His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella up, and…

the line. “You weren’t there for her when she

felt a knot form in my stomach. “I’m sorry, I just

voice quivering with anger. “Find

I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran out of the training facility and sprinted up

you alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking

my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned

in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she

seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous

same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a drunk girl stood

and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking,

into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just as the sports car was headed directly

body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the other side of

and looked down at Ella

I had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though

“Mina, was it YOU?”

Mina a while to answer, and

“That was… incredible.”

running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling

stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was

…

the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped

the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I should fire you

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