His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Missing
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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

other end of the line. “You

in my

Selina said, her voice quivering with anger.

hung up the phone. The 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

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

to rack my brain as to where Ella might

me to the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she went there to look for

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

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 breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a drunk girl stood through the sunroof, hooting and hollering like a

screeching halt.

outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just as the sports

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

my eyes, panting, and looked down at

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

“Mina, was it YOU?”

a while to

“That was… incredible.”

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

arms. Without a

…

the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my

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

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