat that escort, and you and I both know that it’s a favorite pastime of

this place,” my father said, subtly gesturing around with his martini glass. “Then perhaps after that, you’ll

toward a man in the corner. He wore a blood red suit, with

quite some time, so it’s all settled now. But cross that line again, and you-and ‘Dahlia’-will both

was on his arm, laughing at something he had whispered. But the laugh only

night and day. Where I was reserved, he was boisterous.

smirk playing on his lips. “Drowning in the depths of another philosophical

retorted, glancing from Harry to Marina. “And you,

way of making everything feel light-hearted,” she said, giving me that snakelike look