His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 346

Chapter 346 Homeward Bound

Ella

A charged silence fell between us as we finally reached the safety of the car. Somehow, we had managed to make our way out of the party with little trouble, although Leonard had asked questions; a quick “My stomach hurts” on my part, however, was enough to make the man leave us be.

Logan slid behind the wheel as I climbed into the passenger seat. As the engine hummed to life, he turned to face me, his deep blue eyes reflecting the twilight.

“Ella,” he began, his tone light yet hesitant, “speaking of the ‘engagement party’…”

I sighed, passing a hand over my weary face. “Now? Really? We need to talk about this now?”

Logan shrugged as he began pulling away from the curb. “We’ll have to talk about it sooner rather than later. No offense, but it was your idea.”

I cringed at the thought. It was my idea, technically. Logan had offered to take the fall, to avoid this ‘engagement party’. But I had decided in the moment to be the one to take the fall instead, to agree to let my parents meet Leonard and this whole dark family. But truthfully, I never planned on actually going through with it at first. Now, though, I wasn’t so sure what to do. I needed to think.

“Later,” I muttered as I stared out the window. “Not now.”

“Fine,” Logan responded. “But Ella, I was thinking… We should take a trip to your home city first. Tell them in person. We’ve got the time right now in between cases, and-”

My eyes widened in shock, and I quickly cut him off. “No! That’s a horrible idea!”

Logan paused for a moment before answering. “What’s the big problem?” he asked. “Don’t want your family to meet me?”

that,” I said, which was

then turned to face me while we waited. He inched closer, his warmth brushing-against me, and his voice dropped to

fun. We’ll get a hotel room, play tourists. You can show me all the places you loved as a kid.

the old playroom. “No. I can’t do that. I won’t do that. And

sounding somewhat disappointed. “We’ll get separate hotel rooms then. Separate hotels, if you’re really that

comfortable

us felt even more pronounced

planning on doing this, were you?” he asked. “Always the lawyer. Looking

lip. Logan hit it pretty much on the nose, but I wasn’t ready to admit it. “I… I don’t know,”

I understand. We’ll try to find

out on the table about who Logan was,

Logan,” I said finally. “No offense, but having you in my

words spilled out faster than I had intended, revealing more of my vulnerability

taken,” he said, clenching

side of my life-this encroaching darkness-I’ve kept it separated from my parents and my little sister. I’d like to keep it

at some point, though, Ella.

with a million different thoughts. “I would just prefer to at least let

wolf growled deep within me. She had felt our closeness earlier, had come so close to becoming one with Logan, our mate, and I had

rather my parents come here,” I finally said, sinking a

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