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.

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

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

form in my stomach. “I’m sorry, I

excuses,” Selina said, her voice quivering with anger.

I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran out of the

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

my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have

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

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.

through the city streets, 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 breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a drunk girl stood through the

and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking,

before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in

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

eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella in

of the speeding sports car, which

“Mina, was it YOU?”

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

crying Ella in my arms. Without a

…

running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped

there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I should

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