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 the words. I clenched my glass tighter, hoping to keep

I replied curtly, determined not to give

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 two don’t seem like you’re

glass threatening to shatter it. “She’s my fated mate,” I bit out. “You’ve no business assuming anything

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

to admit. The fact that our ‘relationship’ might be under scrutiny wasn’t something I had expected Harry and I had our differences,

I snapped, my face darkening. Harry leaned closer, his breath cold against my

mingling with the noise of the party. I

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

once again darted to the entrance, hoping to see her emerge. My 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 our relationship might have started

else

tension from my conversation with Harry melted

movement of her hand, the

about the way Ella stood there, draped in moonlight, her bikini barely there. It was, in all honesty, a bit much for my self-control, and I felt a rush of heat

around nervously. “It’s

close the gap between us.

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

anyone else could have

yelps and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing

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

biting her lip. “I’m… not

I asked teasingly, cocking my head to the side. Ella’s