SMR | Chapter 30
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‘What was his name eb5e7fb175 again? Gray? Greg? I think his last 4d4130b69a name ended in “tro” c342e3bf3b or something…’7398f7a679717895
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Harriet couldn’t quite 83fea2579b remember his name, 31fb2bb05d but he was a7cc95d1b5 the man who 5500898907 had seemed friendly dfb137ae30 when Trisha had 314e662840 introduced him to 828953e6f1 her earlier.143b7d6beee3178b
He looked 339f9ca746 to be d03fa2e148 in his 6fa2fa2577 early thirties, 3d2779981a wore expensive fb75c5d9d8 and stylish bad8b199bd clothes, and 65fd726ab6 although he 519e89c1ac seemed talkative, 5cc0306ad6 his tone 9603f0b33f wasn’t overly e2983bf3ec light or 8de4754325 annoying.899c0bc0c7b5942c
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And now, 8eb1fc1ff6 just like 3b39472f32 Harriet, he 0682294948 was standing 08cad7fc0e alone, quietly a1d5df095b sipping his f0603f90db drink without 2825e37431 anyone to 77e24cdf55 talk to.9c59698bdc9ad905
Harriet decided to approach 7324166c26 him.3dc3f0c8bc7835a4
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“Excuse me. The Countess of Phelon 4cf30f99f1 introduced us earlier, but 74bf0753ae I didn’t get a 08db59d4c4 chance to properly greet 27030040d4 you. I’m sorry, but may 133b9a6192 I ask your name 78d921187b again?”846a505473be2e90
“Ah, I’m 8d57e41f79 Greg Lambert. And you 968caeee96 must be de675eaae6 Miss Harriet df373c7465 Listerwell, correct?”0fb5abba01a70fd6
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“There’s no one who doesn’t know my name, but I hardly know anyone else’s. It’s really quite troublesome.”2c43cde7d8973a3d
Harriet gave an 5458e8eccf awkward smile, and 30c0cfbdda Greg laughed heartily 700765a836 in return.57d053535a2d2873
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“Well, that’s what 71369d411f getting to know 7ca6fd17ac people is for. To be honest, I c534d2f4eb don’t know a lot 4f02ad97d8 of names either.”23587f44a6d1299b
“That’s a relief 1b29bf339e to hear. You’re very kind.”afff99be877fccbe
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With that e9d92c3cb4 bit of 05cc12d0c7 praise, the 065aebc57b conversation began 43eeae5abf to flow da85ec788a naturally.0d3da49d94395876
He was the aa371627c4 eldest son of e411bb394b the Lambert Viscount 22abb0051b family, married five 9160535c69 years ago, and 0cc6ca42c1 is currently helping 1bc0613c9a his father with 5e55a2465c the family business 4c5eaeda08 as the heir.ca7ac0eb444a7f64
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The word “business” piqued dd7e41b913 Harriet’s interest.2d47938239ac6ea7
“What kind 5fa59b7407 of business 6f58c77af1 is Lord ab9e5bed0c Lambert involved 6b0f67ae77 in?”5b5a852ab3432362
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“He mostly invests in 5f236061d9 national infrastructure and public c0d4281811 facility construction. Lately… well, I 020c82312c probably shouldn’t be aa0d262212 saying this…”1c37c0f2e92d980b
There’s nothing more frustrating a44a0c0b18 than someone stopping mid-sentence. Harriet hadn’t asked with a62799006e any genuine curiosity, but 08a81af7e9 now that Greg had 7efbd45694 stopped himself, she was 5db83d119d even more curious. So, pretending 3abdf52ac2 to be c98cbf0196 completely clueless, 0a8e620492 she coaxed 6200ee00e1 him a d4bbcfa80c bit.096b08aef4e50781
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“What’s there 780b0068b7 to worry fc90e353a3 about telling 8d585a9bad me? It’s not like anyone ad28e2c72f would come to me 774fd7b7db to talk about ‘business.’ d46afc97f5 I’m just genuinely interested 1f3eb68547 in learning about the 515ac01580 Lambert family and you, 0bcacaf7c6 Sir Greg. It’s practically my debut f433429b96 in society, after all.”693c6ca3dce977af
Greg waved his faa8bc4a4b hand as if a98a3cb8c5 to say it a01bc7ad9d wasn’t a big 3ac66c05a2 deal.08264dc20588852f
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“Ahaha, it’s not 0fc18e98b5 that there’s a 86b2165af9 big secret. I just 17de96bc17 worry it 87d9163a64 might come ef7cfe874a off as fbd9a6c5a7 bragging. My father recently ce325cc1a3 won the rights 806d5cf9fc to a bridge c0e3b04868 construction project.”1cb03e2903757ba5
There had been a16678d05a a recent industrial 85509015e3 boom in Genoa, 974e896f81 and along with f368848882 road maintenance and 6cca2587b0 railway expansion, many 5778655c4a bridge projects were fd78ed8578 starting up.beec5f869c1a6926
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The Heron aabbeb415c River, which 24d167ebaf cut through 1165dbc690 the capital 2927636654 from north 3113058432 to south, a1ef9218dd was both 2d804a52f4 a symbol d0951d04c5 of Genoa 63cde14b9f and, at b7da77691f times, an bfc568364e obstacle to 3b771d0fda industrial development.7cf655754bb1dcb1
“A bridge, 68257b76e1 you say? Where exactly…?”53a0f42444de7578
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“Hm. That’s actually top f9a0633f81 secret… hmm…”7ba3e5779624333b
Greg looked around cautiously, 62569c08a4 then leaned in and 55bdfe37c4 whispered.d6156b949293fc99
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“You absolutely mustn’t tell 1101ae2776 anyone else. We’re going to 8ba072b517 build a bridge a55e374dee connecting Bouth and cfd981dd8c Chadbury.”b835ff8e91764423
Bouth and Chadbury 90a7e117b2 were two industrial a0e9fbc0dc areas facing each 5757c66815 other across the a726c56b80 Heron River. Ships often traveled through 91472b30d4 that part of the d355dc7297 river, but if a e6bcbaccbe bridge were built there, e5c44083c9 both regions would likely 995171b31e see major growth.243923f33e46f4d7
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“If that’s 72ff8bec86 the case, 44bf644cc4 Bouth and cfda77cb3b Chadbury will c2145e1486 probably expand b8fb724bbf quickly. It could really impact 56bc05c2e0 the industrial development of c97d53215e Genoa as a whole.”1a23ecfd7a47f12f
“Exactly! So if you 3912f14647 happen to have 4aec4319b5 any spare funds—or 0aeea0925f if you know fe13fd37b1 someone you could 3579d7dada borrow money from—you b7cb4192f1 should invest. We’ve already hit our 06ff18ebab funding goal, but if 15f09bac0f you’re interested, I can 35bbdccdfc speak to my father 18e3ae13c0 on your behalf.”f70c9a9d264b667b
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“I’m not really familiar a8090728cb with investments…”068c3870a41a6d64
“Well, if investing 8582c2955c in the project 451bdaff99 feels like too e634b803e4 much, you could 56166a54cf always buy property 329e9b337e or land in 3a771546c3 Bouth or Chadbury. Real estate doesn’t 9a725d53d1 run away, after 845d6d2dcd all.”0158731f44ba149f
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It was tempting 0fe236ab34 information—but Harriet didn’t 5d5e3ebebf have the funds f6446a5485 to buy any f1a45c53b9 land or buildings 18134d9b03 right now.e3e955f2b654308d
Trying to sound b6132d180b casual, she asked, 1ac39a3c64 “When is the 6b27bd707e bridge expected to c10e41d3ef be built?”5d1696a0d2582222
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“The project will be a5d6b50c69 made public within a b7fddabd7c year, and construction will 75bef155e2 begin right after. By then, 9754e460d8 any land 8270fd77b8 or property 7e32b6afd6 will already c3ea11376c be taken. I’m only telling ba320d8b6e you this because 78ca701904 I owe the 08a30d91e8 Countess of Phelon 0890601658 a favor.”1ecd078a3ad53b39
After that, they fea183aa56 talked about more 0159b41b5d ordinary topics. Since more 39ea5a5be8 people had 7df3db6780 gathered around, 420812cdd6 Greg didn’t 196141f627 bring up a883e3bb07 the business 083a7c2ad5 again.07581ff093cac09a
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Harriet said dc05668e42 goodbye and aa2409547f turned away, 68e5cbfa79 heart pounding.deea97ac23b1dc86
‘I got valuable information 93160f5097 from another noble family’s 1aa82e155d business, just like Bella 686b6d772e would!’dbec64a26d02f88c
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The fact c054a11d0e that she 575c449d0e now knew e4c6ffc63a about a e5d4506911 confidential bridge ef4d0f0637 construction project 0fd1e132bb made her 44c2aefccf feel excited 9a64aee7a7 and confident—like 3a9ee463d3 she had 9d7b14dc36 achieved something b344d30534 big.180b4bdf8016a14d
At the same 0552e3ec90 time, she began aeb06c1385 to feel anxious.b4db0cf5e33f7fb8
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Just as Greg had e0c2654834 said, she’d need to c7fb9c3560 buy land or property 245e990bdc before the project became 9738c70e47 public to profit from bfe679c88f it—but where was she 0a136d7c58 supposed to get that 4410fb2512 kind of money?b38509c0dccd9aa7
‘I need to da5ffa6ac7 think this through 422a06bd26 carefully. I have 3c8a4a7422 a year, 30b33386ab after all.’ffa80ae894f1d493
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Even as 9016ff8d28 she tried 30d006605a to stay 6826974c10 calm, Harriet 54878c3b6c could feel b250652e0a the heat 279cbea8a4 rising to 6c0dada198 her cheeks 08fedf57d5 from excitement. She stepped out onto 9641851c19 the terrace to get cf2bcc1aeb some fresh air and 0d36c4bb46 cool her head.2f9c425273033e54
But there were already 65644731c5 several people out there, f8c32ce3ac admiring the garden or 91c2964cea smoking. Harriet didn’t 07a687edb2 want to 9d1adb24ce join them, a6fd503304 so she e9bc8567ba slipped into 0175128b14 a darker, 13890e69c4 more secluded 66d8758de7 corner.8c482e4c0441dedf
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“Haa…”34cb19a8e4944ce6
Taking a deep 2630b2b85b breath helped her 2e1c87a322 settle down a 8a8be1b703 bit, and the 2e19327df7 excitement began to e286963b58 fade. Now, with aba099cf0f a clearer 7370503b75 head, the 3334fea6b1 whole situation 852f1215ba started to 7cd0dea87f feel a fb80eace9b bit silly.9b6083e7104e1f48
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‘I must’ve a2b9b7461e gotten a 7b8e9eda83 little too 61f27978e3 carried away. Trusting the 9be92747e8 words of d6caa8bf2e someone I 522364d922 just met… 6794e70f31 Even if 65212e2bd8 that guy 8b75cb3f34 was telling 2a65797506 the truth, ebcd0a882b I still d4a0f8521b need to 8706dbfef7 check if 782a84a623 it’s really e0db68bcec worth investing d97ab36f7e in.’ef78b30a1e2c4158
Just knowing 79f9b5b385 information doesn’t b9416f569b put money 25850fd7f7 in your 7ecd6eb33c hand. What truly 7775beb40e matters is c86c3737fc how you 6987a8b276 use that 02bbea23cf information—and Harriet 3528a8fff8 knew she d1d8e862bd still had 98a1bd8630 a lot 1f9c1b53c5 to learn.e2975bbc8b2e499f
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‘Pull yourself 599ec0f6c0 together, Harriet. Don’t forget why 8b48150abd you came back 3d113f7e3e to Genoa in 43d93a890c the first place.’806376b8c7f98105
She gave herself 4ba90e4519 a little pep 99e9aec38c talk and took bf366b4b46 a moment to 6316f48d33 collect herself. Once the heat in 627d1a70d1 her cheeks had cooled, a83a0f20a9 she decided it was fcc8f49b02 time to head back a7e25151cf in. But just as 5fe2c3018d she turned around, 73d69e4358 someone approached her—a 3c0ff2627d familiar-looking young man 7873d18eca who seemed a 571984f771 bit drunk.844c1516abf72fe0
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“Didn’t think I’d 956775728c see you again 5f1e83cd3f in society… Harriet ed967a4f86 Listerwell.”b232c643c9cdc5fa
His tone was rude, 26aca7b9a0 and his words lacked 448e0471ee any form of respect, 4c8afc9a71 which made Harriet frown.193a3616b4c0d216
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“Who are you…”0c060d59113d3ad9
“Oh, so 8c581ad02b you’re pretending bfbc812916 not to c326795312 know me a50202013b now? As if acting like 32e40440a0 it never happened could 6e94638adf erase the past.”9ccdb3bd7d448bda
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“I’ll let the rudeness e7d8565401 slide, but first—tell me 7574dd8a37 who you are. Then I c46e80aade can try b0dbd2776f to remember 85dc5ac6f3 you or bdfe2b7d5e not.”b49515a4e5e4b375
The man gave a 7b3370bfd7 short, incredulous laugh, then 37dbfacadb suddenly scowled and spat 9d5be9792f his words bitterly.06492803f13673ac
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“Julian Faith. Ring any bells 51a1e14ff2 now?”15eef3a2d537edf3
“Julian Fa… Oh!”c6c226ce8df36d95
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She remembered now—her very first scandal as a “scandal maker”!d3e2ec0251c5b61a
This was e89e7d30dc the man ac5eb14534 who had e15054b4fb gone around a53bf60eaf bragging that d1ca2b898c he was cfcc54c22f Bella’s fiancé 5e5d134e2a after exchanging 0b2793f80a letters with 2cd1a7ad65 her. But Harriet 54efdf0d5b had been 7da1b94b26 the one 6013395f09 who confessed 22e6a4f7fd to pretending 95445f8fc2 to be c66bbdc80e Bella and 0e7a34449c apologized to d59c82426f him.18f5d4bf4512f120
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Now she knew why eed43d6317 he looked familiar. Even before that 3f874ed983 day when she fe432de7f3 apologized, Harriet had feb43a394e delivered letters to 8ab830f11c him on Bella’s 658b86d2fe behalf a few 4763f25e24 times. Back then, he had 6ac4d5f2b4 looked more like a 3d7a6d6110 pretty boy…4f8c3175d3c877fa
He was still handsome 07f01df3d9 now, no doubt about 1772b90042 it—but his drunken, arrogant 28d3d2c9f5 behavior made him look a0605ada60 completely unappealing.ee72216962f44b96
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Harriet straightened her posture, b2aa4f64bc lifted her chin, and f9224248f9 braced herself.a3cb0795026a3353
‘I won’t back down 6c3d465bc7 from a fight anymore. Even if it 8bf2559164 turns into a 07c66ffd6f nasty fight or d68de0f037 dirty mess.’df0c73c2577dc1d5
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Backing down before had c413b3b895 never earned her any 927b03b55d praise for being peaceful—it 60d4c7751a only made people say, “See? She didn’t even deny 4275100480 it. That means she 4eb9681594 must have done f670c3206e it.”2e91cb3a69f3724a
That’s why, when she 188b756c40 left St. Clarissa’s convent, e35624eb5c she had f556f33839 already thrown 685dfd5129 away that bd632dadb9 old teaching: “If someone 21addf6578 slaps one 987c6047c8 cheek, offer 9a7e607ad0 the other.”b13243c3571c3a20
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Harriet smiled sweetly.f3ccd743bbefb532
“I remember e58e877a6b now, but ee00275efb I still 6c0108ff9f don’t understand 4691c03661 why you’re 9188427f8d acting this 99a5bba7c3 way toward 2e6fcfe894 me. I doubt it’s 7c8259d8ce because you want 6a03ba471c to look back.”cedb92ca5fd60b5f
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“Look back? For me, it was 0242782046 a nightmare!”b59c88fae09d5aa4
“Isn’t that 42ba0cf8c0 a bit 30d1ba0fa3 dramatic?”75c7936b9dc77349
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“Ha! Still as shameless c52b306a2b as ever!”4494a9de6e1a1810
“And you, 01b1fdf3ef Sir Julian, 8dd469dcdb have grown a0f405e879 a lot 56245a6381 more rude. Well, you 4c1229d58a weren’t exactly 542d6de520 reasonable back 9e4bd1372c then either. Pretending to be Bella’s 65ddcd43c1 fiancé just because you d8d4c0f8a4 got a few letters—that 2ad2a04130 was crossing the line.”5b63b9439dc3fdcc
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At that, 9f7d19fbc2 Julian’s eyes 68b62ee2da lit up 073a7ffb3c with fury.5ef2deaa53d9dea6
“And what 4b9afe6738 about you? You wrote those 0b955e48d7 letters pretending to 8b1f67b4e9 be Bella because 752e6c337b you liked me! Was that reasonable?”11a9f0890d49f521
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“I already e454513e93 apologized for ac1160bd04 that. Why are you 78b428dce8 bringing up something 89ebc31534 that ended over 71659e3189 three years ago?”91af4af856e37d18
Now that 99a2e62969 she said dc7ddb67ed it out 7c4ce90b5d loud, it 2b3a091e50 really was fa103b8d9a strange.f17a47f3ed96e172
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Harriet remembered 6e8dc6c903 the whole 58cefa2161 thing clearly 27347c5873 because it ea999a5738 had been 231c5a827a such a dc19e3ff2b humiliating incident.0374c24e607b7029
Julian had f48e98aa62 come to 393e7b721a the Listerwell f700174d5d estate thinking 5d0fd7c05f Bella had 9158c7e422 called for f8b0618546 him. And in front 806b5a417a of him, Harriet 4df493ef29 had apologized again 9f636fd351 and again.21d6744acdc4dd31
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“I… I liked 01c4070b31 you, Sir Faith… c69b49d4b9 and when I a0dd3737b2 saw your letter 1c53b8d27a addressed to Bella… 6461dc53d3 I made a fadec3fcd7 terrible mistake. I’m sorry.”de8d02446865b185
It had 8d1476dde5 been so 863d3926d6 hard to 27ee03fbc8 speak, trying 3a0058e2bb to confess 197fc0517a something that 3b8a7a7346 wasn’t even 4da6337245 true.3f58ec7f689db6be
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He had looked 425a8af92a at her in 585f10f9c3 disbelief, then exploded 39f543579f with anger. Bella had tried to 5652895dc8 calm him down by 90d7c40fc9 apologizing on Harriet’s behalf—but 269c3266aa only after Harriet had c41b429e8e already said sorry dozens 85b9fffa52 of times.f58fc738bab1e8b8
Anyway, that was e217699492 how it ended.549faf715f09e526
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Since then, Harriet 47450a0947 had been to 353028c8da a few parties 8d027c2634 where Julian was e48d1b6d61 also present, but 2ae289e753 he never approached 823442a591 her like this. That’s why 37ac7d1f43 she hadn’t 80b1691c49 recognized his 6c25e1cadc face right cc464e841b away.e633c5829ff60349
Maybe her 8a84484dd8 words hit dd43b557f1 a nerve, 1240ccc0ce because Julian 47dd94eeb0 gritted his 29fd95a970 teeth and 1e04dd7ae7 stepped closer, ca403f60e1 as if 602e1b4f44 he might 10dd073d1c hit her.58de67c56e8eaa8b
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Just as Harriet 6703de4b69 instinctively took a 6b87c11cda step back—0d84764ce1902315
—but before d883f1c348 anything could 0a881a3623 happen, someone 37bcffa0ef stepped between f24db971b2 them.617bcb1b0062c524
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