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?”

his tone, an insinuation that lingered between the words. I clenched my glass tighter, hoping

replied curtly, determined not to give

trouble, darted briefly towards the cabins’ entrance. A smug smirk stretched across his face. “Oh, really? Because from where I’m standing,

my grip on the glass threatening to shatter it. “She’s my fated mate,” I bit out. “You’ve no

my nerves. “I have no doubt you two are fated mates,” he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “But don’t flatter yourself thinking. you’ve got everyone fooled with this charade of yours. I can see right through

and I had our differences, but he had a sharp instinct

of my business,” I snapped, my face darkening. Harry leaned closer, his breath cold against my ear. “Maybe you should

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

deep breath, trying to shake off the uneasy feeling that had settled in my stomach. I knew Harry thrived on seeing others uncomfortable, and I refused to let him have that satisfaction. I decided to focus on the reason I was here:

to mean to me, even in the short time we had known each other. And while

anyone else

Ella finally appeared, the sight of her took my breath away. The lingering tension from my conversation with Harry melted away. She

single movement of her

there. It was, in all honesty, a bit much for my self-control, and I felt a

asked, looking around nervously. “It’s

the gap between us. But

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

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

and laughter filled the air,

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

biting her lip. “I’m… not a great swimmer.

of water?” I asked teasingly, cocking my head to the