Legacy (Lucero's Series -Book #1) {Completed}

Chapter 03

Flora stands dancing stiffly as her husband keeps on whispering the words to the song to her, she holds onto his shoulders as she fills a sudden sadness as she finds her husband so cruel. She knew her life would not be easy, but she had dared hoped that somehow, no matter what the one man she will be tied down to for rest of her life will be different than the men she came to know.

Alas, he was no different than any other men she met.

"Beautiful" Salvatore claps his hands as the song ends and the music stops along with Flora's thoughts.

Stepping off her husband's foot, Flora steps back while her father takes her hand as the music starts once again.

"Magnificent, that is all I can say seeing you with him tonight" Salvatore smiles as he dances with his daughter.

"But I do not want to look magnificent, I would like to feel it" she speaks as she stares at her father with tear filled eyes.

"I have always put you in a place where there is no way out, yet you have always made a way out if not you would always run back to me, my little flower...

And I am once again setting you to a place where you will have to dig and make your own way out and if not you know when you turn back I will always be standing behind with my eyes on you" he smiles as he catches the drop of tear in his finger before shaking it off.

"I know, you can do this" he smiles as he steps away from his daughter before walking her towards her husband.

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"This way" the maid shows Flora towards the room and opens as she waits outside.

Flora looks around the room, where she will be staying from now on. She turns to see the maid standing outside.

"Is there something?" she asks the woman who shakes her head waiting on Flora.

"You do not have to stand there"

"But the master has asked to wait on you, in case you need something"

"I can take care of myself, if I need something, I will come looking for you"

"But..."

"Well I need to be alone and as your master asked you to see through my needs, please do so" she orders, and the woman nods her head before she walks away and Flora sighs.

Flora groans as she closes the door shut before she goes to sit on the bed yawning, she pulls her dress up to check on her foot which were paining her, as dancing barefoot clearly was not a bright idea.

She tries to pull the zipper down of her gown but fails as before she reached the zipper, she had to unbutton it.

"Who designs buttons at the back?" she grumbles struggling to unbutton before she regrets sending the maid away.

"I can be so stupid at times because of my pride" she groans as she wiggles to reach the button, but the tightness of her dress makes it impossible for her to reach so rolls around the bed to catch the button and in doing so she does not hear the jiggle of the door, she gets startled when the door gets open with a bang.

"What are you doing?" both Flora and Lucero asks at once.

"Checking the comfort of the bed" she clears her throat as she pats on the bed and jumps a bit on it to make her point.

"What about you?" she asks raising her chin up and he smirks.

"To make you jump on something other than the bed" he comments making her narrow her eyes.