Leandro Rosario (Book 5: A Mob Boss's son)

23. Discussion

Jean was looking up at Leandro worriedly. He had seemed to be quite tense. But now that she had hugged him he was calmer. He was just staring daggers at Arcangelo as he was leaving and had clenched his jaw obviously holding back.

As Arcangelo left with Jacob. He slowly turned to Jean "Are you ok?"

She said "I am fine. Thank you. Can we... go somewhere?... Just to sit for a while?"

Leandro nodded and managed a smile "Anywhere you want to go, I will go."

She said "Can we go to the tables and benches outside?"

Leandro said "Your brother will send over a search party for you if we go too far so that is perfectly fine..."

As Jean let go, Leandro was about to walk away but then found Jean holding his hand as she was the one leading him now. He couldnt believe she was now so comfortable with him. She had hugged him and held hands with him. Maybe the ice was broken now... He recalled how Arcangelo used to say how the difficult situations brought people together... He shook his thoughts. He didnt want to think about him. It was bad enough he let him walk off with no scratch on him. Even though she didnt seem hurt but she was pretty shaken up enough for him to notice. He couldnt believe how Arcangelo had managed to scare his girl off just by two sentences.

Jean sat down on a bench and put her arms on the table as Leandro sat opposite her. He reached his hand over to her "I like holding your hand... Is that ok?"

She nodded and smiled. She knew it had a calming effect on him. He reached his hand across the table and held her hand.

Jean took a deep breath and spoke "I wanted to speak to you about what happened..."

Leandro said "Dont think too much about what happened. It wont happen again... Arcangelo knows your are my girl so he would try not to intimidate you. He is the way he is... But he can be civil."

Jean said "He didnt try to intimidate me... He was intimidating and I was intimidated... I am sorry if I made you worried about me. I am fine now... I just wanted to ask you.... Lets forget this happened..."

Leandro said "Well... I can try to forget... if thats what you want..."

Jean said "But you wont forget easily. I saw how you were looking at him... You were still angry... I didnt want you to hurt him because your sister likes him... I am worried about you too... He is scary... I dont want you to fight him and get hurt...."

Leandro couldnt stop himself from laughing. He shook his head as he was now smiling at her.

Jean said "Why are you laughing?

Leandro said with a smile was on his lips. "Well. I don't think me getting hurt was a problem and Arcangelo is harder than cement and concrete combined. Its not easy to hurt either of us. We would have been fine... It would have given him satisfaction to punch him for scaring you..."

Jean said "But he is Lavinia's boyfriend..."

Leandro's tone turned serious "He is indeed."

Jean asked "Does it worry you that he is dating your sister? I have never met anyone so scary..."

Leandro said " I am not worried for my sister. I was ... before she picked him... I know it sounds crazy and may sound wrong to you... But my sister is wild... She needs a man to watch out for her and be her match. She is not like me and my brother. Our father has raised us to be traditional and conservative. Leo has slip ups but he does agree with most of our family's moral principles. Lavinia.... she is just not like us..."

Jean said "I wont call her wild... She is so lively ..."

Leandro said "She is very liberal... She just does as she pleases. She has disregard for the rules sometimes. My parents dont mind. They would rather she can stand up for herself as their only daughter and thats all that matters. Thats why they sent her to military school. Arcangelo is her match. No one else can be. Every time I see him talk about my sister and says how he will make her his wife and make her carry his kids, I want to break his jaw... I really do... But I guess my sister could do alot worse. Arcangelo is an old friend. We go way back... He is my room mate from military school. I trust him with my life. I know he is rough but he is disciplined and wont let my sister risk her life for her wild adventurous dreams or at least some of them. I know he is genuine. I am sorry your first encounter went this way. I am sure he will behave himself next time or he will be angering me."