Regal : Majestic (Book #1) The Russo Series {Completed}

Chapter 12

"So, let me guess arrange marriage" Alana grins as she sips on her drink while Flora laughs.

"Oh, please as if we ever have a choice. We all know from the families we are in it's a blessing if we even get to wear the choice of colors we want"

"Totally understandable" Alana nods her head.

"So, how old is Leon Jr?" Alana asks.

"Weird Lucero tradition to have their first-born name after their father"

"Thank God Richie don't have such tradition not that I would let him name our son after him, totally unacceptable" Alana argues.

"Things are not same in our worlds even if we are part of one" Flora smiles as she stares at her son who throws his hands and legs up in air playfully.

"So, how long have you been married?" Alana asks.

"A month" she smiles and Alana narrows her eyes.

"How long have you been engaged?" she enquiries making Flora laugh.

"Forever"

"Oh, oh you two had...oh I get it" she laughs before shutting as Flora just smiles.

"Leon is not mine not that it's any secret to anyone"

"He is..."

"At least your husband looks at you with affection, mine I will feel more human if he spared a glance my way"

"So why did you marry him, knowing he is cheating on you" Alana asks with a frown.

"Because he had no other choice but to marry me, refusing to marry me means he loses many of his followers...

And it's a bit of a woman's pride and ego within me that I could not let him go and he knows he has that hold on me...

Just as much as I know, he cannot keep turning his back on me" she smiles while Alana frowns in confusion.

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"Well I am glad my marriage is not as fucked up as yours"

"I would not wish even for my enemy to have a marriage like mine"

"So, why are you walking around with a child that is not yours?" Alana asks curious.

"Because if I cannot have one Leon she cannot have another one, one of them will be known as mine if not both" she grins wickedly and Alana narrows her eyes at the woman.

"You are messed up"

"I know" she smiles as she picks up her drink.

"But why are you sharing all of this with me?" Alana asks not understanding why the woman she just met is sharing the dark side of her marriage.

"Because is that not why we are here? To share our sadness and become best of friends to rely on while our husbands try to empower themselves...

If I have to stay by his side and act as his wife I may as well make some friends and make this a little bit bearable, I have never pretended the feelings and emotions I did not have and I do not plan on"

"You should not be so honest with everyone, they may think it as your weakness" Alana warns her.

"Sometimes your weakness is the only thing that gives you power"

"I think I like you" Alana smiles as she picks up her son and holds him in her arms.

"He is nine months" Flora replies as she caresses her son's cheek.