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.

you alright, Ella?” Moana’s voice broke through my thoughts, her soft voice

she couldn’t see it.

the stuffed duck perched on my bed-the gift Moana had given me when I was a little girl. I held it up in

little duck would turn out to be so precious

I said, my voice filled with emotion for reasons I couldn’t explain. “I’m so

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

see you either,” I said, my own 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 I told him it was a bit

of snooping, making sure everything was as

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

feeling self-conscious. So they had snooped, just as I expected.

always been so down-to-earth. It must be strange being involved with someone so

from me than she could ever imagine. A mobster from a world that clashed with everything I had been

chose that moment to growl, betraying my hunger.

too, Ella. Can’t wait to

that suddenly felt so incongruent with who I was. And in an

I had unpacked the last of my travel essentials and started browsing the room service

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

when I opened the door, it was Logan, leaning against the frame, arms crossed

bored,” he said

quipped back, my eyes meeting his

no idea where to go

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