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.”

send everything over,” he replied, his tone slightly softer.

confidence surging. “I love a

trepidation. Little did I know, the day had more in store for me

activity, with detectives and officers exchanging notes, sipping

my way to

faint murmur reached my ears. The voices came from the breakroom, and something compelled me to move closer. I halted just outside the door, the conversation

dripping with condescension. “The rookie’s got herself another case.

as Mark’s, chimed in, “I’ve been here for five years, and I’ve

was a pause, followed by a sneering laugh. “Well, maybe if you were sleeping with your client,

hands curl up into fists at my sides, and my ears began to grow into slight points as the urge to shift started to creep up

“Tell them.” she growled, bristling at their harsh words.

head, swallowing nervously to quell the anger. “No. It’s not worth it to try to argue

the breakroom. “Good morning, everyone,” I greeted cheerfully,

began to leave, the

her voice dripped with malice. “You should be ashamed of

“Noted. Have a great day, Sarah,” I replied, opting for

feeling the weight of the morning’s events. But then, the thought of the challenging case ahead, the intricacies I’d have to unravel, pushed the

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

breaking the quiet, until the soft knock on my door startled

my colleagues. But instead, Logan walked in, his usually confident posture replaced by one of tension. His

standing up. “What brings you here? I thought

the door gently behind him. “I was,” he said, running a hand through his dark hair. “But

eyes. “As you know, someone was murdered in one of my restaurants-La Lune, it’s called. And up until now,

back in my chair, intrigued.

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