Arianne only moved when Henry looked for her. Staying stationary in the same position brought a wave of nausea when wp4webnovel.com finally moved. However, compared to the agony roiling in wp4webnovel.com heart and body, it was nothing. She took a few deep breaths and mustered up wp4webnovel.com courage before wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com spirit had left wp4webnovel.com body. She went to wp4webnovel.com dressing table and plastered wp4webnovel.com ashen face with makeup to look somewhat more presentable before wp4webnovel.com changed and left the house.
Her first destination, wp4webnovel.com told Brian, was wp4webnovel.com company. There, wp4webnovel.com informed Mr. Yaleman that wp4webnovel.com wanted to quit without giving wp4webnovel.com any reason. Her poor ex-boss tried very hard to pry a reason out of wp4webnovel.com to no avail. In the end, wp4webnovel.com could only let wp4webnovel.com 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, wp4webnovel.com had forgotten to observe Alejandro’s reactions and expressions.
According to the man, wp4webnovel.com was the only survivor of the shipwreck. That meant whatever the truth of the tragedy was, his narrative was the only narrative left. Regardless, wp4webnovel.com wanted to discern if wp4webnovel.com was the puppet master or, like wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com came home last night. Even now, wp4webnovel.com hasn’t recovered. He’s sleeping at the moment, and… uh, wp4webnovel.com refuses to go to a hospital or see a doctor,” wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com about. It doesn’t matter if wp4webnovel.com 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, wp4webnovel.com 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 wp4webnovel.com awake. “Wake up.”
He roused from his sleep and opened his eyes blearily. When wp4webnovel.com saw Arianne, wp4webnovel.com pushed himself up to sit. “Ari…”
Arianne did not mind how wp4webnovel.com called her. This was the first time wp4webnovel.com had ever called wp4webnovel.com Ari with palpable and undeniable sincerity. She remembered wp4webnovel.com referring to Mark as ‘my brother’ last night, as well. Perhaps, it was small details like these that made wp4webnovel.com less suspicious than wp4webnovel.com 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?”