The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 179

Chapter 179: Chapter 179

"It is always a pleasure when we can host dinner for you, mother. I already have tea prepared for you. The girls are excited to show you their talents with their instruments in the morning," Karen said as she placed a tray with tea before her mother.

"It is not me they must impress with instruments. They are yet to find husbands and I have heard the number of suitors coming here has been low. Are you failing to prepare your daughters?" Valerie asked.

Karen smiled, wishing her mother wouldn’t scold her. It wasn’t her daughter’s fault that few young bachelors were interested in marriage. They could not force the men to see marriage as important.

"Mother, it is not like our days when a man knew he had to wed-"

"Nonsense," Valerie refused to hear the claim. "It reached my ears quickly that Anna had a long line of suitors. Men are looking to marry, but no men are looking to marry your daughters."

Karen’s daughters, Kayla and Dahlia, keep their heads down. They were used to their grandmother’s blunt words and the comparison to Anna who was expected to do well.

Karen feared her daughters losing motivation or confidence just as she did when her mother was hard on her in the past. It wasn’t a good feeling to be compared to someone you could never measure up to.

"Mother, they might not have a lot of suitors like Anna but men have come to them. Just today Kayla went for a walk with an exceptional young man. He already has his own home and a reasonable amount of wealth to provide for her. A wedding will come soon," Karen promised.

No matter what Karen had to do her daughters will be taken care of in the future.

"I am not facing this problem with Victor and how he raised Anna," said Valerie.

Karen could only smile since she knew her mother would never be disappointed in anything Victor did other than his choice for a wife. "Rose seems to be settling in well. My girls have not gotten the chance to see her. I was hoping to go to see her tomorrow."

Valerie sipped the tea first. She needed it to calm her. "Do not take them to see her. In the state they are now where they cannot attract a man, they do not need to be beside her when she knows nothing. Well, unless they want to know how to lie with a man."

Kayla and Dahlia looked at each other both puzzled by what their grandmother implied.

Karen panicked since she had not told the girls Rose’s story. She did not want them to be curious about such a place and she needed to have a proper talk about how they spoke to Rose. "Girls. It is time that you leave us. Please tell your father that I will be a little longer."

Valerie didn’t see the need to rush the girls away since they would learn in time where Rose had been all along. If they were smart, they would not get too close to Rose just as she didn’t want Anna to get close.

Karen only felt relieved when her daughters left the room. "I have not told them the story yet. I will leave it to Madeline-"

"For her to lie to us? She came to this family with too many secrets. I have not been able to relax since the day Victor introduced us. She takes me for a fool," Valerie said, finding it insulting that someone with so little background could try fooling her. "If I do not keep a watchful eye on her, she will ruin this family."

"Mother, you worry for nothing. Madeline has tried her best from the start to please you. I don’t think Victor could have found a better woman to marry. She is good," Karen said, her opinion of Madeline unchanging.

"That is because you do not know what I do. She came to us with that child already inside of her. Rose is not Victor’s daughter," Valerie revealed.

She would never forgive them for trying to trick her that Rose shared her blood.

Karen couldn’t believe her mother’s bold claim. "Mother, you cannot just say things like this because you are not fond of her at the moment. It is a bold claim."

"Do not act like you have not suspected it. I know you and Andrea once questioned how there was a child so fast. You concluded that your brother bed Madeline before they wed which led to a fast wedding but it isn’t his," Valerie said, no longer hiding the secret.

The town didn’t need to know the truth but the family did. They were celebrating the return of an outsider who leeched off the family name.

Karen suspected the timeline in the past but from what she had seen, Rose was Victor’s daughter. Why would he take in the daughter of another man?

Karen sensed something was missing for her mother to make these bold claims. "I did have my assumptions in the past as their wedding was sudden and then Rosaline came so fast but Victor is not a fool."

"He is a fool when it comes to that woman. I do not know how she caused him to lose his sense but he did. She made a wonderful wife to him and raised Anna well but Madeline made the mistake of trying to fool me. I hold love in my heart for Rose but she is not my granddaughter. I cannot sit back and watch as Victor takes care of her forever," said Valerie.

Valerie didn’t care who Rose was married off to as long as Victor was not taking care of her for the rest of her life. She still laughed at how Rose spoke without shame that she didn’t want to get married.

Karen remained quiet as she took in all that her mother was telling her. Why couldn’t her mother have gone to Andrea instead of coming here? The things her mother spoke about could ruin a marriage and even worse, a reputation.

Karen did not want any part of this.

"The girl is dirty and it pains me to think of the method she used to get herself a prince. She is taking good chances from Anna. I need something for my headache," Valerie said, touching her forehead.

"I thought she was not with the prince and we were not to speak about it," Karen replied. Karen still couldn’t fathom how she had been in the presence of a prince. Why would it be so bad if Rose married the prince?

"I will speak about whatever is on my mind. That girl doesn’t see that a prince will not wed someone like her. We must do something before the family name is ruined. They have forbidden me from going to the manor so I need your help," Valerie said, revealing the true reason for her visit.

"You did not come here to see how my family has been. You have come because it involved Victor. Why was I so foolish to think you had any interest in my daughters?" Karen asked, a dry laugh leaving her lips. "I don’t want any parts in this. Victor would know best if Rose is his child and for as long as he has been married, he has always said she is his daughter."

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