The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 326

Rose and Zayne walked to the garden. Rose spotted plenty of flowers she did not see growing in other gardens at home so she wanted to take a few to bring a piece of this kingdom with her when she had to leave. It would also give her something to show whenever she had guests over.

"Zayne, is there anything you would like me to do for you? You do more for me than I do for you. Now that we are here, I can do something nice for you with the help of my parents, so name it and I will start to prepare it," said Rose.

Before Zayne could give the usual answer Rose added, "You cannot say that you only need me to love you. I want to do something special for you."

Zayne thought about it. He didn’t need anything from Rose or anyone at the moment. All he wanted was for her to be safe but since she just wanted to do anything, he had to think of something. "Winter is coming so what about a scarf?"

"A scarf?" Rose repeated. "You want me to make you one?"

"I was thinking you could just buy it but if you make it, I will love it more. It was the first thing that came to my mind. You can surprise me with anything Rose. I’m sure if you tell my mother, she will have a lot of ideas for you. I’m happy with anything you do for me," Zayne said since he appreciated the thought she would put into it.

"I must do something for you so I do not feel our relationship is one-sided with gifts. You ambushed me with how many wedding gifts you prepared for me. I must do something," Rose said, trying to think of what she would do.

Zayne placed his hand on her belly. "You’ve already given me a gift."

"This doesn’t count since you had a role in this," Rose said, looking down at the ground since it was embarrassing to say. "Just expect a gift from me. I want to take a look around the town tomorrow so I might find an answer. Maybe I could have a sword made for you."

"I only use one blacksmith but I will gladly hang your sword on the wall at home," Zayne replied.

Rose shook her head, dismissing that idea. "We do not need any more of your weapons hung up in our home. I think we should take them down when it comes closer for the baby to come or maybe look at the rooms. Is it safe?"

"Rose, we have plenty of time to prepare. For the first part of our child’s life, they will not be able to walk around. Unless the person holding them is foolish to play with the swords on the wall while holding our child, then nothing will happen," Zayne said to relax Rose.

"I wish to raise our child alone. I do not mean leaving you," Rose explained before her words were taken the wrong way. "I mean not to hire anyone to do it. I don’t have much to do throughout the day. I have reached a point of studying by myself and my tutor’s visits are becoming fewer. I can do it."

"If that is what you want then you can do it, Rose. No one can tell us what to do concerning our child. I will be home to help. It will be a learning experience for the two of us," said Zayne.

Rose didn’t think so. "You have a nephew."

"I won’t lie and say that I have been around him a lot when he was younger. You don’t have any idea how much I avoided the palace unless there was an important meeting for me to attend. Besides, being an uncle is different from being a father. I hand him back to my brother when I am ready to leave," Zayne explained the difference.

Rose laughed and agreed that it was different. "Good. Then it will be a first for us. I have never been around a baby before. My friends’ children aren’t so small anymore and none of the women had ever made it so far to have their children and Graham didn’t see any use in buying a baby. It would just be noise to upset his customers."

"How small are they at first?" Rose wondered, looking down at her hand to imagine it. She would need to be extra careful.

"They are quite small from what I have seen," Zayne replied.

"Then, might you have been a small baby?" Rose asked, hoping it was so.

"I don’t know. I never asked my mother and I wouldn’t trust the old portraits. Most are ruined by how old they are and my size wasn’t accurate in my opinion. I was shorter than my brothers at first but then I grew taller than them in the blink of an eye. I might have been a tiny baby," Zayne said to ease Rose’s mind. "You could have been a big baby as well."

"I should ask my mother when I go inside. I hope our child will be kind to me and try not to place me in too much pain. Forgive me if I take my anger out on you. My friends said they yelled at their husbands when they came to see the baby. You will be in the room with me, right? You will not leave me," Rose said, thinking of what her friends told her.

"I will be by your side if you want me to be. My hand is yours to hold as much as you like and you can blame me if you need. I don’t mind it," Zayne suggested.

"I want you to be there with me. It is scary from what my friends told me," said Rose.

Rose did not want to be alone with people she did not know well. She wanted Zayne to be right there next to her holding her hand. It was at moments like this that Rose saw how lucky she was for Zayne to want to be present at a time when most men stayed outside the room.

There were plenty of traditions in town that Rose did not want to uphold. It was perfectly fine in her eyes for Zayne to help raise their child and to witness their birth. She already wouldn’t be a perfect lady to the town since the things ladies were to do didn’t make sense in Rose’s opinion.

Rose rested her head on Zayne’s arm as she walked, enjoying the peace they had now before Anna came to restart the celebrations.