The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 268

Rose sensed tension brewing between Gage and Zayne since Paige blurted out Gage’s name. Rose didn’t know what the king’s intentions were for bringing up her past to his sister. Was he hoping for Paige to start trouble or was he simply sharing what he knew? It could be answered if they knew what exactly Paige heard.

’Should I take out something for you to eat? The maids won’t come until dinner is ready to be served," Rose spoke softly to Zayne.

The best way to stop an argument from coming was to distract Zayne. Rose had to hope Yvonne was doing the same with Gage. From standing close to the king before, Rose saw that Yvonne had more to be concerned about than she did.

Zayne looked away from his brother to Rose. She was trying her best to keep the dinner in a positive light. "I will pick out for both of us."

"Thank you," Rose replied.

"I’m truly sorry for bringing it up and if it came off like I was judging you. We don’t have those kinds of women in our family and they aren’t welcomed into the palace so I was confused as to how Zayne got to marry you. Who are your parents?" Paige asked, still curious about Rose. free𝑤ebnovel.com

"They are Lord and Lady Ambrose. I have a sister at home. They are all lovely people and I miss them dearly," Rose said, missing them now that they were brought up.

"I hope to meet your parents one day. I want to see who raised such a remarkable young lady. It might be hard to get a lord away from his land but still, I hope they will come. Or perhaps I shall join you whenever you go home," Catherine suggested.

Rose was pleased to hear this. "You would join me? Truly?"

Catherine nodded her head. "Well, we can’t always ask that they come to us and I am at an age when I want to see the outside world. My world was first limited to my father’s home and then to the palace. I didn’t like Zayne living away from the palace but it gives the chance to travel through the town to see him. I will join you."

"I will join as well," Paige decided.

"You can’t. You’re to wed soon so how could you possibly go on a trip to another kingdom? I’ll tell you all about it when I return. Your responsibilities are going to change when you get married. You have two ladies closer to your age than I am to offer you advice," said Catherine, hoping this would make the three young women close.

This gave Paige all the more reason to hold off getting married.

"Marriage doesn’t seem to be all you have put in our ears since we were little girls. I was almost sent off to marry King James-"

"It was one of his sons," Gage corrected Paige. Why did she keep saying it was the king? "And I shot down the court bringing that up. As good as it would have been for you to marry their crown prince, I knew you wouldn’t last more than a week out there. You should say thank you."

Paige looked at Zayne. "Wasn’t Zayne the one who threatened the man who brought it up? Why must I thank you?"

"Because the decision was up to me as king but since I care for you, I said no. Regardless of who objected, I would have made the final call. That is why you must thank me. If I was certain the king and his sons could be trusted, I would have arranged it," Gage revealed.

Had Paige married the crown prince then one of their own would have sat on the throne in another kingdom and eventually become queen. It would have been hard to suddenly be thrown into a marriage with a stranger but it would have benefited both kingdoms.

"Thanks. I can feel how much you love me," Paige muttered. The only reason she wanted to find a husband was to avoid the court suggesting who she wed. "You are lucky, Rose. You get to experience falling in love with someone without outsiders adding what they think is best. With the king as your brother, it is even more of a headache."

"I have been most lenient on you. You should already be married at your age with a child to show. I have allowed you to take your time and you have not once shown being grateful," Gage argued.

Rose saw what Zayne meant by dinner not going as planned. No matter what they talked about, a disagreement would come about. The only good side was that no one seemed to the point of hitting each other.

"Let us end this now," Yvonne stepped in to save the moment. "Rose, are you looking forward to having children? My son has long been asking for a cousin to play with."

"We are not ready to have children," Rose replied.

Yvonne didn’t see why. Children were such a blessing and an announcement of Rose being pregnant would bring on a celebration. Still, she replied, "Well, you can take your time. Your days become a lot busier when there is a child. There is so much I should have done before he was born. Enjoy it."

"I will," Rose answered.

"I can’t say I would be too happy if there was another someone like Zayne around. You should know that your husband used to cause a lot of trouble when we were younger. It might also be hard to believe but he was once the smallest around his brothers-"

"I was the youngest, you fool," Zayne interjected.

"That was a good time to be alive. He was always trying to join me and our other brother but sometimes we wouldn’t let him since he was too young and small. That must be why he started to grow so fast. I used to say he was walking on sticks and was lying to us about being tall. Do you remember that mother?" Gage looked to Catherine.

Catherine took a seat at the table as she was tired of standing. "I remember telling you not to bother me with your silly little theories. Your brother grew the same way I heard your father grew. All of you are a bit tall. You take after your father. Paige was lucky to not be as tall as you three."

"She was. I have been trying to hold this off but I can’t since it’s making dinner so awkward. I need to speak to Zayne alone in another room without anyone interrupting us. I promise not to fight," Gage said but no one was convinced.

Rose didn’t see the need to speak now. They could speak when dinner was over and successful.

Zayne didn’t want to but if Gage came here to start trouble, he preferred to throw out his brother now before he got too comfortable. "Fine. Come with me," he replied, putting down the plate he was putting together for Rose. "It’ll be fine," he promised Rose.

Zayne wasn’t the one who lost the first fight so he wasn’t worried about a second fight.