His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 303 Swimming Lessons

Logan.

As the gentle hum of the evening pool party enveloped me, my eyes kept darting towards the entrance to the cabins, eagerly waiting for Ella. She had been gone for what felt like an eternity, leaving me with a strange concoction of excitement and nervousness.

There was no denying that she was something special, even if our ‘relationship’ wasn’t what people believed it to be.

“I think she’s softening toward you,” my wolf said. “I could feel it tonight.”

“That means nothing,” I said. “She may be softening, just like they all do. But the fact of the matter is this: she’s out of my league, and from an entirely different world. We’d never last.”

I felt my wolf growl inside of me, but it was true. As much as I was fascinated with Ella, we were just too different. She was a goodie-two- shoes, a princess from the light side. I grew up on the dark side, and no matter how badly I, too, wanted to end all of this Mafia business, I knew that it was unlikely to happen. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

As I took another sip of my drink, I suddenly felt a cold presence slide up next to me. It was a feeling I had come to associate with one person and one person only-Harry.

“So, brother,” he drawled in that irritatingly condescending tone of his. “How are things with the new girlfriend?”

he said ‘girlfriend’ didn’t escape me. There was a hint of mockery in his tone, an insinuation that lingered between the words. I clenched my

curtly, determined not to give him the

A smug smirk stretched across his face.

shatter it. “She’s

cold and mirthless, grated on my nerves. “I have no doubt you two are fated mates,” he said, his voice dripping with

scrutiny wasn’t something I had expected Harry and I had our differences, but he had a sharp instinct for sniffing out pretenses. It was unsettling to think that he might not be

Harry leaned closer, his breath cold against my ear. “Maybe you should make your business less obvious

retort, he was already striding away, his laughter echoing behind him, mingling with the noise of the party. I stood there,

in my stomach. I knew Harry thrived on seeing others uncomfortable, and I refused to let him have

to me, even in the short time we had known each other. And while our relationship might have started under unconventional circumstances, the

anyone else believed it didn’t

from my conversation with Harry melted away. She

of her hand,

stood there, draped in moonlight, her bikini barely there. It was, in all honesty, a bit

looking around nervously. “It’s ridiculous,

voice in my mind, urging me to close the gap between us. But I couldn’t. I knew that Ella would just shove

thought to myself as I felt a strain in my swim trunks. I couldn’t let her or

panic and excitement, I vaulted into the pool before she or anyone else could have a chance to see my

of surprised yelps and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing the attention away from my

shock of my jump subsided, I noticed Ella seated at the pool’s edge, her feet skimming the surface of the water. I

her lip. “I’m… not a great

smirk. “The Alpha Princess is afraid of water?” I asked teasingly, cocking my head to the side. Ella’s