At Belliar’s calm words, tears welled up in the Duke’s eyes.

“I can’t rest easy, thinking about you suffering alone in a foreign land.”

“No, don’t think like that. I’ve wanted to travel there for a long time. I will enjoy it to the fullest, so please don’t cry.”

At Belliar’s words, the Duke nodded his head and wiped away his tears with the back of his hand.

Meanwhile, Rose was lying on her bed in her room.

“Belliar…”

She murmured the name of the woman who was to marry Eric.

She felt like she had seen it somewhere in a book, but she couldn’t recall it precisely.

“Who was she?”

Rose tilted her head, looking at Eric’s wedding invitation.

As Rose blankly stared at the wedding invitation, she soon burst into laughter.

Downstairs, Demon and Libera looked worried hearing Rose’s laughter.

“She must be shocked. Laughing like a mad person.”

“I told you not to tell her.”

At Libera’s words, Demon sighed in response.

“But Rose already knew, didn’t she? She was the first to ask me if that guy Eric was getting remarried…”

“But did you have to show her the invitation? Even though she left him, the fact that her exhusband is getting married to another woman in three days is shocking enough.”

At Demon’s words, Libera nodded with a sullen expression.

“I should have… not shown her. I really didn’t expect this kind of reaction.”

Demon and Libera found the laughter echoing through the mansion pitiful.

It sounded like the laughter of someone who had lost a screw.

However, the truth was far from it.

Rose was extremely happy.

She wished she could see Doana’s face, inflated with anticipation, when she saw this invitation.

“Ha… really.”

Not knowing that they were worrying for her downstairs, Rose kept laughing, even to the point of tearing up, and then finally calmed her breath.

“What a wicked fate.”

She murmured, fiddling with the invitation.

Rose remembered what Kyuru did to her in her previous life.

He flaunted the wedding invitation.

On it was her exhusband, Ido Hyeon, as the groom, with Kyuru.

The shock of her husband marrying someone else was beyond words. Moreover, Kyuru not only didn’t hide it but gave her the invitation as if to mock her.

If Kyuru hadn’t done so much, she might not have left her family and friends.

Rose chuckled.

“Funny.”

Her lips curled up slightly, but her eyes were dark.

Rose stood up with those words, placed the invitation on the desk, and left her room.

When they heard Rose coming downstairs, Demon and Libera quickly closed their mouths.

“Does she seem alright?”

“I’m not sure.”

They whispered, watching Rose. To the Serviart couple, Rose spoke in a bright voice.

“I’m going for a walk for a bit.”

“At this hour? Isn’t it too late?”

Rose’s words startled Libera. It was already pitch black outside.

“Yes, I just want to walk a bit.”

Normally, they would have told her to go to bed and walk in the morning, but in a situation like today, it was hard to simply say ‘no’.

Libera hesitated before speaking cautiously.

“Do you want to walk with me?”

Rose shook her head at Libera’s words.

“No. I just want to walk alone.”

Rose gave a faint smile. It was an expression made without any meaning, but to Demon and Libera, Rose looked ephemeral.

“Alright. It’s dangerous, so don’t go far.”

The demon spoke in a low voice to Rosé.

“Yes, I won’t. Don’t worry.”

Rosé made eye contact with the demon and Libera, then reached for the squeaking door.

“I’ll be right back.”

Rosé left the mansion swiftly, without any hesitation.

“Will our Rosé… be alright?”

“Don’t worry. Rosé isn’t a weak child.”

Although the demon was very worried about his daughter Rosé, he spoke in a calm manner.

‘Rosé probably needs some time alone to sort out her thoughts.’

It was indeed worrying to send her out alone late at night, but he wanted to give Rosé some alone time.

The demon looked at Rosé leaving the house with a sad gaze.

He wouldn’t be so worried if he knew that Rosé was lightly stepping and humming.

Rosé’s humming pierced through the night air and echoed delightfully.

The Serbiate mansion was in a deserted place, so apart from the sound of insects, only Rosé’s humming could be heard.

“Hmm, I really want to see Doana’s face right now.”

What to do. There’s already a prior engagement tomorrow.

The wedding time overlapped with the appointment with Grand Duke Artem.

There were more than a few things to do as the business was to be officially launched.

The news that Gwenn was brought in as the financial manager had to be announced, and there were tons of things to discuss like the selection of the department store site and the list of brands to be stationed.

In Korea, one could just call and apologize and reschedule, but that wasn’t possible in the novel.

It took 2, 3 days just to exchange letters, and at this time, all the shops were already closed, so it was impossible to even apply.

ThumpThump.

“Can’t help it, I guess.”

Rosé, who was walking to the beat, suddenly stopped and muttered to herself.

Thump.

Then, the sound of footsteps echoed once more.

It was strange. She was surely standing still, but what could this sound be?

Rosé’s calm expression turned anxious.

‘What’s that…?’

A creepy feeling overcame her.

She thought she was alone… but she heard the sound of human footsteps again.

Rosé looked down at the ground. Then her face turned pale.

Her shadow was faintly reflected on the ground.

But, there wasn’t just one shadow. The shadow of someone else was cast not even 1 meter away.

Droplets of sweat formed on Rosé’s forehead.

‘When did he start following? I didn’t notice at all.’

It was clear that the person had intentionally hidden his tracks since the footsteps weren’t heard even when he was this close.

Furthermore, the person behind her didn’t move when she stopped moving.

Rosé swallowed her dry spit and clenched her fists. Her palms were already soaked with sweat.

‘Should I run away? Or… scream?’

The mansion was right behind her. If she were to be caught while running, it would be over, but if she screamed, the Serbiate couple might hear her voice.

Rosé made up her mind and opened her trembling lips. Then she screamed at the top of her lungs.

“Fire!!”

In Korea, there’s a saying. When being chased by a stranger, scream ‘fire!’ instead of ‘help me!’.

Startled by Rosé’s sudden scream, the stranger quickly approached Rosé and covered her mouth.

“Euph! Euph!”

Rosé resisted strongly against the stranger who covered her mouth.

But that lasted only for a moment. Rosé stopped resisting when she heard the voice.

“Madam, calm down. It’s me.”

Only then did Rosé look at the stranger’s face.

Black hair like pitch and deep, dark red eyes.

It was the knight Seren.

When his eyes met Rosé’s, he gave her a playful smile.