His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 360 Little Victories

Ella

Sitting alone in my hotel room, surrounded by plush furniture and golden accents that gleamed in the soft lighting, I felt a pang of homesickness. The luxuriousness of the room was stifling in an odd way, as though constantly reminding me of my charade with a mobster.

Shaking off the momentary melancholy, I decided to call Moana to calm my frayed nerves.

Taking a deep breath to compose myself, I dialed her number and waited for the ring to connect. The familiar sound of her voice, warm and comforting as always, came through within moments.

“Ella, my love! How was your flight? Did you make it to the hotel?”

“We did,” I said, faking a sense of enthusiasm in my voice. “The place is…well, it’s something.”

“Where is your fiance?” Moana asked. “I’d like to say hello, if you don’t mind.”

The word ‘fiance’ made my body stiffen. I glanced at the empty space next to me, where Logan would have been if we were an actual couple. But we weren’t. He was in a room of his own, doing his own thing.

I couldn’t quite decide if I preferred it that way or not, the logical lawyer part of me knew that it was for the best, but the sleepy, scared-of-flying Ella with the yellow stuffed duck almost missed his company already.

“He’s… in the shower,” I stammered, hoping that Moana bought my lie.

“Well,I hope you know that we’re all excited to meet him tomorrow,” Moana said, blissfully unaware of the tension her question had sparked.

“I’m looking forward to it too,” I said, though in truth, I wished that tomorrow would never come. Meeting my family, particularly my discerning father, would be the make-or-break moment for this intricate lie that Logan and I had entangled ourselves in.

through my thoughts, her

even though she couldn’t see it. “Yeah, Mom, I’m

gift Moana had given me when I was a little girl. I held it up in the frame, so she could see it over our video call. “Look, your gift was my

thought that little duck would turn out to be so precious to

you,” I said, my voice filled with emotion for reasons I couldn’t explain. “I’m so glad you came into my life, and into

bit when she spoke again. “I can’t wait to see

to see you either,” I said, my own eyes misting over. I cleared my throat before adding, “Oh, and

nice ride

way of snooping, making sure everything was as it

know Edrick,” Moana laughed. “And this hotel you’re staying at, it’s quite over-the- top lavish,

they had snooped, just as I expected. “That was my

Moana mused. “You’ve always been so down-to-earth. It

could ever imagine. A mobster from a world that clashed with everything I had been brought up to value. “Yeah, no

betraying my hunger. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Mom. I love

Can’t wait to

opulence that suddenly felt so incongruent with who I

started browsing the

I got up and smoothed down my casual clothes, thinking maybe room service was preemptively delivering something delightful. Maybe Logan had purchased some sort of package that included special treatment, which I figured wouldn’t be out of character for

when I opened the door, it was Logan,

said

I quipped back, my eyes meeting his for

Ella. But I’ve got no idea where to go

the careful casualness of his tone. Was he really just asking for recommendations? Or was this an invitation? My wolf whined at the