"About Roselyn."

"Why would you talk to me about her?" John asked, puzzled and surprised to hear her mention Rose's name.

"We socialize quite a lot, and she told me about her decision to accept the ...pleasuring presence of a man." She said, her voice came out as a squeak.

"This is not mine or your concern to intrude in her choices." He said knitting his eyebrows, he was confused to hear that Roselyn would confess her such a thing.

The maid tilted her head. "It shall be your concern since it could hamper the agreement." She replied, knowing well what bottoms to press to convince him.

"I don't see how it may hamper the agreement. A clause allowed meetings with other people just to satisfy carnal pleasures." He scoffed, slowly losing his patience. He wondered how she found the courage to intrude on such private matters.

"I am a girl just like her. And those things matter to us. I bet she is going to regret having taken that decision and you will be the one she is going to blame for." The maid said, clenching her fists as she was shocked to see he didn't seem to care much about Roselyn.

"This is ridiculous." He commented, pulling the door, but she stopped it before he could close it in front of her.

He glowered at the young maid. "don't provoke me." He warned the girl, who took a step back, raising her hands. "If you care about her, even a little please don't let her do it." Her voice came out as a whisper. He closed the door right after.

He didn't understand what the maid tried to warn him about. Why was she being so dramatic over a usual entertaining activity? He rolled his eyes; he knew she couldn't spend her entire life depriving herself of the joy for something so pleasuring and enjoyable. The agreement sanctioned he couldn't help her in those matters, in order not to risk any emotional attachment and that was the reason he create a clause that allowed special meetings with other people.

"Where have you been?" Roselyn's voice raised as she saw the maid finally reaching her in the room.

"I had to ... do some houseworks." She said, keeping her gaze down on the floor. Roselyn suspected her behavior and raised her eyebrow.

"Don't lie to me." She replied, trying to decipher the truthfulness of her statement.

The maid took a long breath. "I went to talk to John." She confessed.

Roselyn's eyes widened, she covered her mouth in shaking. No words came out her mouth as she sighed.

"I don't want him to hurt you." The maid tried to justify herself but the lady felt disappointed and betrayed.

"I confessed this thing to you because I trust you, not because I wanted you to say it to him." Roselyn said. Her voice sounded lower and intense.

"Roselyn..." The maid murmured, puzzling the lady who had never heard her pronounced her name.

"You're the only friend I ever had, and I heard this is what friends are for. Help each other not to get in drastic situations." The maid replied, her lips hinted a soft smile.

"I appreciate your words, and I consider you a loyal friend as well, but please don't tell him those things. I don't want to ruin the only possibility I have to reach my goals." Roselyn smiled, caressing the young girl's cheek.

"Please don't do it anymore, okay?" Roselyn required, and the maid nodded, placing her head over her shoulder.

"I won't. I was worried and didn't want you to take rushed choices just because he had charmed you." Her voice was sarcastic as she rolled her eyes.

Roselyn chuckled. "he hadn't charm me. I just need to find someone more handsome than him and I will forget him." She nodded, as she needed to convince both herself and the maid about the truthfulness of her words.

"Now tell me exactly what you told him." Roselyn's voice became more acute and concerned. The maid lifted her head from her shoulder and looked at her in the eyes.

"I told him that if he let you lay with someone just because of being curiosity as soon as you come to your senses you will blame him for that." The maid replied in a whisper.

"You're smarter than I thought." she commented, giggling.

The girl folded her arms and tilted her head, "are you x that you considered me dull?" her eyebrows furrowed.

Roselyn smiled and shook her head from side to side. "I was being humorous. But now you have to tell me a secret in return." She lifted her eyebrows in a demanding, pleading look, waiting for the girl to reveal her a secret or at least something to rattle about.

The blond girl's emerald eyes darted around the room as she tried to find someone that could interest her.

She dabbed her mouth with her palm, remembering gossip she heard years ago and slipped out her mind for such a long time.

Roselyn reducing the information may be a heavy one leaned closer smiling.

It reminded her of all the times she had been with Kathy in their rooms, gossip about every lady of high society and rarely trifling about the most handsome gentlemen on the horizon.

The youthful girl checked the surroundings to verify if nobody could hear what she was going to reveal.

After ascertaining the safety of the room, she leaned closer to her ear.

She took a long bread and delivered the payload. When Roselyn heard her words, she dropped her jaw and widened her eyes. A second later, she smirked. That was the information she needed, and she could use it now in her favor.

For the first time since she had been there, that information was the only advantage she owned. Maybe she was finally seeing the light out of the dark. Regardless of that, she at least could have the upper hand.

Her smile widened. "that's such a hard accusation.." She commented.