His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

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.”

everything over,” he replied, his tone slightly

confidence surging. “I love a good

of excitement and trepidation. Little did I know, the day had more in store for me than just

the morning shift greeted me. The air buzzed with activity, with detectives and officers

the curious glances in my direction, I made my way to my desk, lost in

murmur reached my ears. The voices came from the breakroom, and something compelled me

with her signature nasal tone-said, dripping with condescension. “The rookie’s got herself another case. Third one. And

been here for five years, and I’ve never been handed something of this magnitude. Especially

if you were sleeping with your

face, anger and humiliation mingling in a dangerous cocktail. I felt my 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

she growled, bristling at their harsh words. “Tell them that they’re wrong. You’re not sleeping

it to try to argue against these gossips. Kill ’em

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

of them averted their gaze, their guilt evident. Slowly, one by one, they began to leave, the tension in the room palpable. All except Sarah. She lingered, her brown eyes narrowed, disdain

she approached me, her voice dripped with malice. “You

great day, Sarah,” I replied, opting for politeness. She

the morning’s events. But then, the thought

neatly put away lay scattered across the desk, testament to

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

to see one of my colleagues. But instead, Logan walked in, his usually confident posture

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

“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

looked me straight in the eyes. “As you know, someone was murdered in one of my restaurants-La Lune, it’s called. And

in my chair, intrigued.