His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Missing
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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.

got stuck in traffic when I

audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for her when she was finished with her

form in my stomach.

said, her voice quivering with anger.

I could say anything else, Selina abruptly hung up the phone. The room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew 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 to the car

you long eno– Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at

was gone,” I said hastily as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her

the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she went there to look for

for dear life as he sped

at the 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

The driver slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the car and started

my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk

impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and

looked down

sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they hadn’t just

“Mina, was it YOU?”

to answer, and she seemed to be

“That was… incredible.”

each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their

the driver asked, helping me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was

…

furious when we got back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms, who

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

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