Romano Fortalejo-de Silva

Romano Fortalejo-de Silva is the son of Emerald and Marco de Silva. He has a twin sister, Jade Ann.

He is part of the 3rd Generation of the Kristine Series. His story is presented in two parts, Romano and Romano 2. He is married to Bobbie and father to one.

Romano is described by Bobbie, his future wife, as being rough, rude, and romantic. Compared to his cousins, he prefers riding his Harley bike over horses. As a young Fortalejo, along with his cousins, he grew up working menial jobs in one of the family companies. He was a supervisor at the foundry in Kristine Steel when he first met Bobbie. He also mentioned that he worked in one of the family's company in Texas.

At the end of the novel Romano, he left for Texas to finish his masteral. It appears that he was not meant to go to Texas but due to the recent threat to the family, specifically the attempted kidnapping of his sister Jade, their grandmothers, Anna and Julia, insisted that all the young Fortalejos and de Silvas be sent to United States. He along with Aidan and Lenny flew to Texas together.

It was metioned in Kapeng Barako at Krema (Coffee and Cream) that after a year of studying in Texas, he went back to Philippines to marry Bobbie but half a year after the wedding the two separated because of unknown reasons to the rest of the family. In the second part of his story, Romano 2, it was revealed that Romano was diagnosed of impotence. The news devastated him but was further crushed upon receiving news that Bobbie is pregnant. He accused Bobbie of cheating that tore the two apart.