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?”

word from Marina like a stab in my chest. My family was being dissected and judged by people who knew nothing about

a deep breath, working to

thank you,” I responded, my voice steady but icy. “I’m very happy with the way things are, and people should really stop gossiping about things

in once more. “Forgive me for being

please, Harry,” Logan said with a wry laugh. “Don’t get me started. How many prostitutes have you knocked up? Six?

eyes widened. I looked to Marina, whose cool face betrayed no emotion. Her eyes met

of the table, watching the entire spectacle unfold. I looked over at him, hoping that he

of amusement. Was this how he watched his

was his way of adding fuel to the fire. Marina

He paused for a moment, then looked over at me from across the table. “You know, I once met Edrick and Moana at a ball, and I know how much they value Ella. They were both very lovely, too. Let’s not tarnish

but compliant. The room seemed to breathe again

unexpected but reassuring gesture that warmed me for a moment before I gently pulled my hand away. Dinner continued, and despite the undercurrent of hostility, I managed to regain

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

a sigh, I ordered a drink and let my eyes wander across

all felt so familiar, yet so foreign. This facade wasn’t all that different from the boring networking events my

sameness to it. I took a sip

as my dad and his business partners?” I asked

thinking the same thing,” Ema replied. “Flip sides

have put it

the Mafia, the worlds were so different. There was an undercurrent of danger here, a tension that was absent from the staid world of

wrapped in their own world, their own agendas. The glances, the whispers, the subtle negotiations – it was all

their union was 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 her own real boyfriend or partner in private. And