Chapter 43: Chapter 43Mathias should have guessed sooner that Rose would have some enemies here who would be happy to share where she had run off to. If she was ever meeting with a man in secret or simply had a friend she made plans to run away with the women here would know about it. He should have spoken to the other women here from the beginning.

    Silvia clung to Mathias’s arm once more. Though she didn’t know why he would want Rose, what mattered now was that she was on his arm and he wanted a room. She could switch his attention from Rose to herself easily.

    "Are you one of her lovers?" Silvia asked, playing the game to sway his attention to her.

    "She had lovers?" Mathias replied. If only Alexander would be here to listen to what was being said and snap out of this. Why did he concern himself with a woman already taken by other men?

    "Of course she did. This is a brothel after all. I mustn’t say too much since she was Master Graham’s favourite woman here," Silvia said, touching her mouth to show that she could not speak.

    Mathias knew just what he needed to get her to speak more. "I can pay you handsomely. Everything you say will be kept between us. Rose crossed me a few years ago and I need to have her pay for it."

    Silvia smiled as she had struck gold to come across a man who wanted to harm Rose. She led Mathias to their room so they could speak in private. With Jonathan dead, she didn’t have anyone else who might be so bold as to steal Rose from Graham. Should Rose step foot back inside the brothel, Silvia wanted this man with her to take her away.

    "Rose has always been his favourite woman. None of the women here can tell you if he bedded her but we do know she has spent hours in closed spaces with him and then runs off to her room. There are plenty of men who come in here and fall for her face. So many of them are searching for her now," Silvia revealed.

    Knowing this, Silvia thought this was the reason Graham was not in the brothel at the moment. He wanted to find his precious Rose before another man got his hands on her.

    "Did she entertain the men who took notice of her?" Mathias asked, finding all the more reason for Alexander to not find Rose.

    "Of course she did. All the women here love men who shower them with attention especially when these men bring gifts. The night she disappeared, she had a man in her bedroom. She was not to take anyone else but Graham into her bed so he killed the man. Poor soul," Silvia pretended to mourn.

    "I wouldn’t get involved with Rose if I were you. She only brings trouble to those who cross paths with her. She has an innocent-looking face but her soul is far from that. Most of her guards have been killed and many of us are punished by Graham if she thinks we offended her," Silvia lied.

    She continued, "She must pride herself on being the future brothel owner’s wife. Once, I was almost sent to serve a man who would beat who was sent to him all because of Rose. It isn’t fair for us the power he has given her. I hope you have not fallen for her tricks."

    Mathias liked having someone around who shared the same opinion about Rose. He had been saying all along that Rose wasn’t innocent. "There will never be a day that I fall for her tricks. I’ve always disliked her. How everyone wanted to rush to comfort her once she started to cry. She is ruining everything."

    Silvia placed her hands on Mathias’s shoulders to be the one to comfort him. "I can comfort you. I find myself pulled to you since we share a common dislike for her. If she ever returns to the brothel, I can send word to you. You only need to do one thing for me."

    Mathias inspected the appearance of the whore beside him. She was pretty and her charm was starting to work on him. It was a shame that her beauty was being wasted in a brothel. "And what is it that you want?"

    "When night comes, I would be glad if you would occupy my room for all of it. I have plenty of stories about Rose and where she might have gone, but first, you need to be back here tonight. Beat out all of my other customers and I just might help you find her before the others," Silvia offered.

    "And why wouldn’t you want your master to find her? Jealous?"

    "No, I just hate her. I can see it in your eyes that you hold anger toward her. I wouldn’t be surprised if you tried to kill her and that would work well for me," said Silvia.

    Being the madam was in her hands if she could only get Graham to stop thinking about Rose and look at her. She took pride in her job and earned a lot of money for him. Silvia could turn these women and the others he had yet to buy into something special if she was just given the position. Sёar?h the N??eFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    There wasn’t anything more in life Silvia thought she could do with herself since she was a dirty woman. Being the madam of this brothel was the only dream she had and whatever it would take, Silvia was willing to do to get there.

    "Perhaps this place isn’t so boring. Prove yourself tonight by bringing me something special about where Rose would have run off to or the list of men you saw her speaking to and I will keep your room reserved for myself. I have treasures from the sea you will not want to miss. Show your worth," said Mathias.

    Silvia was going to be his way of getting Graham off his back and she didn’t know it yet just how deep she had gotten involved to save him.