His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 274 Intrigue & Devastation

Ella

When Logan’s brother questioned me about my mother, I felt a sudden heat rising in my cheeks. The audacity of the question, the way he said it, filled with a disdain I couldn’t understand, ignited my temper.

“Teach this one a lesson,” Ema hissed. “Oh, how I’d love to gnash my teeth on his skull…”

“Enough,” I said. “Not now.”

“Interesting, considering Ella isn’t even the biological daughter of the Golden Wolf Moana, isn’t that right?” Logan’s brother taunted. “She’s the bastard child of her father and… Who is your mother, Ella?”

I gritted my teeth, struggling to keep my anger at bay. My biological mother’s identity was none of his business, and the way he had thrown the question at me was downright offensive.

As far as anyone was concerned, Moana was my real mother. It didn’t matter whether she was my biological mother or not. Before I could answer, Marina, dressed in her oh-so-extravagant red dress, chimed in, her voice dripping with condescension.

“Oh, Ella, it must have been so difficult growing up with such a confusing family. I remember reading that Moana actually started off as your nanny, didn’t she? And weren’t there rumors that your little sister was conceived during a one-night stand?”

stab in my chest. My family was

took a deep breath,

“I’m very happy with the way things are, and people should really stop gossiping about

me for being concerned about my baby

started. How many prostitutes have you knocked up? Six? Seven? Probably more, at this

emotion. Her eyes met mine, and flashed with something

Leonard, was sitting at the head of the table, watching the entire spectacle unfold.

wearing a look of amusement. Was this how he watched his sons argue, never intervening, always enjoying the

if his silence was his way of adding fuel to the fire. Marina was about to continue

a moment, then looked over at me from across the table. “You know, I once met Edrick and Moana at a ball, and

interruption but compliant. The room seemed to breathe again as

the table, I felt Logan squeeze my hand, an unexpected but reassuring gesture that warmed me for a moment before I gently pulled my hand away. Dinner continued, and despite the undercurrent of

and the atmosphere lightened somewhat. People moved around, engaging in various conversations, and at one point, I found

the small bar with a sigh, I ordered a drink and let my eyes wander across the

all felt so familiar, yet so foreign. This facade wasn’t all that different from the boring networking events my family had dragged me to when I was

sameness to

his business partners?” I asked my wolf, my

Ema

couldn’t have put it better

business people and the Mafia, the worlds were so different. There was an undercurrent of danger here, a tension that was absent

own world, their own agendas. The glances, the whispers, the subtle negotiations –

entirely political. I could tell from the way that they didn’t touch, didn’t even look at each other. That was why Marina didn’t seem to care when she heard that Harry had multiple

her own real boyfriend or partner in private. And I felt strangely detached from it, an outsider looking