Since her last encounter with her brother, Arianna had not been allowed to leave the house alone. It’s almost like Ugo now watched her every move that she had been afraid to call Luciano to pass her recent findings.
So far, she now only trusts Lu to the point that she can only tell him what she should be on good terms with her only family and tell. Not just that she trusts him, but the love she has for him had refused to die, even when she found out that he is in love with another woman, there is still a small part in the bet that believes that she can be loved by the person that she loves.
Just like Lu’s family, Arianna had issues with knowing her mother when she was just a kid until a few years ago when she found out that the woman died giving birth to her.
In just a few days after her dad died and had not been buried, Arianna found out so many things about her family that she had no idea her family does. It was more than shocking for her to realize that her father sells girls of her age!
Even at that, things she had never witnessed in her life kept going on. As she had never been free to go out without her late father’s men around her or groupies, a silent and yet extremely cold spot is at the far end of her father’s abandoned old chamber.
Normally, she barely has time to think about herself but whenever she gets to sneak into the chamber without being noticed, many things began to flow through her void mind. Funny enough, that’s the only place without a camera in the whole of her father’s house.
When Zeno was still alive, he loves to go there with his daughter, Arianna. He was even the same person that told her more about the house and where she should mistakenly enter without being invited especially his new chamber and her brother’s Room.
It’s either she would sing all K-pop songs to herself and later on sneak back to her room when she thinks Ugo would have gone to bed.
It’s not that she was scared of her bro but at the main temple, there was nothing that had come to her mind to do. No, when she had not reasoned why she literally left Korea in the first place.
If possible, she would spend the rest of her life there which she would definitely do but that would be after his burial. Zeno’s burial date had not been announced as not everyone knows that he is dead. It could even just be her, Ugo, and the rest people working in the mansion.
Luciano can be included because she told him herself the day she left his house.
Deep down, Arianna wished she was with Luciano. She would have loved to spend the rest of her life with him but the crisis going on between their families won’t let her. Even when she obviously knows that she can not end up with him because they share the same blood.
“Fvcking brotherhood” She groaned as she walked to a chair to seat.
Normally, what she does is to just come in, a seat on her favorite chair, and nurse her long nails but this night, she wants something else.
With a clear intention of just passing out time, Arianna got to search whatever she comes across even tables and under rugs. She wasn’t expecting anything initially until she heard a clicking sound beneath the rug she stepped upon.
“This can’t be happening” She grinned as she removed her leg slowly.
Her first belief was for her to expect something like a laser to slice her she got a small ball rolling out from under a chair close to her instead. It stopped by itself before opening and revealing itself properly.
It’s a small gadget, wireless but strong. After caressing the ball for some seconds, she pressed a small button she found on the door and was startled as a hidden door behind her opened.
“Holy smoke!!!” Arianna gasped ” Freak!” She walked back to the door and peeped inside the room “Am I have to enter?” She asked herself.
With the look of things, the blurry images of the posters in the room. A tall brown shelf like a closet stood elegantly in the middle of the room, it wasn’t that big but it can as well contain Arianna perfectly if she want to hide inside of it.
Arianna looked around, she need something to defend herself with just in case something would jump out of the closet. Slowly, like as if someone would literally attack her, she picked up the only thing she found beside her which is a small stick that looks like a pencil.
It had the same matching color as the closet and there was something about it that looks like it was carved out from the remains of the weird-looking shelf.
“I am a bad bitch!!!” She told herself.
Poor Arianna, she has no idea of what is inside but she wants to know. Since she arrived back in Italy her father makes sure to spend some time with her telling her things that he would want her to do when he is gone. At times she would wonder if he wants to commit suicide or run away, it was almost like he knew he was going to die soon.
After taking steady breaths, she held the handles of the door and spread her arms pulling them open at the same time.
“Holy smoke!” Arianna gasped.
She couldn’t believe her eyes until she blinked, clean them, and forgot her mouth open. Whenever she hears about spies, she thinks it’s something a person would have to dress in disguise and visit the area they want to survey.
Different screens showing different places were all she could see, in fact, the shelf is made for secret monitoring screens.
Places around the house included places she had never seen. The entrance of Lu’s house could be seen including his bedroom.
“This is crazy!!!” She exclaimed.
Well, she wasn’t sure if it was Lu’s bedroom or for the kids but they just kept jumping on his back while he lay mute on the bed. Without seeing his face Arianna assumed that he might be sleeping or even awake but just want to please the kids, especially the girl.
“Daddy one of my teeth is loose again” The little girl screamed as she jumped “I want to sell it to the tooth fairy for 200$,” Amara said with a cheeky grin.
From where she watched, Arianna even noticed Luciano moved. He not that he was conscious of the girl jumping on his back, he would have sent her off. Lu turned to stare at the girl’s pink face with surprise, happiness, and something Arianna couldn’t tell written all over his face.
“The tooth fairies went on holiday, Amara,” Lu said dryly.
A small chuckle escaped Arianna’s throat as she smile brightly. Fatherhood can look like a difficult task but it’s still the sweetest thing ever. There is this joy to clear what you didn’t do laid around by your children.
“I wish to be a mom too” Arianna beamed as she watched them more.
She caught glimpse of a mute screen, at first she didn’t want to act as if she noticed it but with the tiny green light blinking in the middle of it, she was forced to tap it.
‘Please keep your palms steady’
Displayed on the screen as soon as Arianna removed her hand. She tapped it again and the same thing appeared giving her no choice but to place her palms on the screen for some seconds.
“Welcome, Arianna Alonso”
The small disembodied voice announced, it went completely blank for a few seconds before coming back on with shiny white color.
“Ouch!” Arianna winced as she narrowed her eyes and blocked the light with her right wrist placed on her forehead.
She was like like until she noticed the color change and a familiar voice called her name. Slowly, she raised her head to see the last things she ever expected, not even in her next world that she would have expected to see the person
“Daddy!!!” She sniffed.
‘If you are seeing this know that I am dead, Arianna” Zeno paused for a brief second “Whatever you are meant to hear now is for you alone, and make sure Ugo doesn’t hear about it” he smiled sadly “No matter what happens, You will forever be my biological Princess”