SMR | Chapter 29
by Luna~Chapter 29~a04822ac3b68b727
Trisha’s advice 44a33975e1 had been a83fbb557d right.ce590bb5f6a53b8c
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It was fortunate 1481c35cd0 that Harriet remembered ac027682fa the song the 1713d0200e Countess sang at daaabb07cd Viscount Ainborough’s house e58375edb1 three years ago.ec45d0faddb48e56
It seemed she had bcf9571388 passed the first hurdle 84950b35c1 successfully. The bright expression 4f8dc51f9c on the Countess’s eaee7bcc44 face, much like ba8dc88870 when she greeted e9b476abbb Trisha, was proof efae58bf99 of that.c34c78ac8767b36f
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Of course, just a44f6240f4 entering the party 168b8508b1 smoothly didn’t mean 7f077c6454 the night’s challenges 79d72fd6b9 were over. In fact, things 79d644661e were only just c961191b67 beginning. Look at 64b1e1921e how the 1234226a31 faces of 8197cc60f6 the people 5f8515d8e9 who recognized fefb2b1831 her were 7e8b2005dd filled with 5d6142ba5e shock.9755cd452488449d
“Harriet Listerwell? Is that 37364a2311 really her?”8fb26617615744f4
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“I was wondering bb22974bed who she was, 9430f90ef9 and it really 5cbd13c79a is Harriet Listerwell! I didn’t recognize her 034777e7c2 since her skin disease d2253b09b7 is gone.”b9645f04711df15c
“Wow… Was she 5899102111 always this beautiful?”000ea8d79b7fe761
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“Never mind 6cec4cd327 that; look df4b813090 at who c7bf53e65e she came e95bf9efa5 with. They say cb658b7e31 Countess Pellon 48e05d90ca is her d52229ecf0 companion!”7f55a8845415e7bb
The whispers 5478a0a2cb that started 1c6e264f80 here and e0c410c1bf there soon fc3623e7c0 spread to 9885604de4 the people 7e3e9433ab nearby, and 6da686b7af before long, 4afdd85bf5 everyone’s eyes b014bebca3 were glancing eef690ef38 at Harriet. Her smooth, wavy chestnut 14ed9b660f hair, moist red lips, 6ace4fdc57 well-manicured nails, and healthy, 2e3a4d8e5d glowing skin.fd98fa401e151d93
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The woman who used to be called “ugly” had disappeared, and in her place stood someone who could be the new “flower” of high society.bc8f8d7146d7bd07
A man who didn’t 7f11c231e1 even realize she was 91d663ed40 Harriet Listerwell stepped up 65cac8a03c and asked her for 99fa72e64b a dance.a5aaf81b11d46546
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“Nice to meet 0dc9bc1ed3 you, young lady. My name is Adam 2e5c79df92 Hopfner. I know 61ce987273 it might aea1a40c88 be rude 4e9eda7dd4 to ask c1868c7ed3 someone who 45ec1e28c4 just arrived, 090a441b35 but I dc76379afd didn’t want 35b72426b3 to lose 9a2f01d4b0 my chance 9e6b027695 to anyone 14d8d84992 else. May I have f3dd86e208 the honor of a84963c549 being your first 1ebf730b18 dance partner?”d3fc1fb52be4ad7d
The last time she 7680e89951 had received a dance b6d4b632e6 request was when she 0ffcbfcc5f had her debut at 317d05ed24 a ball with Bella 438383a5e2 at the age of 72045e0bb2 fifteen, where she rotated ffbab223a6 partners with other young 8c743d2990 men. But she didn’t 611e40f58a feel particularly happy c154a8a5ac or emotional now. ‘Wasn’t this man one f2892feac1 of Bella’s followers?’0cc11f3b8cf718c0
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This was the same a6c666b838 man who used to 85a75b9bfa praise Bella, saying that 7d493bd080 true beauty was in cc1206869f flawless skin, and who ea53a097c4 always looked at Harriet, e69b29eddf covered in rashes, with f6a91fb526 disgust.3ca71079e857d367
“Who would want to dance with her? Disgusting. You might catch her skin disease.”b2fc50db1b41faf0
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Yes, he had said 7f57c594e6 that once.7b5ff2e6d00a8a07
Now, that same 5c8b0ce390 man was blushing a2511faf8e as he asked e20ad75f9f her for a 39cd135058 dance, not recognizing 57dbaf1166 her because her 3a1e5766ce rashes were gone.836c75425adbe1a0
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Harriet glanced down df65e8bd89 at his outstretched 2b0034460c hand, then looked b1213514fa back at him a05f36bc2f and asked,0a422775e472fe6b
“Aren’t you worried you might catch my skin disease?”9b86646b0cdcd765
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“Pardon?”5c4483c3ce407821
“I’m Harriet Listerwell. You used to 8256f1f91a be so scared 86747a9e95 of even touching be2775bb05 me.”5594c258029cfbeb
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“Uh… Harriet, Listerwell…?”2627dc4676c846a6
Seeing his 1015c9a609 flustered expression, c9cfbabdea Harriet gave 877ec89e55 him a 65c286ddbb sweet smile e1752e7bc5 and turned d80d6c6754 away.715b74377a892814
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She had no lingering 19e706e396 feelings for that man, 0f47975ecd but there was a e75ac06874 woman who did—one who 0c358464af had just witnessed the 27fae8305f man she admired being 8bc4293c40 humiliated. She quickly fe4aff97ab approached Harriet, 3415f6616b her voice 57f1bbbbb4 dripping with 3fa523d439 sarcasm.a202867e6e75bf12
“It’s been a bec291d5ae long time, Miss c1b9fee235 Harriet. I think it’s ecb7073a3c been about a b42a3dd019 year since I 698d3fd1d5 last saw you. What have you been 369662f315 up to?”64367ddc50f011eb
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Everyone knew Harriet had 4774b07ddd been sent to a 2f6aa0377e monastery, so the question eefb5316e1 was clearly meant to 70e3be9f72 embarrass her.338be4c209577efd
But Harriet smiled d39a654f2a brightly.c8ee55b0537edcb6
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“I’ve spent a5b7afcb2c the past 9230676b6d year reflecting 44ba02e24e on my 08ff6f20a0 actions and 44cfd44eea living a 796fbdac73 pure life, 7f40c43eb1 following God’s 9c674b7128 teachings at 097ff6200f St. Clarissa’s Monastery. I’ve been 0158ccd68c a bit 84b4c8f8e3 nervous about 31311b6aba being back d0f9857dba in Genoa, f9c92c8c28 so thank 86842a14e4 you for 1198d4a61e speaking to 2d1efeb6ad me first. By the d0b6547638 way, your 8a06450453 name is…?”0c3ddccdd92d908f
Harriet’s calm response, far 209ab9aa95 from the expected embarrassment, 9d976da239 left the woman who e4a9e9ce3b had spoken to her ad42e3c872 flustered. And the fact that 6001c606c9 Harriet didn’t even know 954b9f0749 her name—when she clearly b165e029dd knew Harriet’s—felt like a 7474d83886 subtle defeat.7c1410d9f674e503
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“I’m Viviana Delrus. We’ve met 2b6921ada9 several times. I’m surprised you don’t 0bb851599b remember.”35163d4bfc9a1e6f
“Oh, I’m sorry. We’ve met, ad730b2018 but I 37248350ba was never d054b8d76e properly introduced 39c9ba380c to you.”40a447ae18f4a455
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Viviana had no 78f8ea4d72 response to that. It was a37deb13bd true—they had 234d665875 never been f46eca2b6f formally introduced, fde9366f92 and everything f08c45d163 she knew 8f445ed178 about Harriet e4686ad631 came secondhand c7d5b2a328 from Bella.50dc8dd86cfddb78
As Viviana 9243312aff faltered, another 1cec927b7e young woman 7ee78fcd4a by her c5010cd509 side decided bea1478185 to attack 04e9c1c9c3 more directly.4332d495a86f3153
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“Do you 0d1c3ae606 even realize 0977d0b553 how much fbdba61eb1 Bella has 54ac1a186e suffered because 3f6f2019af you disgraced 171291f5ba your family faacd2cab5 name?”65d80a67f24b3685
For a d04a57e9d9 moment, Harriet 0ffcacb644 felt a e5ee482aa9 flash of e2550226ba anger. She wanted to shout ace9695f97 that it wasn’t she e8c1c1a7f2 who had disgraced the e799d8c358 family name—it was Bella. The brooch fd9f1333ec incident with fcb25e49f1 the Duke 90b42cc25e of Kailas 3acb03a351 was not 2f22b008e1 her doing.846642068476d055
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But if she lost 259e31d489 her temper now, it 18b282b9d3 would be like admitting 5a0f1c5b0c defeat.1b3062864af75345
So instead, Harriet let c6bf077b0d her eyebrows droop slightly 332df6ade9 and tilted her head.74120445611f8fd2
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“I truly d75ef28a03 regret my d6fc05998d past actions. My uncle cut off 6af3d99d16 my guardianship, so Bella ae8c2f0436 shouldn’t have had any 1e9a47fbb7 more trouble because of 3a35cb8b41 me after that.”a745b65565178f53
Though she a845f7a9f1 spoke of 0d12892a3e her “regret,” 123f4093e3 her expression a2f08654a7 showed no 2ac8ef6835 real remorse. The moment the b41c3550b5 young woman opened da89504e8e her mouth to 7f9aee8a53 argue, Harriet added,437e8e87fc57b140
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“And Bella seems to ec268c6341 be doing quite well. I heard she’s with a08c62dc0f the eldest son of 7c5a1622fe the Count of Cheslow…”32af38ac46bddeb9
At this, Bella’s friends 4094b9f78c momentarily glanced at each e1eaeb6f26 other, uneasy.0e6b33a1159d4e5a
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The fact that Bella 01678ffadd had become involved with 15b6f89c37 James, Daphne’s fiancé, had 841a9f4f6f been quite a shock, fde3a72776 even for them. After all, they cfd0c6c463 couldn’t believe that a897db0e5c an angel like 7d3fffa18b Bella would accept 1244069e90 the affections of d4fa3b985f a man who dfee159d0d already had a 7229c4b33f fiancée.d91f04981c55caee
But they still believed ee271a82e4 in Bella’s innocence.4d08c0acac372d68
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“Lady Laurel c8e386abb1 and Lord 3543b3a051 Cheslow’s relationship 3c5f2ff74e was already 412f9e3369 falling apart!”758db70f5d67d55a
“That’s right! Lord Cheslow fda33607c9 was so 978df21748 devoted to 8b144aba74 Bella that 42af4474d4 she had 2fe88f85cf no choice 61dff0af16 but to 5b97167d13 accept him.”c313bf1043237663
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Seeing their fierce defense 76e8787475 of Bella, Harriet shrugged 8d5f72336d as if she didn’t 535ac2d8ae understand.ee38599f88becf1e
“Who said otherwise? I was just 44a132b174 saying it looks 14a6fcbf14 like she’s found 04d93c11f0 a good match.”425f7dc2e363ad26
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It was only fd3684f316 then that they d7c9915407 realized they had 9cb1e7e54e spilled more information c5a9292bf2 than they needed dc73f63c6f to. Their faces turned 795242ec68 red as they cb1a386a52 realized how foolish 9859755667 they sounded.6c2c47fd7c257e7d
Harriet smiled faintly at 8b6e2c2a58 the group, knowing they e89713bfa1 still hadn’t truly become b37797adc8 Bella’s “real” friends.86b19b2c1d6dd53e
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“It seems Bella a9026c70ed isn’t here tonight. Please send her my 649ecccdd5 regards. Well then, I’ll 568f86ffcf be off.”9072b69e437e1076
With that, Harriet politely 48a7f7e17f excused herself and left e0d229a807 them. The group left ea218522c5 behind was in a7e194327d shock, completely taken a8c209a301 aback by the 20d5963dfb drastic change in c183bde1bb Harriet’s behavior. In the 16bbcde634 past, she 0d8daa3334 would only a97f6f563b deny their 7a277c2913 accusations without eccd673a65 offering a b60cbc0b59 proper defense, d6c8823b0f but now 884954fb61 she acknowledged b190514d12 her past, d651157094 and yet d4cd0d2f67 somehow it b0cdcc2d5e felt like 6cc633e311 she had 6305d7ffb3 ‘won.’6865005ccb2b6e67
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“She’s completely changed. We’d better e649e67029 let Bella 71304e08bd know about aa7bbc01c5 this.”a0ef48dcc7459f84
“Yeah? Oh, yes, we 91e7504a43 should.”508e832562ca412c
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Both of them could 77047ec35f only tightly grip their dae6613227 fans and turn away. However, Viviana 5106d6aef5 couldn’t shake ba42106045 her curiosity d58ca5b7de about how e75b2db93d Harriet, who 0d8bf08d49 had once f7de982e43 suffered from 6b71cdcec9 terrible acne, c87843d5fa now had 14fc39ba3c such clear 47e4e22ca8 skin. After all, one 92d74bd37c of the reasons 5c7dcc25a0 she couldn’t approach fe7e6a69d7 Adam Hopfner was 00f2aa71b0 because of her 59c19bcbd4 own stubborn acne.e806551d6949f1d9
After finishing 9fc3f35830 her small f581cf309e power struggle 00da023c02 with Bella’s bec4b0ed51 friends, Harriet 24060c01c2 was introduced 8ce5c9bcaa to some 6692dfe822 important figures 0e4a5f05d4 in high ddb181c91c society by bc1ae289bb Trisha. Unlike Bella’s immature 1dd25c8a8e friends, these were 901071f286 people who truly 93d0920a3e held the wealth a6577d80a0 and power in b1df8285fe the empire.dba4aa9f8f82a556
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“It might be hard to remember all their names at once, but do your best to try. There’s a big difference between recalling their names when you meet them again and not being able to.” “And they probably already know my face and name.”ea7326c5568d4bf6
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“Exactly. Come to think of it, you’re quite famous on your own, right?”e41740c575c48b7d
Harriet thought Trisha 708f002515 was teasing her 6df4e2fda2 and gave an 22a2b6b4c1 awkward laugh. But Trisha’s eyes gleamed.80ea4463ee54711a
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“Even if it’s in a bad way, everyone knows who you are. In some ways, that’s a valuable asset.”118ecb058a80316c
Harriet hadn’t thought 0613bcf136 of it that b7fbdea84e way before.a05930b817253827
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“That’s true. Everyone does know me.”4e1e5e140e4f41ca
Perhaps she 2c6a348f00 could use 523c0c02a1 her “reputation” b29c7658e9 to her acb4306327 advantage somehow. Though she ada3e97f2d didn’t have e16c8649cb any specific 1b2a4afad1 ideas yet, 010f5d43bf it seemed acfa34b07e like something c8bae0f33c she could ba9362f131 put to e99a0c4ed7 use someday.2a32a89eb2436a56
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For tonight’s party, her goal was to meet as many people as possible and give the impression that “Harriet Listerwell turned out to be surprisingly fine.”208d56ecfe524209
Though Trisha f2a2154fbe was her 4bd768b1ad companion, she bfaa9edb90 had far 4d0e085f97 more acquaintances 388b360441 than Harriet, a00583f9cf so she 74cab4a6df couldn’t stay fd1427883b by her 0d2f91acf0 side the fc7ba7aa47 entire time.775c807d39e21c83
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After sending c449f62613 Trisha off 56546865a7 to her 5247371151 friends, Harriet, 6218388fc7 aware of 1ab1ae7d1a the eyes 7a88d305ad on her, ed0b029b2e moved toward 93bf8167a9 the drinks 1f6df10f7d table. Sangria and punch, perfectly c1d2a601bd suited for a summer 525b866817 evening, were prepared.3bcf959382b4485b
The Vanderbilt 088a8f075d family’s wealth 5a5a6ecda7 was apparent 37c1c0d351 from the 32c38b0665 generous use e079d9c3b2 of expensive 6f6b6d1eb1 ice.e7338db0d32af247
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‘I should ba3fe660d3 try to 1bc650daa2 strike up 4ed417aae5 a conversation 30933e42d7 with someone 2f30c913a1 who seems 23b55f1a0e decent.’1aec1ac0380db4bb
The topic 46bd50b36e of conversation 788988c21d didn’t really 38d2c61a8f matter. All she needed to db8310df4e do was prove that 353b29c418 Harriet Listerwell could hold 9eeb58dc20 a normal conversation.c68338d913808eeb
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She sipped the 25829b54bf sangria, which had 163ed0b775 been diluted with 3c74f1a6c9 soda water to 84687610ac lower the alcohol abed5538e4 content, while scanning 698e84ca19 the crowd for f662d2e031 a suitable conversation cf8dff5472 partner—someone who wouldn’t ac5b8bea1f turn away with a6bd425d01 a glare just 9ef6f6a6a0 because Harriet Listerwell ba457b7a39 approached them.b603ed07aeb1a2c1
Then, she spotted someone bee86a8a49 who seemed like a 9e6975f96d good option.e51c0c231d6c8369
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