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

on, leaving

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 and wrists when he spoke

trying to help me with my career, or was there something more to it? Did he really plan on ‘letting me go’ once this year was

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

that. 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

with doubt and uncertainty. I found myself glancing at the clock,

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

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

Miss Morgan,” he said as I approached.

my voice sharper than I intended. “What are you doing here? I

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

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

anxiety spilling out in a rush of words. But it was too late to take them back now, and a part of me didn’t want

trembling. “What they say about the Mafia and the women who get involved with

not all men

his voice filled with pain. “I would never do anything like that to you. I’m not

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

Logan!” I cried, tears threatening to spill out

touching my arm, his eyes filled with compassion. “That was a