His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 345 The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth

Ella

Logan’s blue eyes finally met mine, filled with an emotion that I couldn’t fully read. Remorse, maybe. And pain.

“Ella, it’s not-”

“Save it,” I cut him off, a sudden surge of anger bursting through my veins. “Just save your breath, Logan.”

He reached out, his fingertips almost grazing my arm, the air around us pulsating with a mix of tension and unsaid truths. “Ella, it’s not like that. I never-”

I shoved him away, my voice steeped in a concoction of anger, disbelief, and a hint of hurt. “Lucky for you, I’m a woman of my word, otherwise I’d be tearing up our contract right here, right now. Not just because of what your brother just said, but because of your whole damn family.”

Logan’s features hardened, his piercing gaze locking onto mine. “Well, maybe you should. Leave, tear up the damn contract. I wouldn’t hold it against you.”

For the second time in the span of a week, Logan had offered me a way out, an easy way out, too. All I had to do was say the word.

But did I want to?

“You can’t leave him,” Ema said, her voice filled with longing. “He needs you. You need each other.”

I chewed my lip for a moment before realizing that my wolf was right: we needed each other. I would never admit it, but it was true. Right now, in this hell of a city, in this den of vipers, we needed each other. There was no way out.

“No,” I said, turning to look away for a moment. “I won’t leave. Let’s finish this thing.”

His sigh of relief cut through the charged air, and a faint glimmer of amusement sparked within me. “You seem relieved. And to think, you were once so confident that I’d never want to leave, even when our contract ended.”

lips, the faintest hint of his old self piercing through the guarded facade. “Well, you just refused

my head. The weight of Harry’s words still pressed down on my shoulders,

it, I did beat that guy up. But I never had him shot. I never found out who

can I believe you?” I murmured, still wary of the

was hardly more than a

We had been working with each other long enough that I had gained some trust in him, but I still needed something, anything, to ease my worries. Biting my lip in indecision, my gaze landed on an old, worn-out children’s book on the floor beside me. Picking it

together with my palm facing toward Logan,

flickering with a mix of perplexity and intrigue, met

lead,” I persisted, feeling the

I silently took his other hand and placed it on top of the book. Our eyes

stories, to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?” I questioned, my voice steady yet soft, trying to bridge the abyss

pause. Logan’s eyes flickered with uncertainty, his gaze flickering down to the book between us. Then, finally, he swallowed

“I do.”

“Say it,” I urged.

Barrett, will tell the whole truth

the book, and I felt myself soften toward him. There was something genuine in his face, something filled with pain and remembrance. I quickly pulled away, placing the book down on top of the box and tucking

“Begin.”

took a deep

confessed, a bittersweet smile playing on his lips. “Hell, I thought we would

“And then?” I urged.

across his chest. “She started to change,” he murmured. “She’d go out with me, let me dote on her and buy her all kinds of stuff. Always asking for money, fancy restaurants, new things. I was stupid and I

known better,” he continued. “But I was just… so stupid. Even when I started getting suspicious, I let

I said. Logan nodded. “Yep. For a long time, actually.