The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Chapter 147

"Are they home?"

Rose gulped, nervous from the voice she assumed belonged to one of her aunts or grandmother. She turned around, searching for Zayne. As long as Zayne was near the attention would always go to him and she could avoid it.

Zayne was too far back for him to reach her side in time.

"Anna dear, you’ve grown a little since the last time I saw you. You must stop or you will be ridiculously tall when you wear any shoes with heels. Come here to hug me."

Rose let go of Anna’s hand, patiently waiting for her turn. Her aunts came out one by one going straight to Anna and then they looked at her.

Andrea, the oldest of the two sisters, was the first to acknowledge Rose. "Well, you certainly are Madeline’s daughter. One look at you and I see your mother. You must have been so afraid all on your own. We have all missed you."

Rose could only smile as her aunt walked toward her with teary eyes. Her body still struggled to share tears like everyone else in moments like this.

"You cannot keep her to yourself," Karen, the younger sister, said.

"Do not suffocate her. Years later neither of you know how to wait," Victor said, peeling his sisters off Rose so she could breathe. "Where is mother?"

"Right here," Valerie Ambrose announced, making her presence known since they forgot about her. "I am right here despite not receiving an invitation after you told me that Rosaline has come home. Did you think I would not want to see her?"

"Emmett," Victor addressed the butler first. "Take them to drink something warm and prepare a few snacks."

"Yes, Lord Ambrose."

Victor glared at his sisters as he walked by them to go to his mother. They knew why he had not invited his mother for the first meeting.

"Come along," Madeline said, guiding Rose away with the others. "They will join us after."

Valerie shook her head at her son. "Look at you sending them away as if you are worried about me ruining the happy moment. I know how to act, Victor. I care about the girl even if she isn’t yours. What I have never liked is you trying to fool me."

"I have not tried to fool you. You would never-"

"Listen?" Valerie finished. "I would never listen to the lies you two came up with. How you two wanted to fool everyone into thinking you got her pregnant and that was why you needed a rushed wedding."

"Mother," Victor snapped, his voice sharp and filled with anger. "She is my daughter and I will not have you be this way now. I will not hesitate to send you away if you so much as ruin this for Rose. If you ruin this for my wife. I have chosen to accept everything that comes with Madeline as my wife. I do not mind not speaking to you."

For Victor, it would always be Madeline and his children over anyone.

"I would like it if I didn’t have to choose between pleasing you and protecting my wife. If you will stay here to see Rose, I just ask that you be kind. Do not nitpick at what my wife does or doesn’t do to your liking. I have been married for twenty-one years now. Accept her," Victor pleaded.

It wasn’t good to be in the middle.

"I don’t hate her but I can’t ignore the fact that everything went bad once you decided to love her. You are not in the palace anymore. Your friendship with the king is ruined because of one woman. He loved her so I could never understand why you would have gone after her. You’ve left me in the dark and refused to answer my questions," said Valerie.

All they needed to do was speak to her yet they tried to treat her like a fool.

"I married Madeline because I loved her. I ended my friendship with James because I saw how much of a bastard he was. There isn’t a day where I am upset that I am no longer in the palace. Will you come to be their wonderful grandmother or must I escort you out?" Victor asked, his patience thin.

"I know how to behave, Victor. I am the woman who raised you and looked at how you turned out. I want to see Rosaline and know where she has been all this time. Take me to see her, Victor. I have missed her,’ Valerie said, offering her hand to Victor for them to walk together.

Victor held his mother’s hand to walk with her. She had one chance to make a good first impression on Rose.

Valerie had many questions that needed to be answered. How had Rosaline just found her way back home? It had always been a little fishy how Rosaline disappeared one day and now she was suddenly back.

The entire situation didn’t sit well with Valerie as her family had the chance of being laughed at for Victor marrying a woman who carried the daughter of the king. Many might think Victor was so foolish to believe that Rose was his.

Valerie was no longer the lady of the manor but it didn’t mean she would not meddle when needed to keep their reputation from changing. "Victor!" She gasped, frightened by the blue eyes of the man sitting with her family. How could she have missed this before?

"He is Zayne Hamilton," Victor introduced Zayne before she could run for the hills. "He is the one who escorted Rose home. She goes by Rose now."

"Hamilton," Anna muttered, staring at Zayne. She had heard the last name before. The reason why was on the tip of her tongue but it would not come out. "Why can’t it just come out? Rose," she tapped Rose’s hand. "Do you know his last name Hamilton? Why it is so important?"

Rose shook her head. She never thought about Zayne’s last name. "Would you like me to ask?"

"No. I don’t want him to think I am bothering him," Anna replied, leaving it to rest for now but it still bothered her. If she asked Olivia who always knew everything she might get the answer. "Sisters shouldn’t hide what they know from each other so if anything comes to mind, please tell me."

"I will but you must know that Zayne can hear you," Rose revealed, facing Zayne who sat watching them.

Anna’s eyes widened, the hairs on her skin standing tall. She didn’t have to look at Zayne again to know that he was staring at her. "Let us not speak of it now. We will in secret if you join me in my room tonight."

"A foreigner in your manor. Well, this is something," Valerie said, her body filled with fear. It was both an honour and yet horrifying to open the manor doors to such a visitor. "And where did Rose meet him? It is a little odd."

Rose stood up to properly address her grandmother. "We might by chance in the town I used to live in. He has helped me many times and there is nothing to fear about him."

"I will be the judge of that. Come closer," Valerie let go of Victor to offer her hand to Rose. "You look like your mother. Nothing about you has changed. Tell us everything about where you have been. I must know all of it."

Rose turned to her mother, hesitant to share about her past.

Madeline went to Rose’s side to offer help. "It is too early for that. We should eat and share stories later."

Valerie sensed they were taking her for a fool again. "What trick are you plotting now?" She questioned Madeline. It was always Madeline doing the plotting.

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