Chapter 153
Rose laughed, thinking Valerie was telling her a joke. For as long as she had been working for Zayne, there wasn’t a moment she heard anyone refer to him as a prince. They always referred to him as the general.
When Zayne spoke of his siblings he never told her of his brother being a king. Zayne couldn’t be a prince all this time. For a prince to have liked her before they knew she was a lady from a good family was confusing.
Rose’s laughter slowly died as she thought more about Zayne’s feelings and him being a prince.
"So, you finally realise it. It is good that you didn’t get so caught up in having feelings for him. You have other things to worry about than a man just trying to bed you. It is all they think women from a brothel are good for. You should focus on me trying to make something of you," said Valerie.
"Mother," Karen said, putting a finger over her lip to get her mother to be silent. Rose’s smile had vanished and the room no longer felt filled with love.
Karen knew she would be embarrassed if she thought she had a chance with a man and someone ruined the little hope she had.
"I am saying this because I care for her. Men make foolish mistakes like this all the time but they don’t marry women like her. This name isn’t enough to help her. Have you ever heard of a royal marrying a woman from a brothel? They are normally the mistresses," Valerie continued to prove her point.
Valerie turned to Rose and asked, "Had you believed he truly felt something for you."
"I did," Rose answered, trying to put on her best smile. She believed Zayne when he spoke of liking her but she could not understand why. Now that she knew he was a prince, Rose couldn’t understand his earlier actions anymore. "I will retire to my room."