The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1778

"If you ever feel uncomfortable about anything that he says or does, just let me know, and I'll deal with him," Louisa said with a protective fierceness in her voice.

Arabella, puzzled by her mother's words, replied, "He hasn't done anything to me. We haven't even spoken. As a matter of fact, I haven't met him yet."

Louisa looked perplexed. "The bodyguard at the door told me you two exchanged a few words and then you got upset and wouldn't let him in. What's that all about?"

"Wait, the guy at the door is my brother?" Arabella's eyes widened with surprise. The same Sean?

Could he really be her brother? Was this not some kind of trick?

"Yeah," Louisa said, still a bit dazed. How could Bella not know that the man was her own brother?

"And there was an assistant with him?"

"That's right, his name is Steward. He's been by Sean's side for years now."

Upon hearing this, Arabella immediately stood up and headed for the front door.

Outside, the two men had practically turned into snowmen. Steward was completely frozen stiff, staring longingly at the main house, never imagining that in the next moment, he'd actually see Ms. Bella opening the door and braving the heavy snow to walk toward them.

"Sean, I think I'm hallucinating from the cold." Steward said, his breath forming clouds in the air, looking like an awkward snowman, "It really looks like Ms. Bella. Ms. Bella is coming."

Sean noticed his sister approaching and his face lit up with excitement. It was really his sister!

She was coming to him!

"Ms. Bella is getting closer. It's real." Steward's gaze was filled with hope. "It's really her, not a hallucination."

He wanted to jump up and shout for Ms. Bella, but his feet were numb from the cold and he couldn't move.

His hands were too stiff to lift.