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.

stuck in traffic when I was

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

a knot form in my

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

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 the car where the driver was waiting, climbing

Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he

off 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

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

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

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

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

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 was

an impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together

looked down at Ella

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

“Mina, was it YOU?”

Mina a while to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out

me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too

…

was furious when we got back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and

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