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?”

a hint of mockery in his tone, an insinuation that lingered between the words. I clenched my glass

to

eyes, a shade darker than mine and always looking for trouble, darted briefly towards the cabins’ entrance. A smug smirk stretched across his face. “Oh, really? Because from

flash of anger, my grip on the glass threatening to shatter it. “She’s

grated on my nerves. “I have no doubt you two are fated mates,” he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “But don’t flatter

me harder than I cared to admit. The fact that our ‘relationship’ might be under 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 the

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

mingling with the noise of the party. I stood there, reeling from the confrontation. It was never easy with Harry. He always

knew Harry thrived on seeing others uncomfortable,

impatience was a clear indication of how much she’d already come to mean to me, even in the short time we had known each other. And while

or anyone else believed it

lingering tension from my conversation with Harry melted away.

a single movement of her

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

she asked, looking around nervously. “It’s

between us. But I

my swim trunks. I couldn’t let her or anyone else see the effect she was having on

could have a

of surprised yelps and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing

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

not a

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