His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 279 Disrespect

Ella

The office hummed with the usual activity, but as I sat at my desk, the files for the new case spread out in front of me, my mind kept drifting to Sarah’s words. They clung to me like a shadow, her insinuations and her accusations haunting me.

I tried to focus on the documents in front of me, the complicated legal jargon and the details of the new case with Logan. But my hands trembled slightly no matter how hard I tried to steady them, and I couldn’t shake the fear that had settled itself in the pit of my stomach.

What if Sarah was right? What if I was trapped? A pawn in a game that I didn’t fully understand? A game that I could never understand?

“Ella,” a voice said, snapping me out of my thoughts, and I looked up to find Mr. Henderson standing over my desk. “Are you okay? You look distracted.”

I forced a smile, willing myself to push Sarah’s words aside. “I’m fine,” I lied. “Just a lot on my mind.”

He frowned, his eyes searching my face from behind his wire-rimmed glasses. He still wore the fancy Rolex on his wrist. “Well, I hope that what’s on your mind is your case, and not trivial matters,” he said. “This new case with Mr. Barrett is of the utmost importance. I need you to be focused. Understand?”

him, hoping that my face

and moved on, leaving me

conducted himself. Everything that he ever said or did felt like a trick now. I was reading into everything, even down to the minor muscle movements in his hands and wrists when

trying to help me with my career, or was there something more to it? Did he

frustrated with myself. I was letting Sarah’s words get to me, letting them plant seeds of doubt

He was different. He had been kind to me, respectful, even. But there was a nagging voice

myself glancing at the clock, counting down the hours

the end of the day, I had a new resolve within me: I needed to figure out

somehow. When I finally stepped out into the cool evening air, my heart skipped a beat. There, waiting outside, were the same sleek black

he said as

you doing here? I live within

amusement. “It’s a dangerous city, Ella. I’m just

“By disrespecting my wishes? Is this how it’s going to be all throughout this year? I don’t want

are you talking about, Ella?

in a rush of words. But it was too late to take them back now, and

about the Mafia and the women who get involved with them? That they’re trapped,

his voice was soft and filled with regret. “It is true, to an extent. But not all men are like that, Ella. Just some of them.” “But how do I know that you’re not like that?” I asked, my voice breaking.

said, his voice filled with pain. “I would never do anything like that to you. I’m

dark cloud, hanging over me, obscuring everything else. It was only made worse by what I overheard at

cried, tears threatening to spill out of my

with compassion. “That was a misunderstanding, Ella. You know that. You have to