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?”

My family was

deep breath, working to control

responded, my voice steady but icy. “I’m very happy with the

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

me started. How many

face betrayed no emotion.

two brothers continued to bicker. Meanwhile, Logan’s father, Leonard, was sitting at the head of the table, watching the entire spectacle

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

to the fire. Marina was about to continue her tirade when her

he 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 and Moana at a ball, and I know how much they value Ella. They were

huffed, clearly unhappy with the interruption but compliant. The room

that warmed me for a moment before I gently pulled

and mingling, 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

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

sameness to it. I

all have to take part in most of the same things as my dad and his business partners?” I asked my wolf, my lips not moving and my face not betraying a hint

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

have put

was right: despite the similarities between powerful business people and the Mafia, the worlds were so different. There was an undercurrent of danger here, a tension that was absent from the staid

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

Marina and Harry, but their union was entirely political. I could tell from the way that they

she had her own real boyfriend or partner in private. And I felt strangely detached