Mon Amour | 𝑪.𝑳

Part 28

"BACK OFF LORENZO SHE'S MINE!"

"THAT'S NOT FAIR, ARTHUR!"

"Calm down, boys. No need to fight over me."

"There is every reason to fight over you and you know it."

Charles shakes his head at his brothers, watching as his younger brother glared at his eldest brother whilst completely attached to Lyla who had her arms wrapped around him as well.

"You two make me laugh." Charles sighs, walking over. "Forget about my existence?"

"No." Lorenzo says quickly.

"They did." Lyla laughs, looking over at the Monegasque.

"Their to busy arguing over you to acknowledge their own brother." Charles laughs.

Arthur sticks his middle finger up to Charles before grabbing Lyla's wrist and pulling her up the driveway and into the house where Pascale was waiting for them. Charles and Lorenzo were walking behind them laughing at the enthusiasm of Arthur and the way that Lyla was being dragged behind him against her own will.

"Mama!" Arthur calls out once he had pushed the door.

"Yes?" Pascale's voice rings back. "You alright Arthur?"

"I have a surprise for you!" He was grinning as he dragged Lyla through to the living room.

Lyla couldn't help but smile as Arthur came to a stop and she stopped next to him, Pascale looked up from her phone and over to her son, mouth dropping open at the sight of the young woman stood next to him and automatically knowing that Charles was roaming around somewhere as well.

"Hi." Lyla smiles, separating herself from Arthur.

"Oh my god." Pascale gasps, jumping up and rushing over to Lyla. "Your here? Both of you?"

"Both of us." Charles' voice comes into the air, the middle child of Pascale LeClerc appearing in the doorway to the living room, leaning against the doorframe.

Pascale seemed about to burst into tears at the sudden arrival of her two children. Embracing Lyla tightly and cupping her face before moving onto Charles. Muttering to herself about how proud she was of him and how much she had missed the both of them. Lyla and Charles hadn't told Pascale about their return flight, having let Lorenzo know since the eldest brother was the one driving to Nice to come and collect them from the airport.

"Why are you here?" Pascale's voice shook she as spoke.

"Well there's this thing I do called formula one - the next race is here." Charles says cheekily.

"Oi." Pascale hits his arm causing him to laugh.

"Yeah, don't be mean to Mama, Charlie." Lyla retorts to her best friend.

"Charlie is still a thing?" Lorenzo raises his eyebrows.

"God, you must be getting old if you can't remember that, Lorenzo." Arthur smirks.

Lyla couldn't help but laugh as Lorenzo shot his youngest brother a glare before his phone started ringing and he was forced to leave the room to answer it. Arthur smirked in victory before instinctively leaning into Lyla's side when she put an arm around his shoulder, Pascale and Charles now engaged in conversation about something.

Once the initial shock was over, Lyla and Charles joined Arthur out on the patio.

"Where's Arden and Pierre?" Arthur questions, only just realising that the Frenchmen and the older Accardi sibling wasn't amongst them.