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?”

from Marina like a stab in my chest. My family was being dissected

took a deep breath,

but icy. “I’m very happy with the way things are, and people should really stop gossiping about things they know

just curious, Logan’s brother, Harry, chimed in once more. “Forgive me for being concerned about my baby brother’s future. We wouldn’t

wry laugh. “Don’t get me started. How many prostitutes

betrayed no emotion. Her eyes met

father, Leonard, was sitting at the head of the table, watching the entire spectacle unfold. I looked over at him, hoping that he would step in and stop this

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

but wonder if his silence was his way of adding fuel to the fire. Marina was about to continue her tirade when

but not unkind. 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

clearly unhappy with the interruption but compliant. The room seemed to breathe again

for a moment before I gently pulled my hand away. Dinner continued,

lightened somewhat. People moved around, engaging in

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

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

lots of backhanded compliments. It all had a wearying sameness to it. I took a sip of my

dad and his business partners?” I asked my wolf, my lips not moving and

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

couldn’t have put it

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

own agendas. The glances, the whispers, the

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

partner in private. And I felt strangely detached from it, an outsider