Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Chapter 12

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#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’m sorry,” I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella up, and… She’s gone.”

I could hear Selina gasp audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for her when she was finished with her training?”

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

voice quivering

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

Where’s

my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I

orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the

seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road,

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

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

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

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

panting, and looked down at Ella in

Somehow, I had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which

“Mina, was it YOU?”

to answer, and she seemed to be so

“That was… incredible.”

each other on

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 followed

…

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

he shouted in front of the lobby staff.

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