The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 260

The next day, Rose found herself busy planning the dinner to be hosted by herself and Zayne. She was nervous as not only was this going to be her first appearance to more relatives but she had to entertain the king and queen.

Since she never hosted anything in her life, Rose was worried about how it would come off. Would she make a good first impression or would the dinner all fall apart?

Zayne laid on his side eating fruits cut up for him and watching Rose get lost in deciding what plates she wanted to use and from time to time, she asked for his opinion. His opinion was to not invite his siblings over for dinner.

His siblings had food at their homes so why did they need to come here? Still, he answered to please Rose. She found something she wanted to do so he could not ruin this for her.

If not for his mother and her plans, Rose would be focused on him right now.

Rose glanced at Zayne enjoying lying around with fruits. She would like to join him but she had much to do. She never noticed before how much thought and planning had to go into inviting anyone over for dinner.

It was stressful but Rose still enjoyed some parts of it. The fun part was getting to decorate the estate as she liked and now many rooms had pretty flowers in them. It was small but Rose considered it to be adding her touch to show that this was also her home.

Hearing Zayne compliment the little things she did was also worth it.

"You are putting a lot of thought into this. A plate is a plate. I didn’t know I had all of these things you pulled out of storage," said Zayne.

"Your mother told me that she snuck things here when you were away. She also gave me a lengthy lecture about throwing away what looks old and buying new things with your money. Did you say something to her about money?" Rose asked as it was strange how Catherine suddenly brought it up.

When they were alone, Catherine brought up out of nowhere that a lady should enjoy buying what she needed to ask Zayne for a good budget.

"She brought up not being cheap with the budget and I replied that I wanted to spoil you but you are interested in saving money," Zayne answered.

Rose didn’t see what was wrong with that. What did she need to buy when the estate had everything she needed? "It is not like I am going to attend any parties soon and if I do, I already have dresses and shoes. I don’t have any hobbies. I don’t need money at the moment but she was quite adamant that I should just spend it on anything."

"It takes money to host dinners and parties in the future if you desire to host any. How much money have you asked for to host this dinner?" Zayne asked since he heard nothing about it.

"Must I spend money when you have everything? All we need is what would be cooked which shouldn’t require too much money. My maid Krystle spoke about having music played. Must it be that extravagant? I thought it was a simple well-planned dinner," Rose said, starting to fear she had this all wrong. "I am clueless about this, aren’t I?"

"It is up to you to decide how you want the dinner to be. You don’t have to be like everyone else and truthfully, I see no need to have music played unless you want to kill any awkwardness there might be. I enjoyed the dinners we had with your parents. Everyone talks about their day and eating. You can go for simple," Zayne encouraged Rose.

Zayne put away the fruits and stood up to help Rose. "I will help you since I have been forced to attend many in the past."

"I wanted to make it simple but we are inviting the king," said Rose. That was where the pressure came from.

Zayne had the solution. "Think of him as my annoying older brother who is meddling in our life. Then you wouldn’t be so keen to have him enjoy the night."

Rose chuckled. She couldn’t do that. "He is still the king for me and I am also trying to impress your mother. I have much to learn so I want to show her that I can do well. I need to study again. Will you help me with reading before the tutor comes?"

Zayne closed the box of plates Rose had been stressing over since breakfast. This was why he wanted to be alone for the first days over even weeks so she wouldn’t worry about this. "Let’s have a break, Rose. We didn’t say when we would invite them so you don’t need to rush. I will tutor you after you’ve had a break."

Rose looked at the piles she made. She was far from done with picking out what they needed and sending back what wasn’t to storage. "Being the wife of a prince is harder than I thought. I know there are servants to help me but I wanted to do it myself. Perhaps I have pushed myself too hard."

Still, Rose wasn’t ready to give up. She would not step all because she was clueless about a few things. She would make Zayne proud and impress his family, ending any doubts about her.

"Rose," Zayne had her look at him. "It is stressful because it is your first time. I will be more involved if you need me. It doesn’t need to be only you."

"It is expected that it is me doing the planning but I suppose we can keep it to ourselves that you helped me. I’ve spent our morning doing this and not spent any time with you. I’m sorry," Rose apologised.

"Don’t apologise. I found myself entertained seeing you be excited about something. Just take a break before you stress yourself out over this, Rose. It will be perfect in the end and if someone says that it is not, then it gives me a reason to not let them in our home again," Zayne said, kissing her hand.

Rose noticed how Zayne sought any reason to not have to invite his family again. "From now on, I will think that if we enjoy it then it is perfect. What should we do now that I am taking a break?"

"You’ve been inside since we arrived. How about a carriage ride around? You don’t need to get out. I can show you around where I frequent and be back in time before your tutor arrives. Will you join me?"

Rose couldn’t say no to Zayne. "I will. I have been waiting to see more but didn’t want to trouble you. Let us go now," she said, tugging on Zayne’s hand to pull him toward the door.

Noon was the best time to see the town as everyone was awake and moving around.

Zayne followed her to have Rose think she was successful in pulling him. He had a little plan in mind to bring up her spirits. A pet would keep Rose company and distract her when she is worried about something.

It just so happened that he knew where to get a few bunnies.