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?”

tone, an insinuation that lingered between

determined not to give him the satisfaction of knowing

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 where I’m standing, you

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

are fated mates,” he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “But don’t flatter yourself thinking.

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

his breath cold against my ear. “Maybe

he was already striding away, his laughter echoing behind him, mingling with the noise of the party. I stood there, reeling from the confrontation. It was never easy

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

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

anyone else

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

single movement of

bikini barely there. It was, in all honesty,

around nervously. “It’s ridiculous, isn’t

to close the gap between us. But I couldn’t. I knew that Ella would

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

excitement, I vaulted into the pool before she or anyone else could have a chance

and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing the attention

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

looked away, biting her lip. “I’m… not a great swimmer. Deep

is afraid of water?” I asked teasingly, cocking my head