Ella smiled at her son. “One of the happiest days of my life was when the midwife put you in my arms, Chad. I can understand why you felt that way, being a member of a royal family puts so much pressure on a child.” It had taken years for her, someone who was not born into that life to get used to it. “Your father and I would give up everything we have for your happiness.” That was what was important. “We will tell them on your terms, when you’re ready but for now don’t feel like you have to hide the truth from us, we love you.”
Some people wondered how Chad ended up the way he did with Ella being his mother and it was moments like these he questioned it himself. There she was talking about how happy she was when he was born and he couldn’t draw his gaze to meet hers, pressure was one word for it but at times it felt like the boy carried the world on his shoulders, it was tiring. ❝ I hate it. ❞ shorted the prince, a tug of guilt tugging in the pit of his stomach. His mother hadn’t had the “perfect” life he had and there he sat complaining about it. ❝ I don’t want too but I do, everything I do is judged and this is just something else for them to hold against me. ❞