The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1843

Arabella had barely set foot back in her room as her phone buzzed with a call from Romeo.

"What's up?" Romeo hadn't heard from his girl in ages.

She recounted the day's events as she told him, "Now, I'm working on some audio editing."

"Alright, you carry on," Romeo said, reluctant to interrupt her flow. "I'll call you back later."

"OK."

After she hung up, Romeo's gaze lingered on the screen.

His grandparents and parents had sent him numerous messages, incessantly asking if he had invited Bella over for the McMillian family's dinner, whether Bella had accepted, whether she had any other holiday plans, whether they could take Bella on a trip abroad, what to get for her gift, and what she'd been into lately.

But they hadn’t received any replies from Romeo. And Phillip was the first to call.

"What on earth are you busy with?" Philip couldn’t wait to see Arabella!

"I'll ask Bella once she's done," Romeo replied.

As soon as Phillip heard Bella was busy, he said, "The New Year is just around the corner, and the sweet girl is still swamped? Is it work-related? And you, as her fiancé, can't even help her out and just waited around! What about all the effort the McMillian family has put into training you over the years? You can't even take some of her workload? That's not what I'd call a competent fiancé!"

Romeo was speechless.

"It’s already so late in this month! And she's so young to be carrying such heavy burdens," Phillip sighed, feeling sorry for her. "We can't just tell her to drop everything and live a life of leisure or she would find life meaningless. How can we get her to take a break, to live for herself?"

If she were willing to live it up and spend money without a care, Romeo would be thrilled.