Even in death her mother seemed to have control over her, the will was airtight;she had to marry within the year or lose her inheritance.Hordes of suitors called on her hoping to marry into the Mills family.Regina was tired ,her entire life she had been treated as a commodity,if she hadn't been an only child her mother would have long ago seen her married into some wealthy family to increase their family standings;Cora Mills had been quite the ambitious woman, marrying for status but Regina had other ideas she wanted to fall in love,marry someone who saw her as their equal rather than another step up the ladder.She know that her mother had hoped to see her marry the eldest son of her father's business partner but she'd me damned if she let Gold get his greedy hands on anymore Mills money.
Her father had been the bump in her mother's plans, he had sent her to the best schools in the world,intending for his daughter to take over Mills Industries after him.
But someone else had torn what remained of Cora's plans for her daughter.Emma Swan was the daughter of their biggest competitor and with the merger of their two companies Emma Swan had come in her father's place to oversee negotiations. The Emma Swan she remembered from her childhood had been scrawny she roughhoused with the boys ,climbed trees and scraped her knees;The woman that had walked into her office six months ago was strong-willed,quick witted, stubborn and confident.She was no longer the scrawny girl that climbed trees either she had frown into herself tall and lean ,princess curls that tumbled down her shoulders and the most vivid eyes Regina had ever seen.Emma Swan would be the one to steal her heart.
They had butted heads,Regina had grown used to everyone bending to her will,Emma fought her tooth and nail.Emma also snaked her way into her life,she had become her friend bothering to learn about Regina the woman rather than the heiress, she had made her laugh and seen her cry when she talked about her father and the loss of the man she had loved in her youth.
With Emma Regina learned to let loose and open her heart again,the first time Emma had kissed her the rush of emotions had sent her hiding,for nearly a week she had avoided the other woman,for a week she had been utterly miserable.She had gone gone to the other woman intending to tell her she just wanted to be friends,planned out what she was going to say but when Emma opened her door, all that went out the window,she was suddenly kissing Emma ,she was falling and she was falling fast.
The Wedding had been a grand affair but laying in bed Emma's head on her chest their hands linked, matching rings on their fingers, They fit together perfectly Regina had found the love she had hoped for and Emma was her equal in every way
