Chapter 269
Zayne took Gage as far away from the dining room as he could so the others wouldn’t hear anything. Zayne entered the library first and didn’t hold the door open for his brother.
Gage held the door before it could hit him hard. "Who taught you manners? Mother should have paid more attention to your tutors."
"They raised me with plenty of manners to know not to go around speaking about my brother’s wife. You don’t ever hear or see me speaking about Yvonne to Paige. Who is the one without manners?" Zayne wondered.
"Paige wanted to know something about Rose so I told her what I knew. It’s not my fault that her background is a little messy. I heard today about how you placed a princess as the queen over there. As long as she listens to my orders then I can allow it. I’m starting to gather men to be in her court," Gage shared.
Zayne folded his arms, uninterested in the small talk. "Get to why you wanted to speak to me alone. You didn’t come here to talk about her.
"No, I didn’t. I was trying to have a small talk before it got serious. I am sorry for the way I acted when you came to the palace and for speaking about your wife to Paige. I know that it was wrong. I was trying to provoke you and it worked but now the family is in a strange place. Sorry," Gage apologised.
"Unfortunately," Gage started the hard part. "I cannot switch someone else to go in your place. I need you to handle what we already discussed-"
"I knew you were going to do this shit," Zayne cut in.
"Wait," Gage put his right hand up. "Hear me out completely first before you get upset. We already talked about this before you left and found Rose. You were to come back and then take a group with you to speak to him. He likes you the most and is reasonable with you."
"He likes that I was a prince not yet married and he has a daughter to marry off. That is why he liked me to be the one to visit. If you were not already married to Yvonne then he would want to see you. I’m married now so he’ll either lose interest in me or continue to push his daughter. I don’t want a mistress," said Zayne.
Gage didn’t want that for Zayne as well. "You know father or Zeek would come out of their graves to slap me if I pushed that on you. I don’t want you to take another woman into your home but I need you, Zayne. You’re the only one he will talk to."
Gage continued, "He respects your swordsmanship as well. If I could leave the palace to take care of this or send someone else I would but I can’t. All I have is you because I know you will get the results I need. It’s not like I brought this up now to take you from your wife. We spoke about this before."