Roman's Holiday Novels & Stories

Lillie mostly enjoyed the wrapping paper. Roman had bought her dozens of presents. The wrapping paper still won. Typical. Hours seemed to pass in laughter. Photos. Coffee. More presents. More wrapping paper. More chaos. Then eventually... Somebody handed Roman a gift. He looked surprised. Actually surprised. "What?" Harper rolled her eyes. "It's a Christmas present." "I know." "Then open it." Roman looked around the room. At everyone. The children. The women. The men. The tree. The house.

Kassidy's POV Christmas morning didn't feel like a holiday at first. I woke up early in the penthouse of the hotel, the room flooded with pale winter light, and immediately had to pull on my red polo shirt and faded jeans. While Roman was still asleep, I went to work, expecting the pizzeria to be completely dead, but it was surprisingly full. The holiday rush had hit Sal's Pizza with absolute chaos. The small dining room was packed with families in heavy winter coats and kids running around the arcade machines.

Crying at the top of my lungs, I shouted, "Dear, why did it take you so long to get here? I've been searching everywhere for you!" … Under the eerie night sky, the elderly town mayor, George Porter, leaned on his cane and slowly addressed us, "Tonight is Ximena Ferguson's wedding. Dear guests, you wouldn't want to miss it." He paused, lowering his voice. "At 9:00 pm, the ceremony will be held at the manor. As for your wedding gifts…" The corners of his mouth curled up into a strange smile. "Each of you will offer one sacrifice. A human sacrifice."

"It was Rhys' number." Roman clicked his tongue. "This will be a very good lesson to you, then. You will learn that I do not take promises lightly, not like your parents. And most importantly, I always follow through with my threats." He couldn't possible mean he would— "Who is it?" Rhys whispered loudly. "You're fortunate I have business to attend to in New York," Roman informed. "The next time I see you, I'll still have enough time to wish you a happy birthday."

HANNAH’S POV: A few days later: “Everything is set and you look fabulous!” Maya complimented staring at me in awe and I smiled brightly at her, staring at myself in the mirror. Tonight was the celebration of one of the most popular banks in the country, as it was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. It was an exclusive party with a few bankers, investors, tycoons, and I wasn’t aware of the party until I received a call from Roman. He begged me to be his plus one, listing out how it could benefit me.

"My son has a school art contest. Everyone, vote for Number 6. Get your friends and family to do it, too. "My brother has a working quota to meet at his bank. Everyone needs to sign up for a credit card through him. "My cousin's farm has recently had fresh produce. Who's buying?" If anyone were to scroll through our work group chat, there was barely any actual work, just a never-ending list of demands and instructions from Eileen. Then came the Thanksgiving holidays. I was blissfully asleep at home when Eileen started calling everyone individually at 2:00 am. She wanted us to get up and give a video of her son a like.

We are already in November and it's almost Michelangelo's father's birthday. Romano has had an event for year and he's had a year that has shown in flames in more ways than one and for someone who loves to keep everything private or does things because he's afraid of losing the people he loves and he loves to verify things , even though he has been mean to me I think that he deserves a great birthday party and I've been in contact with Maria with regards to making this birthday a memorable one and the following month is Christmas on the 25Th so we needed to make sure that this was a memorable one for everyone and had been a difficult year and I don't think I can take anymore drama or anymore

" Hazel, will you at least look at me once." " I'm eating Roman, please let it be in peace." I hear him let out a frustrated sigh before getting up and heading to the kitchen again. I continue on eating and switch on the tv again. It's not long that Roman returns because when he does, he comes back with something to drink. He takes his previous place and once again, annoyingly switches the tv off again. " I was thinking that we could do something this Winter Break, maybe go somewhere and do something." " I think I'll just go home and spend my time there."

said Hunza. “Hey Hania, get up,” she said. Hania woke up a bit. “Come on, it’s cold here, let’s go in,” said Saliha. They both left. “What is happening there?” asked Kashan while pointing at the terrace next to them. She looked up and almost gasped. It was Roman. He was dancing with some random girl. She got up. “Who is she?” he asked. “I don’t know,” she said while looking away. He was standing on the terrace with her.

Zora had been bored here for a few days, and now she could finally go out with Cecil. After lunch, they changed their clothes and drove to Fontana di Trevi. "I remember I saw this fountain in the movie Roman Holiday," Zora says. "Yes. Rome is a city of romance. Let's make a wish and toss a coin in." Cecil handed Zora a coin. Zora took the coin, folded her hands, and made a wish reverently. Cecil also folded his hands and silently spoke his wish to God.