Chap 32 - Telling Clive

Third P.O.V

The Fabbri and Sanchez boys left the Galatia Ball and made their way home. Lucien and Elijah decided to head to the apartment Elijah had since he would work late on some days at the office and was not willing to travel back to the Mansion. They reached the place and got off. Decker had fallen asleep. Clive carried him in his arms and they made their way to the elevator. Elijah pressed a button and the lift began to move up.

Clive looked at Elijah and Lucien wondering why they were looking worried and tense. Meanwhile, the two men were wondering how to tell him everything without making him freak out. Elijah was worried that Clive will think that a relationship with him would be miserable and decide to leave both of them in the lurch while Lucien was thinking that Clive would find them troublesome and decide to leave them for good.

They reached the apartment which Elijah opened the door with an electronic key card and they entered the place. It was a three bedroom flat with a huge balcony. The walls were painted in an eggshell white and the room was minimalist in style with monochrome colours everywhere. Lucien, who had never been here even in his past life, was intrigued by the decor. "Lucien, there are clothes in the room to your right. Clive, I shall show you where we can put Decker to sleep in." Elijah said with nervousness in his voice which Clive noticed but kept quiet. Lucien nodded and made his way to the room to change while Elijah motioned Clive to follow him. He led them to another room down the hallway and opened the door. The room was decorated the same as the room that Lucien currently was in. Clive looked around the room as he lay Decker down on the bed and tucked him in. The room was designed for Elijah was the thought that crossed Clive. It made him feel happy that Elijah was willing to let Decker be a part of his daily routine.

He smoothed out the hair out of Decker's face and gave a kiss on the cheek "Good night sweetie." Clive got up to see Elijah looking at him with fondness in his eyes. Clive grabbed his hand and pulled him to Decker Elijah flopped around and managed to steady his fall. "Kiss your son goodnight, Papa." Clive said with a 'no nonsense' argument in his tone. Elijah was floored but then softened his expression to a huge smile which made Clive smile back.

Elijah knelt down next to Decker and gave a soft kiss on the forehead. "Goodnight sweetheart. " he said. He got up and they left the room together. They made their way to the living room to see Lucien in a t-shirt and shorts with his hair braided. He looked up and smiled at them. Clive and Elijah sat across from Lucien while smiling back at him.

Awkward silence descends in the room which irritated Clive. He looked at the two nervous looking men and decided to put them out of their misery. "Alright, I know that both of you are acting very strange since we left the party. Whatever it is that you wish to tell, just tell. I will not forsake you both just because of the information. I promise. " Clive reassured them. Elijah and Lucien looked at each other and nodded. Lucien took a deep breath and then spoke. "Actually, Leon and Ilya Fabbri are not our parents. They are part of the Fabbri Clan but they are the second branch. Our parents are Andre and Ciana Fabbri-Agosti. We are not sure how they kidnapped us from them but another fact is that Kain is their biological son and they were suppressing us in order to pave way for Kain at the same time destroy the relationship between Elijah and I so that we don't ever remain close and kill us ensuring that Kain gets everything. We also have an older brother who is looking for us. If you feel that we are problematic for you and you wish to leave.....we understand. " he trailed off feeling apprehensive. Elijah was also feeling the same as they avoided meeting Clive's eyes.

Clive was in shock and began to process the information that was just thrown at him. Elijah and Lucien are the children of the Fabbri-Agosti couple and Kain is the biological son who is bullying them to death in order to ensure that both die thus wiping their hands clean and never bring the truth to light. Seeing them looking away saddened Clive. He walked over to both and flicked their foreheads. "Don't you dare assume that I will abandon you just because of complicated family history. I also have one as you all know so this is never going to make run away." he said to their surprised faces which made him grin.

He knelt down in front of them and took both their hands each in his and gently rubbed them. "l do have feelings for you, Elijah and Gabriele. Lucien, you are my baby brother and Decker's guardian. I am not going to abandon you ever. You are stuck with me." he said resolutely making Lucien sigh with relief while Elijah brought Clive's hand to his face and nuzzle into it. Time passed by when suddenly Elijah narrowed his eyes and turned towards Lucien. "Older brother ? Since when do we have an older brother ?" he asked. Lucien looked at him sheepishly. "The Dean recognised us as the Agosti-Fabbri children and told me we have an older brother, Amerigo Fabbri-Agosti, who is the founder of Luminosi Cosmetici and La Moda Della Casa Del Paradiso. He has been looking for us for a long time." he said.

Elijah's eyes flew wide open in shock digesting the fact that the ruthless Italian businessman is their older brother. Clive softly smiled and gently rubbed his back in comfort to which Elijah relaxed. "Also, the Dean has made me his apprentice rather than enroll me as a student." Lucien said in a soft voice. Elijah and Clive sat stupefied and next thing, Lucien was engulfed in a hug. "We are so happy and proud of you. Congrats dear." Clive and Elijah said. Lucien felt happy and warm. They hugged each other for a while.

Clive suddenly left the hug and looked at Lucien. "What did Agent Savio say to you ?" he asked. Lucien removed the business card and showed it to them. " There is an audition at Luce Stellare Celeste Entertainment for models and he invited me to present my walk." he said. Clive and Elijah let out a sigh of relief and handed the card back. " Alright, I am going to give you a couple of tips and let's practice your walk." Clive said. Lucien was filled with anticipation and nodded. Elijah smiled. His phone suddenly buzzed and he opened it to see a message from Gabriele. As read the message, his face turned bright red. Clive saw this and took the phone from him to read the message. His face also flushed and he sputtered. Lucien grabbed the phone, read and promptly laughed out loud. He had to hand it to Gabriele.

Gabriele:

Dear Sweetlings,

I would like to invite you on a date to my apartment where I shall host a do it yourself dinner and hopefully end the night with "dessert". I look forward to seeing you.

Elijah instantly swiped the phone from Lucien's hands and mumbled. He and Clive had a silent communication and then promptly accepted the invitation. "Lucien, let's practice. " Clive stated.

They got to work.

Meanwhile, far away in Italy, sat a man with long silver hair and amethyst eyes looking over a bunch of papers. He looked up at the night sky and swore 'I will find you Elijah and Lucien. I will bring you home for good.'