Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1829

Mark heard the pandemonium from outside and frowned slightly, but he showed no inclination to care. Arianne, however, caught Mateo’s name among the hubbub and sprang out of the elevator unthinkingly before heading to the entrance. “What’s going on?! Who’s responsible for this hoo-ha?!”

Seeing her leaving the elevator, Mark hesitated for a beat before trailing behind.

By the time the two of them got closer, the troublemaker—an upper-class woman whose dress reflected her standing—dropped to her knees and let out a bloodcurdling keen. “Mr. Tremont, please! Teo knows he’s messed up, please! Please, he’s my only son! Please, please, please have mercy, please let him go!”

Arianne felt her heart shudder. Was this Mateo’s family? But… who told them that Mark might be connected to his abduction? How else could they be so quick to show up here, in his turf?!

A storm had clouded Mark’s darkening expression. “What’s that supposed to mean? What does Mateo Rodriguez’s welfare have anything to do with me? You’ve looked for the wrong person. Security! Escort them away; I don’t want any ruckus in my company.”

The security was just about to do it when Mateo’s mother suddenly cried out in a sort of desperate determination, “He’s the only son I have! The only heir of the Rodriguez family! Let me die in his stead!”

It was rush hour by now, and a spectacle like this had attracted bystanders—many of them murmuring to one another as they collectively speculated the possible connection between Mateo’s abduction and Mark Tremont.

Trepidation on the event escalation built up in Arianne. She leaned closely by Mark’s ear and breathed, “Maybe we should bring this to your office for a talk, yea? Having it kicked up here is definitely not helpful for the optics…”

Mark balled his hands into fists before barking steelily, “Bring them to my office!”