I accidentally married a "CEO"

For Ethan to find out the reason she looks anxious, he walks toward Eva silently. Sure enough, "Don-don! Bentong! " Eva yelled tears were flowing in her beautiful eyes.     

"Eva, is something wrong? Why are you crying and why are you calling the boy's name? " Ethan asked with concern in his voice.     

Eva looks at him with her sad eyes, then starts to sob more as she tries to speak. "Sob! Sob, sob! Don-don and Bentong...'Sob! Sob, hiccup.' They are missing.     

"I have a feeling that the gang had kidnapped them."     

"Kidnapped them! For what? Not for ransom, you don't have any money as it is. So, what could be the reason." He asked with concern.     

"I think it's not for ransom; rather they want to use them as a runner."     

"Runner? I don't get it, why would they need to kidnap the boys if it's only for running?"     

Eva looks at Ethan, tears still streaming down. "Will you help me?"     

Ethan looks at Eva's face. "Tell me what to do."     

Eva looks at Ethan, eyes full of tears streaming down her face. "I don't know what to do either; I'm afraid that they will hurt the boys if they don't follow their order."     

"Alright! Let's sit down for a moment and figure out what we're going to do. If we cannot come up with a solution, we can always ask my older brother for help." Ethan was trying to soothe Eva with assurance.     

"Your older brother? " Eva's wondering who his brother could be for Ethan to have such confidence.     

"Yes! He has a connection around the City, or should I say more like around the Country. I think it would be best if we go and ask him for help. What do you think?"     

"How about we try to find them first if we're unlucky and unable to locate them, we can go to the Police station and file a report for missing children," Eva replied but never mentioned his older brother in the process.     

Ethan couldn't understand why she would decline to ask for help from Jeff when she doesn't even know who he is yet. "Eva, is there a reason why you don't want us to ask my older brother for help? For me to help you, I need to know?"     

She looks at him with concern before replying. "I'll be honest with you, part of the reason is I don't trust outsiders and influential people. Another thing, I don't think it's right to bother your older brother for this matter when he's probably a very busy person. Like I said we could go to the Police and file a report, that's all we needed.     

Ethan couldn't understand her reasoning but what can he do? The only thing that matters to him right now is to be able to help Eva and be able to spend some time with her.     

"Whatever you decided to do let me know, and I'll follow your order alright!" He patted Eva's shoulder for comfort and in a friendly manner.     

"Thank you! Let's go ask around, someone bound to know some information, we can go from there."     

The two started asking around if anyone heard or saw anything. Unfortunately, no one was able to provide Ethan and Eva with any valuable pieces of information.     

When all the resources Eva had exhausted, she finally gave in and let Ethan drag her to the Police Station to file a Police report for missing children.     

"How long have the two children been missing?" The officer inquires at them.     

Ethan was unsure of the answer; he looked in Eva's direction motioning for her to reply.     

"It's half a day when I last saw them, we were going to watch fireworks tonight, and we agreed that we would meet at the park. However, neither of them showed up, and I started to worry because of the Gang that has been kidnapping children lately to use as a runner for their drug activities." Eva didn't withhold any information; if it would help them find Don-don and Bentong, she's more than happy to become their informant.     

"I see! Unfortunately, we cannot yet file a missing child report until after 24 hours passed. Since it's only been 12 hours, we need to wait." The officer informed them apologetically.     

"I thought it's how it is, but I'm not sure that's why we came anyway. Understood! We will come back once 24 hours have passed if we haven't found them yet." Ethan voluntarily informed the officer of his intention.     

"If it would make you feel at ease, I will keep this on file and wait for the required time to pass, and I would post it asap when it's time. How's that?" He's now looking at Eva who's not saying a word, only showing concern on her face.     

Eva gave him half of the smile then turned to Ethan. "Let's go! There's not much we can do right now, how about we get something to eat first and then continue asking around. That is if you still want to help me find them?"     

"You don't need to ask; I want to find them to give me peace of mind." They walked out of the Precinct to go back searching and asking around.     

After 8 hours of combing the whole city, they did get much information. They had not eaten anything yet, and it's very late in the evening already.     

"How about we go and grab a bite, the way we're going we will pass out from hunger before we can find any information that could help us." Ethan was asking with a sad-looking feature so Eva would feel sorry and agrees.     

"Where should we go and eat?" Ethan had to ask.     

"Anywhere is fine with me, as long is not one of those fancy restaurants."     

Ethan smiled secretly at how Eva was emphasizing the word anywhere as long it's not one of the fancy restaurants. "I know a place, and it's not that far away from here. Let's go!"