Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down by Patricia Maradiaga

Chapter 112

115 | don't want to be like my father Alessandro was heading to his office when he saw April walking through the

garden with Noah, there was no maid accompanying her, that seemed strange to him and he told Gabriel.

_Go ahead, I'll go next.

Gabriel, seeing where the king was going, said to himself.

_This seems to be another day where I'll have to take charge of everything.

Gabriel knew that when the king met with his wife he left all his work behind, and he would disappear for the rest

of the afternoon.

This still seemed strange to Gabriel; he found it hard to believe that the king who diligently fulfilled all his

obligations would leave everything for her.

When Alessandro arrived where Abril and Noah were, he saw that Abril had red marks on her arms, as if she had

been grabbed very tightly.

_ What happened to you? Why do you have red marks on your arms? Noah knelt down and answered.

_I'm sorry, your majesty, if | had arrived earlier she wouldn't have been hurt.

Alessandro furiously asked Abril.

_ Who dared to lay a hand on you? _Calm down Lessan, I'm fine.

_Noah, who did it? _She was one of the maids, she was a spy in the service of Lady Victoria Vampel.

_Send that servant to the dungeon and forbid Victoria from entering the palace, | don't want to see her around

here again.

_Yes, your majesty.

Noah left to carry out the king's orders.

Alessandro approached April, caressed the red marks on her arm and asked her.

_ Do they hurt a lot? _They don't hurt, I'm fine.

_I thought all the rats had been eliminated, | guess there are still sleft, a second cleaning will have to be

done.

_Lessan, what will happen to that maid? _The sin of touching a member of the royal family is death _I don't want

anyone's blood to be spilled because of me, don't hurt her, just expel her from the palace.

_That's too light a punishment, if you don't wantto kill her I'll cut off her hands for daring to touch you.

_No, I don't want you to hurt her.

_She hurt you first Aby.

_Don't do it Lessan, please, | don't want to be like my father, | beg you, don't hurt her, expelling her from the

palace is more than enough, I'm fine, it's not like she mortally wounded me.

Alessandro felt his blood boiling with anger; he saw expelling that servant as too light a punishment.

Seeing that he did not respond, Abril told him again.

"Promiseyou won't hurt that Lessan maid," Alessandro caressed her cheek and said through clenched teeth.

_Okay, | promise, | won't hurt her, I'll just kick her out of the palace.

_Thank you.

_This t| will be merciful because you are askingto, but there will be no next time, you are very valuable

toApril, if someone hurts you I will not hold back and | will make them wish they had never been born, no

matter who it is.

_ Bloodshed only brings more blood, and | don't want that.

_Even if you don't like it, sometimes it's necessary to shed blood.

_As long as | can avoid it, | prefer to avoid it.

_l will soon start the war, in war the spillage is inevitable, even if you asknot to participate, to contain

myself, | will not be able to do it.

_I know, but this tyou can choose to do it or not, so don't do it.

_OK.

Alessandro still had a lot of work to do, but he didn't want to leave Abril alone so he told her.

_I have to go to my office to finish my work, do you want to cwith me? _|I don't want to be a bother.

_You never are, besides today there are too many nobles in the palace, | will feel calmer if you are by my side.

_Okay, then I'll go with you.

When they arrived at the office, Gabriel was surprised because he did not expect the king to return so soon, and

even less that he would be accompanied, he greeted Abril.

_Good morning, your majesty.

_Good morning.

Alessandro took his place behind the desk and said to Abril.

_You can make yourself comfortable, Gabriel, what are the most important matters for today? Gabriel reacted,

handed him sdocuments and said.

_You must approve the budgets to begin work on the granaries that we will use to store supplies for the...

Gabriel remained silent, he didn't know if he should say what they were for in front of the princess, Alessandro

told him.

_Continued.

_To save provisions for when the war starts.

_The border lands are always the most affected during the war, when the war starts we must move to those

people to a safe place, | want my people to suffer as little as possible during the war.

_I've thought about that too, Your Majesty, but | haven't decided where we could move them yet.

Alessandro stood up and went to see a large map of the kingdom that had hung on the wall and said.

_Marquis Parret's lands are far from the border, although not too far, if we move them there they will be safe

during the war.

_That's true, that's a good idea, but do you think he'll agree to take in all those people? That had better be the

case if he still wants to keep his title of marquis.

Alessandro returned to his seat behind the desk, signing the budgets after reviewing them.

Gabriel left, when he did Abril told him.

_I'm sorry.

_ Why are you apologizing? _I'm not the only one who wants to avoid bloodshed, you're doing it too, you also

want to protect your people.

_I know that sometimes | can seem cruel, but that is not the case, | just want my kingdom to be at peace, but to

achieve that peace war is imminent.

April approached Alessandro and said to him.

_You work hard for this kingdom, | would also like to do the same, how can | help you? _Being by my side is more

than enough.

_I know | don't have the necessary knowledge to help you, but I learn quickly.

If you teach me, | can also be of help.

| don't want to be just a pretty doll that decorates the room.

| want to be your help and support.

_You really want to help me.

_Yes, | want to stop being the useless princess who does nothing but walk around the garden.

Alessandro saw conviction in Abril's eyes, he knew she was very serious, so he agreed to her request.

_Okay, if that's what you want I'll ask Gabriel to teach you how to manage sthings.

_Although it may not seem like it, | am good at learning, you just need to tellsomething once and I will not

forget it, the teacher | had when | was young, although he did not like me, he always praisedfor it, | learned

to read and write at an early age, although they stopped teachingwhen I turned 6 when they found out I did

not have magic.

Alessandro was surprised to hear what Abril was telling him, although royalty began their studies earlier, they

normally did not learn to read and write until the age of 7, he asked her.

_April, at what age did you learn to read? _I think it was when | was four.

_You were really very young.

_Yes, well, the heirs to the throne of the kingdom of Laios usually take classes at an early age, although

according to my teacher | was the first to learn to read and write at such an early age, my brothers, for example,

learned to read and write when they were 6 years old, they hatedfor having learned before them, they never

forgavefor that.

_You almost never talk about your brothers, didn't you get along with them? _They don't like me.

Alessandro saw sdiscomfort in April, it was clear that she did not want to talk about them, so he decided not

to continue insisting on that subject.

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