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?”

in my chest. My family was being dissected and judged by people who knew nothing about us. And to

took a deep breath, working to control

very happy with the way things

brother, Harry, chimed in once more. “Forgive me for being concerned about my baby brother’s future. We wouldn’t want… bad

said with a wry laugh. “Don’t get me started. How

Marina, whose cool face betrayed no emotion. Her eyes met mine, and flashed with something that I couldn’t quite

table, watching the entire spectacle unfold. I looked over at him,

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

his way of adding fuel to the fire.

from across the table. “You know, I once met Edrick and

unhappy with the interruption but compliant. The

gesture that warmed me for a moment before I gently pulled my hand

dinner, there was more drinking and mingling, and the atmosphere lightened somewhat. People moved

one of the stools at the small bar with a sigh, I ordered a drink and let my eyes

was strange to watch the fake smiles, the forced laughter, the way people mingled and preened. It all felt so familiar, yet so foreign. This facade wasn’t all that different from the boring networking events my family had dragged me

all had a wearying sameness to it. I took a

my dad and his business partners?” I asked my wolf, my lips not moving and my face not betraying a hint

thing,” Ema replied. “Flip sides of

couldn’t have put it

powerful business people and the Mafia, the worlds were so different. There was an undercurrent

around, seeing people wrapped in their own world, their own agendas. The glances, the whispers, the subtle negotiations – it was all a game, a dance of power and

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

partner in private. And I felt strangely