Lost in Sicily, Found in India

Chapter 13 - Mother

Mas stretched his arms as soon as he came out of the car. They have been travelling by car for 4 hours. He opened the back seat door to call Aria and Leo out only to see them sleeping in each other's arms, cuddling.

He smiled seeing his father sleeping peacefully after a long time as he was always the one who would sit in the passenger seat making sure everything was safe and would stay awake for more than 5 hours to make sure about their safety. He removed his phone and clicked a photo or two of them. Clicking the picture, he sent it to Leo kept the phone back in his pocket and shook Leo making him wake up.

Leo got alert sensing someone shaking him but sighed in relief seeing Mas was the one who woke him up. Leo rubbed his eyes to clear his vision when his eyes landed on his daughter who was sleeping on his chest while holding his arm tightly to herself making him smile.

Mas was going to wake Aria up but stopped seeing his father signalling him to not disturb him. Leo picked her up in koala style making her snuggle in his neck while her arms and legs wrapped up around his neck and torso while he wrapped her back in his arms with a gentle yet firm hold.

Everyone around the house was shocked to see their boss picking up a girl who was sleeping in his arms. They knew this girl had a special place in his life as soon they saw her as they knew their boss didn't like any unknown person touching him or else he or she would be writing their death note by doing so.

Leo carried her to his room while Mas followed him with a small smile. They reached his room when he stopped and looked at Mas who was following him and said, "Go to your room and have some rest. But before that inform your brothers to come back home at sharp 8 pm and inform others that I don't want any disturbance near my room as Aria is sleeping." Leo went inside the room after receiving a nod from Mas as he went to inform others.

He opened the door with one hand locking it and went towards the bed making her lay down slowly and went down to remove her footwear keeping them aside. He went inside the bathroom, freshening up and changing his clothes to a t-shirt and sweatpants.

He opened the door of the bathroom coming back to his bedroom only to see his daughter spread out on the bed with pillows and a blanket on the ground as if occupying her bed making him laugh a little. He went near her sliding her aside and making some space for him to sleep beside her.

He laid down and took her in his arms making her hold him in sleep as he smiled and closed his eyes with her in his arms.

After some hours, Aria woke up to use the restroom but couldn't move making her open her eyes only to see Leo sleeping beside her while caging her in his arms. She wanted to get out of his grip but didn't want to wake him up so she started caressing his hair as her fingers moved through his frizz-free silky black hair making him loosen his grip as he was sleeping more peacefully.

She got down off the bed slowly without making any move near him and saw there were three doors in his bedroom and went towards the first door which was his walk-in closet filled with luxurious things. But ignoring it she went towards the second door and finally, it was the restroom.

After getting freshened up, she got out of the restroom only to see Leo still sleeping. She decided not to wake him up and went towards the third door tip-toeing and opening it to see an empty corridor making her realize she was out of his room.

She closed the door silently and went around roaming. As she kept walking she came across many doors leading towards some room by she didn't open thinking not to invade their privacy. After coming towards the last room she didn't know where to go so she went downstairs only to see a big wall full of frames.

'It's the same as mine' she thought as she also had decorated a wall in her room with family photos.

But in all the frames was caught her eyes was a portrait of a lady smiling wholeheartedly. She moved towards the portrait as she kept admiring it.