Chapter 44: Luca

"So nice to meet you brother, I've heard so much about you!" He exclaimed, looking and sounding his age for once.

He stood awkwardly as Alistair who reached him halfway up his chest, hugged him tightly.

Isla, Frederick and Luca all had smug looks on their faces while Charlene had the most shocked look in her face.

This boy, his brother from another father, Alistair, just tried to kill him and was now hugging him?!

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The tension in the air could be cut through with a needle. They were all seated on different couches; Isla and Luca together and the rest of them separately while Charlene stood like the obedient maid she was, stiff and unblinking behind Isla and Luca's couch, directly opposite his.

He moved his eyes to Alistair, "Don't you dare, ever, tamper with my dreads and beards again." he warned icily.

Alistair's eyes widened then narrowed arrogantly, "You looked like a slave brought out from the deepest of jungles, I had to have them chopped off...and where's a thank you for saving