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.

when I was coming back to pick Ella up,

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

my stomach. “I’m sorry, I

said, her voice quivering with anger.

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

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

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

said to the driver. “I have

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. As we flew down the city streets, all I could think of was Ella. Would I

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

screamed, pointing. The driver slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt.

myself running 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

slammed into Ella’s, and together we

and looked down at Ella

of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city

“Mina, was it YOU?”

It took Mina a while to answer, and she seemed

“That was… incredible.”

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

held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a

…

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

in front of the lobby staff. “I should fire you