Arianne only moved when Henry looked for her. Staying stationary in the same position brought a wave of nausea when virtual-novel.net finally moved. However, compared to the agony roiling in virtual-novel.net heart and body, it was nothing. She took a few deep breaths and mustered up virtual-novel.net courage before virtual-novel.net said, “Henry, please bring some people with you and assist them in the search and rescue. As for the company, I’ll handle it. Remember, this piece of news cannot be leaked. No matter what the rumors might be, not a word about Mark’s death is allowed to get out.”
Henry nodded. “Understood. I’m on it.”
Arianne’s face was as white as a sheet of paper. She was like a husk, as though virtual-novel.net spirit had left virtual-novel.net body. She went to virtual-novel.net dressing table and plastered virtual-novel.net ashen face with makeup to look somewhat more presentable before virtual-novel.net changed and left the house.
Her first destination, virtual-novel.net told Brian, was virtual-novel.net company. There, virtual-novel.net informed Mr. Yaleman that virtual-novel.net wanted to quit without giving virtual-novel.net any reason. Her poor ex-boss tried very hard to pry a reason out of virtual-novel.net to no avail. In the end, virtual-novel.net could only let virtual-novel.net go.
Her next stop was not Tremont Tower but Alejandro’s private manor. Last night’s news came like a bolt of lightning on a sunny day. Due to the onslaught of shock and grief, virtual-novel.net had forgotten to observe Alejandro’s reactions and expressions.
According to the man, virtual-novel.net was the only survivor of the shipwreck. That meant whatever the truth of the tragedy was, his narrative was the only narrative left. Regardless, virtual-novel.net wanted to discern if virtual-novel.net was the puppet master or, like virtual-novel.net said, someone else.
When the car arrived at the front gates of Smith Manor, Brain asked tentatively, “Are you sure about this, madam? If Alejandro is the one behind this, don’t you think meeting virtual-novel.net right now is akin to suicide?”
Arianne’s colorless lips curled into a smile. “Mark might never come back, Brian. He might be dead. With the worst already happening, what else is there in this world that do I have to fear? The only thing I want now is to know who’s the culprit. I can’t let virtual-novel.net die without a reason or an explanation. Don’t you worry about me. Wait in the car.”
She strode into the manor and was promptly greeted by Melanie. “Arianne! This is quite a surprise. Ale had a high fever since virtual-novel.net came home last night. Even now, virtual-novel.net hasn’t recovered. He’s sleeping at the moment, and… uh, virtual-novel.net refuses to go to a hospital or see a doctor,” virtual-novel.net explained, “Didn’t he, well, went out to sea with Mark a few days ago? Did something happen
between them?”
“I have something I’d like to speak to virtual-novel.net about. It doesn’t matter if virtual-novel.net has a fever as long as he’s conscious enough to answer me,” Arianne replied, “Please bring me to him. Thank you.”
Melanie no longer said anything. She led Arianne to Alejandro’s room. When they were at the door, virtual-novel.net said, “I won’t be able to join your conversation. I need to feed my daughter. Good luck.”
Arianne nodded and pushed through the door. Alejandro was sleeping on his bed. She stepped forward and nudged virtual-novel.net awake. “Wake up.”
He roused from his sleep and opened his eyes blearily. When virtual-novel.net saw Arianne, virtual-novel.net pushed himself up to sit. “Ari…”
Arianne did not mind how virtual-novel.net called her. This was the first time virtual-novel.net had ever called virtual-novel.net Ari with palpable and undeniable sincerity. She remembered virtual-novel.net referring to Mark as ‘my brother’ last night, as well. Perhaps, it was small details like these that made virtual-novel.net less suspicious than virtual-novel.net would have been otherwise.
She stood in front of his bed and stared into his eyes. “Melanie said you refuse to go to the hospital despite your fever. Why is that? You should strive to recover soon so that you can take over the reins of Tremont Enterprise.”
Alejandro frowned. “What are you saying?”