That was the truth.

His affectionate concern had been a strength for Rosé. How thankful she must have been for his silent protection.

“I was careless. I couldn’t even say goodbye to you.”

The butler said, slightly lifting his monocle.

He didn’t have the mind to go and greet each person. Eric’s words of ‘dismissal’ were quite shocking.

“Even if I was busy, I should have greeted you.”

At Gwendolyn’s apology towards her, Rosé shook her head and replied gently.

“Don’t say that. Gwendolyn, I came to tell you how grateful I am to you.”

At Rosé’s words, the butler’s nose tingled.

Ah……

He must not cry again. His nose tingled.

Is it true that as you get older, you tear up more? Seeing him getting emotional at just one word from Rosé…

The butler sniffled and lifted his head. Looking at Rosé with bloodshot eyes, the butler’s expression was much lighter than before.

“I’m truly relieved that I was able to be of help to you, Madam.”

The cold treatment Rosé received in this large mansion was in his eyes.

Even though she became a countess, she didn’t receive the treatment she deserved, and was only ignored by the man who was her husband. It was heartbreaking.

The fact that most of the servants were kind to Rosé was largely due to the butler’s influence.

The influential Gwendolyn in the mansion. He had taken the initiative to take care of Rosé, so others didn’t dare to treat Rosé casually.

“……where are you going now?”

The slender voice of the girl was entwined with regret and sorrow.

The regret of losing a strong supporter, and the disappointment of not being able to see Gwendolyn anymore.

The butler couldn’t answer easily.

Where is a family who would accept him, who has been driven out?

He lowered his head with a bitter expression.

Silence weighed heavily between them. Only the sound of heavy rain could be heard.

The butler’s hair, always neatly combed, now drenched and hung down pitifully.

‘Does he have nowhere to go?’

He could sense it from the listless appearance of Gwendolyn. That he didn’t have a place to go.

‘I feel like I’ve made the butler uncomfortable because of me……’

Rosé was uncomfortable. His dismissal was surely related to Dorianne.

The shrimp’s back breaks in a whale fight. Seeing the butler involved in Dorianne’s affair, she felt a sense of responsibility.

‘I can’t let it be. I can’t just send the butler away like this.’

She couldn’t just stand by and watch him, who was wrongfully dismissed. She wanted to help the butler in some way……

What could she, who lacked connections and information, do?

Rosé quickly racked her brain. What could she do for Gwendolyn?

‘Wait…… There was a job that needed a butler!’

A thought that flashed through Rosé’s mind.

Having made up her mind, Rosé looked at the butler with determined eyes. The firm resolve was felt in Rosé’s gaze.

“Can I ask you for a favor?”

What kind of request is she going to make to the old man?

“Well, I’m not sure how I, who is no longer a butler, can be of any help to the Madam……”

Gwendolyn replied with a faint end to her words. It seemed as if she was refusing Rosé’s request, but she added one more sentence.

“But if this old man can be of help to the Madam, of course.”

At the butler’s words, Rosé smiled as if responding.

“Gwendolyn, I need you. I have a business plan.”

At Rosé’s words, the butler’s eyes fluttered.

“A business…… you say?”

Has he ever seen her preparing for such a thing?

Rosé, looking at the butler who was standing with a surprised expression, smiled.

It had been a matter of continuous concern until now.

In fact, Rosé did not intend to run the department store unilaterally.

The world is always cold.

Just because you ‘work hard’ doesn’t mean that the corresponding results follow.

Could it really be easy for her, who had been an ordinary salaried worker, to run a huge department store?

Probably not. Even a small shop is likely to be ruined.

Rosé was the person who had never even tried stocks.

High risk, high return was something that was not at all in Rosé’s life.

Because it was scary. Because the goal was just to live thinly and long like others.

Being ordinary was not a bad thing.

In her previous life, dreams were a luxury.

Having entered a large corporation, she was told countless times not to have vain thoughts and to go to work.

Rosé also thought that their advice couldn’t be wrong,

She thought that not anyone could succeed,

So she gave up her dreams without even trying.

But she didn’t want to do that in her second life.

She didn’t want a life that doesn’t even challenge thinking only about failure.

The heroine effect, perhaps. Strangely, she gained courage.

The dice had already been thrown.

Rather than being afraid of failure, it was right to worry about how to successfully operate the department store.

Something that was always kept in mind when planning a department store.

That was to recruit people to take charge of the department store’s operations.

“Corporate management should be done by professionals.”

Although Rosé would be the owner of the department store, she planned to hire a CEO and CFO.

Rosé looked at Gwen, who was looking at herself with surprised eyes, and thought.

“The butler has taken care of the finance and operation of the Earl of Wens for 30 years.”

She heard it when she received a private lesson. That the savior who saved the crumbling Earl of Wens was Cedric, the previous Earl, and Gwen.

The financial solidity of the Earl of Wens was thanks to Gwen’s hard work. In addition, he was a great talent coveted by the royal family.

“There is no one better than a butler to manage finances.”

There was a successor right in front of her eyes, and she hadn’t noticed it until now.

Gwen was not a hidden gem, but a processed diamond itself. Rosé smiled at the corners of her mouth and reached out to Gwen.

Gwen quietly looked down at the delicately extended hand towards her.

It felt like she had gone back to that day.

Cedric, who extended his hand to her 30 years ago. And the moment when she was at the crossroads of whether to take his hand or not.

Rosé’s hand, which was delicate, unlike Cedric, who looked strong.

“What business is she going to do.”

Gwen was very curious.

The woman who did nothing and just clung to Eric suddenly changed.

She prepares to move forward in the world, as if she had erased herself from her life, who had been passive and submissive.

While staring at the small hand, Gwen slowly lifted her head.

In his cloudy eyes, vitality like a warmup burst out. Gwen looked at Rosé with a straight gaze and took her hand.

“It’s an honor, ma’am.”

No matter what business it is, I will definitely make it successful.

A hot desire boiled up from one side of Gwen’s chest.

The pouring rain with a strong wind began to thin. The raindrops that were pouring to the point of being hot, as if they had never been, stopped falling.

It was a shower to break the heat of the heat.

A ray of sunlight began to poke into the sky, which had been obscured by dark clouds.

The butler, who had the greatest power to increase the wealth of the Earl’s house, held hands with Rosé.

After the Grand Duke of Artem, a tremendous ally came to Rosé’s side.