REIGN (A REVERSE HAREM)

75. Luca

I call her.

She picks up.

"Arabella Aurora Reign!"

"I'm just going for a walk." She sniffs.

"Princess, just because we're in Italy, doesn't mean the risk is any lower!" I raise my voice. I don't think i've ever shouted at her before.

She sniffs on the other line again, "Luca don't shout at me. And if your stupid security can't recognise me then i doubt Romans enemies will. Now i'm turning off my phone. Don't bother me."

"Arabella don't you-"

She hung up on me.

I call Asher, "Found her?" He asks.

"She's going for a damn walk. Come to the front, we'll follow."

He hangs up and soon we're walking the streets on Italy together, trying to find her, not getting any luck.

My phones rings and when Romans name pops up, i hand it to Asher, who throws it back to me, but i shove it into him and he throws it on the floor.

"I'm not answering it. He called you." He side eyes me.

I just let the phone vibrate in the floor until it finishes ringing.

Only for Asher's phone to ring.

Me, being me, i press accept on his phone as Asher looks at me with betrayal. I smile, bending to pick my phone up.

"Why is Arabella in an taxi, alone?" He sounded pissed off.

I would be too.

And we're in trouble.

But someone must have called him to let him know which meant his little ritual was ruined.

"Uh... Luca knows." Asher shoves the phone to me.

I panic for a second but then take a breath, "Uh... she ran from us. I tried following her but lost her."

He sighs, fed up. "Why did she run?"

"Cause she thinks you hate her." Asher inputs.

He sighs again, "The taxi driver is on the way to a beach. I'll give you his number, he'll send you his address. Follow her. Don't make it known you know where she is. Just make sure she's safe."

And then he hangs up.

Two seconds later there was a ping on both of our phones and the number of the taxi driver appears.

Asher calls it, we get the location, call one of the cars round and follow the little blue arrow an entire damn hour to a beach.

We get out, side by side, and Arabella was on the beach, thankfully. She was with a couple of teenage girls and they all looked happy like they were having fun.

Sometimes i forget she's still so young and we hardly give her a damn life, she just wants to have fun.

Asher walks away to buy some stuff and i watch her closely, the way she runs into the ocean and disappears for a minute but then reappears and she's smiling and happy.

Free.

Asher returns with towels and sets them down, allowing us to sit down, he looks at her. "She's so beautiful." He pulls out a vine of grapes from literally nowhere and starts eating them.

We watch her, she starts playing with a group of kids at one point, building sandcastles or letting them bury her in the sand.

We were here for hours.

I get up when i feel it's time and walk to her, her smile dies down a little as she steps away from the kids. "Come on, princess."

"Take me to where Roman is." She wipes sand off off her hands.

"I can't do that, Arabella."

"I want to talk to him." Her eyes widen.

"You can when he's home." I hold my arm out.

She shakes her head no and walks over to where her stuff was laying. She picks her phone up.

"Arabella don't call him." I don't want to disturb him.

She completely ignores me and holds her phone to her ear, "Roman." She swallows, her eyes watering a little. She was silent which made me think he was scolding her on the other line but then she nods her head, "I'll see you soon. Thank you." And then she hangs up.

"He said you have to take me to where he is." She looks at me.

Roman did not say that.

"Funny, Arabella-"

"He did." She frowns. "Said he wants to talk to me there."

I take my phone out of my pocket and shoot Roman a quick text, he replies normally with a simple 'Yes, bring her.'

I have a feeling this isn't going to end well.

"Arabella do you know where Roman is?" I ask.

She shakes her head no, "Just take me there."

"Cover up a little, and you need to keep your voice down." I hold my arm out now.

And she grabs it.

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i see any of y'all hating on my girl arabella for acting this way i'm gonna smack u

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