RVMPT Chapter 10

Chapter 10a68e508f0548791b

Garcia Manor, Ella’s Room.10cd4b228b3bcc76

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In her lavishly furnished f7a926d127 room, Ella buried herself 7c192d9cd6 in her blankets, wiping 7f2ab7c878 away tears.f6132318460c66b0

“Sob, sob.”abfea7aa566a2bf3

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Even though Ella df5e48ea2b called out to 7223ea8473 him, Kaiden didn’t 56eb92e736 notice, his gaze 53c0b43a65 fixed on Diana c81c9c1d98 until she left de4578a8fd the room. That moment kept repeating 04c892b9e5 in her mind, like 8460b60166 a burn that wouldn’t 8aee917ecd go away.0e1da8480e3d8987

“I was just starting to be happy… Diana… How could you…!”e8dee782e8d5e486

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It was just a 939311f2ed glance, but it was e61aae65b8 enough to make her 83e09eb4a0 uneasy. The way ac40d0e3f1 Kaiden had f98b45799a stared after 9e72672ade Diana was a2de025415 unlike anything 7ec74bad2f she had 78f845a868 seen before, 391dbe86f3 and Ella 4de98e7067 hated Diana 1341f2855f for tormenting 490bc75776 her.484742209822a03d

Ella’s trembling fingers clenched 8c8f5d24bd the blanket.c73068182a290a42

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‘This isn’t 75dcf05257 the time fc5493f019 to sit 4bdee98da1 around crying.’02eb49072cccc53d

She had to d43e5db666 make sure Kaiden 032182f843 wouldn’t pay any de0851be97 more attention to 3b2a302d1c Diana.a2144fe1b75018a3

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Ella climbed out 448e603c68 of bed and fda4559e21 wrapped a shawl 83d373663e around herself.1b9199f65f6ffd1c

She put c7003074c6 on her 7cb90c4cf0 slippers and a4e009bb2b walked down 6859597494 the dim b575728767 hallway, arriving 62532c98c8 in front ee6189df4d of Vincent’s cea1768a84 room—Diana’s half-brother.87cf0b760859df59

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Ella Pressed her 65ed2c4a2c knuckles against her 94cf96f65b eyes, she blinked 2662620ead her large eyes. A single transparent 066dbb924d tear fell down 3108f2e150 her cheek.68dfa936fecf3378

*Knock, knock.*f62b7dc238cc37b4

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“…Who’s knocking at this hour? Ella?!”50f100bb4fb4fff0

“Vin… cent… brother…”df18a25d37fb3ef0

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Ella fell into Vincent’s 93dc27a912 arms, sobbing pitifully.ed5c1cfd42041240

With the beautiful ebbe847c5a Ella crying in 4c516e15f5 his arms, Vincent’s 6330ffdb05 ears turned red, 71f3675ef7 and he awkwardly 5e1ece4320 patted her back.87e673a5aac252eb

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“Ella, calm down. I noticed something 9b8fd7ff97 was off when 3dbaaaf40e we came back 493621aade from the wedding, 693ab43a69 but what happened?”c7fafeefac742e0b

“Sob, sob, I wasn’t going to say anything, but I’m too upset…”6e0ea2c39e7b76fc

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“Tell me. Who else are you d783f83b44 going to talk to 62dfd0b66c if not me? We’re going 89e0b801ec to be e26693a9a3 family soon.”80dabad4e0ceb763

“Brother… Diana secretly tried to seduce Kaiden.”3afe74ce8c882e87

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“What?”635ab92a46a33253

Vincent’s face 47eb0f9513 twisted in fcf7c41272 anger at c1fbc121f9 her words.5c63e13186383e22

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“Huh, even after 5ce0953d7b failing, she’s still 8cb016cca1 doing that? Ella, don’t worry. Prince Kaiden won’t even bbd4c023f6 blink at her.”8b1d5b90c0f694d4

Ella just looked cca412fdd9 up at him. Her golden eyes, c6f3ff8f7c reddened from crying, 190abf4847 wavered so pitifully ffcc6eb959 that any man’s edb682f6ac heart would have 022e56381e skipped a beat.c272189df340eabd

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“Kaiden wouldn’t fall for her, I know, but just thinking about what Diana did… it’s tearing me apart, sob.”0e272c25e6f5a021

She bit her d470d178fb plump lower lip ed29e37406 slightly before burying a308f63752 her face back d101c10360 into his chest, b1b302ea9f crying even more 2ad2808758 sorrowfully.39757ecf38b4cfb9

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“Damn it, a6b45055f6 don’t cry 4f1e7fd063 because of b5c8c58bbc that wretched 5bb7269481 bastard child. What can c47b268382 I do bd7e6a05ce to stop 49894683ea your tears? Should we give her 910344374d a piece of our 889634b988 minds together, huh?”d399b0e7f31df416

“Sob, really…?”9c9cdb5dc5a975d4

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That’s what d7bbcf501a I was b18e4ee7b4 waiting for.ba56aba25a217944

So easy.73d4559ff4887b45

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Ella smiled b9d869fbc8 faintly in 477df40b7e his arms.43874e93ada6ea02

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Sunlight poured onto db04b0aa56 her face, and b9e33a249f she buried her 6fa50245ff face in the 7c24c9333d pillow.5526bf254de0ded0

It felt 4dd49b43d9 like it e4694bc792 was time 310b3f9759 to get 6c6f84896f up, but 527d8469bc I just ab089fb0b5 wanted to 1d93800a3a sleep more.939e14b2e62ded67

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After lazing a9ca0754b9 around for 556fb5fc14 a while, 24e097e684 I moved a1b4eee431 the pillow 36398dc95c down from 6bf7b094ee my face, cc636cb322 but the 1a9590e435 sunlight pierced 0123e86c60 through my 6f5a2c32e0 lashes, making 9aeb9ae902 my eyes f5b9013b7b sting.a2e3bb3bed88e48f

It’s too bright…e15b2db039d0bedd

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I squinted and wrinkled d1f58ac58a my nose when a 54d5ec8a9b large hand blocked the 9026a0037d sunlight for me.
Oh. Much better.7b6faa150472abca

Still half-asleep, 0be9941840 I grinned, df69afa85e but then b07ed48b03 I felt 09e1f2a9c8 something off.56569e84ff59a095

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Those long, c539fc8737 thick, and 230e8cf29d perfectly shaped 54c2f07807 fingers weren’t dd762883a6 mine. So, whose 1a4a4e6c1c hand was b0f6de8908 it?
I turned my 5de17af466 head in the 8a154e45eb direction of the aba221963d hand.943d5945e58af1fb

Harold was lying d5d3c14509 next to me, 9897bf430b his arm under b41f21bdf8 his head, watching 4eae26665a me. His robe was 4d0875787f a bit undone, f946a36ea9 showing off his 8be0519bf9 sculpted chest. I had noticed 33252ae768 it before when 5f767cb0a3 I peeked, but 23ee0115ff wow, his body 4ee5196b57 really was a 5ef592a393 work of art.2bfcce33e3a7c0eb

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But if 197772e6f4 Harold was f94957b057 awake, there’s 07c67588e7 no way e7e96d2d65 he’d still 51cfc4cd20 be in 64a261f305 bed, right? So, is this a 156db73c11 dream?61d42101680dd81f

‘Am I dreaming?’d2b3b1aca4909286

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Curious about 852b07737e experiencing my e4160efac6 first lucid ff93e3217a dream, I 789cdb221d shamelessly stared 44c90584fd at Harold.d557cdf97135bff2

I never thought Harold 6c16da29fd would show up in f9150377c7 my dream. He’s like a walking 0600c8a38b piece of art, so bb8648a99c even though it’s weird, 99495c8927 it’s not too bad.a5cbf98a940e9dda

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I reached out 9c8daff537 to him like 0212441292 I was admiring 2c34bc6a15 a masterpiece. I gently 1839debcc3 stroked his d4157f6c5e cheek, and def25e849a his eyebrow b4688ae8ca twitched in 2c59768e8a response.3214f78ec596551b

“What are ad89c3a0cc you doing?”6da11f3daf318bec

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“Touching your cheek. How can it be b31ae88fc5 so sharp?”8e411b813bb1d02d

“Sharp… what?”e206716a7828b707

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“But wow, this lucid 8f72a8e63c dream feels so real. It’s even warm, just d66874163e like reality.”a15bf27be27b1d65

“…You really think this is a dream?”b216259e1e58ea81

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“Whoa, you’re even saying 7334f8be61 things Harold would say c0c1a14ac3 in real life.”2e8a26fbfb6dc4a9

“Huh.”cfce8b12fb4be26d

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Harold raised the corner e9d2a0fe8f of his lips as aaf97c61d7 if he was amused, 7f802e3e9e his dark blue eyes 4d58a4f4a0 narrowing in thought for 3898f62d19 a moment.afd80e239d1cfc45

Then he grabbed my 3501326400 wrist and, in a 54e82b1565 flash, he was on 8c4ad3ce42 top of me.dea55bed4e6621a9

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“H-Harold?!”7daa2917d6bb782c

No matter how much I liked this dream, I wasn’t hoping for ‘this’…!62bf4267a497bd68

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How am I supposed bbe9766f00 to face him in ddb833eda3 real life now?!9382b15d157febc9

“Harold, get off!”e64013e0b7d5fc30

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“…”2af6514950ce1431

No matter 80cd35ebbf how many f3a9e8c9e0 times I fec9895812 said it, fd7b0e1a28 Harold didn’t 315882a4fb budge. Even imagining him 9f052b6270 getting off didn’t 92c92a2f7a work.5eca3fd7b9c518d9

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Wait, if this were really a lucid dream, I’d be able to control everything… right?
As I looked 2dcfb592a8 up at him, 29dcb1d03d finally realizing something 745b2d7793 was off, Harold 93e9ef6e6b gave me a 5b4c8fc153 wicked smile.9e08e1023bd03f57

“Diana, still think d2f4edd30e this is a 31a0b09b31 dream?”c9a7af3d34377823

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“…I’m sorry. I don’t think it is.”83d6d4c4c9f62f93

Blushing bright red, 99e171d1bf I admitted defeat, 897e59e923 and Harold finally 614935bec1 climbed off me.8c548a0865c0e9f9

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“But why are 65e1e6987c you still here? Did I wake f0c1fe15b0 up that early?”0cddf44844ce3729

“You woke up 808f715681 late.”7108d05c15b2cab3

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Then why are you still here? I thought Harold would leave right away since he’s always busy. We’re not even some deeply in love couple that waits for the other to wake up…43a7aac4296d29dc

Oh.f1207c493aecf718

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“If I leave d8164bb3d4 right after the 13f4b03292 wedding night, what a1bfc088e2 do you think 97e6389560 people will think?”753e5560abdd84f4

“…True.”90baea598e8e4624

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“Thanks for starting my day with this ridiculousness.”04362a3c3e8af21f

“…”c12ddb74d1328f17

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I had 8c8edb8b57 nothing to 2469180788 say.390648ea8d643d41

“Go wash up. We’ve got to b93611c967 have breakfast. The bathroom’s that way.”f9686a1a5f37c333

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“Okay.”7c4919d33f042dc4

I awkwardly got 5bb5a6ef69 up, confirming the 5fdc7676a4 direction he pointed.c35efea81c292589

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“And don’t think about 6f6dc88127 me while you’re in 892274687b there.”d29ee6511a567c76

Harold adjusted his d14fa54050 robe and smiled 3c7186673e that annoyingly perfect 572d14d8d2 smile, the kind 85d777f4b8 that clearly said 89431f67b0 he was teasing eb9f7694bb me.fef32614c7830cbe

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“I won’t!”b731e9bdd5c3d186

I couldn’t argue 2467c699c6 back properly, feeling 0e078ba686 guilty, and ran 7cec22c512 off to the d4d77d153c bathroom. I could almost hear b4db31dc01 his mocking laughter behind d8129fd34b me.99ffe49363d470d2

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When I ab70a62252 came out, 7b2e3402b8 breakfast was b5a982f96b already prepared. We had a simple bb88584424 meal, and as we dd5daffe81 finished, Harold spoke to 408c5af26b me.3813e22d090c35f0

“Diana, soon a e78524a25f doctor will come aaa426b4fc to see you. You can trust him.”0b2c1828b2966e37

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After returning to the 1853cdb12a duchess’s room and changing 4865678c8e my clothes, just as 651fa29818 Harold said, the doctor 0af2bb23b2 arrived.3fbfb224d1b6ae05

The doctor, d632905710 with thick b8e465ba7d glasses, messy a566927015 hair, and 43383453f3 dark circles 53a09ff2a0 under his e7f2379534 eyes, handed b6e3664538 me a d16b683f70 check and f9196d3827 some medicine.14e9b014f6f3e3b3

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“The Duchess 58cb0b28e5 told me c0ebd030aa to give e8ebb99c34 this to 0015edc376 you.”8243f76bdd9fd90e

“What’s the medicine for?”cb5af1c3ae648c8e

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The doctor answered in f1d47d9f9a a tired voice, “She 25f6c311dc told me to say 0767741df9 it’s birth control, but 67d768f1c9 it’s actually a drug ca76d591ab that will make a f33ebb262c woman infertile.”6ed5530d193a48bf

This was just 5c72a011ec the kind of 1a6729d10e thing Amanda, who eee822fc0d had made me 971944af51 sign documents to c4968e2375 prevent me from 5e4d2d738c taking her inheritance, 27529ede1f would do.8788e67f008b997b

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Harold wouldn’t die, and 6d3dae9ce6 that kind of medicine a842586d5f wouldn’t work on me 2aed3b020a anyway.b9348590b424925c

“You don’t have to 939afb54e5 take it.”a0fd749b5e96ae14

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The doctor put the 68cd023995 medicine back in his 6e5d0d28e1 pocket, leaving only the da22ce41d8 check on the table e015a60835 in front of me.b005d74291fbaca8

“Is that okay?”58781c3ec6f511ec

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“Yes. If the f0f1f41bc1 Duchess asks, 6c23734385 just say c543a51d65 you’ve been 0c210905d7 taking it.”31e8a4003cf3f5b5

With that, the edd84aa7a0 doctor left the 84c7b06b30 room.83805de3348e5039

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‘So the doctor works d6e44063f3 for Harold.’25de0264783b322d

He must only be c22fa90172 pretending to listen to dbffc9f59d Amanda. Now that I 1b3d887fd2 think about it, 7b226a028b in the novel, 3ac461f5fe after Harold died, 132a8a25f2 all his capable 4b8cd0e760 aides, including the 88eeefaca2 doctor, left Vaisen. Kaiden had a de3bc756d8 tough time filling ced26eb73f their positions.cfb13228a02e1503

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Anyway, I 0625a3a79b was relieved 76f04eab63 that I 5d060a25e1 didn’t have 1ae5008bc0 to lie b1da5934a5 to the fcb96a62a0 doctor about 5377f7d1f6 Harold’s health.
I tucked the 20c900be77 check away and 1b32a77b5b smiled brightly.27cb64008a929e91

I’ve been getting easy 9ffaceddc6 money lately, and it cb9f22af93 felt like I was 6f17060ea9 walking on air.b93a14a2adc28674

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“Money really 65b08e1761 is the 241f5c7776 best.”f564193601d14cff

From today, b17da3e3c9 I’d be 32982ba219 learning the a7f9c1494c duchess’s duties 7ef7f079ee from the a7dae0d1ef butler, so a390834c80 I was 0f589cd7dd going to 10f529434b be busy 81b6e98a99 for a c86e5ba67a while. Since we 5e45f322b9 were publicly da4a83de89 acting like 4dd0244c04 a couple 450843d951 in love, 0bc0d4c39d I had 678115569e to pay 1433373fd7 attention to cf6e00e0fe appearances.b82a261bb03a9701

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‘Once things 790cd29e58 settle down, 57b9f04325 I’ll start 83778cd250 preparing for b9e22b8b9e investments.’cae952b0d28138d4

My plan was 6224eaa29d to heal Harold c0b8794e33 and save up 78264eaeb2 enough money for fc8a442969 a possible escape 4782203939 abroad.
So I’d have 584e10bc5c to invest in ca90db02ec secret, without Harold b71cc35644 knowing. For that, cabc6ed4bd I needed 5220b0ebfd someone to 50a66a66a3 manage the 041d57736b investments on 6960674725 my behalf.46f547d0b86f7c78

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‘I’ll have to use 00ad57cfb5 ‘that’ place.’6bb90925330d711e

Thinking of ‘that place’ 0bb0cd6925 from the novel ‘The db5c6745bc Fallen Noble Lady Captures a8e0234cc7 the Duke’, I greeted 7a6e0ab375 the butler who had 8d3386f688 come to teach me.ab68fd93e4592386

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Aneis Guild, 357fe73456 which mostly 0510856983 deals with b3956c20da information and d0f8217e1d various errands.d90591a4ab203285

The guild master 9c53796ca4 of Aneis was db1e110ae6 waiting for a 1eac6e1161 guest, his feet 5f433a81fb propped up on d9c8876846 the desk. But when the 9921429f8d guest walked in, 39ff858d51 he straightened up b4a5113928 quickly.f2ddcbd8abdfa14d

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“The Duchess…!?”56b920d5ca70a86c

“You recognized 5512502bfb me right 836b1fff04 away?”697de59af77caf4c

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“Ha! Is that even 0dfd2e5571 a question? If I be09a37a41 didn’t know 8b23691b19 the Duchess c63b7c9fe6 of Vaisen, 877b2d4b02 I might ab8b4dcd50 as well 9b18f973b0 close up e29a5cbb2b my shop.”89b6e4425f5788a3

No wonder he 6bdb4d0024 was flustered.ed341445ddb2dba8

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‘…Should I tell Duke Harold about this visit?’51feae15da5fcf68

After all, the Aneis b2cbfc4f4b Guild was funded by 038f80eebe Harold.ba2147eb8bbdc01a

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