Chapter 62: Chapter 62Graham turned around just in time to see Lucy’s face. It was like she just made a great discovery. There was no doubt in his mind now that Rose had been or was still here. Zayne made a big mistake that Graham couldn’t just overlook.

    Graham also made a mistake as he should’ve paid more attention to Zayne’s interest in Rose.

    "Let your general know that if he has bedded her, he will have hell to pay when I see him. I own Rose and it is time she returns to the brothel."

    Lucy didn’t like the pig of a man but she would love it if he would take Rose back to where she came from. It was low for Zayne to be entertaining a woman from a brothel when he was a prince. He should be more selective with who he gives his time.

    Unfortunately, Rose was already gone and Lucy didn’t want to help the man before her after the comments he made.

    Lucy turned around to go back to her room. She couldn’t just leave right now with what she knew. Finn and others needed to help her get to stay here.

    Graham waited a little longer to watch Lucy as she walked away from him. If luck was on his side and he was certain that it was, then he could have her placed in his brothel. It couldn’t be helped if she were to go missing and ended up in his brothel, left alone after the others returned to their land.

    "Keep an eye on that one. If there is ever an opportunity to take her, do it," Graham ordered the men behind him.

    He needed something more exciting to bring in customers as the current women would lose their touch over time.

    "Keep watch for when that bastard returns and be ready to get his head if he has gotten to her first," said Graham.

    He had not played this game all this time just for Zayne to swoop in and ruin it. What right did these bastards have to steal from him of all people when he had been so kind to them?

    If not for having to go to an auction to buy more women, Graham would continue the search for Zayne himself.

    Graham guided his horse to turn around to ride back to the market. Zayne couldn’t hide forever and when he returned, Graham would be ready.

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    Away from Zayne’s camp, he waited patiently for Rose to be done writing the letters he assigned to her. Never did he once think his mornings would be like this. He had never been so patient with his siblings.

    Zayne tried not to hurry up with writing the simple letters. She was trying her best to make it as perfect as could be on her first try.

    "I am done!" Rose said, excited to show Zayne her work. She passed the paper to him and waited for his compliments.

    "It is like a child did it."

    "Well, it is my first time. I think it looks close to what you wrote," Rose said, comparing the two papers herself.

    Zayne put the paper down for her to try again. "Well, now we know your problem. You’re a little blind. Our handwriting does not look alike."

    "I have good sight so if my writing is like a child then you have childlike handwriting as well," Rose said, placing Zayne as the blind one.

    Zayne rested his arm on the table to prop himself up as he watched her again. "What happened to you being respectful to your employer?"

    "Your memory is also bad as you were the one to say this morning that I am to forget you are my employer and see you as my tutor when I come into this room. I am only following your words," Rose answered.

    "I’ve been respectful to my tutors during all my years. You are not to insult your tutor and most importantly, lie that your writing is as good as mine. Be slow with it, Rose. Had I known I must be this patient, I would have brought something to snack on," Zayne said.

    While he was entertained by watching her struggle to write, he needed something else to do.

    "I can cut up some of the fruits in the kitchen for you," Rose said, starting to stand up.

    "Leave it," Zayne said as it would only offset the time they had now. "You must finish this before Janice returns. You are the one who doesn’t want her to know of this."

    "Yes, Janice would panic if she knew that I was getting you to teach me. She might make the offer to teach me. Wouldn’t that be better?" Rose realised.

    She was here every day with Janice and food only needed to be prepared two times. Janice was free to teach her when they had nothing to do. Then she wouldn’t be bothering Zayne like this.

    Zayne could see Rose planning out how she could switch to Janice as her tutor. If that happened, then his entertainment of seeing her horrible writing would be gone. "You wish to learn about the sea and other lands as well. How many times has Janice sailed?"

    Rose’s excitement quickly went away as she hadn’t thought about that. "I do not know."

    "And the tutors I had during my youth will be far better than any tutor she had. I am giving you what my family had to pay a lot of money for, for free."

    "Must you brag?" Rose asked.

    Rose already concluded that Zayne must have come from a good family. Everyone knew that the children of those families had a better chance of the best tutors. Rose could never afford something like that in her lifetime.

    "I won’t trouble Janice with this and continue with you. I prefer that only one person knows of my secrets. Of the brothel and having to learn to write," said Rose.

    In time she would tell Janice about her past, but right now, Rose enjoyed not having anyone pity her or perhaps judge her as the women from the brothel were always frowned upon though they had been sold to work there.

    "I do not doubt for a second that she would go looking for Graham and I do not want her to. He is not shy when it comes to hitting anyone. Does it look better now?" Rose questioned, passing the paper to Zayne again.

    "It is better but you must not rush it so much. You do not need to make them identical to mine. Everyone has their way of writing letters. Try again," Zayne said, giving the paper back to Rose. "This won’t be easy. Want to give up?"

    Rose shook her head. She would not give up so soon. "This is only the beginning. I would be upset with myself if I just gave up now. My writing will be better and you have already complimented me for remembering all the letters well. I want to hear another compliment."

    Now that she mentioned it, Zayne once again thought about how quick she was with learning. It was like she had some small recollection of learning this before and as she looked at what he had shown, her memory helped her to understand fast. It was possible that she might have once had a tutor or went to a school. Sёarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    What happened to a family who could afford the luxury of having their child learn to turn around and sell her?