Chapter 413: Harmless (3)
After a conversation about people Annalise didn’t know the men left the room leaving the women all alone to talk. Annalise now knew the other woman sitting with them was Eleanor. They were expecting another woman named Heather, but it wasn’t for certain she would be arriving.
Now that Annalise thought about it, she should have brought along Siena since she wanted to see the palace and it would have been a good chance for her to meet the queen.
"Are you not afraid they might toss him from a window? Edgar isn’t too thrilled about an engagement between our children and it won’t be long before he starts attacking whoever brings it up," said Alessandra, worried for Tobias.
"You wouldn’t want to have me as an in-law?" Hazel asked, not serious about it but she wanted to hear if possible, Alessandra would be open to it if their children were to fall in love.
"I would love it, but I also understand why Edgar is against it. The palace is not an easy place to be in and I don’t want my child, boy or girl to put up with it. Our children will be close so should they fall in love, I won’t get in the way. I can’t say the same for Edgar. I see him being overprotective," Alessandra replied.
"It is still much to take in the type of father Edgar might be. What kind of father do you think Rafael would be, Annalise?" Hazel questioned, bringing Annalise into the conversation so she wouldn’t feel left out.
"I think he would also be overprotective, but gentle, giving his child freedom. Like his parents River and Beatrice," Annalise replied. She imagined their child having Rafael in the palm of their hands and Rafael enjoying it. She got a glimpse of it from seeing him with Lydia.
"I love Lady Beatrice. It’s been so long since I met with her here in the palace. She must be so excited to have you in Rafael’s life. Tell me, does she speak of getting the two of you to wed?" Hazel asked as like many mothers, Beatrice was trying her hardest to get Rafael to marry.
"In the beginning, she spoke about it a lot and it comes up a few times now, but she’s left us to figure out when we will get married. We are not in a rush," Annalise answered, but these days she felt in a rush to do it. She wanted to show off that Rafael was taken.