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?”

fists under the table, every word from Marina like a stab in my chest. My family was being dissected and judged by people who knew nothing about us. And to think I was trying to remain

took a deep breath, working to control my

happy with the way things are,

“Forgive me for being concerned about my baby brother’s future. We wouldn’t want… bad

“Don’t get me started. How many prostitutes have you

face betrayed no emotion. Her eyes met mine,

at the head of the table, watching the entire spectacle unfold. I looked

to my surprise, he said nothing, his face wearing a look of amusement. Was this how he watched his sons argue, never intervening,

his way of adding fuel to the fire. Marina was about to continue her tirade when her father

said, his voice firm but not unkind. He paused for a moment, then looked over at me from across the table. “You know, I once met Edrick

but compliant. The room

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 hostility, I managed

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

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

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

It all had a wearying sameness to it. I took a

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

was just thinking the same thing,” Ema

couldn’t have put

There was an undercurrent of danger here, a tension

the whispers, the subtle negotiations – it was all

an ‘engagement party’ for Marina and Harry, but 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

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