Valerie didn't trust having a soldier in her home around the girls. If they weren't careful they could wake to one of the girls being attacked by him. He could certainly overpower them.
"It is improper of you to be touching her hair as you please. I do not know what kind of relationship you two had before but it must end now. Stop touching her," Valerie commanded Zayne.
It was obvious that Rose didn't know any better as she sat there allowing Zayne to touch her. Despite living in a brothel, in Valerie's opinion, a woman should still have the sense to know that being so close or intimate with a man meant trouble.
Rose misunderstood what Valerie implied and said, "I am no longer his maid. That ended when I came home and I did not mind his touch. Sometimes," she added as it bothered her now. "He has helped me to get used to others' touch again."
