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

leaving

he conducted himself. Everything that he ever said or did felt like a trick now. I was reading into

or was there something more to it? Did he really plan

I was letting Sarah’s words get to me, letting them plant seeds of

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

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

any work done. As I packed up my things at the end of the day, I had a new resolve within me: I needed to figure out a way to make sure that this…

beat. There, waiting outside, were the same sleek black cars that I had become all too familiar with, and standing

as I approached. “Your chariot awaits

voice sharper than I intended. “What are you doing here? I live within walking distance. You don’t

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

this how it’s going to be all throughout this year? I don’t want this to be another case where the woman is trapped and

his eyes widening in confusion. “What are you

blanched, realizing 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

my voice trembling. “What they say about the Mafia and the women

with regret. “It is true, to an extent. But not all men are like that, Ella. Just some of them.” “But

pain. “I would never do anything like that to you. I’m not

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

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

compassion. “That was