Royal Princess: Doted On By The Mafia King

"We have been too busy to keep her company. I don't think it is wrong for her to make friends with her cousin. He is my cousin's son and I guess he will be as well behaved as his mother was. We are family," Valerie said calmly.

Rose was shocked by Valerie's sudden open support. Anna also could not understand. The main reason why she was against Rose friendship with the boy was because she knew her adopted mother was not very close to her family. Her mother has never concerned herself with anything that has to do with her family since the queen died.

Valerie ignored their shocked expression as she picked one of the novels from the table. The reason she had to leave her family after the late queen's death is a secret she have sworn to take to her grave but her secret won't make her prevent her adopted daughters from making friends with people from her family.

There was a gentle knock on the door and soon the door opened slowly. Carl peeped into the room and disappeared behind the door immediately like the young shy boy he was everything far from. She smiled and shook her head. "Come in," she said tiredly not ready for any trick he was up to.

He walked in with gentle quiet steps and his head bowed shyly. "Hello," he said stealing glances at Valerie and Anna.

"Oh hi," Valerie said with slight wave of her hand and a smile.

Anna remained quiet and watched bored out of her wits because she could easily see that the boy was only putting on show which was very unnecessary. "What do you have hidden behind you?" she asked when she noticed he was holding something he hid behind him.

"A flower," he replied meeting Anna's black eyes and gulped before dropping his head immediately.

"Flower?" Anna scoffed. It seems every guy who becomes Rose friend have hidden motives. She will have to take it up as an assignment to keep most of those types of guys far away from her sister. It did not surprise her because Rose had a very unique beauty that many girls wish they had.

Rose had a unique beauty that was only found among members of the royal family like her adopted mother. Rose's eyes also made her beauty more unique and hardly found even in the royal family. She could have sworn that Rose was a member of the royal family if her eyes were completely green without the amber and brown.

"Yes, when I came here earlier, I noticed the flowers were already withered and I wanted to replace them with the ones I got from the garden on the sixth floor. Most of the flowers they have are not a pretty as I thought they will be so I brought the prettiest one I found," he said showing the flowers to them.

"I have never seen anything like this," Anna commented when she saw the flowers he held.

"I know. I don't even know their names," he said walking to the flower vase. The shy boy that walked into the room earlier seemed to have disappeared without anyone noticing. Anna watched him as he arranged the flowers carefully in the glass vase and pour water into the vase. "They are mostly grown in door. They are gorgeous, right?" he asked when he moved away to give them a good view of the glass vase.

"Yes, it is," Valerie found herself agreeing. As she watched the boy the more she saw the resemblance he had to his late mother. The joviality he now showed was very similar to that of his mother. His mother was very beautiful and the boy was also very good looking.

"Thank you. It took me a while to find all of them. The garden was also crowded since it is lunch time," he complained as he gave Rose a side glance hoping she gives him a compliment.

"You have good eyes. You picked very good colors and it is beautiful," Valerie complimented as she looked at the flowers in the vase.

"Thank you Mrs. Whitfred," he accepted her compliments still stealing glances at Rose who seems oblivious to all the signs he kept giving her.

"Thanks for the flowers," Rose had to appreciate when the boy did not stop glancing at her with gaze that accused her of being ungrateful. "And thanks for the books too."

"You are welcome," he immediately accepted her appreciation with a happy smile like a child who won his favorite snack in game.

"I advise you not to like my sister," Anna said with a serious frown.

"Why won't I like my cousin sister? She is cool and smart. I also like you but since it seems you and I don't get along with each other, I won't make you like me too. I want to become Rose's apprentice that is why I am working hard to make her like me," he said with an innocent smile as he sat on the sofa close to where Rose sat.

Anna scoffed and looked away from him with a more serious frown if that was possible.

"I would have loved to be Mrs. Whitfred's apprentice but I don't think I am qualified enough so I decided to start with the younger generation. Rose's designs have just the amount of fire and message that I want to be found in my design. I love fashion. I was tagged the hottest guy in school for a reason. I wear your brand a lot, Mrs. Whitfred," Carl narrated tirelessly. "I respect you a lot Mrs. Whitfred. You are my role model."

"Thanks for the compliment. If you show great potential, you could do your internship with me," Valerie said to the astonishment of everyone in the room. "It will give you a lot of experience and it will also be an important experience in resumé."

"Really?" Carl asked in disbelief.

"Yes. Your mother and I used to very close," Valerie said with a smile that held a lot of fondness that felt as though they have always known each other.

Rose paused when she heard that comment. Does that mean Valerie, Carl's mum, her mum and the weak woman she saw few years ago were best friends? There were a lot of things she had to find out about. If only she could get close to Valerie, close enough for Valerie to spill out the truth, she might get enough truth to use against her step mother.

"My mother was also close to the late Queen," Carl commented as though reading Rose's mind.

"Yes, we were all close after all we were family and family is very important," Valerie replied shocking them once again.

"Oh . . ." was all Carl said as he decided to back out and not to get too obvious.

"We will only be around for the weekend. Anna has to return to school on Monday and we are also trying to convince the doctors to let you return to school under the supervision of their subsidiary in B city. It will be best for you to finish and graduate from high school. It is a once in lifetime experience," Valerie said. She also wanted Rose to begin her work with her.

"I think that is best. I also don't want to miss that experience," Rose agreed. It was something she was going to experience for the second time in both of her lives. It was really a once in a lifetime experience. Her past life was filled with really sad memories and recreating those memories was not mandatory for her but she felt it was good to replace those memories.

"You have missed some of the fun but it is not bad. It busy now and you are missing out on a lot of things. Graduation is next month. There will be a party afterwards," Anna informed her with an excited smile.

"I should be able to attend the party but it depends on how well I am when the time comes," Rose said thoughtfully. Right now, she was undergoing a lot of treatments to help her body. She did not want to undergo another liver transplant and that will be unavoidable if her body rejects the liver completely.

"Mrs. Whitfred, please could you persuade Rose to make me a good fashion designer?" Carl asked as though he have gotten tired of being quiet and left out in the room.

"I am sure she will help you if she has the time. I also can't make her do that if she doesn't want to," Valerie said as a matter of fact. She has tried to make Rose sign a contract with her company over and over again but Rose is yet to accept all the crazy offers she made to entice her.

"Rose?" Carl asked. He was completely unwilling to let go of this opportunity to become Rose's apprentice. He has always loved fashion and he could not forget the day he saw Rose on TV and he saw the cloth she designed. The dress was the most beautiful dress he has seen in a long time. "My mother was also a fashion designer; I want to live her dream."