Shameless Prince: Our Incomplete Love Story

21 - Trying to Convince Yourself.

Bella walks towards her room, her mind flying out of nowhere, feelings of guilt, worry, fear all of being one and therefore she vents it in a way that squeezes her hand,  when he opened the door to his room, he was surprised to see Angga who was already in his room, usually hours like this, Angga was busy in the workspace or going to his office, he said, Angga turned to look at his wife who looked very worried and anxious.

Bella closed the door of their room, then walked up to her husband and stopped in front of Angga, Angga looked at Bella, Bella just looked at the black eyes of Angga as if she said she was so sad to see their child like that. Angga who understands that Bella needs himself immediately hugs Bella without cue and this is what Bella needs, a hug that calms her.

"He'll be fine" whispered Angga to Bella, stroking her hair very gently, Bella instantly immersed in the warmth of Angga's body.

"I hope he understands why we have to do this" Bella told Angga.

"He certainly understood, he would not blame us," said Angga again, it was Angga's fear, fearing that if their son blamed them for Archie's departure and Angga was afraid Suri would leave here.

"Can't you let them look for him? we can watch them more closely and let mom and Daihan look for them, as a mother I know how scared she is of losing a child, it's not fair if you forbid them to look for Archie" Bella said, hearing the words of Bella Angga letting go of her embrace, Bella observed her husband's face, but Angga's face was still flat, she still kept her frustration on Archie.

"I can't accept it yet" Angga said with a slightly irritated tone heard.

"Female, however here is Archie's place, he's the crown prince, he's even more entitled to be here than we are, sooner or later he'll come back here and we can't ban him, Archie will come back, it's our job to now look after Suri, and it's not entirely Archie's fault, anyway, it is also our fault that we are too free and believe them" said Bella slowly, softly and gently in order to soften her husband's hardened heart, he knew only in this way Angga could be spoken to.

Angga seemed to think, she moved away from Bella while looking in all directions ended up holding her body on the table that was there, she looked so thoughtful, Bella who saw the concern of her husband immediately approached her, Bella, stroking his shoulders very slowly, made Angga look at the beautiful face of his wife.

"Well, I'm going to lift the ban, but I want if Archie comes back, one of them has to marry someone else, I've spoken to Jofan, chances are I'll take Jared's proposal," angga looked into his wife's eyes.

"Jared's? But it will make Suri even more depressed, instead of us having promised ... " said Bella was surprised by her husband's decision, she did not want Suri to marry someone she did not love, it will make Suri more depressed and suffering, marriage not for a moment, it's for the rest of his life.

"Then? We can't just watch them" said Angga pinching the base of his nose between his eyebrows.

"Let me talk to Suri, I'll tell her slowly, if you can't, then you can do the final act like this" Bella said once again persuading her husband.

"Well, I'll wait, but if I can't do it any way, I'll marry Suri to Jared, then Archie can just go home" Angga said with his eyes very serious.

Bella put on her smile a little, then she slightly nodded.

"Alright, Majesty," Bella said to her husband who had a very tight face, surely she was very dizzy thinking about this too, Bella then approached her husband and quickly Angga embraced her, letting Bella lean in her arms, she was finally able to seduce her husband.

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Suri sat pensively in her bed holding the ‘Hakuna matata’ shaped pendant that Archie gave her when she was little, she noticed the pendant and at the end of her lips slightly curved into a smile. She still remembers the moment Archie gave the locket to Suri, when Archie had to study abroad and before they parted, Archie handed the locket to Suri, put it directly on Suri's neck.

"This will keep me safe for as long as I'm not around" little Archie told Suri

Suri nodded happily and immediately smiled broadly, the first time Archie kissed Suri, he kissed Suri's cheek before she boarded the plane, it makes Suri shocked but at that time Archie also stole Suri's heart, never able to forget the man, and until now only Archie in his heart and mind.

But where is he now? Suri had called her number many times and everything was off, she didn't even leave any messages to Suri, I don't know what she was thinking, indeed sometimes Suri couldn't guess Archie's mind.

As he was still pensively staring at the pendant with his eyes completely swollen, making him hard to blink his eyes, Suri's phone suddenly shook, he immediately quickly looked towards his phone, a very glimmer of hope, hopefully it is Archie.

But his hopes were immediately shattered when he saw on the screen the name William was emblazoned, he watched him for a while, then raised this call.

"Hello?" suri said with a slightly raucous voice.

"Where are you now?" ask Suri.

"Where do I usually go at this hour?"

"Hospital?"

"Yep, one hundred, I'm sorry that I had to go to visit a doctor, the next hour I can just sit back," William said, throwing his body in his guard room.

"When are you coming home?" ask Suri again.

"Eh, maybe tomorrow, I should change my night watch because of Archie's last show? what's up, brother? tumben called me like this once?" william said while taking his inner disease pocketbook.

"Do you know where Archie is?" suri said she hoped at least one person would tell Archie where he was going.

"Sister Archie? of course in the palace, maybe he was still sleeping at this hour, try to just come to his palace," replied William lightly, Suri heard it immediately moody, it turns out William did not know where Archie went.

"Archie left, he left the palace from this morning, Uncle and Aunt have been busy looking for him everywhere, but they have not found him yet" Suri said massaging his forehead, feels so full there.

"really? shit, he's not gonna buy me a Mercedes, "said William like his brother's departure is not a question for him, Suri heard it was just frowning his forehead.

"Why are you so relaxed, Archie left and you thought about your car instead" said Suri, who was able to fight with William.

"Alah, at most 3 days he has come home, remember the time he was 17 years old, and when he wanted to be introduced to society, he said, he ran to Switzerland and walked there for 1 week, remember? We're shocked too, and the night he called Dad said he wasn't ready to be introduced as a prince, I heard today he's going to be introduced and become the CEO of Hexan company, and he ran away again right? Just wait for tonight, he'll call Mom and Dad" William explained lightly.

Suri heard that carefully, right, Archie once did that, but it was also different, Archie told Suri earlier that he was going to Switzerland, that he was going to Switzerland, this time he did not say anything to Suri, that made Suri worry, did he forget? did the message not arrive? Or how?, was it true that he was just running away from this responsibility?.

"Hopefully," said Suri weakly. William who listened was a little more serious, maybe Suri had cried because of her brother.

"Calm down, brother, he'll be fine, " said William.

"Thank you," Suri said with a slight smile, more comfortable now after talking to William.

"Yes, don't forget to buy me a burger later yeah," William said.

"You are, always have been," Suri said with a slight annoyance, she immediately turned off her phone.

Suri took a deep breath, looked at his phone, he then opened the photo album there, saw it, noticed the photo of Archie who looked smiling, not even a day before he disappeared, he was missing, Suri missed him so much.

"Where are you now?" ask Suri in Archie's photo.

Suri closes Archie's photo, opens the online chat app, opens and searches for Archie's contact, sends a message and he waits anxiously, if indeed Archie escaped just to go dodge, he does not need to turn off all social media, right?.

He watched his phone while biting his thin lips but what he expected did not happen at all, the message was not sent, he felt weak again, Suri decides to wait because she believes there is nothing wrong with their relationship, everything is fine, surely Archie left indeed because he was not ready to be CEO, as he had done.

Suri smiled, trying to convince herself that that was the reason Archie left her, so she would keep sending messages to Archie, telling him about whatever he was doing, if Archie opened his phone later, he will receive the message, hopefully, Suri thought.