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

replied curtly, determined not to

shade 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

my grip on the glass threatening to shatter it. “She’s my fated mate,”

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

‘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 out pretenses. It was unsettling to think that he might not be the only one

of my business,” I snapped, my face darkening. Harry leaned closer, his breath

party. I stood there, reeling from the confrontation. It

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

to mean to me, even in the short time we had known each other. And while our relationship

Harry or anyone else believed it didn’t

conversation with Harry melted away. She

of her hand,

there. It was, in

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

I heard my wolf’s voice in my mind, urging me to close the gap between us.

strain in my swim trunks. I couldn’t

mixture of panic and excitement, I vaulted into the pool before she or anyone else could have a chance to see my arousal, sending a tidal

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

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

“I’m… not a great swimmer. Deep water makes me

Alpha Princess is afraid of water?” I asked teasingly, cocking my head to the side. Ella’s

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