Chapter 56

The morning sunlight poured through the windows, brushing across the marble floors of Logan’s mansion. The house felt unusually quiet, except for the distant sound of birds chirping outside. I stood by the kitchen counter, slowly stirring Lily’s porridge. A faint smile tugged at my lips as I thought of her. Despite everything—Logan’s distance, my role as just a nanny, the ache of unreturned feelings—I still felt a strange peace in moments like this. When Lily came down the stairs, her eyes sparkled. She ran straight into my arms. “Aunt Haley!” she squealed, hugging me tight. I bent down to her level. “Good morning, sweetheart.” “Daddy left early today,” she mumbled into my shoulder. “I know,” I said softly, brushing her hair back. “He had something important to do for work.” She pulled back and looked at me with those big, round eyes. “Will Daddy be okay?” I smiled, placing a kiss on her forehead. “He’ll be just fine. Logan would never let anyone hurt him. And he’d never let anyone hur