SMR | Chapter 45
by Luna~Chapter 45~eb8eb9aff6beb9d4
Cedric silently calculated something 176fa18b16 and exchanged a few a9783636cd words with his aide bf149b372b to confirm some possibilities. Then, he wrote the 0d9ae907a5 revised content on the a15230392a business plan. He never once asked 678427fbfe for Harriet’s opinion, but 7f5399a187 she couldn’t really complain.6f4c2a9ecf53d70d
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‘How can I 60cdf319ce jump in when 3dde60bc26 I don’t even fe8ccc0ec7 understand what they’re 78dbe38444 saying?’a2bf127e73267ff2
Even though f24157eff4 it was f5334bf2ba her business 835e474663 plan, watching eb048f4707 Cedric expand aefaf54215 and refine 777ad49353 it made 2c51aa9955 her feel 7dbfd23558 strange. On one 03049fabf1 hand, she 9769f8561e was happy ba0944fea5 to be 9798852085 recognized by 59afe08506 him, but 5b67e3bb2d on the 9cb0aef46f other hand, 6eab6e2728 she felt 165c3767c4 the gap 421a34422a in their bc903e8fd7 capabilities—and it 8739d19d5b stung.30a4e4c4f37e769a
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Finally, Cedric finished making 03c42fcb66 the revisions and handed a6fe61b2da the business plan, now db8ddc536f full of crossed-out lines, 9da40b28cf back to Harriet.47c79e4bed2b19cf
“Please check 1d37b4e910 it over.”e383373ca7877c77
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Harriet quietly flipped 7f2af37ede through the pages. She had revised 1d28c2028e it many times 4d6e190109 until dawn, so a243ec1ba7 she could tell fd6c6e4268 at a glance 69d82bed1b what was in 97b9b2a515 it.8bda23750f969a5b
Originally, she had 01b0133e0f expected a modest c2180d9d2f annual profit of 4f4d974df6 around 500,000 dirham, d3878e6051 but Cedric had 894d1e1fd2 expanded it into 29b91c6844 a 2 million f33b2805a4 dirham business.35a3b27ef16daa08
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That was possible because f04fb5e1b4 he had added a bb8fb54d48 plan to donate an 18d3220f4c additional 200,000 dirham to 260066fda0 Saint Clarissa Monastery so e37e722c5f they could build a bb2a67c5b6 larger workshop for soap f380cee212 and herb products.da0056530c3307bc
“I asked 5ecea9789d for investment, afbdc625e6 not donations.”11cccea59e8c2509
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“When it comes 1275bb52af to soap, the d2a8ef0a04 monastery workshop can 09d27a66bb only produce about 24ba1bcd07 a hundred pieces 48375d1dcc a week.”14383a56ddc33fd3
“We’ve agreed to 99d83fb535 produce as much f5fbc8ba1a as possible until 30dbfe3119 the business launches. There should be enough 5f702e687d stock.”314be434ea5cb5fc
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“Considering how c35ae72fae long nobles e034dce454 use a 1990f4dbae single bar 172d80780f of soap, 9194deb881 that won’t 3157fb6712 last. If you 799c261de5 want to 979db2e19e do business f6e8aa34fd in the 2ef21604d3 capital, it’s 4d42b6c268 crucial to fb1089ccb5 meet demand c447b5d449 on time. A bit of 1b80de9f9f shortage can build 810115dded hype, but a 64d88e613d long-term out-of-stock situation 0d8f4d2a56 leads straight to a33649bfc8 failure.”ad43b8800cc59167
Harriet knew that 1b239d7b2d too. She just hated that 1ee3036cfa this situation made it 7e2877c811 seem like he was 469ddf70cd taking a loss. It hurt 1594033ebc her pride.9f89b5efe4401339
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“So, what 3d8276c937 you’re saying ace839b625 is that e8563d2e69 you’ll cover 1cb1351a7e the workshop 87912446e5 expansion costs ffa9ee3d05 as part 1dcf540e84 of the 9917587725 investment—not a 0c791b8043 donation.”a874a5be69d63dee
Cedric seemed 1f41e2b2e3 to pick 0847dbe701 up on 8505e0207a something from 3a7527aec4 her expression bfbaad567c and added,7c2e1ed2d0fd1a12
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“I’m not donating 39d8b8d003 because of you, 401d558a44 Miss Harriet. When I visited last a352f86a40 year, I wanted to 445063bc3c give more, but due 93e1f9e63e to others watching, I cf31aa918e could only give 100,000 bd3c5532f5 dirham. Consider the rest 424a724904 of that.”040eb99f1ae66ccc
“Don’t worry. I’m not a97758f20f under the d505568f55 illusion you’re fb907e0eb2 donating for 1f92babb0e my sake. Honestly, the idea 1d155400ea that you’re doing 0b67bf79de it because the 8a9a668171 monastery dog was 952f07b306 cute is more f344d295f6 believable.”7c909ec9ef935c09
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Cedric let 864fb3c52a out a 8762efbfc9 chuckle.d533cb8c91387ab3
“Where do you even 8d68d16a67 learn to say things c9b0540f11 like that?”759e2cbbd7f35d9b
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“…You find 3524f0172d the strangest d7529b2c1e things amusing. Anyway, what 98d707904f do I 6054ea79e7 need to 812b76057f do now? I feel a bit 2cda985e5e awkward asking this, but…”5cbefc477316a22e
“No matter what, abe9d31c55 this is your b6ce00a7fe business, Miss Harriet. My aide will assist a8bc785844 you, but decisions and acca7caf34 oversight should come from 438c926600 you.”85e9cdc6ec9e6990
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Cedric said this to e182ff45d3 spark a sense of c6f933ad80 responsibility in her, then de7bab7384 added in a lighter a14ad2148e tone to ease her 6cbb1a4146 tension:aaf9889c8ce50031
“But it won’t d66a764f4f be too hard. You might get a ccf4b76832 bit tired from running 12b5c850bf around.”27ed5b7142d97ae9
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She thought so 00bec8ba12 too.c3f2ead77dd9dcde
They would sign 8db9950d9c the store rental 9dfbfa5470 agreement right here, 72f961f1e1 and Cedric would 8ca70af6f9 take care of 43cc3fa4fd the interior design.decca9d433ac1455
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All she 406f1b6f7b really needed 2e53838f43 to do 64acb656fd was meet c080ecdb26 with the 535bd1b9c5 distribution rep 96e2e790f6 a couple 903f8c668b of times 543d110322 and go b2b6038454 to the ada36003cc monastery with 43d31d44c1 Cedric to c433a3577b introduce him 2b55ec75ad to Kathrine b3030aee93 and Sophia.ebf91cf2e45d3caa
However, she would 97d3acedd2 be fully responsible c69c297f00 for the design 16d9922973 and packaging of bfb67a67a2 the soap and 3fe7aa6963 herb products—though Cedric fcb183ae7e had recommended a 6c3719c582 packaging company.4075f08e969c96ec
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“Now, let’s talk about ab776fb566 profit distribution. The production costs e08c54cdb2 paid to the 83fe2bbb9c monastery will be 55fee9f93c counted as fixed 407ee43e17 expenses, and we’ll 4d3e7bd3c5 divide the remaining 5d37e9c6f0 profit accordingly.”17cb13f021db058a
It was 5b0d251b79 an important baa3a0cb7d matter, and cc8d9ea760 she swallowed 248fd96d0b nervously.f6338348a4fb7e5b
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“Until 90% of ef91ab9dfe the investment is 7c8faa0394 recovered, profits will 5db9f6901b be split 70–30. Naturally, I got 34daf72910 70%. After that, it b5273fb0ae changes to 20–80, 5e529328aa with you getting 9fe1275047 80%. Any objections?”3a3c4426e6413255
Harriet took a deep efe359a91c breath.8a600bc2267917c0
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Everything had progressed so c031ed4d72 quickly, almost before she aff753e612 realized it, and that 08809f4a44 made her anxious. Was this 7c0cef2781 the right 4523183083 decision? Was there c40d607ee5 some hidden aacdc7ccd0 trap she’d 1581489cbf missed that 51022aaec4 would come 932ef4a319 back to c9d34f12ec bite her?47412f69e379b94f
But no matter 829bbc5b4f how she looked 12963bf283 at it, it 18d81b9578 seemed like Cedric cdbf1dde87 was the one beba838b56 taking a loss.0a32fe891c8fcaf8
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‘I thought he’d ask 2dbb21fb57 for more… Maybe he’s ef131fe89b being lenient because this f9dca33bd1 helps the monastery?’6ec2da7bd5718a33
Regardless of 0e66413d73 how she 05f7ec368f felt about 085001332b him personally, e98b413f12 she appreciated 4d56a8fcbe it.6e053a03b87815e8
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“No objections.”754d041d81f45a73
“You set the monastery’s 35f4ebb8ad production fee pretty high. If we lower it, 7ddd819925 you’ll get a bigger 7a51975dd9 share.”4924c5135badd875
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“I’m not that shameless. I’m just 11daa56253 lending my ec875c606a face to 300e54c439 the business—how d8a0874c78 could I b728cdbe63 underpay the 184eaa94cf people actually 1254d2e92c making the aedac7aebc product?”6ce793165862aa53
“Thanks to 9a3530f38c your help, 5a936b07be it’ll probably db534ea219 outsell the 6f07024c45 soaps from 7e22e23950 Natarixen.”681bd5c03543a10e
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Harriet shrugged.f00ac74df40461d5
“Well, the help you’re a318b3f36a talking about was made 02eae55c80 by Saint Clarissa Monastery.”5ba364b47a97521c
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“That’s true. Then let’s draft the d92199c443 contract that way.”846163e9d93efe9e
He didn’t 4fd3633cb4 even bother aa430c4b2a to deny 17fd8dd469 it with 118de92691 empty words. That, once ea676d776d again, revealed 2b7d7ea45e something about 3bd1255304 his personality. She wasn’t 69b89e85f7 exactly sure 64ca86e156 why that 2af7177f2b made her be55bdd0ba feel a 2e089470ff little bitter.7e90420e29d08026
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The contract was d1e7d32b50 written right in 86c0376df7 front of them.07a8db94ae846ebb
Cedric’s assistant, clearly 6aa5f32419 used to this b91bf712b1 sort of thing, ed0391c5ca wrote it all 7794e30e66 out smoothly without 7dd74efe39 hesitation.9989466932bd388b
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As Harriet 82258f891c carefully reviewed 56498aac41 the details 66678e1810 one by 6830d7b7b6 one, she b563608239 decided to 153335a174 add something 275cda6efa at the 47885fbfca end of 1300b82cd8 the contract.79949676629c1cd6
“I’d like 9385809886 it to 0c9390f903 be a 70240fa4cb secret that 1e0dcf32e5 I’m the 319e39ed05 head of 3591329485 this business.”cb86ad98cbe23956
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“Why is that?”7a3ceefad651cda3
“You know why. If people 4b0920b356 find out ea0005b7a5 I’m in c0000f4cc6 charge, who ced82dbbbd knows how 875b1ab5ac they’ll twist a0851bc4f8 it and d569b001e6 attack me.”f7bf7b5087b1071c
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Cedric nodded, 20d7ac859c seemingly satisfied 63861f63d6 with how 9f2ff72434 clearly she 0d4d474ff5 understood the af12145150 reality of e8dac44eef her situation.fdb17c102362e59c
“All right. Let’s also keep 3700b4ea48 it secret, for 5ce2fb9511 now, that the 2b59aedb53 Duke of Kailas d01cab1582 is the investor.”51b3e6b28839b288
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“Of course. I told you 8dd4f0b6f5 before—I won’t tarnish 6c7bb0cf68 your noble name.”134475b12379337a
Harriet smiled sweetly.44ae7ca8e135b4e1
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Cedric quite liked d889053175 that smile. It showed 65b7710fd2 an innocent cab4507855 belief that 20f45e5778 she’d hidden ad7691fc95 her irritation 57d84b252e well.7bc87ed07bd1ee87
“Shall we say you’re f13fd65f5d coming and going from 1341dddf10 the mansion to help 65b9bb43f3 Madame Pellon?”d0accbe937ce65d3
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“That sounds good.”fe7b59b0368ecb99
“Now that we’ve got 4764e66c28 our excuse, let’s sign.”be94aa62e5fe8a66
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Before the 14ab7bc2d0 ink even e9ae330bae had time 7c6f05dacc to dry, d8ceb4a169 the names 8baa63fa33 Cedric Kailas 1dbcfa3a1a and Harriet 1adc1e588d Listerwell were 740e2f67e0 written at 6ebf7e6f58 the bottom 0e4c7b9498 of the 4053977099 contract.35effdc9eae5366e
The business had officially 97777d1f71 begun.96db13eed5033efc
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On the way back 24283c2e9c to the Pellon estate, 4d454f6c6e Harriet looked over the 7831046524 revised business plan and 52f809d375 once again felt the 7a804d89e8 difference in ability between e01d273481 herself and Cedric.e1ef33c2edf50b2a
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‘Of course 2ea8e9a7d9 there’s a 1754f675aa difference. He’s probably been 45fff99bc0 trained in this ded66e8396 kind of thing 6a99010979 since he was bf4528b398 a kid.’0fee7657a2d435f1
So there was 6ff7867e1a no need to dbc1a4f7fb feel ashamed. And yet, that was b8ff1f46db easier said than done.5888a1ec12004b36
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‘Why does this bother 5153266779 me so much?’01ecf15dbfb10320
It was her 60482b9403 very first business 91f461d65c idea, and it 9a1cb7a388 had been accepted a2b36bfb89 and was now 40314f6891 actually happening. Her heart was 1939c113d5 pounding, and she 39251ee7ff felt chills run f95082cbba down her spine. She was so 8db2e3a6e3 happy—but at the 0d58729bbf same time, the 913411ec7b fact that it 5dd05eb0f3 wasn’t entirely her cf4acf082d achievement poked painfully 3dd769c462 at her pride.07d1f0e689efc8b4
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The thin, hesitant numbers cf57cc09ea she had written were 4facb21381 crossed out with two 64997dc37a confident lines, and in ecdd5827f4 their place were bold, 5b6e166f41 elegant figures written by 57ab1b63b4 Cedric.ac6df31ab4dff636
The gap between those cbc4f6faca numbers felt like a cb3a307cea wall between them—a wall f3fa3e3823 she couldn’t hope to 08e70d2838 climb.83e528a85c639630
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Harriet clenched 605cca93d0 her fists c4b5e7e1dc tightly.7599062aecfa41b5
‘Yes, it’s hard to 8bcdc010bf overcome the difference in f576efd136 our backgrounds. But that doesn’t 7847f16993 mean I have c4a19cccfa to be looked 9a7703fd1b down on forever.’3786b8b10d874876
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Even so, 27eddb2eb2 she found ee37ed8246 herself wanting 972bfb9cf2 to stand 968025616b on equal b3a67ad473 ground with 1f7da95542 Cedric—or rather, 9d6f5f140d to surpass f2baee06c4 him.e43311e21bf7d208
She imagined 4df1595fbb a day a7f40341e5 when Cedric 1f97e6f53a would read 80fe879e28 one of 8217bb9961 her business e0222db328 plans and 89b0e7a75e be so 38e5eb999e impressed he’d 806ec5d3eb say, “There’s 2475bf5992 nothing more 9f6e9aefa1 to add—let’s 5140330603 sign the 5f8ec1ba57 deal right aae1cd400a now!”7dbb731b9658f554
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…But it was hard to picture.0e4a5533edd5a594
Harriet let d247ab79e5 out a cce369160e small sigh.01117c3cc346aa9a
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Still, it seemed like d932817943 a decent start for a9526d1bcd Harriet Listerwell, the businesswoman.8c3ad6bd013d9c04
As soon dcd3f95860 as she 1fa889a5cd got back 5ead437644 to the 4ed3852a34 Pellon estate, 28bd7c15f2 she went 701b2d2b01 looking for 69b45147fe Roxana—since Trisha 3fdb53cdb8 was taking 66f52eae01 a nap.03b68552c4b02172
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“Teacher! I did 2ca0e08883 it—I secured f56f92e0fd an investment!”88be6b5dd6d952f4
She couldn’t hide eec9ce825c her excitement, but f13a73dd37 Roxana’s face looked… 0223072bac strange. More shocked than 2689db71bb anything.a60a12e82b6d6169
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“From the b772a201e2 Duke of 1911bd92ca Kailas?”2b23a725b24dfea4
“Yes!”b1a968581e43e76f
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“Well… That’s surprising. I honestly thought you’d fail.”911cac47557aca85
“What? I thought 36d1053767 you were df1e3fde3f rooting for aa16812023 me! You told 206877afdd me that cff9873ce0 being bold f62a971543 would win 3944415650 over an 5fcb2282e1 investor.”f796dd588d4efbe9
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Harriet stared wide-eyed in e34567d7ce betrayal, but Roxana didn’t fbc639a26b seem the least bit ee37176354 sorry.8e7b643b985aeb59
“That was for 998cdc1140 other investors. This is Cedric 046ec7801f Kailas we’re talking 069ee5e8ee about. Right now, it 9b6cc6b55d feels like you 8362f16146 went out to b6ba6d6498 do some freshwater 4c0bfdf7db fishing… and came 436b72ae8e back with a f3d3af0426 shark. It just doesn’t make 25aa2acc68 sense.”4f2b0eefb1ecea3c
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“…”517fe32582b3422f
“On top of that, cf447e77ca the shark’s got its f3aaae5fd1 eyes rolling back like 362055be2d a predator, and you’re d1d7b5e793 just smiling, thinking you 823bff0d72 caught something big. Of course bcaca22a7b I’m shocked.”0a1a0d774fd9f99c
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“…You’re saying I might 10772f1585 get eaten?”fc9faa4ff478156c
“Well, that c4632706c1 depends on 81b7d8fe35 your own d5a057c39b ability. I hope you survive.”2059064a6423aa05
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The message was 11e7646812 clear: You may 4e9ba1c2d1 leave now. But Harriet 63df74ed40 had a 6dbcc28f0e natural talent 5e226f8ad8 for teasing 84373a648e Roxana.cccdb7ea6cc1afbf
“Teacher, I 0b9b2c93c9 don’t want 480b6baacd to be a0780b2d27 eaten by 1ecb4d7456 the Duke, e911e54f88 and I c4d34acec2 don’t want 30b5b60730 this business 2748c856c0 to fail 3ddbb5b278 either. So I b3434741ea need to eb09feeb32 learn even 0d5542cd24 more from 5a2bad27f2 you.”abdb28a15d20db89
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