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?”

Mr. Henderson,” I assured him, hoping that my face didn’t betray the churning in my

on, leaving me alone with my thoughts once

even as I 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

me with my career, or was there something more to it? Did he really plan

my head, frustrated with myself. I was letting Sarah’s words get to

He was different. He had been kind to me, respectful, even. But there was a nagging voice in the back of my head that kept whispering,

at the clock, counting down the hours until I could leave, until I could escape the office and the weight

of the day, I had a new resolve within me: I needed to figure out a way to make sure that this… this ‘arrangement’

the cool evening air, my heart skipped a beat. There, waiting outside, were the same sleek black cars that I had become all too familiar with, and standing beside them was Logan with

evening, Miss Morgan,” he said as I approached. “Your chariot awaits

are you doing here? I live within

just chuckled, his eyes twinkling with amusement. “It’s a dangerous

frowned, anger bubbling up inside me. “By disrespecting my wishes? Is this how it’s going to be all throughout this year? I don’t want this to be another case where

widening in confusion. “What are you talking about, Ella? Trapped? Abused? What’s all this

that I 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

Mafia and the women who get

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

But the fear and doubt were like a dark cloud, hanging over me, obscuring everything else. It was only made worse by what I

me, Logan!” I cried, tears threatening to spill out of my eyes. “How can I ever trust

compassion. “That was a