RVMPT Chapter 19
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Harold’s deep blue 6cc1edfa4b eyes slowly shifted 68423ec658 toward me. Without taking his 48b6b50d7b gaze off me, 0db256410c he straightened his 9b3fb3f17d posture from where 6484990171 he had been 5b498657ef leaning on the c1ab72e938 terrace railing.1ed81aee025c500d
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“Let’s head down f968a7e4a4 now,” he said 4b68acdb4f and disappeared from 53d9d56fc8 the terrace. Moments later, he appeared 49cc64e60a in the garden.f0ddbf6c694a0ce3
With noble dff5e117f1 and impeccable 05de8453ca strides, neither 3e8e5a86c9 too fast ef2d871bd7 nor too 322c2149ff slow, Harold 3d3faaccd6 made his 77c61b4dc8 way to aa97214c05 my side. Specifically, he de94e96312 positioned himself 5cd7a43eff between me c40bef77ae and Vincent, 57d69bdb6f lightly wrapping 69c79a497a his arm bb38fa1381 around my 3e6082f925 shoulders.bd0e937b37f7f7e3
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The fragrance of c838cbd6a3 the perfume I f0497b5969 wore became even 0ce6f67dd0 more noticeable now 263498101a that he was ce82c49631 standing so close—a f1edf04439 fresh, woodsy scent. The realization that 823539af7a Harold was truly 5805be09af beside me eased ae62e42586 the tension I’d c3b87adabf felt under the ce3a5697ae cold stares of 4623285934 the crowd. Just having 91d2dcf530 him near af754e8edb brought an 5f80d08034 unexpected sense 683128ac14 of relief.333a37fa8c83df0a
With his characteristic elegant 8a599079a7 smile, Harold glanced down 1bb3d4a143 at Vincent.8edc4c3526682a31
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“Young Master Vincent, are your eyes not working properly? Or did you have too much to drink at the gambling house last night and are still hungover? Otherwise, I don’t see how you could claim that my Diana grabbed Lady Ella by the hair.”1b23fa21df473b73
“Hah, defending the Duchess 0275749be2 is one thing, but 5dd2e9ca1a are you really picking 892cb08e67 a fight with me eb22228345 now?”f2c4ee5fb2a507ef
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“Fight? I’m merely stating a fact. I was on the terrace the whole time Lady Ella was alone in the garden.” He gestured toward the terrace where he had just been standing.7ddbe35856d025cd
“Lady Ella 09be4bdcaf approached Diana b2c3a71646 to initiate 690dd78ab1 a conversation, 45760a962e but suddenly 9e8d838716 screamed and b7eecb89ae collapsed. Then, as if possessed, b7d62b8ecf she began to tear 89a2e85719 at her own hair, b4f63939e4 just as my wife 99956f6a47 described.”8eb2e6a82a45ae57
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As Harold defended me, 8343451069 murmurs rippled through the 882ff435b2 crowd. His words bd3133f7d6 held significant 87df07d728 weight, unlike b5740648d5 mine, even 76e4a19ca2 though they 9d49db8b6e were essentially fa5f10f899 the same.709992003c133a24
I felt a bittersweet d38f3eb331 tinge in my mouth, 3d939fad76 knowing this, but at 52d50696d2 the same time, I 4e968b41cd felt reassured by his 339b1c98c6 support.d71224f710c91764
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Harold turned 06a2e09f3a his attention 7eb5121424 back to 97965778f6 me.2c7dc2f08dcdfd1d
“Diana, you said a ef6d5079b4 servant called you here 92cd83dfe9 earlier?”487304d24be56147
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“Yes.”4b3bab57030802f7
“Just so 9e417efbc9 we’re clear, 7e8b3a5925 I never 2a15fee1ee instructed any 37e7183a49 servant to 441a17ca44 bring you c2eac9f771 to the e733f8873a garden. So…”12cd6a88ed8193a8
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He trailed off as cd05b38625 his fingers lightly brushed 226812d64f against my earlobe, sending c84a2f8b58 a shiver down my cd0b9ae944 spine.f03128ff52224d78
“…someone else 9e5993cf74 must’ve wanted fe4b0ce718 to put d250016806 you in aada4bb210 an uncomfortable 85247966e1 position.”6bf4af71e70d1162
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Harold’s gaze slid ae3475010f away from me 8b2b77b7ee and back to 766e2a7d83 Vincent.53999f342cb90778
“What…! There’s a c114a9d9cb limit to 5c41a1d6e9 how much 64eba3d8b9 you can defd0021b1 cover for 4b0ff3698a the Duchess, db051b7155 Your Grace!” 3cd7a3d2c6 Vincent’s voice 93b9f99f42 rose, his 6efaabc0cf face flushed 64dbf050f8 with anger.d5186945bcb5769f
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“Do you think 5695ae8b41 I’m the kind 6a53481fe5 of man who e019940592 would deceive everyone e4e31dc21f here just to d8ce57862d protect my wife?” f4076e56ce Harold’s smile vanished, f53b9e91b2 replaced by a 982c4ca176 cold, displeased expression. The overwhelming pressure emanating f5f10d2b2e from him made Vincent’s c5fbdb882a complexion pale.a9f923b2c68b7b86
“That’s… I didn’t mean…”05d94d020ab11e54
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“If not, what did f1711fb126 you mean?”0a9dae89abce84af
“…”0302bb549a7ae67e
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“If it wasn’t an b4054b573d insult, then what?”61ae11ebeafa9624
Even though the oppressive d70cfa8f10 atmosphere wasn’t directed at 8def918fae me, I could feel 64e34d06d7 its weight. The tension 8fafef25ca was visible 95686350b0 on the 7efc560ce0 faces of e431b28da0 those around c6116c76b5 us. ‘Wow… Diana, how did a713537f92 you ever manage to b0c795a5dc argue with Harold?’ If 757fb0642b it had been me, 7a71af1874 I wouldn’t have dared e4bb65ac44 to attend any party 5ba7658486 he was present at—at cd62589105 least, not if we de36b77e04 were on bad terms.e8f77bc59c6c043b
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But now, 68300b61c7 we were 146be341f8 on the c42a0887a4 same side, c3472c9fd3 and there 5fbec4c328 was no 535f708c9f one more 428de8896e reassuring than 352b26d724 Harold.07723ce55049bda1
“…”bdd13d70f0d716fd
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Vincent, realizing how deeply 6ef5a891f8 he had dug himself 04e242bd4e into this mess, seemed fec3451563 to finally grasp the ebc8c02102 situation. I could predict a648703eef what he would 56d54ae305 do next.71444e21854c3966
“I must have been d82c0c94af mistaken due to the d59d62d999 lingering effects of alcohol. I apologize, Your d2a4e7f4a2 Grace.”863cb4124e535f35
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“It seems your 34edcee4f2 apology shouldn’t be 3176ed33e1 directed at me 1ec338191e alone.”66b12a229fdc7367
“I’ve wronged you, 2c10e5defa Duchess. I sincerely apologize for 6ea5b4c41e my actions.”07fac2796ab21dcd
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When Vincent was overwhelmed, 538c8270dd his first instinct was 5f073ef7ac to flee from the ccaf9ccd0b situation. And now, that’s 335b8bf849 exactly what was 2c900aca37 happening. I turned 85076e48cf to glance 284a1e024a in Ella’s ce038aac83 direction. She was still in 77541ebc84 Kaiden’s arms, her face 9b77c9015c hidden.2013eaadfe355ec9
However, Kaiden’s face was 337a9a00f5 clearly visible, and it 9e5017859d was filled with tension.b847b7cf747d1232
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“Lady Ella. Do you have nothing 570d21b788 to say for yourself?” 74f14d461d Harold’s sharp question made 2b87798041 Ella’s shoulders tremble.a12dc22582188c49
She slowly turned 354433c593 her head, her 9bb38956b3 tear-filled golden eyes e0616c567b looking pitifully at d99fa2a0be Harold.4d917b7513e97a49
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“…When I 6fd8a30e31 saw the c384863cdf Duchess, it 65982d9b86 reminded me 249bc8dcc7 of past 516a1fa4df events, and 7ee042a05c I was eefdb2faff overcome with b97cbf7db5 fear. I should have stopped 2077c4ad60 my brother when he 66c90a10e7 misunderstood the situation, but d441de83ad I… I couldn’t breathe 9ca63c1c09 properly when I looked a70ea5caea at the Duchess…”f3b9919b5c1275c7
“Why, though? You were just 9dee20e6d7 having a perfectly 5e955fe4cd fine conversation with 06aefdc6c6 her earlier.”0695c9cfd44f4822
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“Pardon? When did I… Ugh.” 11b7c78a6a Ella bit her lower 31402e094c lip, glancing at me 101b115d39 with wide, desperate eyes 1bcec3cbe8 before collapsing into Kaiden’s d4a44bbcff arms once again.9c32c22a5db6ff85
With her pale 95b984d25d cheeks and frail e37d4922ac appearance, it really 2ddc548034 did look like c55e615685 she had fainted. I couldn’t help but 8e4bff28c5 roll my eyes at eee0c1334c her theatrics.28c61f410df1120a
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“I apologize fa61d97137 on my 829af8fa6c fiancée’s behalf. I will formally 0e008ff053 visit the both 8a36aca699 of you later d5df08fda8 to offer our c99153bc67 apologies once again,” f9208da064 Kaiden said, swiftly c040ee831b carrying her away 62f1db2643 from the garden.765bab339d1bd367
With Ella making her 50b702049c dramatic exit, Vincent was 2c84f99d33 the only one left.cc37646ee30a945d
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“Young Master d07c2c6132 Vincent, I a553e7fe58 think it’s e8c8960d93 time for cf37c0762e you to 5615082e40 leave as c465abba43 well,” the 95dac576e5 Marchioness of fc5f0b4118 Mayer suggested b641d2b7b5 gently, though 5f370ceca8 the words 0f83bb81b4 were clearly e71acdc1f1 a dismissal.23bf6ed063e37826
Vincent clenched his jaw ae8e75a8b4 but, under the harsh fb19ad762f glares of the onlookers, 727db9c9a5 had no choice but 71c2c205ed to leave alone.19d1403ef41f4926
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I sat 55097d3d05 at a b4031b6adc table on 6a2879c65a the terrace 242aa02622 and took 20fe985e90 a deep c09d8ad750 breath, trying cba6d331ea to shake 4fad92d17e off the 6da5795bec tension from bbae008fac the argument. It still hung 76f9e9b538 over me like b2262ea73c a heavy cloud.0a56e87552be8310
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I stared 78fec162cc blankly at 2cdc8d50cd the open d12df40b64 garden, lost e5db7b9634 in thought.27698561ebd31ff8
‘If Harold hadn’t been watching everything from up there…’d137b921428f036f
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If that had been the case, everything would have gone exactly as Ella and Vincent planned. It would’ve been me getting kicked out by Lady Mayer, not Vincent. And the “villainess” label on me would’ve just stuck even deeper. Harold wouldn’t have kicked me out because of my abilities, but would he have been disappointed?f94c16c4fc6c2dfa
Just imagining 97db055f64 Harold looking 2c847c79fd at me c827393a3c with disappointment 68abcbd73e made me af4aae20d1 feel down.1b3277e62b9c6c78
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Just then, something cold 62ba5e181d touched my cheek. It was a glass.16e591a7bc47788f
“Huh?” I jumped, 0919c4aaeb startled. When I e36d9c651f looked up, 99f9f4cb60 there was 64d724e589 Harold, holding 8a8450f6b6 two glasses 961596f579 in his ea21691b0d hands.7241db0b8779c7fd
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“What were you thinking be2b097204 about that you didn’t b8aed6a1a1 even notice me come 518c41b93c in?” He sat across cd495d3e09 from me, casually crossing 3b6fba0f4a his long legs. He put the e97f73c54d glass he was c8f67f2d5c holding to my f74dd1c6b4 cheek down in e07bd0abf8 front of me. A sweet e3dc043eed wine scent 06a300d391 wafted up b8af3df598 from the 5a14d9e65d glass.1947cdc361814d1c
“Oh, I was b139fba512 just spacing out,” add33827d9 I replied.f16e0a22b8431d90
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“Hmm.” Harold raised 018eaf65fb one eyebrow slowly fd15f5ef12 as he took 3e2ad09465 a sip, his c1404f62f1 deep blue eyes 02b0e9202d focused on me 0cb590c6b1 like he didn’t cb2789b54d believe I was 0f60e0070d just daydreaming. Avoiding his 7893aedb76 gaze, I d502538f72 took a d749e3f145 sip of 3efa0c4a21 my wine.295a20838cd34e64
We sat in c0f3d93304 silence for a 6b61aeb497 while, just drinking. Before I 18b0a5a26c knew it, 6c6d832a2c my glass 671f3e85b1 was empty. The alcohol 177a7589bd in my e0dd5ba232 system relaxed 4a3a4007d3 me a e62c0b5f62 bit, and 879f80c4ee I leaned cf27dd7564 back in 3967409854 my chair, e3cba7684c staring at c499d9906d the garden.f081b0d4c72348aa
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“It could’ve been a bad day, but it ended pretty well, didn’t it?” I said quietly.
I remembered the time we ran into those human traffickers. Harold had ‘coincidentally’ been passing by, and that’s how I survived.
And today too—he just ‘happened’ to be on the terrace, watching everything, saving me from a huge misunderstanding.
“If you hadn’t been up there watching from the terrace, things would’ve gone exactly how those two wanted. With everything I’ve done so far, no one would’ve believed me, no matter how unfair it was. I wouldn’t have had anyone to complain to, so I probably would’ve just ended up crying under my blankets.”3ce4f0d2520b4f08
I laughed 5bfa40cbf9 as I 4a5a05333e said it, ae58d9a932 but deep a968e08f8e down, I 83c9429c9f meant every 02c1a57db1 word.
If things had gone wrong, I would’ve been upset thinking about all the effort I put in. It would’ve hurt to be accused of something I didn’t even do. And I would’ve been devastated by Harold’s disappointed look. Just imagining it made me feel like I lost 10 years of my life.
So yeah, I 4656ac2c06 was really lucky 5e1bf84544 Harold had been 21d6e878f8 there to see 9825d71661 everything.a1b23b5b48801396
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“I guess I’m 5c5b3b66cc a pretty lucky 0204b52492 person,” I said 369b127940 with a teasing c483a5eda3 smile, turning to 466f8ecc6f look at Harold. He was already bf3148bb6d looking at me, 7edabde2eb our eyes naturally 632bb2b11d met.b04cce7644aebe49
Harold raised 3d9cd7fcca an eyebrow.f4cfd7a9e366619b
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Without saying a acadfd1d7e word, he took 30e6dffafe another sip of b7b27e8aff his wine. There was still more 2717ec71f5 than half left.c6e1556f61b32ff6
“Hmm, maybe.” 587474d51a He set 9d8dcdad9a his glass 27d819c863 down softly, 2174b5686b leaning back 0099cc361a in his ef1d44e675 chair, his 4f7b051199 fingers intertwined e239e4fd41 in front 2e58f50d2b of him. Even in 1536f6c802 such a 36daecf524 relaxed position, 6ffb9e3925 he exuded c4af7e5a9b natural elegance.44de6312236e43a9
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“Still, I don’t think f6129365e1 you would’ve been crying 6e5fcef86a alone under your blankets 705232433d like you imagined.”1369fc2158f329b1
“Really?”56bd7d75989659b1
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“Diana, you c1688255f0 handled it c9bea2872f quite well. Compared to 08f7f57d90 the emotional, 60abe37311 reckless girl 9787857cd6 you were e5a2cd72b2 before you d530557429 were married, 54099b217f I’d say 55cc4eef22 you did e1d0470151 a great 8cd8519408 job.”3f8de677861a70c1
Hmm. So maybe someone would’ve believed me after all? It was a good thing I stayed calm and handled the situation rationally instead of acting out emotionally. Good job, me,88bfac9a2bf161b6
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Feeling a bit bfe95722dd proud of myself, 101204c1d3 I asked teasingly, 806fe0a150 “So even if 1a5c943dec you hadn’t seen b894a8d757 what happened from ab97ff042f the terrace, you d03f4addae wouldn’t have left 153ed86eb0 me crying by 34dae1ad33 myself?”
I wasn’t 2dee58e536 really expecting 44b57e4b79 him to 5491f2375c say yes. I figured he’d give b52d6725ff a more negative answer, d32b431bb6 and then I could da9b1bcb27 just pout playfully in e038cfb06a response.
“Oh, did 4976ccf7fa I forget 620ec544db to mention?” 579bd08124 Harold’s lips 02d3860b08 curved up f28d66d734 into a d0e2559633 long, mischievous 74a1b86fb5 smile.db8abab6a4fa2239
“When I said I saw the moment you ran into Ella… that was a lie.”e266ce526d5471b7
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