Chapter 241: Chapter 241
Rose couldn’t sit still the further the ship got away from what she knew as ho. There was nothing to see aside from the other ships in the large open sea.
Rose was distracted by the n doing their roles to get the ship moving. There was always soone yelling for sothing to be done. It was a lot of work but she felt how excited they were to be heading ho.
"Lady Hamilton," Mary greeted Rose. During this ti, she was placed to guard Rose again.
"Mary! I was wondering where you were. He’s put you to guard
again. I’m sorry you are burdened by having to guard
again," Rose said, wishing Mary got a break. "I can speak to Zayne for you."
"Please don’t. It’s an honour for
to be picked to guard the wife of our prince and general. This is sothing for
to gloat about when I return ho. Allow
to enjoy this," said Mary.
This was sothing she planned to add to her achievents and Zayne ntioned paying her well.
"I see. If you don’t mind, when it cos ti that you don’t have to be my guard, would you join
for a sitting at my ho? For food or just to talk. I will think of sothing else to make it more exciting. It is fine if you do not want to see
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
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
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 tis but I don’t know if he would consider us friends. He is so serious all the ti," 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 rember that I am friends with Princess Rose."
"You don’t have to add the title princess. It is strange to . 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 sothing to enjoy about being a princess but to embrace it ans 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 sothing," 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 sothing other than the rings. Zayne took it upon himself to spoil you so you shouldn’t feel like you did sothing wrong. I believe they were placed in the room you share with him. That ans you have not seen your quarters yet."
Rose shook her head. "I have not. Please take
there before Zayne-"
"Before I do what?" Zayne’s voice was heard over Rose’s. "Are you plotting to hide sothing 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 won’s quarters where Finn wasn’t allowed to enter.
"I wasn’t going to hide sothing 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 n need you to lead the way ho," Rose said, trying to shake Zayne from joining her.
"The way ho is the sa as always and there are captains on each ship to order the n. Besides, I cannot leave my wife alone for long. We are still ant to be celebrating even now. Co with ," Zayne said, refusing to let go of her hand. "It is ti to open gifts."
"You should have told
that you were getting gifts. I thought they were all from our guests. Please tell
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 . There are just as many from your family and so from my soldiers. We should get started with opening them now if we want to be done by the ti we reach ho," Zayne said, eager to see her reaction to his gifts.
"No. We should wait," Rose decided. This would make too much of a ss to move after they opened everything. "We will open them when we are ho."
"Good choice. I will have ti to get you more."
Rose sighed. She was so used to him now that she didn’t try to stop him.
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