Husband With Benefits
Chapter 202: Complaints

Chapter 202: Complaints

"I never thought I’d see the day a royal from my family parade around in those... utterly atrocious ensembles! And the way she back answers about how she is a non-royal! She is a princess with no manners, I dare say! And she even had the audacity to reprimand my onw personal maid! How dare she!"

Alexander Sterling listened quietly as his mother continued to complaint, his eyes closed in concentration.

Since the man had not said anything, she continued to speak, "She’s becoming quite the challenge, you know. Back answers, rebellious arguments. It is getting out of hand now! You need to do something! Why do you insist on bring her here, I don’t know. So what it those people in the court want to consider her? You are the one who has been handling the matters all these years when your father was sick. And now they want a girl to dec..."

"Mother!" Alexander Sterling intruded sharply as his mother would have continued to speak," Please mind your words. Even walls have ears. She is a daughter of our family. Of course, she has the right to participate in this."

Queen Rosalind closed her mouth even as she continued to fume. She knew of course that she needed to maintain her silence but that girl was too much trouble. There was also the threat of her ’husband’ hanging over their heads.

"Has that man stopped looking for her yet?"

Alexander Sterling grimaced and shook his head," No. And I am starting to think he won’t stop looking. Already his search has brought him to Estana. Our people have already received an application for permission to open a few luxury hotels and resorts. And those proposals are really good. If those people realise that I am not cooperating with such lucrative offers..."

Queen Rosalind could feel her head aching as she heard her son’s words. All her life, she had ruled Estana like a mother would do their children. But when her husband passed away without a formal declaration, she had been left to the mercy of those old ministers! How could she have not known that they would dig out such a clause from ancient history and stop her ascension to the throne, rendering her Queen in name only.

If it had not been for her Alexander, she would have been forced into exile! No, she was not willing to be exiled from here. "Alexander? Eleanora is too much a threat. Can you not deal with her faster?"

"I am already dealing with her as fast as I can. And you do not need to worry. I heard that she has behaved well with Augustus. He is known to be loved by the ladies. I am sure he will win her heart soon. And then we can marry her off. Once she is married... Augustus will handle everything."

Queen Rosalind nodded her head and stood up to leave the room before pausing," You need to be careful, Alexander."

Alexander Sterling nodded sharply at his mother, watching her walk away before turning to look out of the window. Even though Queen Rosalind was his mother and he loved her, he did not like her. She was too greedy.

Her greed had been reined in during his father’s reign but right now, she thought that she could reveal her true self in front of him, letting him see her ruthlessness and ambition.

But she had forgotten he had been raised to put his country first, above all others. And so, he needed to be careful that any step of his would not bring disaster upon Estana.

Soon, his trusted aide Robert returned with a file in his head, "Sir, this is the list of people Miss Nora was close to before..."

Alexander threw a sharp glance at the man who stopped and quietly handed the file.

Lara Anderson and Sara Anderson’s deception had already cost him a lot and as he had discovered their behavior towards his real niece, he had been so angry that he could have burnt them again.

"There were not many people actually."

"We don’t need many people. We need only one who would be able to help us."

Alexander looked through the two people’s profile as he wondered if it would really work. According to the psychologist who had been talking to Nora, the girl was finding it hard to believe that she had a regular life before this. In order to help her connect, they needed someone to from her old life.

"If I may, Sir, Miss Isabella Ruffalo was Nora’s best friend. Maybe we can bring her here..."

Alexander scoffed. "Foolish! Isabella was her best friend. Do you not think that she would be suspicious of our motives? Especially when she had been with Nora just before the accident. We need someone who knows her well from the previous time but would have his own reasons to help us in our ruse. Or someone who would benefit from lying for us."

With a sigh, he stopped and showed two pictures to the man, "Contact these two. Offer money to the second one. To the first one, offer to help him recover his father’s business."

Robert nodded and took back the file, ready to move forward but as he read the man’s profile, he could not help but frown. "Sir, this man is Miss Nora’s ex-fiance. If he triggers some memory..."

"She jilted him before the wedding and married someone else. So of course he would hold not much value in her heart. We need someone who has been close to her but also not someone who would help her regain her memory. Bring these two. Also, warn the man that he better not try to play us or we can just as well ruin his father’s business."

As Robert left to carry out his instructions, Alexander couldn’t shake the feeling that his plan held both promise and peril. He simply needed to be cautious as the stakes were not higher than ever.

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