Husband With Benefits

"I never thought I’d see the day a royal from my family parade around in those... utterly atrocious ensembles! And the way she back answers about how she is a non-royal! She is a princess with no manners, I dare say! And she even had the audacity to reprimand my onw personal maid! How dare she!"

Alexander Sterling listened quietly as his mother continued to complaint, his eyes closed in concentration.

Since the man had not said anything, she continued to speak, "She’s becoming quite the challenge, you know. Back answers, rebellious arguments. It is getting out of hand now! You need to do something! Why do you insist on bring her here, I don’t know. So what it those people in the court want to consider her? You are the one who has been handling the matters all these years when your father was sick. And now they want a girl to dec..."

"Mother!" Alexander Sterling intruded sharply as his mother would have continued to speak," Please mind your words. Even walls have ears. She is a daughter of our family. Of course, she has the right to participate in this."

Queen Rosalind closed her mouth even as she continued to fume. She knew of course that she needed to maintain her silence but that girl was too much trouble. There was also the threat of her ’husband’ hanging over their heads.

"Has that man stopped looking for her yet?"

Alexander Sterling grimaced and shook his head," No. And I am starting to think he won’t stop looking. Already his search has brought him to Estana. Our people have already received an application for permission to open a few luxury hotels and resorts. And those proposals are really good. If those people realise that I am not cooperating with such lucrative offers..."

Queen Rosalind could feel her head aching as she heard her son’s words. All her life, she had ruled Estana like a mother would do their children. But when her husband passed away without a formal declaration, she had been left to the mercy of those old ministers! How could she have not known that they would dig out such a clause from ancient history and stop her ascension to the throne, rendering her Queen in name only.

If it had not been for her Alexander, she would have been forced into exile! No, she was not willing to be exiled from here. "Alexander? Eleanora is too much a threat. Can you not deal with her faster?"

"I am already dealing with her as fast as I can. And you do not need to worry. I heard that she has behaved well with Augustus. He is known to be loved by the ladies. I am sure he will win her heart soon. And then we can marry her off. Once she is married... Augustus will handle everything."

Queen Rosalind nodded her head and stood up to leave the room before pausing," You need to be careful, Alexander."

Alexander Sterling nodded sharply at his mother, watching her walk away before turning to look out of the window. Even though Queen Rosalind was his mother and he loved her, he did not like her. She was too greedy.