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

Chapter 30

Ricardo grins as his princess claps her hands in excitement when she tears apart the gift wrapper as he has seen nothing as pretty as her squeals and smiles. He frowns as she pushes the box he got for the birthday boy before she slowly rises from her place and starts to walk away.

"Princess" he calls out as he tries to catch her, and she ignores him.

"Mama" she calls wanting to go to her mother.

"Hey Princess, look" he tries to get her attention, but she keeps ignoring him looking for her mother.

"Mama" Gabby keeps calling for her mother and when she does not see her mother, her lips starts to wobble.

"Don't cry" he orders her and that gets her attention.

"I want mama" she sniffs.

"You got me" he grins walking close to her as he holds her hand.

"Let's go have some ice-cream?"

"Cream?" her ears perk up.

"Yes, I know exactly where they keep it"

"How?" she asks pulling her hand away from him and he grins.

"It's in the freezer I bet" he grins as they start to walk out of the room.

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Gabby giggles as the coolness of the ice-cream touch her tongue. Ricardo proudly feeds her the spoonful of ice-cream as if he made it with his own hands. Gabby rubs her face with her hand as the stickiness of the cream starts to annoy her.

"You know, I love ice-cream and I never like sharing it with anyone. You are the first girl I am sharing just because you are a Princess" he states as he takes a spoonful himself.

"Hey" Damon shouts as he enters the kitchen to find both Ricardo and Gabby.

"Da-da" Gabby screams as she tries to wiggle between Ricardo's legs as he had her trapped.

"Who are you?" Damon asks as he picks up his cousin.

"I could ask the same" Ricardo frowns as Gabby is taken away from him.

"Is that my ice-cream?" Damon narrows his eyes staring at the nearly empty box and Ricardo slowly gets up knowing he was in trouble.

"I don't see your name on it" he replies, and Damon puts Gabby down as he steps towards Ricardo.

"And I can make you disappear if you did not stop getting smart. First you get in my house, have my ice-cream with my sister and now..."

"Damon" a small voice stops his next words and both the boys turn to see a girl standing on the doorway.

"What?" he snaps as he faces the girl and she jumps a bit.

"Throne asked to bring some cold drinks as well" she whispers softly and Damon sighs.

"I am not his slave" Damon snaps and the girl stares at her feet.

"That's not the way to treat her" Ricardo speaks up.

"Oh yeah and you are going to teach me how to treat her, you thief?" Damon asks the boy.

"I am no thief and anyway mommy says the man who treats his girl like shit is no man"

"She is not my girl" Damon grumbles.

"But she is a girl"

"You better shut up" Damon warns the boy.