Chapter 77
Two days quickly passed which excited Rose as she waited for Zayne’s return. The days she had to wait for him to return had been torture now that she wanted to tell him to join him to travel to the next town.
Rose had yet to get what she needed since Janice had not returned to the market yet so she could not tag along. Rose was patiently waiting for Zayne and for the moment she would freely walk around the market without having to look over her shoulder in fear that Graham would get her.
"You have been by the window all day. Please don’t run to the door as soon as you see him coming. Let him come inside and then you can go to him. He doesn’t know what he has started by asking you to join him on this trip. I have never seen you so excited," said Janice.
Seeing the way Rose had been acting for the last two days, Janice was glad that she had not tried to convince Rose not to go with Zayne. Rose wasn’t suited for sticking to one town with how curious she was about everything.
"I won’t jump in his path as soon as he arrives. I only want to be near to greet him. I am already finished with my work for the day. Should I find something else to do?" Rose wondered.
"No. You worry me with how much you try to do in one day. This house is well in order thanks to you. You deserve to sit around for a bit. I see a carriage coming so you no longer have to wait," Janice said, looking out the window as Zayne made his way here. "I will be in the kitchen."
Janice knew to find something else to do when Zayne came as he and Rose would have much to talk about in secret. With Zayne here, she was to be busy preparing something grand for him to eat so it worked out well.
Janice was still conflicted over whether there was nothing between Rose and Zayne. She believed that Rose didn’t hold feelings for Zayne but she could not believe what Rose said about Zayne. Why did he need to take Rose along with him to another town and then he would bring her back here? He was going out of his way to help a maid once more.
’She might have misheard him,’ Janice thought. She could see how a young girl like Rose would not understand a man like Zayne courting her.