Husband With Benefits
Chapter 221: The Royal Family Drama

Chapter 221: The Royal Family Drama

Once the meeting had been adjourned, Queen Rosalind walked out of the room, followed by Princess Eleanora and Minister Alexander Sterling. While the other ministers flocked to the Queen or to congregate among themselves, Alexander Sterling caught Eleanora’s elbow and quickly took her aside.

Eleanora looked at the man in confusion, but he quickly whispered, "Eleanora, I’ve heard you often go to the Queen’s gardens for strolls?"

Eleanora frowned and looked at her uncle uneasily," How did you know that?"

"I have my ways. Eleanora, I want you to go to the garden this evening around 6pm. You will enter the labyrinth and continue to take every left till you reach the centre. Don’t tell anyone you are meeting me. Go now. Until then, if anyone asks you about your opinion about ascending to the throne, give them vague answers but remember their faces or names."

Eleanora nodded and watched as the older man left, and slowly turned to walk away. What was going on? Why did she suddenly feel that she had descended into a political drama? And she had no idea if she was supposed to be the villain or the female lead. She had a feeling though that she had been relegated to the role of a villainous.

***

Queen Rosalind walked to her apartment in a huff! As the door closed behind her, she unleashed her anger on her son," Alexander! I told you that bringing her here would be trouble. All my life, I was so careful to keep Lara Anderson away from here. Even though that woman pretended to be elegant and virtuous, I saw her for what she was. She fooled us for years with her pretending that Sara was a Sterling!"

"Mark my words, this Nora is carved from the same mould as her mother, whether she has her memories or not! The moment she saw the opportunity to gain power, she pretended to not want it but did not refuse it as well! Stop being such a coward and get rid of her!"

"Mother! Mind your words! Do you think it is so easy to get rid of her? Also, she is also a Sterling so how does it matter whether Evangeline ascends to the throne or Eleanora?"

"How can you say that, Alex? I worked all my life to make you the Crown Prince but in the end, you gave that up to appease your father without taking me or my sacrifices into consideration! And now you want to do this same injustice to my granddaughter? You ask me what is the difference between Evangeline becoming the next ruler and Eleanora. The difference is that Nora comes from trash while Evangeline is my bloodline!"

"Mother! Why do you not understand that there are others who do not want to support us? They are using this ambition of yours to create a rift between the family so that they can roust us! I gave up the throne all those years ago to control those people! They are not your allies."

"How can you..."Queen Rosalind tried to protest but her son cut her off.

"Queen Rosalind, tell me one thing. Was it your idea to attack Nora?"

Queen Rosalind raised her chin and nodded," Yes."

"Think well, mother. Was it really your idea or were you a puppet in someone else’s hand. They want you to use you to get rid of Eleanora and Evangeline."

"No. That is not..."

"That is enough. Let me make this one thing clear. You will not interfere in these matters anymore. I will take care of everything while making sure that Evangeline takes her rightful place. But if you try to interfere, I will make sure that the only way you can see this is from the heavens. I will not let your greed foil my plans."

Queen Rosalind opened her mouth to protest but closed her mouth when she saw her son’s threatening look. Her usually soft-spoken son, resembled her ferocious husband at the moment, almost frightening her.

"Alexander, are you really threatening me? Your own mother?"

"I am threatening the person who can ruin years of my hard work because she has been blinded by her bias. Consider this my last warning, Mother."

Queen Rosalind frowned as she watched her son walk out of her house, scared by his threat. She knew that her son was mild tempered but she also knew that he could be ruthless when needed. And this time, if he’d warned her then there were chances that he would make true on his threat.

***

Alexander Sterling walked to his office with a pounding headache. Some things were going well according to his plans while the others were making a mess.

However, the moment that he had been preparing for all his life, was almost here. But now that it was here, he was worried about this plan. He was simply following his father’s vision all these years and the plan he had laid out.

"You are playing too dangerous a game, Mr Sterling."

Alexander Sterling stiffened and turned around. Standing there was the man, he had almost come to fear. Demetri Frost. The most perilous and variable element that had ended up being brought to Estania due to his mother’s foolishness.

"Mr. Frost. If I didn’t know better, I would really believe that you are not a human but a Demon like your name suggests. You’ve been able to get through without alerting my security detail again."

Demetri leaned against the door and crossed his arms in front of him, "You need to train them better. You’ve been avoiding me, Mr. Sterling. I don’t appreciate it."

"I was unavailable previously. But I still have no answers for you, Demon. You’ve already appeared in front of Eleanora and still her memory remains lost."

"Is that why you brought Antonio to Estania?"

"Antonio was brought here as a diversion! If I need to protect Eleanora I have to pretend that I am against her. You understand that!"

"I understand that you are playing from both teams, Alexander Sterling. What I have yet to understand is which side your heart is on."

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