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?”

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

and moved on, leaving me

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 did felt like a trick now. I was reading into everything, even

career, or was there something more

words get to me, letting them plant seeds of doubt in

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

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 office and the weight of my own

any work done. As I packed up my things at the end of the day, I had a new resolve

waiting outside, were the same sleek black cars that I had become all

Morgan,” he said as I approached.

you doing here? I live within walking distance. You don’t need to be picking me up every single

chuckled, his eyes twinkling with amusement. “It’s a dangerous city, Ella. I’m just

be all throughout this year? I don’t want

his eyes widening in confusion. “What are

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

true?” I asked, my voice trembling. “What they say about the Mafia and the women who get involved with

true, to an extent. But not

Ella,” 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

tears threatening to spill out of my eyes. “How

his eyes filled with compassion. “That was a misunderstanding, Ella. You know that. You