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?”

which was only a half-truth.

me while we waited. He inched closer, his warmth brushing-against me, and his voice dropped to a soft

hotel room, play tourists. You can show me all the places you loved as a kid.

and tried to push away the memories of our encounter in the old playroom. “No. I can’t do that. I won’t do

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

frowned. “What would make me most comfortable would be if you

pronounced by

weren’t planning on doing this, were you?” he

nose, but I wasn’t ready

Logan said with a sigh. “If you don’t want to go through with the party, I understand. We’ll try to find a way. But keeping our fake relationship from your parents could cause a lot more problems, and I

on the table about 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

finally. “No offense, but having

out faster than I had intended,

said, clenching his

shook my head. “That’s… Not what I mean. I meant to say that this side of my life-this encroaching darkness-I’ve kept it separated from my

have to meet your father at some point, though, Ella.

as my mind raced with a million different thoughts. “I would just prefer to at least let it

silent for a long time. I became worried that I offended him, and in response, my wolf growled deep within me. She had felt our closeness earlier, had come

finally said, sinking a little lower in