Forced marriage novel Chapter 7

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard, is what makes it great"

-Tom Hanks-

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Destiny's P.O.V

Stefano is currently in Rome for a business requirement, meanwhile Alan is currently at school. Meanwhile, I am here, in the dining room, with Wendy, training how to use the right tools for eating. This is silly. Really.

Stefano did say that from now on I will have training. I knew being the wife of a well-mannered billionaire was not easy. But to be honest, this is too much. Way too much.

I mean, do people really pay that much attention to how I eat? What is this, the nineteenth century?

But after what happened that night at the party. Stefano changed slightly. How should I say it? He is more... cautious? But he never said a word about me slapping, well, his ex-wife.

However, I am a little worried about Alan. Alan has become unsettlingly quiet after the party. Maybe what that woman said did hit him somewhere inside. I mean, how can anyone say such horrible words to her own son. I mean, maybe she didn't want Alan, but still, what's done is done, she won't gain anything by hurting his feeling.

"Destiny, is everything alright?" Wendy's voice wakes me up from my daydream.

"Yeah, I am fine" I try my best to seem okay, but my voice doesn't agree with me, and Wendy catches that rather quickly.

"Are you worried about Alan?" She asks me. I can only nod in return. She sighs a bit and look at me straight in the eyes.

"Let's take a break first." She cleans everything. I feel bad being this way when she is trying so hard in training me. I should have appreciated her effort more. What would others say if i keep on behaving this way?

"Let's have a little talk, shall we?" She brings me to the lounge room. And both of us sit down while enjoying a cup of tea. Mine is chamomile tea while hers is original black tea.

"Do you know why Stefano acts that way around her wife?" She starts the conversation. I shake my head. Wendy takes a sip before she continues.

"His marriage with Meredith, was an arranged one."

I see, that's why Meredith said she never loved Stefano. But, what about his feeling towards her? I am curious about this ever since then.

"But they ended up together anyway, and had a son together, and named him Alan." her face lightens up a bit in the mention of Alan.

"I remember when i was invited to the baby shower, when i saw the little boy for the first time, he was the most adorable thing i have ever seen" she chuckles a little, seems to be lost in a flashback.

"How was Meredith attitude towards Alan? Did she love him or what?" It is my turn to ask, because i wonder whether she acted like that since the beginning, or others.

"No, in the beginning, she loved Alan, he was so precious for her, I could see it on her eyes as she held him" for some reason, jealousy creeps inside me again. I imagined Alan as a baby, I have seen his photos, but i wonder, what does it feel like to hold him in my arms?

"Then, why?" Wendy sigh, and look at me once again.

"I have said too much, it might be better if you hear the whole story from Stefano himself." She says as she finishes her tea. I follow her and takes the last sip of my tea.

"But I just want to say this." She puts down her cup and stands up, while tidying her dress.

"Stefano, and Alan, they both love you now." She gives me a warm and comforting smile.