The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 318

"I am not glass," Rose said, followed by laughter. "You mustn’t treat me any differently for anyone to notice. I am not ready to answer their questions unless I know for certain. We must keep this between us."

"I intend to," Zayne said, wanting to enjoy the moment between them.

"You say that but when you tiptoe around me like you are now, it is easy to suspect something is happening with us. Your mother will figure it out first. I do want to tell her but not now so please," Rose touched Zayne’s arm.

It was good to see him try to be careful but it was too noticeable.

"You’ve been careful with me for as long as I have known you so why are you acting like you were hurting me before? It is not like we are certain. I’ve witnessed plenty of women in the brothel get scared and it turned out that they were strangely late. It is hard to understand our bodies," Rose said, but she still hoped this wasn’t the case this time.

Rose was already positive this was it and seeing Zayne be so happy, she didn’t want to ruin it.

The timing was perfect since Rose would soon see her mother so she would have both Madeline and Catherine together to answer any questions she might have. Then she could share the news to her mother face to face instead of having to rely on a letter.

"You’re already small as it is. We need to be careful with you now or so I’ve heard when Yvonne was expecting my nephew," said Zayne.

"From what my friends told me, it might be true but she was carrying the future king of the kingdom. I am lucky that our child will not be a future king or queen. We don’t have to worry about anyone panicking. I hope I do not. I would like for this to be peaceful," Rose said but she knew it wouldn’t be so.

"It will be," Zayne replied. "You won’t be bothered by anyone. I will have a word with Lewis so he can stop going to Gage about our marriage. He was so certain that there had always been an arrangement for me to marry his daughter. I said not to believe that list."

"Will it not hurt your family if he were to turn on you? I don’t want it to cause more trouble than it already has. I know for some it is hard to stand up to their fathers but she should convince him to find another man to wed. This will reflect poorly on her more than him," Rose said, knowing Faith was going to be ruined if this continued.

"You are worried about her when she wants her father to interfere in our marriage. She is not completely innocent in this matter. I’m sure she knew of his plans and regardless of whether she could stop his plans or not, she dreams of being in the palace. I also blame everyone who filled her head with those dreams," Zayne said, knowing it was not only Lewis.

Gage didn’t shut down all talk about a marriage between him and Faith soon enough. From the moment it came up, Zayne shared his disapproval yet years later he was still affected by it.

"I am not bothered by it. I know there will be many who speak on our marriage or will try to seduce you. We do not attend gatherings quite often for it to start getting to me. I trust that you will remain loyal to me or I will need to return to my parents. Catherine loves me too much to let you get away with it but I do love you enough to trust you it isn’t a concern," Rose said.

Rose could not see Zayne doing all that he did for her just to turn to anyone else.

"Besides, outside of your soldiers, you do not enjoy speaking to anyone. I think it is your soldiers I will need to compete with which I do not mind. You should go back to them one day. I know that you love being their general and they love following where you go. I do not mind if you go back to it one day," Rose said, wanting Zayne to do what he loved. "Just wait until after winter."

"It is a dangerous job. I am not untouchable like they say. I bleed just like everyone else," Zayne reminded Rose.

Rose smiled, remembering something said by Zayne in the past. "You were the one who said you didn’t have a scratch on you. I know that you can be hurt like everyone else but would you not put up a good fight to come back to me? I am always going to be scared of you not returning but I married you knowing you were a soldier. I’m sure we will figure it out."

"You married me knowing I am a soldier but my responsibilities change with you in my life. I can’t be so careless. Should the kingdom ever be under attack, I would go out to defend our home so you would be safe but other than that, I don’t see any reason to leave you behind," Zayne replied.

Finn would take care of the men and women who once followed him in the meantime. Finn was deserving of the chance to shine.

"Are you just trying to get rid of me now that you have friends?" Zayne asked, suspicious of Rose bringing this up.

Rose picked up her fork to eat before the food turned cold. "I would not want you all gone because I have friends. I enjoy your company most. I am finding what I want to do with my time so I want you to do what you love even if it will worry me. I do not mind if you welcome your soldiers to train on the estate like you said you once did. It is too large for just us."

"That is why we should fill it with many children and I imagine they will want pets who will send you crazy with them running around. Why are you looking at me like that? That’s how it is with my nephew. My brother keeps giving him all the pets he wants and it upsets Yvonne," said Zayne.

"I thought we were just excited to try for one but you speak of filling the estate. I think we have different plans," Rose said, surprised by the mention of many children.

Rose knew he wanted more but from the way he put it, it might be more than she imagined.

"We should have as many as you could have safely. Unless you wish to stop sleeping with me then we cannot say we will only have one. Or were you thinking of two?"

Rose nodded her head. "I thought we would try for another years later for it to be like me and Anna. It would be boring not to have a sibling to talk to. You are thinking of more than two?"

"I grew up with four siblings and as annoying as they could be, it was fun. I will have to keep my hands off of you for it to be two," Zayne replied.