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.

when I was coming back to pick

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

felt a knot form in my stomach. “I’m sorry, I just

excuses,” Selina said, her voice quivering

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

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

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 the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have

for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As

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

on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without

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

body slammed into Ella’s, and together

eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella in my

were safe. Somehow, I had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they

“Mina, was it YOU?”

It took Mina a while to answer, and she seemed to

“That was… incredible.”

came running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the

crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too

…

back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella

should’ve stayed there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby