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.

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

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

a knot form in my stomach. “I’m

voice quivering with anger. “Find

I could say anything else, Selina abruptly 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 facility and sprinted up to the car where the driver was waiting, climbing into the

eno– Are you alright? Where’s

to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her that I

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

dear life as he sped down

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

to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the car and

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

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

and looked

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

“Mina, was it YOU?”

to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out

Ella in my arms. Without a word as

…

back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as

shouted in front of the lobby staff.

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