Naomi and her friend exited the elevator one floor before ours, and I watched her walk away, hypnotized by her perfect blonde ponytail swinging back and forth.
As soon as the doors were closed, Ava turned to me.
“So, that’s the woman Alexander hase all the way here to meet?” Ava asked.
“Yeah, she seems to be dating him for the right reasons.”
My friend opened her mouth to argue, but then shut it. “She actually does. But Alexander is still scum for the way he has been tantly flirting with you.”
My cheeks heated as we walked out of the elevator. “Keep your voice down,” I hissed. “There is nothing between Alexander and me. He’s my boss and he can date whoever he wants.”
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Ava crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. “Alexander is a two- timer. I don’t care what you tell me about him not having feelings for you. Anyone can see that he does. I bet you that if you called Alexander right now and asked him to meet you in a hotel room for a quickie, he would drop everything even though he is here to meet another woman.”
“Ava… stop,” I said, ncing at her brother walking down the hallway in front of us.
She blushed and immediately dropped it. It was true that Ava sometimes didn’t think before she spoke, but she could always,
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recognize when she had gone too far
When we walked into therge suite, Arden whiested appreciatively. “Wow,”
That one word pretty much summed up this massive room,plete with three bedrooms, a fully stocked cap a t won TV, and a stunning view of the city below vs.
Ava instructed Aiden where to put down the bags
For some reason, a dark cloud seemed to side over me as ! walked to the window. The view of the busting cty was breathtaking, but I couldn’t appreciate the beauty
My stomach lurched when I spotted Alexander’s car pulling up to the hotel. Of course, he would splurge on wallet.
Ava came up next to me to look out the window.
“Um, maybe we should switch hotels. This one feels <b>too</b><b>… </b>crowded,” I said.
Ava gave me a look and put one hand on her hip. “Girl, you are not hiding from him. I refuse to let you.” She nodded at Alexander as he got out of the car way down below. “You have just as much of a right to be here as <b>him</b><b>. </b>We actually have a better reason to be here than <b>him</b><b>.</b>” She lowered her voice. “We are trying to solve an old murder case, unlike <b>him</b><b>, </b>who is just here for a date.”
I nodded along, her words reminding me of <b>why </b>we
way.
ne alll this
“You’re so right,” I said and straightened my shoulders. “Now,
let’s go over the n.”
Chapter 127: Haunting
*Olivia*
“What n?” Aiden asked as he walked into the room.
Ava rolled her eyes–somerhing she seemed to do a lot of when her brother was around. “You are only here for our protection, Aiden.” She pushed him toward his room. “Everything else is on a need–to–know–basis, and you don’t need to know this.”
“Trust your sister,” I added. “The less you know about this, the safer you are.”
Aiden Jooked between his sister and me. “What kind of shady stuff are you guys involved in?”
“Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies, brother,” Ava answered.
Once he was in his room, Ava shut the door with a smile on her face.
“Fine, but I want another five dors!” he shouted through the door.
“I’ll give you ten!” Ava yelled as she walked back to me near the window.
Aiden’s reply was muffled from behind the door. “Sweet!”
I giggled.
“So, were you able to find the address of Russell’s old friend
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who might have more information about where his remains <b>are </b>buried?” I whispered in case Aiden was still listening.
“Of course I did,” she said. “With my connections, it was a piece of cake, I’m hoping to meet her after we have dinner.”
I nodded, <i>“</i>Good idea. If she doesn’t know about where Russell is buried, then we should see if she knows anything about Chloe,”
“Yes, I agree, Celeste told me that in a session that I had missed with Chloe’s mom she had revealed that she thinks she needed to head east in order to find the remains and burn them,
releasing the boy’s spirit so he would quit haunting their family,” Ava said,
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