His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

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?”

swallowed, shaking my head. “It’s… It’s not that,” I said, which was only a half-truth. “It’s just… Not a good

Logan guided the car to a stop, then turned to face me while we waited. He inched

get a hotel room, play tourists. You can show me all

vehemently, I pressed my lips together and tried to push away the memories of our encounter in the old playroom. “No. I can’t do that. I won’t do that. And I certainly won’t get a hotel

“We’ll get separate hotel rooms then. Separate hotels, if you’re

me most comfortable would be if

the car started moving again. The tension between us felt even more pronounced by the sound of the car’s engine humming around us, filling the void. Finally, Logan spoke,

this, were you?” he asked. “Always the lawyer. Looking for

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

don’t want to go through with the party, I understand. We’ll try to find a

who Logan was, maybe they would understand. Then, once our contract was up, we could split amicably. Logan would have to meet my father anyway to get

but having you in my city, it would… ruin

had intended, revealing more of my vulnerability than

said,

I mean. I meant to say that this side of my life-this encroaching darkness-I’ve kept it

meet your father at some point, though, Ella. Unless you’ve forgotten about our original

staring at the road ahead as my mind raced with a million different thoughts. “I would just prefer to at least let it happen here, so I don’t have to think about my home

in response, my 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 shoved him away.

just would rather my parents come here,” I finally said, sinking a little lower in my seat.