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.

I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back

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

form in my stomach. “I’m

said, her voice quivering

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

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

my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I

the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I

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 road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew down the city streets, all I could think of was Ella. Would I get to her in

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

came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped

moved in 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 in the middle of the crosswalk just as the sports car

into Ella’s, and together we tumbled

looked down

the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they hadn’t just been about to

“Mina, was it YOU?”

while to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

to each other on the sidewalk, pulling

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

…

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

training!” he shouted in front