Retrieving My Princess- Book 2 (Sequel to HSLP)

Bruises- Chapter 16

Bruises- Chapter 16

 (A/N: please read the note at the end! It’s crucial!)

Adrien's POV:

"Evelia! Will you hurry up? I promised that pathetic excuse of a princess that I would visit her today. Do not make me late!" I yelled down the small corridor of our two bedrooms flat. Mother and Father told us they could buy us a bigger place since we are royals and we shouldn't be living in such tight space, but I declined. Why would I want to stay in this filthy city? Once this part in my plan is completed, I will be moving away to France. That way all of Ariel's friends won't be able to reach her when the final stages of my plan play out. Evelia finally came out of her temporary room with a high neck sundress. She left her hair down and had enough makeup to cover the bruises on her face and neck.

"I need more than a half hour warning next time, Adrien. Not unless you want Ariel to see the bruises. I'm sure I can't use the allergy excuse next time," she said with a scoff. She had her phone in hand and kept texting to avoid eye contact with me. I pulled her phone out of her hands and she tried pulling it back. "Give it back, Adrien!"

"Not until I see who you've been texting," I said with an evil grin. With one arm I kept Evelia back while with the other I held the phone. I checked the most recent message she received and furrowed my eyebrows at what it said.

From: Harry Styles

Thank you so much, love! I love you so much. You know that, right? x

I gave her back her phone and grinned evilly at her. "So you managed to make that idiot fall in love with you? Pathetic. I thought he'd do better," I said with a smirk.

I heard her follow me to the door, and she said, "What's that supposed to mean? You're a selfish prick you know that, right? What happened to the old Adrien? What happened to my older brother that would hug me tightly every night telling me how proud he was at me for curing my cancer? What happened to him? I miss the old you. You used to care about everyone so much. You were so thoughtful and caring and patient. What happened to him?"

I pulled her roughly out the door and locked it. I pulled her harshly down the flight of stairs until we reached outside. I quickly let go of her, but signaled to her to follow me or else I wouldn't hesitate to hurt her. Her eyes widened in fear, but she followed me towards my car, and she quickly slipped into the back while I drove. My jaw was clenched as well as my hands on the steering wheel. If she thought she'd get out of this one easily, she was wrong. She went too far this time.

Ariel's POV:

"Kaitlyn," I groaned as she fussed over my hair.

"No. You're not getting out of this like the past four days. You will wear the outfit today because you promised you would. I don't care if your boyfriend is coming over. Plus, you're always complaining when you wear a dress," she said as she finished pinning my hair up in a ballerina bun.

I groaned again and said, "Exactly. He's my boyfriend, so I might as well doll up. I don't think he'd like this outfit."

"Since when do you care? Or actually a better question is, since when will he care?"

"Kait, he isn't that bad. Honestly, I don't know why you and Mary don't like him. He's a total gentleman and charming as well," I said with a smile as I felt my cheeks lightly heat up.

"Oh come on. It's not like we hate the guy. We merely dislike him," she said with an eye roll before allowing me to stand up from the vanity table.

"Which I still don't understand how you went from liking to guy to disliking him. He's not that bad anyways," I said before turning towards her.

"He just did something I didn’t agree with, so I no longer like him. Look, don't hate us. We all have different interests and perceive things in different ways. You're probably looking at all the magnificent things in him while we aren't." She turned around and mumbled something else under her breath that I didn't catch.