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.

when I

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

knot form in my

said, her voice

phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself

Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking

rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her that I was going to be at the

District,” I said to the driver.

solemnly, and with an angry look on his face, the driver stepped on the gas and peeled away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the

a little ways away, all by herself… And 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 girl stood through the sunroof, hooting and hollering

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

slow motion. I found myself running faster than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen

felt an impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we

looked down at Ella in my

Somehow, 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

“Mina, was it YOU?”

It took Mina a while to answer,

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones to

in my arms. Without a word as I

…

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

stayed there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I

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