"I'm sorry." I apologized to Rose as she was leaving the room.
Rose just shook her head with a smile on her face as she said, "There's nothing to apologize about, I understand. You were the same with my family, so how could I ask for more?"
I had a grateful look on my face when she said this.
As for what I was apologizing for…
It was that I was about to have a private family dinner with Angela, the former king, and Noah.
This seemed like I was excluding them, but really this was because there was something important that we had to tell the former king. That was why I wanted it to just be the four of us, instead of including Rose and the other wives.
It wasn't that I didn't value them, it was just that this was a special occasion for this former royal family.
It was a good thing that they understood and respected this decision of mine.