The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 241

Rose couldn’t sit still the further the ship got away from what she knew as home. There was nothing to see aside from the other ships in the large open sea. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Rose was distracted by the men doing their roles to get the ship moving. There was always someone yelling for something to be done. It was a lot of work but she felt how excited they were to be heading home.

"Lady Hamilton," Mary greeted Rose. During this time, she was placed to guard Rose again.

"Mary! I was wondering where you were. He’s put you to guard me again. I’m sorry you are burdened by having to guard me again," Rose said, wishing Mary got a break. "I can speak to Zayne for you."

"Please don’t. It’s an honour for me to be picked to guard the wife of our prince and general. This is something for me to gloat about when I return home. Allow me to enjoy this," said Mary.

This was something she planned to add to her achievements and Zayne mentioned paying her well.

"I see. If you don’t mind, when it comes time that you don’t have to be my guard, would you join me for a sitting at my home? For food or just to talk. I will think of something else to make it more exciting. It is fine if you do not want to see me outside when you are not my guard," Rose quickly added, not wanting Mary to feel forced.

"I would love to. It is a great deal for a woman like me to be invited to a house in Hamilton by a lady. I must warn you that I don’t have a high social standing to be able to help you. The most I can do is advise on who to avoid," said Mary.

"That is more than enough for me but all I want is your company. You are the only friend I have. Well, other than Finn and I have talked to Liam a few times but I don’t know if he would consider us friends. He is so serious all the time," Rose rambled, not noticing Mary’s surprise.

"We are friends?" Mary asked.

"Aren’t we?" Rose replied, puzzled. "I thought we said we were. Did I get ahead of myself? I was certain I told you that you are my friend."

Mary smiled and looked down at the wooden floor. "It must have slipped my mind. My apologies. I need to remember that I am friends with Princess Rose."

"You don’t have to add the title princess. It is strange to me. I like being Rose," said Rose.

"But you are so much more than that. You may have your simple life with him outside the palace but you must never forget that you are a princess. It seems within your destiny to have the title. Why not embrace it a little?" Mary asked, hoping Rose would make the most of it.

"There is something to enjoy about being a princess but to embrace it means to be in spaces where I would be uncomfortable. I have no desire to be in the palace. I truly wanted a simple life but it couldn’t be helped that the man I fell in love with was a prince all along. I am curious about something," Rose spoke softly.

Rose stepped closer toward Mary. "Where are the wedding gifts? I want to see what Zayne spent his money on. I didn’t know I was to get him a gift."

"I haven’t heard of the bride and groom giving each other something other than the rings. Zayne took it upon himself to spoil you so you shouldn’t feel like you did something wrong. I believe they were placed in the room you share with him. That means you have not seen your quarters yet."

Rose shook her head. "I have not. Please take me there before Zayne-"

"Before I do what?" Zayne’s voice was heard over Rose’s. "Are you plotting to hide something from your husband? You may leave us, Mary. You need a break and to hide as Finn is looking for you."

Mary frowned. Why was Finn searching for her? When would it go back to the days when he was afraid to speak to her?

Mary made a quick escape toward the women’s quarters where Finn wasn’t allowed to enter.

"I wasn’t going to hide something from you. I was going to see our room and the gifts prepared for us. It is a bit hot to stay up here for so long. I will rest and look out the windows below. Hopefully, there is one in our room. I will see you later," Rose said, trying to move away but Zayne held her hand.

"I will join you. With Mary gone, you will get lost if you go on your own to search for our room. I need to rest as well," said Zayne.

"But the men need you to lead the way home," Rose said, trying to shake Zayne from joining her.

"The way home is the same as always and there are captains on each ship to order the men. Besides, I cannot leave my wife alone for long. We are still meant to be celebrating even now. Come with me," Zayne said, refusing to let go of her hand. "It is time to open gifts."

"You should have told me that you were getting gifts. I thought they were all from our guests. Please tell me that I am not about to walk into our room filled with gifts. Zayne?" Rose called him when he didn’t respond.

"You said not to tell you," Zayne replied. He had to shine most as the one with the best gifts for her and considering he was competing with her family who didn’t know when to end their gifts, Zayne had to go all out.

Rose was silent as Zayne led her toward their room. She waited as Zayne opened the door and entered first after he waited for her. Rose didn’t make it far into the room as she couldn’t look away from the pile of gifts they were to open.

"You," Rose started.

"They are not only from me. There are just as many from your family and some from my soldiers. We should get started with opening them now if we want to be done by the time we reach home," Zayne said, eager to see her reaction to his gifts.

"No. We should wait," Rose decided. This would make too much of a mess to move after they opened everything. "We will open them when we are home."

"Good choice. I will have time to get you more."

Rose sighed. She was so used to him now that she didn’t try to stop him.