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?”

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

replied curtly, determined not to give him

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

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

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

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

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

the noise of the party. I stood there, reeling from the confrontation.

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

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 under

else believed it

sight of her took 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

of her hand,

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 course through

looking around

my mind, urging me to close the gap between us. But I couldn’t. I knew that Ella would

I couldn’t let her or anyone else see the

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

sound of surprised yelps and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing

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

biting her lip. “I’m… not a

asked teasingly, cocking my head to the side. Ella’s face darkened. “Don’t patronize