The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 201

Chapter 201: Chapter 201

Victor wasn’t a stranger to the emotions of a young man in love. The unbearable need to be near the woman you love and hold her was understandable. He experienced it well during his youth and knew he should go easy on young men but he couldn’t when it concerned his daughter.

Victor was yet to give Zayne his blessing so for Zayne to enter his home and be alone with Rose was bold. Zayne was off to a bad start.

"Father?" Rose said, puzzled by the silence.

Victor calmed his anger to not upset Rose. She was not the problem. It was the big brute sitting on her bed. If Rose was not present, Victor would quickly escort Zayne outside.

"Your mother sent me to wake you. You need to eat something even if it is small. You should go tell her that you are awake," said Victor.

Rose started to move but then she thought about Zayne. She couldn’t leave him with her father. The two would certainly talk about why it had taken so long to answer the door. "I will see her shortly. I am not finished with my talk."

Victor would bet there wasn’t much talking involved. The fact that Zayne remained on the bed instead of coming to the door was suspicious enough. "I want to talk to him-"

"You can walk with me," Rose said, gently pushing her father back so he would not go to Zayne.

"We have not had time to talk."

Victor allowed Rose to move him away from the door. Zayne was in luck that he had been looking forward to the moment Rose would want to speak to him alone without her mother or Anna by her side.

Victor gave one last look at Zayne in the room, his anger still present as Zayne decided to smile. For the life of him, Victor did not see what Rose loved about Zayne.

Rose was relieved to part the two men. Rose hoped Madeline would keep Victor by her side so she could return to Zayne. It was best that they not stay in a room alone together for anyone to suspect the worst.

Victor glanced at Rose. She had been jittery before but now she smiled. "You are careful with him, right? You may speak up if there is ever a moment you want me to throw him out. Your mother is the one who allowed him to sit and wait for you to wake. She thought it would be a good surprise, but I didn’t."

"I like having Zayne around. He only looks scary but he is not. I am careful not to ruin myself before I am married," Rose said, knowing it was their fear.

"I wasn’t thinking about you ruining yourself. You picked not only a foreign general but a prince as the man you have fallen for. He can be a bit intimidating but there isn’t a need to move fast when you don’t want to. I know you will sneak and do as you want," said Victor.

Rose couldn’t believe she had been caught when she only thought of doing it.

"I was young once, Rose. I know the tricks to be played to sneak around. You also show when you are guilty of doing something wrong. You cannot hide it from your face," Victor said, seeing the very look now.

Rose looked down in an attempt to hide her face from Victor.

Victor chuckled. Her innocence and need to hide when she did something wrong would always make him laugh. "You have passed the age when many consider you a woman to take care of yourself though you are not married. I won’t get in the middle of you and that man, but please limit what is done in my home."

Rose palmed her face. This was as awkward as she imagined it would be. It was far more than what she felt with her mother. "We didn’t do anything."

"Hmm," Victor replied, not believing her. "We can avoid this awkwardness from falling upon us again if nothing is done. I would love the door to your room to stay open when the two of you are there. As in love as you two are, you are still not married."

He continued, "I do not mean to bring bad luck to your relationship but should it go wrong, I don’t want there to be rumours about you two being alone. I have to protect you. You are strong but gossip can get to anyone."

"Thank you," Rose replied, grateful that Victor cared so much for her. "It has been a long time coming for us to walk together. I would not mind leaving mother for a moment and walking to the garden."

Victor had been so busy preparing the guards to protect the manor and meeting with the town guards to explain her return that Rose didn’t spend nearly the same time with him as she did with her mother.

Rose didn’t want Victor to for a second think she did not want to be close to him. He was her father and nothing would change that.

"I will join you," Victor agreed. "It feels good for one of you to want me at your side. When you are young, you cling to your father but as you get older, I am the last person on your mind. Well, unless there is something you want to buy."

"No, that is not true. I look forward to when you are free to be near you. You are all always on my mind and I am certain it is the same for Anna. Perhaps it is because of the season. Marriage is on her mind but once that has passed, she will come to you," Rose tried to explain Anna’s behaviour.

Anna was with their mother since it was more her duty to help them prepare for marriage.

"I would call upon Anna for her to join us but I like it is only the two of us. I don’t have anything I want to buy so you do not have to fear me asking," Rose joked.

Victor was more than someone to get money from.

"I would not mind it. I have long accepted that you two will grow up and have other things to focus on so I have to enjoy taking care of you while you are at home now. You won’t like having to sneak around for long and will want to leave to be with him. If there is something you need, please ask," said Victor.

He tried not to spoil them too much to raise unbearable young women but Rose was deserving of being spoiled by him and others around her. It would work for her to not be impressed by whatever Zayne could offer her.

Victor could afford the same riches and so much more.

"I prefer the company. There isn’t anything I need other than being near all of you. I want to enjoy this time too. Anna told me there are a lot of pretty birds that nest in the gardens. Do you think they will come while we are here?" Rose asked, eager to see what Anna described.

"I would hope so," Victor answered.

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