ETHAN'S POV
"Were you able to call your Mom?" I asked casually, the moment Isabella handed my phone back to me.
Isabella had borrowed my phone to check in with her family since her’s was dead. But as she gave back my phone, I noticed her preoccupied look and thinned my lips.
It may seem as though she was still upset over not becoming Moss's apprentice and I could understand her perfectly.
There was no reason to stay at the riverbank anymore. Grabbing her hands, I muttered. “I'll take you home.”
“Huh?” Isabella mumbled, looping her arms around my elbow. “No way! I'm meeting my friends tonight. Come with me, Your Highness. Then I won't have to worry if I drink too much.”
I stared at her cute face, she was indeed my favorite girl… I couldn't bring myself to say no to her.
“But what abo
