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?”

escape me. There was a hint of mockery in his tone, an insinuation that lingered

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

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,

glass threatening to shatter it.

dripping with sarcasm. “But don’t flatter yourself thinking. you’ve got everyone fooled with this charade of yours. I can see right through

words hit 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

my face darkening. Harry leaned closer, his breath cold against my ear. “Maybe you should make your business

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

a deep breath, trying to shake off the uneasy feeling that had settled in my stomach. I knew Harry thrived on seeing others uncomfortable,

a clear indication of how much she’d already come to mean to

Harry or anyone else believed it didn’t

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 I felt towards

movement of

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.

between us. But I couldn’t. I knew that Ella would

a strain in my swim trunks. I

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 wave of water crashing onto nearby

surprised yelps and laughter filled the air, effectively drawing

noticed Ella seated at the pool’s edge, her

looked away, biting her lip. “I’m… not a great swimmer.

“The Alpha Princess is afraid of water?” I asked teasingly, cocking my head