IBMILRFL – Chapter 27
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“Have you calmed down now?”0b7e217cc67c0dfd
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At Jeremyon’s question, 411b90d0b9 Lilliana gently nodded 41f33b1c25 after placing the 16de21f922 teacup in her 49dcf7a3e5 hand down.a940534763bb70fd
She was currently in 82edeeda60 his living room.b4268bf3218f5953
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How had she cdb338cc70 ended up here 537b3d7aec so suddenly? Lilliana recalled what had 708eb468ad happened just moments ago.345046d2fe892a96
It had been when she aae58bb959 was crying uncontrollably in front cfdb61845d of the main gate, and 80bebb0305 Jeremyon appeared.9b1a0f8afa76e861
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He had asked her:a9a0a0f8a32a9078
It was a simple, straightforward f3b669fee1 question. She could have easily answered, 411e04dad3 but Lilliana hesitated.99042382bdce2fe3
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She remembered that their last b69c9c7a3a conversation hadn’t been particularly pleasant.2560e5db20758915
She carefully chose her 453b808b8b words, but Jeremyon, impatient 9b952773b5 with the brief silence, 508058a050 abruptly led her somewhere.d240396aa20a7ad2
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“Never mind. You can answer later. Just follow me.”24a8eb924323ce80
“Je-Jeremyon? Follow you where…?”72fb6a2c180e31b8
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“Are you trying to catch a cold standing like that? Just accept my help quietly.”5e4f7e84bf57caf6
“But…”3e6cb6c360b50080
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“Lilliana.”d7cf1995e1ff7619
Only a few days ago, 455ae3b65a they had been shouting at 22053d2807 each other. Because of her, Jeremyon had d8efe676d3 even been slapped by Vanessa.61882e3e5ab2fb21
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‘I have some pride. I can’t just accept help.’a64e458e4ff7f8d2
She had been planning to 388d7e782d refuse politely, but his firm 60c998c04a voice calling her name made bb0f752050 her swallow the words she 0dfee6f9b9 was about to say.db7bb504488bb809
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Before she knew it, she 4b2a82a614 had already followed him into 8113fc3902 the mansion.fb06f4d0538bf6b6
Jeremyon led her 8d2b552b56 to the living a7573c987c room in the e2295ff65d annex. At first, she 63f9451d96 wondered why he ce905c2975 had brought her f43e2e5246 somewhere unfamiliar, but f9a0e156a9 soon realized it 5755ddf9ca was to avoid 244923b64d a meeting with 70f290d444 Vanessa.4e6238f1783c1dca
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After that, he draped 61ac8ed6b9 a blanket over her d06f183a72 shoulders and handed her b7dd3a6924 a warm cup of 06e93bcfae tea.27890a023ffbdd85
“Drink this. It’ll help you warm up.”4ff1bea4a08a62b6
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Though the weather outside wasn’t de249f4e1c particularly cold, the rain had 9008d86c3c made her shiver.78c865a64802715e
As she lifted 2331f9fbb7 the cup, the 86e366d619 soothing scent of 8deafa4958 lavender wafted up. With each sip, 34b2403b8c the warmth of 16702a2fe5 the tea gradually 6de94d5532 calmed her uneasy a54935903a heart.9d28b33d9a682573
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“……”8a114bf45842e632
Lilliana pretended to drink 75bffcb7a8 her tea while subtly ff94cae92a glancing at Jeremyon, who f7e6603924 sat across from her.ac96295dfa0b6189
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Though he crossed his 89e6706617 legs arrogantly, there was c0039becaf something different about his f8a4467284 expression. The tension that 383f198c27 usually tightened his d0af1372a8 face had slightly 7d51248fee relaxed.3b97f927bc52e15d
She continued sipping 20f1428ac9 her tea, unable dca37f7b11 to tear her 4f40cce3d3 gaze away from d48e693a40 him.dbef62d4490083de
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The living room remained silent f8815a9378 for quite some time.26756e764c7d2757
‘Is he being considerate?’139da3c44611cb8c
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Surely, Jeremyon had 1d76537fe8 things he wanted ab713c0569 to hear from ef132223c1 her. Yet, instead of 8d2f702b42 pressuring her, he 1e726927fd simply waited.c50132941d0c278d
‘Jeremyon is surprisingly kind.’8e7b8b461b38c5cd
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Even though their relationship had ea0866df0d been contractual, she had never 99968396ea realized this side of him 4c07b2c47a when they were together.f4ccf667a28f1bd0
Lilliana finished the remaining c823eff577 tea in her cup.4945cec269cb162f
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The warmth from the tea e1365b772b had completely stopped her trembling, 3a7b38ebae and even the headache from ff3a757d44 crying for hours had subsided 3b7feaa20c a bit.3798f8ecaf52e678
‘I suppose it’s time I told him.’f3c8f9338d597e3d
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She slowly opened her mouth.a6bf599a444cbc11
“You asked me why I was crying earlier.”af4c0736c521adb6
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“Yes.”35df8d60aeee4459
Jeremyon nodded as c3f12d8bb8 soon as she 03f65fa65d started speaking, his f726fa51dc eyes silently encouraging b8b90460d8 her to go e8fe2bc527 on.8c19dd99112470ca
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Gaining courage, Lilliana 6dd3a0de08 finally revealed the 60384368b2 feelings she had 3d88864f16 been hiding from 12ad46c3e4 him all this 3c113252b7 time.b087f9b6ebdfa6c1
“I… like your mother.”57fbbfa814af1aad
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“What?”bae1f10771998970
“I know it might sound strange. But it’s the truth. I really like her. That’s why… I deceived you.”bb54f365d3c45226
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She shifted her gaze c3bb5cc3d4 from the table to e68a94c3c5 look directly at Jeremyon. As expected, his face was 1450221648 full of confusion.9cb3298aeeb53491
It wasn’t hard to f8864b28d2 understand why. Who could immediately accept that aa78aae117 their ex-lover had feelings for 6c1b012809 their stepmother?4dc63c9700cf3524
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Lilliana raised the corners of 9756efccbe her lips slightly and continued 70be30e46d explaining.0c2814260cf89f6a
“You look like you don’t understand. But it’s exactly as 00330e73c8 I said. I like Lady 9f7165f385 Winder so much 0439bbbcaa that… I wanted 537fd5fb39 to be near b94fbdb88b her, even if f2a69a2031 I had to c05ad5cf4b act selfishly.”740001cf76301606
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“…….”fd52708d879749fb
“I’m sorry, Jeremyon. Even though I 85094fb456 was the one fe666cb95d who ended our 84695a5bfd contractual relationship first, cdca0344f8 I pretended as e9773dc4d2 if we hadn’t a1cf024a61 broken up. That way, Lady 596e514aae Winder allowed me 5ae47775e9 to stay by 9af4b8b53c her side.”ed95ba099330b07b
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“So what you’re saying is that the reason you kept hanging around my estate wasn’t because of me, but because of my mother? But… why?”f3dabde01581cbb1
“You wouldn’t understand. You have no idea 758ade8cbf how I felt back 21a6862428 then.”5db13291e8ead861
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Lilliana closed her fcd74aa883 eyes, lost in e5ec4055dd her memories.6d1d506c35dba6dd
“My brother went off to war, and we lost contact. Even though I 20941c2a1e wasn’t close to 4d51c1ff9e him, he was 0b51c1a97e still someone I 4e43ec097c relied on. Then my father, 7ac74aec0d the only other a597117187 person I could a583b5b084 lean on, passed 0fc8754871 away. I watched as the family 76565ffa2c I loved crumbled before my 6105e80ec1 eyes, and I couldn’t do 8a4ed99079 anything to stop it.”170f5f00eeda2897
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Jeremyon nodded slightly in 20a8b4da5d response, listening intently.9f33b544a9066712
“You know it too, but back then, I was utterly powerless. Even when I asked c4f2ef20bc for help, everyone turned cbdb50ed68 their backs on me. Even the families we had 2480c284f9 been close with shut me 9a6fc16c49 out, as if they had d460d168d7 made some secret pact to 40d91f7f88 abandon me. At that point… I 6a4ae55f0d thought it was all 090b4a2993 over.”0951e7c6f91b476a
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“Now, I can talk about it calmly, but at the time, I felt completely stuck in the mud,” Lilliana began, her voice steady. Back then, no matter how 0f938580f3 hard she tried to pull 32b98a7a1a herself out, the heavy mud 58eceb3d48 seemed to endlessly drag her bd5e982f0a down.ff7f8a3f286f8753
Jeremyon, deeply focused on her ca09061353 story, kept his lips tightly e345430f1c shut as though something she ea7617599e said had struck a nerve. Lilliana noticed and smiled slightly.4786260456f58319
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“You don’t have to make that face. I’m still grateful to you.”44d452603bfab26f
“…But I tried to use you.”a5d37f9e16452e38
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“Haha, I didn’t see it that way. You’re surprisingly human, you know? But really, it’s true. Even though it was 8fcc20c89a a contractual marriage, you ed5a9a6b56 were the only one 1630a6672e who reached out to 42ebc97888 help me back then.”ec8953ee25b5d9a6
It wasn’t a lie. In that desperate 5b442cfce0 situation, Jeremyon’s offer a7bc85cff3 was the only ba521ecc03 helping hand extended e2135ce66b to her.de5fdaab9d8af76d
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But that realization only made ca8cf57290 her feel more wretched. She had understood that b89915af45 her only way out cadb622526 was to mortgage the 696a3a888f rest of her life.22f67c97a045137c
And then Vanessa Winder appeared.5f10b89fbf3f5ab2
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“Honestly, I had half given up—on the rest of my life. If I married you, 154ff250b8 I knew I could cbf4670a51 live comfortably, but I cc9913852d also knew I’d be 6fa0ec051d miserable. We didn’t love each other. So I had resigned myself beeb437196 to that fate… But that’s b55316ed79 when it happened. Your mother reached out 7cfeeedca0 to me.”6271f22b06e852a5
“……”451b621041d75ff9
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“She spoke as if full of malice on the surface, but I could tell. Lady Winder genuinely wanted to d5225928ec help me. And that… that was the b2f1a040c6 first time anyone had ever e5602a2eba done that for me.”13af3dd75406b427
Up until then, 895fa4412c Lilliana had believed 8b111a12c9 that everything in 4908076c6c the world was d9603cbff3 transactional, that there 7350b99844 was no such 9207b33d3b thing as a 60699ba448 selfless act of fe8b31c9e6 kindness. But Vanessa Winder was different.503241f28c12f4b8
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That’s why she 4c1428d524 had wanted to 2f7c707b10 stay close to 430a6160ec her. For the first time, 442eb92bce she had tasted something cc8655e2e0 sweet, and she wanted 836a843d1b to experience it for e3b3bddaa4 as long as she 1e0f1ef1fd could.627d6a18315150cd
“But… but…”9d4bad57bece2168
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“Lilliana.”32c71de9f8048ace
“I ruined everything.”0996b351440699e1
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As the harsh 8a16372b3a reality resurfaced, the c75d55f874 tears she had ae425b18a8 barely managed to bcaf234fd2 suppress threatened to 0fc8ab1e6a spill over once 37f0f707e4 again.c5b31275efb70ddd
Knowing that crying in front ccf19097d0 of Jeremyon would only be eb1799c0c6 a burden to him, Lilliana a3e61a6ddb tried her best to hold 837e7109ff it in. She clenched her 316b1a5e64 fists and fought 6a3cb7307c back the tears.eb2f2efee91c375f
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But the more she tried, 58de37bbfc the more Vanessa’s face filled fd759d1164 her mind.cd2ff6b9e205124a
“It’s all… hic… my fault. I know it’s my 8e324ff710 fault, so I shouldn’t 802003bcff expect anything more, but… d661a4d83f sniff… Mother… sob…”5426e4f475438631
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With her head d3d3bab505 hung low, Lilliana 97f93124c3 wept, her sobs c7e2b3372c choking out between e0057c48a6 gasps for air.e91b3ec6c91a6d13
“I hate this… I can’t live without her… hic… I don’t know what to do… sob…”f7677e420a27dda2
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Jeremyon silently watched ef614087b8 her as she 623e15dd8c cried, almost as 8b9456a7b3 if she might 8ce94dda18 stop breathing any cbeb61956c second. For a few moments, 2f0429c0ee his expression remained unreadable 36687fa8c3 as he stared at 7f9b32f23f her.83e05bc29270fae1
Then, impulsively, he 0a3f023896 stood up and 2ff7b65686 knelt on one 10b9179b57 knee before her.8ef1766c53482499
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Lilliana, who had b43a0489d5 been wiping her c46e39a513 tears with her 991ffa1de5 sleeve, finally noticed d08727c49a him.42e578aa36e48b79
“Hic… J-Jeremyon? What are you doing?”429f9cde172628a9
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“Use me.”8ca1e37c41b7d1ef
“What? What do you mean…?”aaedd0e0bd396511
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“Let’s start again—our contract relationship. That way, Mother won’t be 464961ef3d able to push you away ae56495496 anymore.”3b79b6fb41fa4760
Lilliana’s tears halted at 64b8b20578 his sudden proposal. It was certainly something she f2fa4308b3 couldn’t help but feel glad 48bbc374a9 about. With that, she’d 9bbc5142e3 have a legitimate eb6cff8d54 reason to stay bbf2036de8 close to Vanessa 0824c56fb9 again.0841ddf3f9e5e584
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But…9a09d2b4beef3e97
“What do you get out of this? Unless… you’re asking for something 986b59ecaa in return like last time?”e12afc33034c3de9
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Jeremyon paused for a 05c83ac394 moment, as if thinking, 7244b89ae8 then shook his head.e7baf4f98c704693
“No.”02de349649516aa4
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“Then why…?”f48e2469be92e28a
“I don’t need anything in return. Just use me. That way, your 30b762cc57 problem gets solved 0d4709657a too.”a002529e7ebd13c7
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With those words, 2e9a5de073 he gently wiped 1498ea1c18 away the teardrop 27507e2700 clinging to the 79efbaf341 corner of her 861c44e0d9 eye with his 41b2906126 thumb.4926ef06230aff1f
“So, stop crying now.”1ace3a7807b603d8
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His tone was 16083a06da gruff, far from 2599f05788 comforting, but somehow 3372de7433 it felt like c373863ecf solace.86938a6bc9bf78c6
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