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.

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

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

felt a knot form in my stomach.

said, her voice quivering

screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I

long eno– Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he

as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had mentioned to her that I was going to be at the

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

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

all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling

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

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

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

looked down at Ella in my

managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car,

“Mina, was it YOU?”

Mina a while to answer, and she seemed to be

“That was… incredible.”

running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the

held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a

…

the lobby as we

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

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