His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 319

Chapter 319 Breakroom Gossip Vs Cold Blood

Ella

As the sun peeked through the gaps in my curtains, illuminating the quiet of my bedroom, my phone buzzed.

The name on the screen-Logan-made my heart race. It had been a week since our conversation at the bar, and while the weight of his story still lingered between us, our professional relationship had felt as though it solidified.

“Morning.” I answered, my voice still raspy from sleep. “You’re calling me bright and early today.”

“Ella,” he greeted, his tone more formal than I’d grown used to. “The last case you handled for me went well. I have another one, but this… it’s different. More complicated. A lot more complicated.”

I sat up, intrigued. “Complicated how?”

He paused, choosing his words carefully. “There’s been a murder. On a property I own.”

The gravity of his words settled over me. I chewed the inside of my cheek as I ran my hand through my hair, my eyes darting across the room.

“A murder?” I asked quietly.

Logan was silent for a moment. “Yes,” he finally replied. “Ella, I… His voice softened a bit. “I know how it sounds, but it had nothing to do with me. And yet…” He paused again. I heard the sound of another voice in the background- someone calling his name.

“Logan?” I called out.

I could hear him clear his throat. “Actually, I’ll send you the details later, alright?” he said. “Something came up.”

I sighed. It was only six in the morning, and I was already being bombarded with a case that I hadn’t been expecting; a murder, of all things. “I see,” I said, putting on my best professional voice. “Just get me the details, and I’ll handle it.”

tone slightly softer. “But

smirked, confidence surging. “I

did I know, the day had more

air buzzed with activity, with detectives

direction, I made my way to my desk, lost in

The voices came from the breakroom, and something compelled me to move closer. I halted just outside

condescension. “The rookie’s got herself another case. Third

I recognized as Mark’s, chimed in, “I’ve been here for five years, and I’ve never been handed something of this magnitude. Especially

pause, followed by a sneering laugh. “Well, maybe if you were sleeping with your client, you’d have a shot too,”

a dangerous cocktail. I felt my hands curl up into fists at my sides, and my

at their harsh words. “Tell them that they’re wrong. You’re not sleeping with

not worth it to try to

a deep breath, I straightened my posture and walked into the breakroom. “Good morning, everyone,”

averted their gaze, their guilt evident. Slowly, one by one, they began to leave, the tension in

with malice. “You should be ashamed

Sarah,” I replied, opting for politeness. She huffed, casting me one last dirty look before walking out, her heels clicking

events. But then, the thought of the challenging case ahead, the intricacies I’d have to unravel, pushed the incident to the back

had yet to be neatly put away lay scattered across the desk, testament to the complex nature of the

was the lone noise breaking the quiet, until the soft knock on my door startled

his usually confident posture replaced by one of tension. His stormy eyes held

standing up. “What brings you here? I thought you

deep breath, closing the door gently behind him. “I was,” he said, running a hand through his dark hair. “But I decided that it would be best if I talked to you in person, because some things have changed about this

in the eyes. “As you know, someone was murdered in one of my restaurants-La Lune,

in

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