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.

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

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

felt a knot form in my stomach.

voice quivering with

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

Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at me

hastily as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off

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

my seatbelt and held onto the 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 Ella. Would I get

intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports

a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out

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

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

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 hadn’t just been about to hit a little

“Mina, was it YOU?”

while to answer, and she seemed to be

“That was… incredible.”

driver came running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the

alright?” the driver asked, helping me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to speak, I nodded and

…

the lobby as we

training!” he shouted in front of

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