His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

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.

sorry,” I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick

the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for

in my stomach. “I’m sorry,

her voice quivering with

the phone. The room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for

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

while I 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 that I was going to be at the

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

buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew down the city streets, all I could think of was Ella.

I saw a familiar little head of blonde hair walking at an intersection 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

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

faster than I ever had before. I lunged 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 for

shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to

and looked down at Ella in my

speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street

“Mina, was it YOU?”

to answer, and she seemed to be

“That was… incredible.”

murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their

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

…

when we got back to the penthouse. He 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 staff. “I should fire you on the