Husband With Benefits

"So, your grandmother is involved in the plot to kidnap you?" Lucien asked with concern.

Nora, however, was as shocked as that and a bit fearful. Since regaining her memory, she’d been thinking of all the people who were now her family. She even liked that old woman... no matter how grumpy she was.

Would she have to face a repeat of everything like Lara Anderson?

Prime Minister Sterling shook his head," Not really. They used her soldiers but she was not the one who gave the orders. I am not saying that she is innocent. Just that, they used her ambition against her. They still are. And Queen Rosalind has failed to see that."

"What do you mean, Uncle?"

"My mother is simple-minded even though it may appear not. It is why my father actually protected her all his life before leaving the task to me. As per the rules of Estania, if a royal marries another royal from another country, then they cannot claim the throne. So, my mother’s only motive is to bring you here and get you married to Prince Augustus."

"If I were to oppose her directly then she would have hidden her plans from me. It was what happened the previous time and you know what a disaster occurred. While I was in conversation with Demetri all this occurred. Thankfully, I discovered the plan at the end moment but even then damage was done. Demetri was shot and you lost your memory."

"You need not worry. I’ve slowly replaced all the people around Queen Rosalind with my own."

"Let me understand this, the original plan was to bring me back here and get me married off to that Calendar and kill Demetri? You call that not harmful?" Nora asked slowly.

"The Queen’s plan was to simply kidnap you. The person who used her people planned to kill Demetri, marry you and then use you to claim the throne before discarding you. And by using Queen Rosalind’s people he planned to blame her for acting against you and having her punished. With Queen Rosalind’s reputation tarnished for harming you, me and Evangeline would have been branded as traitors by association... thus clearing the way for him."

"Who is this person, Uncle?" Nora questioned, a dangerous edge to her voice.

Alexander Sterling did not say anything for a moment, only able to look at the girl in front of him with a narrowed look. He’d wondered if Nora would want the throne once her memory returned. He did not have the answer to that yet but as he saw her cold look that resembled her husband so much, he knew one thing. If she really did want that, she would definitely be able to match Evangeline if not better her.