"What with the serious face?" Michael furrowed his brows when he saw Arlo glare at his computer, as if that thing had offended him in so way.
Arlo closed the tabs he worked on and turned around to face his little brother. "What is it?"
"Aubrey is downstairs, she insisted on eting you, it's been a great effort to keep her in place." Michael scratched his head. He looked upset.
He had the sa facial features as Arlo, but he was a little bit skinnier than his older brother, with red hair and honey brown eyes. He had just dyed his hair a few days ago and got scolded by their parents. Though he was twenty-five, you couldn't see the difference between him and a sixteen-year-old teenager, since he still acted like one.
"You are okay with River, right?" Michael took a book from the table and flipped it open casually. "I have not seen her for two weeks. Is everything alright with you two?"
"Yes." Arlo's eyes turned dark at the ntion of River's na. It had been two weeks since that night and he had not yet gotten any proper sleep. He didn't want anyone to bother him.
"So? What's the deal with Aubrey? She has been looking for you recently and you have not once t her."
Arlo took the book from Michael's hand and then stood up. "I am going to et her."
And without saying anything anymore, he walked out of his work office room, but he still could hear how his brother sighed about how he missed River badly. The two of them were very close.
For the last two weeks, Aubrey had been blowing up his phone, because Arlo had shut himself up. He still couldn't co to terms that River was gone. She died. The term was very foreign in his ears and it completely ssed with his mind.
However, there was still hope. His n had been searching around the Aspen bridge, but found nothing. There was a chance for her to survive. Knowing her skills, she could survive that.
She had to survive...
"Arlo!" Aubrey cried when she saw Arlo walking down the stairs. The house of Barlowe was very big and spacious, but you could feel the coldness and Arlo gave off the sa coldness as this house. "I have been looking for you!"
"Follow ," Arlo said. He didn't want to discuss anything in a public area. His brother could accidentally hear this conversation.
Aubrey imdiately followed him towards one of the guest bedrooms and started her waterwork. "Why did you ignore ?" She sobbed. "I am so scared, our family is a ss because they couldn't find River and I am afraid Father will figure out what happened."
Arlo clenched his jaw. His impulsive thought told him to let the head of the Lozen family know about his daughter, so he could help with the search, but he knew he would probably kill him first if he learned the truth.
"I told you not to contact for at least two months until everything cooled down," Arlo reminded her.
Aubrey stopped crying, she wiped her tears and approached Arlo, she hugged him. "I missed you. How could you expect to be okay not to be in contact with you for two months?"
Arlo looked at the beauty in his arms. Aubrey was very different from River, her eyes sparkled differently. She was not as ambitious as River. Aubrey was demure and timid, soone that he thought suited to be his wife, not a brazen woman, who could kill off soone without even flinching.
"Be patient." Arlo said, he caressed Aubrey's cheek and she tiptoed to kiss him. The kiss started very gently, but soon enough, Arlo threw her to the bed and let out his building frustration on her.
"Slow down, Arlo.... Ah!" Aubrey was overwheld by the intensity of his love making, he was always aggressive when he was with her and Aubrey would act so timid. "Please, slowly..."
Yet, Arlo didn't listen to her, he pinned her arms above her head and started to thrust into her faster and harder. He covered her lips with his to muffle her cries.
But, his mind still wondered about the person, who looked into the Lozen's family business. He didn't manage to trace them.
In this case, he needed to report this.
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"That's a close call..." River sighed deeply.
She wiped her face roughly and stretched her body. She didn't know who the person at the other end was, who tried to track her, but for now, it would be safer for her not to check on the Lozen's family.
"Leighton..." River mumbled under her breath when she thought about the last target. Soone wanted to kill a certain person from the Leighton family, but unfortunately, River couldn't manage to get more information than this.
She thought about it for a while, but then decided to warn Ranon.
"Well, I got a lot of money from him without any trouble, I will count this as him using my service, so I will not have a guilty conscience if one of his family mbers died." River justified her actions, but she thought about it for a while. "It could be him too. He has made a lot of enemies recently."
It was not that hard for River to get Ranon's private email. That man really needed to strengthen his security.
After River gave him a heads up, she felt so hungry that she went out of her bedroom to go to the kitchen and make herself food before sleeping.
It was in the middle of the night, so it was obvious that this house was very quiet. But River was familiar with this quietness. In truth, she found this silence very comforting, as she used to work in such stillness.
And when River was about to get sothing from the freezer, she felt soone coming and his voice ruined this peaceful mont.
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