Chapter 268 Acting Lessons

Ella

The soft hum of my ceiling fan was the only sound accompanying my thoughts. As I lay in bed, the silky sheets enveloping me, a sense of strange relaxation washed over me. I should have felt agitated, furious even. But there was a tranquility I couldn’t understand.

I let that jerk into my life, I chided myself. But even as I mentally berated myself, I couldn’t help the smile that crept onto my face. My phone vibrated on my nightstand, breaking my introspection. A glance revealed Moana’s name on the screen..

“I heard you got your first case!” Moana’s chirpy voice rang through the phone. We might have been mother and daughter, but in moments like these, she was just like a giddy school friend.

“Yeah,” I hesitated. The truth would be too much for her to handle. “It’s just a problem with a bad tenant. The client wanted to keep things confidential.” A laugh. “Always the mysterious ones, huh? Well, as long as you’re safe and doing what you love”

I swallowed hard, guilt gnawing at me. If only you knew, mom. “Thanks, Moana,” I murmured, hoping she wouldn’t notice my reluctance. “I’ll let you know how it goes.”

After hanging up, the room’s silence seemed more profound. I laid there for a long time, lost in my thoughts.

on an act, getting cozy in bed with the very thing I hated all for the sake of… taking down the very thing that I

the distant hum of city life outside. I continued to lay there, eyes glued to

voice had quivered on the line, fear evident even through the cold digital medium. “Ella, come back to work. We

Logan, with his dark aura and domineering presence, loomed in my mind’s eye.

did he threaten? Torture? Robbery? Death? All of the

me resented him for it, for the threat that lingered behind every ‘favor’ he did for

hated the fact that I so willingly allowed myself to fall into this web. I knew that I

thoughts. “The mate bond… It can’t be ignored. This is fate. If you have already made your decision,

I replied out loud, grimacing. “It’s

said nothing.

was probably the one affected by him the most. She already did her best to have a cool head. I shouldn’t blame her. I made my own choice. Just as I was gearing up mentally for the

way over to the door and pressed the button. “Who is it?”

Logan’s unmistakable voice crackled through the

on earth are you doing here so

mix of frustration and a

bag of donuts in one hand and two cups of coffee

dangerously. “Hey, don’t shoot,” he teased. “All I mentioned was taking back that Rolex I gifted him. And, well,

I blinked, stunned. “Already?”

nonchalantly, that rogue smirk playing on his lips. “Better sooner than

a cautious sip, expecting the bitterness | usually got from most takeaway coffees.

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