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?”

that my face didn’t betray the churning in my

leaving me alone with

delved into the case and tried to focus my entire energy on it, I found my mind still straying to Logan’s words, his actions, the way he 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

career, or was there something more to it? Did he

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

been kind to me, respectful, even. But there

one filled with doubt and uncertainty. I found myself glancing at the clock, counting down the hours until I could leave, until I could escape the

had a new resolve within me: I needed to figure out a way to make sure that this… this ‘arrangement’ with Logan

heart skipped a beat. There, waiting outside, were the same sleek black cars that I

as I approached. “Your chariot

voice sharper than I intended. “What are you doing here? I live within walking

amusement. “It’s

disrespecting my wishes? Is this how it’s going to be all throughout this year?

confusion. “What are you talking about, Ella? Trapped? Abused?

had spoken without thinking, my fear and anxiety spilling out in a rush of words. But it was too late to take them back now, and a part of

say about the Mafia and the

But not all

he said, his voice filled with pain. “I would never do anything

to believe him. I wanted to trust him. But the fear and doubt were like a dark cloud, hanging over me, obscuring everything else. It was only made worse by what I overheard at the dinner party and Sarah’s

tears threatening to spill out of my eyes. “How can I ever trust you after

filled with compassion. “That was a misunderstanding,