Forever Us

Chapter-11

Arabella's POV

"Where the fuck were you?"I wince.I completely enters the room and looks at a very pissed Lio, standing in the room,his arms crossed over his chest.

"Hey."I wave my hand at him,laughing nervously,he narrows his eyes at me, making no move to come near me,"I was just checking out my room.I have been in this room since we arrived I didn't get the time to see it properly before."

"You could have waited for me to wake up."He says curtly.

"Nope."He looks at me in frustration, "You can't really expect me to not to roam around when you are not around."

"I do expect that."He says in resignation.

"Well you shouldn't."He scowls, pointing his index finger at me,"Next time wait for me to wake up."

"Nope."I drawls out again,earning his glare.

"Why do you never listen to me?"He says frustratedly.

"Because you are my brother."I reply,my tone dripping with duh.

It's not even a question to ask.

It's universal.

Sisters are born to annoy their brothers.

"After what I did yesterday they could have been angry and could have tried to take it out on you.You yourself said we will be careful even after that,here you're being careless."He sighs in displeasure sitting on the bed,ruffling his hair.

"Even if they are angry I doubt they would harm me or you."I say, confident lacing my tone.He raise his eyebrows then narrowed his eyes.I grin at him, "Elijah called yesterday after you fell asleep, I talked to him,he has some information about this family."

"What did he said?"He looks at me now totally invested in this conservation.

"Well."I shuffles closer to the bed and sits down beside him,my feet dangling a little above the floor,"he didn't tell me much,wanted to talk to you first but he did tell me that they are never going to harm us and kidnapping part is true."I looks at him grinning widely.

"What if his information is wrong?" He asks,his voice lace with doubt.

I sigh,"You of all people know well enough that he can never be wrong about this."

"I know."He whispers,"I know."

I look at him,he looks conflicted,as if having an inner battle with himself.

"It's supposed to be hard for them too, you know."He looks at me,I lean back keeping both of my hands on the bed supporting myself,and focus my line of vision in front of me,"Alessandro, our eldest brother,would have been almost my age when you were kidnapped.This incident would have definitely affected them in some way."

"They were happily living in their luxurious lifestyle."He scoffs,"while we are getting beaten blue and black by those monsters."I close my eyes.

Don't think about it.

Don't think about it.

"Don't judge a book by it's cover."I open my eyes,"You don't have to be hurt physically to feel pain,it can happen in many ways."I mumble,"I just want to give them a chance,I want to give us a chance.We can't blame them for something they don't have control over, it's unfair."

"What do you want me to do then?"He asks agitated,"I can't just lower down my guards,we have to be alert at all times."

"One month."I blurts out,he looks at me confused,"Lower you guard a little bit.Spend time with them for one month and judge them on your own accord in those one month.Observe for yourself how they behave."I take a deep breath,"I promise,I will never ever bother you to spend time with them after those one month.I will be on board with every decision you made regarding them after one month."