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

satisfied, and moved on, leaving me alone with

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 to it? Did he really plan on ‘letting me go’

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

been kind to me, respectful, even. But there was

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

new resolve within me: I needed

There, waiting outside, were the same sleek black cars that I had become all too familiar with, and standing beside them was Logan with a smirk on his

Morgan,” he said as

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

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

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

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

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

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

spoke, 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

“I would never do anything like that to you.

hanging over me, obscuring everything else. It was only made

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

hand gently touching my arm, his eyes filled with compassion. “That was a misunderstanding, Ella. You