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 got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella up, and… She’s

hear Selina gasp audibly on the other end of the line.

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

excuses,” Selina said, her voice quivering with

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

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

as to where Ella might have run off to. Before

to the driver. “I have a feeling

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 road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds.

away, all by herself… And at the same time,

slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt.

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

slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the

panting, and looked down at Ella

Somehow, I had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the

“Mina, was it YOU?”

while to answer, and she seemed to be

“That was… incredible.”

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

held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a

…

came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms, who only

there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby

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