The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 325

Catherine waited outside the room for Zayne to return after escorting the doctor out.

Zayne was surprised to see his mother standing outside rather than going inside to be with Rose. He thought she would be too happy to remain out here. Wasn’t this what she had been longing for? To hear that she would have a grandchild from him.

"Why are you standing out here, mother? She is pregnant," Zayne confirmed for his mother. "Are you so surprised that it has finally happened that you are standing here in shock?"

"No," Catherine shook her head. "Rose has much awaiting her for the coming months but someone still needs to ask how you feel and I am your mother so I have to wait for you. You shall be a wonderful father. There isn’t any doubt about it for me but if you were to ever slack then I will be close to putting some sense back into you."

"Thank you but that won’t be needed. I will not abandon Rose or our child. This is the first of many," Zayne shared.

Catherine smiled. "Many? I never thought there would be a day I would hear this from you. I guess it takes that special person to come into our lives to change what we want. How do you feel? I remember Gage was overwhelmed when he found out he was going to be a father. I’m almost sure there were tears in his eyes but he denies it."

"She suspected it so I feel fine. We’ve already shared our excitement and other feelings when we were on the ship. You do not need to remain by my side. I know you want to go to Rose and she will be wondering where you are. You can give almost all your attention to her," Zayne suggested.

Catherine was surprised he didn’t want her to give all her attention to Rose so she wouldn’t bother him. "Why not all?"

"I am still here. Now that Rose is pregnant, do you plan to ignore me?" Zayne asked, not completely bothered by it. He planned to have her busy with Madeline.

"Of course not. No matter what, my attention will always go to you. I shall pay even more attention to you. Everyone will be busy surrounding Rose and forget that you had a hand in this so I must shower you with attention. Walk with me to join them," Catherine said, holding Zayne’s hand to walk together.

"How soon can I start buying gifts?" Catherine wondered.

"We have a ship to get on to return home. Do not buy so much that it will not fit in the bags you have now. We will be home long before the baby must come so you do not need to start buying now," Zayne said but he knew his words were going right out of his mother’s ears.

Catherine didn’t want to wait so late. She was excited now that there was going to be another baby in the family and judging how excited Madeline looked, Catherine knew that shopping would start. This gave Catherine an idea. She was free to buy as much as she wanted since she could leave the gifts here.

Half could stay here forever and the other half would reach home whenever Rose’s family came to visit.

"Well done, Rose. You have brought us so much joy," Catherine said, letting go of Zayne to hug Rose. "I will be careful with her, Zayne. Rose, I hope you are prepared for him to always look to see if you are safe. As sweet as it is now it becomes a bother when they are always near watching over each step."

Rose did not mind it since she was going to enjoy this new side of Zayne. He was protective of her for other reasons but now it concerned their child. She was more worried about how their mothers would be.

Rose wanted Catherine and Madeline to enjoy their time together but now they would be focused on her.

"I think I am going for a walk to see the garden. There are flowers here that I would love to take home with us. It is fine," Rose said, refusing her mother’s hand to offer help for her to stand.

Rose didn’t want to be treated like she couldn’t stand by herself when she had done it just before the news was shared. She loved them dearly but it wasn’t time for anyone to be ready to lend a helping hand.

Rose stood up by herself. "Zayne, would you please join me on the walk? We won’t be long," she promised.

Rose wasn’t going to be away from her family for long when they would want to celebrate with her but she had to speak to Zayne alone.

"We have something wonderful to celebrate so I will have the cooks prepare a big dinner for when your sister arrives and if there is anyone at your camp you want to invite, please tell me how many. I will show Catherine to the room I prepared for her. We have to discuss," Madeline said, knowing they both had the same plan.

Rose looked at Victor who would be left alone.

"Do not mind me. I would rather not be caught up in their plans. I will be in my study if you need me," Victor said and then quickly parted from the group to not be thrown into any plans.

Victor knew his wife well enough to expect her to buy more than Rose needed now and with Zayne’s mother present, there would be even more gifts. He was lucky to have other homes as this one might become too busy during Rose’s stay. Madeline and Catherine might make it possible for his home to not have any space.

"We shouldn’t have brought them together," Zayne said, worried about how their mothers whispered among each other. "They will plot to buy everything."

"It is a good way for them to bond and if they buy everything then we shall save money. Still, they do not know whether this baby will be a boy or a girl so they cannot buy everything. If they do, they will be wasting money. I should speak to them about it," Rose said, starting to leave Zayne’s side but he stopped her.

"Weren’t you going on a walk with me? They are home so unless they send out the butler which I doubt they will do, we do not need to worry about them buying anything yet. Let me enjoy this moment with you because they will surround you when they are done," Zayne said and then offered his hand to Rose.

"Right," Rose placed her hand on Zayne’s. "I do find it cute how excited they are. My father wants our child to look like me but I want them to share their father’s looks. You are quite handsome."

’This is what it took for me to receive this compliment from you? I should have Victor be bothered by me more often," said Zayne.

Rose frowned. Did she not compliment him enough? Zayne always showered her with compliments so Rose wanted it to be the same for him. Now that she was back in her homeland, Rose had a wonderful idea of doing something special for Zayne.