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?”

an insinuation that lingered between the words. I clenched my glass tighter, hoping to keep my temper in

replied curtly, determined not to give him the satisfaction of knowing anything

for trouble, darted briefly towards the cabins’ entrance. A smug smirk stretched across his face. “Oh,

it. “She’s my fated mate,” I bit out.

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

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

leaned closer, his breath cold against

the noise of the party. I stood there, reeling from the confrontation. It was never easy

I knew Harry thrived on seeing others uncomfortable, and I refused to let him

her emerge. My impatience was a clear indication of how much she’d already come to mean to me,

or anyone else believed

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

single movement of

was something utterly electric 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

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

the gap between us. But I couldn’t. I knew that Ella would just shove me away if I tried

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

anyone else could have a chance to see my arousal,

laughter filled the air, effectively drawing the attention away

seated at the pool’s edge, her feet

her lip. “I’m… not a

asked teasingly, cocking my head to the side.