The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 312

"You should smile. It is only a party we are attending for a few hours. I wish to leave as early as you do but only after we’ve shared a dance or two. We have not danced since our wedding and I miss it," said Rose.

While she wanted Zayne to smile, Rose enjoyed his grumpy side.

"You didn’t need to say yes if you were going to be like this. We could have stayed home or I would have attended the party with your mother. I’ve been going to see my friends but we both needed to get out of the estate for a different scenery. I hope tonight will not have too much drama," Rose said and then turned her attention to the window.

She had not travelled to this part of the town before.

"I thought you were going to be positive and say that it would go well. Surprisingly, you aren’t," Zayne said, curious about what was going on inside her head.

Rose smiled. "I would like to think that but for my first official appearance, there will be a lot said and many trying to see if they can test me. I don’t have high hopes for the night. I will just be satisfied with us getting the chance to dance. That is all I am thinking about. You will dance, right?"

"If you ask nicely I will. I already did you a big favour by joining you at this party. I need to go back to keeping my mother out of the estate. Paige is busy being a dutiful wife or whatever she calls herself so she is off my back but then there is still my mother. She’s started to pack her bags to sail out with us. How about we leave before winter?" Zayne suggested.

Rose shook her head. "I am not leaving without Catherine. I already promised she would get to meet my family. She doesn’t have anyone to be at her side now that Paige is married. She meets with her friends but that is about it. We have time so we should invite her when she seems lonely. I’ll try my best not to accept an invitation to every party she mentions."

"I want to have some fun before we leave or before we know if we are having a baby. I think our peaceful days will end then. I have high hopes for Emilia that she will hear good news soon. She’s been trying before us."

Zayne looked at Rose’s hand placement on her lap. "Isn’t it about time that we call a doctor? Enough time has passed for us to check. The doctor I frequent won’t let the town know we are trying."

"I wanted to wait a little bit more to see if I would bleed before I called upon a doctor. Let’s wait a little bit more," Rose suggested.

It was still too early to know since the next time for her to bleed wouldn’t be for another week or so. She didn’t want to hear from the doctor that they had to keep trying. If she didn’t bleed on time then they had reason to call a doctor.

"I am not in a rush. Do not laugh," Rose said, sticking out her right foot to poke Zayne with.

"You have been impatient for the days to pass. There isn’t any shame in it. I love seeing you so excited. You’ve changed what you think you should have. I get upset thinking of how you wanted to find that field and die there," said Zayne.

"Well, there wasn’t much for me to look forward to then. I didn’t think I would marry anyone when men scared me. Now that I know what will make me happy, I want it. I want to see your reaction to finding out. That outweighs how wary I am about the kind of mother I will be. I am also nervous about the pain," Rose said, unable to forget what was said to her.

A joke was made about the baby being big because of Zayne which Rose did not like. When it came to Zayne and his size, wasn’t she tortured enough?

Zayne wanted to know what was going through her mind because of how she stared at him like she was trying to understand something about him. "I’ve noticed you looking around the rooms. Are you deciding on which one to use? Would you like the furniture pulled out? I have nothing to do tomorrow."

"I was only having a look. It is too soon since we do not know if I can have a baby. Everyone isn’t so lucky so we should wait. It would be silly for us to plan anything and then have to stop because it was not time for it," Rose said to convince herself.

"We will have a child. It could be soon or in the future. From you or to bring into our home from somewhere else. You can do as you want Rose. I will not judge you and neither will the servants in our home. Not unless they want to find new work," Zayne said, seriously.

Rose laughed. "This is why they love me more. I am more easy on them since I understand how it is to be in their position. I want to be the employer to them that you were to me. We can empty the room but do nothing until we know. Your mother will not like to find out that we have been trying but did not tell her."

"Good. Continue to keep it a secret from her. It’s not too late for us to go home," Zayne said now that they arrived at the party.

There were plenty of carriages outside as usual so there would be a big crowd inside.

’I am sure I want to attend. I already told your mother that I would attend and Krystle did not put so much effort into my appearance for us to just leave. I want to dance with you. Do you not want to dance with me?" Rose asked, feigning sadness.

Zayne wished he could say that her little act was not working on him but he couldn’t. Even when she pretended to be sad it upset him, making him want to do everything to make her happy. "You will not always get away with this."

"I think I will," Rose replied.

Zayne opened the carriage door and stepped out first to then offer his hand to Rose.

Rose placed her hand on Zayne’s and stepped out of the carriage. All eyes were in their direction because of Zayne or maybe the guests outside wanting to finally see what she looked like.

Rose only looked at Zayne so she wouldn’t notice the looks she received from anyone. She was here to show her face but also to enjoy the night with Zayne and his family. The people around them could say what they wanted about her. Rose wasn’t a stranger to gossip.

"Just imagine them all with chicken heads and it will be less annoying," Zayne whispered what he would tell his nephew.

Rose couldn’t believe this was his advice. "Thank you but I will be fine without doing that."