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.

Ella?” Moana’s voice broke through my thoughts,

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

was a little girl. I held it up in the

would turn out to

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

spoke again. “I can’t wait to see my little

eyes misting over. I cleared my throat before adding, “Oh, and tell Dad thanks for

father. He just needed to make sure his baby girl had a nice ride to the hotel. Even if

was his way of snooping, making sure everything was as it should

Moana laughed. “And this hotel you’re staying at,

just as I expected. “That was my fiance’s

an interesting guy,” Moana mused. “You’ve always been so down-to-earth. It

that clashed with everything I had been brought up to value. “Yeah, no kidding,”

to growl, betraying my

too, Ella. Can’t wait to see

opulence that suddenly felt so incongruent with who

and started browsing the room service menu on the

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

the door, it was Logan, leaning against the frame, arms crossed over his

said

I quipped back, my eyes meeting his

got no idea

Was he really just asking for recommendations? Or was this an invitation? My wolf whined at the possibility, hopeful for any crumbs of