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,

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

knot form in my stomach. “I’m

voice quivering

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she

my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the other side

eyes, panting, and looked

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

“Mina, was it YOU?”

It took Mina a while to answer, and she seemed

“That was… incredible.”

each other on the

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

…

the lobby as we arrived and

in

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