The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 258

"I don’t think we have anything to speak about concerning my marriage. Gage has already put me in a bad mood so don’t join him in doing it. Let’s have dinner and move on," said Zayne.

"I think it is only fair that we address the issue of her not only living in a brothel but the fact she is now learning to be a lady at her age. It is sad and my heart truly breaks for her but there is so much that can be used against you," Catherine shared her concerns.

"I hope you won’t end this talk by telling me to end my marriage with her because then we may have a big problem," Zayne said, keeping watch of where Rose went.

"Of course not. I can very much see that the two of you are in love with each other. To ask you to end this marriage would be setting myself up to not see you anymore. I am just worried about you. I am your mother so it is what I do. Nearly half the court has been looking for something to come at you with. You brought it to them," said Catherine.

"You don’t need to be concerned when I am not. Rose will not be used against me unless they want a war to start here for the first time. Her past was spreading back home but only me and her family knew she couldn’t write or read. I trust that you will keep your mouth shut. Won’t you?" Zayne asked, needing her to promise it.

"I don’t indulge myself in such gossip. What would I look like sharing that about her when I am hoping she learns quickly? She said she had been told to be a fast learner. Is it true?"

"It is true and I am not trying to turn Rose into some remarkable lady for you to take around or to turn her into what anyone thinks my wife should be. I love her as she is. If I wanted someone to fit your standards I would have married long ago," Zayne said, wanting nothing of Rose to change.

"That is wonderful of you. Still, she’s a curious little thing who will want to move around and see the kingdom. She’s an outsider for us-"

"She’s Hamilton now," Zayne corrected his mother. "She’s not an outsider now that she carries our name. I am not in the mood for this. All I want to do is enjoy my time with my wife. You’ve been on me for years to get married and now that I have, you are bothering me with this."

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"I am trying to think about the future for you while you two are happy in love. I know how it is to enter an unfamiliar place and many tests you. Her past with the brothel we can get around because she was a victim. I can make it so that only someone heartless would speak about it," Catherine said, having her ways to keep the women silent.

Unfortunately, it would be too good of gossip to not talk about the wife of a prince not knowing how to read.

"You don’t have any idea how they have been plotting against you while you were away so I fear this being what they use against you. I trust that you will take care of them. You are not only looking out for yourself but for her as well. I will back off," Catherine said, knowing she was coming off too strong.

"Thank you," Zayne replied.

"Are you truly not ready for children?" Catherine had to ask.

"Mother. You just said you were going to back off," Zayne said, over her visit already.

"I did back off from what we spoke about before. Many are eager to have a child and grow their family. I know you will make a wonderful father which is why it surprises me that you want to wait. Oh," Catherine noticed something.

She approached Zayne to touch his face. "Oh, son. I can read that look. It isn’t that you want to wait, you are just waiting on her. Is that it?"

Zayne moved his mother’s hand from his face. "That is between myself and Rose. Don’t ask her about children. You should be satisfied that we returned married. It was not my plan from the start. Why did you hit me?" He asked in a bored tone.

"Because you would have her family think I raised some bastard to not marry their daughter first? I raised you better than that. With the help of some others, I raised you better than that," Catherine corrected herself before Zayne could point out her mistake.

Catherine touched Zayne’s face despite him not liking it before. "You know that I care for you, right? I want you to enjoy your days with Rose and live for a very long time. I can’t stand to see the court go after you. You’ve always been the one to not follow anyone’s wishes. You’ve given your father quite the headaches."

"No parent wants to outlive their children and I already have with one of you. Be careful, Zayne. Please have some plan to be one step ahead of them. I won’t be here tomorrow since I will visit Gage. The pressure of ruling the kingdom gets to him and he already feels like he couldn’t fill Zeek’s shoes. Now he is compared to you."

"I don’t want to hear excuses. He knows where my loyalty lies yet he chooses to do this. I have had enough of it. We cannot do this and then smile later like this never happened. He has no idea how lucky he is. The royals I met tried to kill each other," said Zayne.

Catherine couldn’t believe it. Royals had their issues but to attempt to kill each other was something she could never bring herself to do. "You won’t get the chance to hurt each other if I hear any of you are so stupid to try to kill the other. I will end you two myself."

Catherine tried to tidy Zayne’s shirt. "Your father always said boys will fight so I try to stay out of it when you two throw punches but must you? I will speak to Gage and end this nonsense tomorrow. Rose is looking forward to the dinner so that night must go smoothly. Stomach your brother for her."

"I am trusting you to have him change his mind. He’ll miss his front teeth if he doesn’t. I would love to see him have his new portraits done with his teeth missing," Zayne said, tempted to provoke Gage to make it happen.

Catherine closed her eyes. Her sons would be the death of her. "I am going to see Rose and her flower arrangement. At the moment, she is the only reasonable person in this estate or maybe family. While you are alone, you must go over the budget. She will need money to spend. Don’t be cheap with it."

"Cheap?" Zayne laughed since she was clueless about Rose. "I would like to spoil her while Rose wishes to lock away my money." freeweɓnøvel.com

"She does? We can’t have that," Catherine said, plotting to fix this little issue.