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?”

mockery in his tone, an insinuation that lingered between

curtly, determined not to give him the satisfaction of

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

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

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

something I had expected Harry and I had our differences, but he had a

his breath cold against my ear. “Maybe you should make your business less obvious then,

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

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

a clear indication of how much she’d already come to mean to me, even in the short time

Harry or anyone else

my breath away. The lingering tension from my conversation with Harry melted away. She looked unsure, almost vulnerable, wrapped in a towel, and the protective urge I

single movement of her

It was, in all honesty, a bit

around

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

she or anyone else could have a chance to see my arousal, sending a tidal wave of

and laughter filled the air, effectively

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

“I’m… not

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

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