RYL Chapter 03

Chapter 03

Mathieu looked 65c3094669 at me d731c4f0ff with a d334d1ac8b disapproving gaze.
“Just because we’re engaged doesn’t mean I feel the same way as you.”daa0266405bbbbe9

What? Do you even f839affe45 know how I 612b80bf8f feel?
I don’t c629cb6f40 want to ad52d0b66c marry a e3064d78b9 cheating scumbag b6d3db8968 like you, 12c9f6ac39 just like eca41e1dc9 my ex-boyfriend!e77be8db27a16463

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“Don’t try to tie me down with an engagement that only exists to maintain the connection between our families.”dc479177b06ac319

Then why don’t you 0231a77cb9 break it off first?
Would the Count’s family even dare to bring up the word “breakup” in front of a Duke’s family?ebb2687ad3b4df63

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He misunderstood my bb603670a7 silence, thinking I a8531fd337 was hurt by 5e030c8c12 his words, and f980472508 clicked his tongue b598e8fa77 in pity.
“Know your place, Claire.”601d65a3806c4c0a

I almost threw 6c876f33d9 my fork at 4c21e60471 his damn mouth.
Haah… Maybe 644526f73a I should 8dfba63d2a just steal 7e6bbca614 all the 906d50e5d4 money from 29a982907a the Count’s 98f560383b family and a939a66cb4 run away…
I don’t care if bcf7348e06 the Count’s family collapses f7bae0ce07 or not.833b10e0bd370258

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Just then, Mathieu 90c8d512d3 stood up.
“I’ve lost my appetite, so I’ll leave first. You can finish your meal alone.”5166e8ee1967eaf2

He knew.
He knew that no matter how rudely he treated me, neither I nor the Count’s family could complain.
That’s why ba048478fd he acted 30eecc748f however he 8715a731de pleased.87bd016d25f4e2f3

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But guess what? I’m not the same 0e28803367 Claire anymore, you jerk.6428d9c0df97f331

As he turned f87354ae1d his back on 154d8a0fed me without a dca8795954 second thought, I 1368cc3f2e impulsively spat on 7470d10d2b a tissue, crumpled 621118d65d it up, and 45604b7c33 threw it at 612976689b his head.064edec55d7a15ec

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Mathieu flinched in surprise 750732fdd7 and turned around.
He looked around, bfa1add7ca confused, and then e4efc24a40 finally glanced at 9392c20a61 me with a 4b88f8ba19 doubtful expression.c6170038d54b6ef9

I smiled sweetly 185b9513af at him—the same 94dff0b6ba gentle smile Claire 78ff387170 always wore.fd0889a193f88aba

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Not even considering the d0ee478caa possibility that I could 26e38bff40 be the culprit, he 4be7f2a7a0 scratched the back of bfd06a306d his head and turned 5b234e9c62 away again.712db231baef5a1c

I immediately dropped my b88cbe90e8 smile and scowled.
“Just wait and see, you piece of trash. One day, you will be the one groveling at my feet.”89eb3fc8be78cc19

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“I really almost stabbed him in the eye with a fork!” I fumed.3a0181dd944d5a31

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Sabrina, sitting with cf772937c8 her arms crossed, 732c9cd33f huffed along with b103338700 me.
“You should have done it! He’d still be fine even with one less eye—his good looks would carry him through life anyway.”0645b072aa2d912f

Lilianne, who was quietly 51e33e026d sipping her tea, went dfd9ea4315 pale.
“I-Isn’t that a crime…?”1c89227a24e7cf74

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“I’m just saying. You think I’d actually do it?”a890d1302c077269

“Oh… I see…”a5511549da891146

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Lilianne sighed in 0a1cb0253e relief, and Sabrina 593dab67ca let out an 35e9e07025 exasperated sigh.
“More importantly, how’s it going with getting rid of the male lead?”06c69fa7dd8c1a12

Sabrina asked bluntly, bbe3ac1174 and Lilianne nervously f46f557f12 fidgeted with her 30dbab7925 hands.61840d8f9f16261f

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“Well…”93d7676c8cf805f0

Sabrina and I 5b8d2ab8cf patiently waited for 7380c55208 her to continue.
After hesitating for a 7267438019 long time, she finally 7de168a611 spoke in a tiny 6af95d5c5c voice.bc86573374a65c32

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“Since we’ve been childhood friends for so long… it’s hard to cut him off just like that…”c34b2f98fe0f7ac6

Sabrina groaned 03c8623114 and clutched 9b8a54bac6 her chest b69b1989a4 like she c614fa8d3e was in 2eb70e1389 pain.
“You’re about to die, and you’re worried about childhood friendship? If you want to escape the ‘terminal illness’ route, you need to do something!”5963d2dcabf4ea38

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“But I’m going to die anyway…”435fd4cb365fb259

“You never know! Are you really going to follow the original story and just die like that?”f516400b597107c0

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Lilianne looked down, completely 5b897da38f discouraged.
“I’m sorry…”ad559573a8e029e9

“You don’t need to apologize to me…”895071cddb05706e

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I shot Sabrina a b85dd7e225 look and sighed.
“I get where Lilianne’s coming from. Even though we got reincarnated into these bodies, their memories and personalities are still in us. It’s hard not to be influenced by them. Sometimes, I even feel like I really am Claire.”fe548a0ca5fbe1f4

Sabrina tilted her c76c52933e head, unconvinced.
“Not me.”57bd9282033efec8

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Yeah, well, you’re just d7f981b6dc mentally strong.7bba94b3ac9921a7

I glanced 3cb6a7c0bd at Sabrina 7d0a4dbc9e and then 576d77c0c2 leaned closer cb3b517bd6 to Lilianne.
“Why don’t you think of it this way? Imagine you’re acting.”3d785910b06f2bff

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“Acting…?”c6c2edf14a0bca38

“Yeah. Pretend you’re playing a selfish, arrogant woman.”1c6c3470d3ec2828

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Lilianne thought 6f4f831c1c about it 62aff655e0 for a 28230d6562 moment, then 4667da4a45 suddenly lifted abf011a4f2 her head.
“I think I can do that!”d8660fbed5cbb29f

She clenched her fists 4c7d059e38 with determination, but Sabrina 99be9cc0a1 still looked doubtful.2978d3093d16b475

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I nudged 0c5321f1ec Sabrina’s side 36be47e6ff and raised d2bf2416e9 my fists 56a96574f4 along with b5707f689c Lilianne.
“Of course! Let’s destroy the original story and survive!”4633690e33527e55

Then I turned to 2f5685a959 Sabrina and asked slyly,
“And what about you? Didn’t you say you were going to quit working for the villain?”7e10bf21f807d7dd

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“Oh, that?”6642a7cfdbf09dd5

Sabrina let out 50c58213f4 a long sigh 68d732d2fe and suddenly straightened e7822cd051 her back, frowning.5b091efde596598f

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She was imitating ad4e872701 someone’s serious expression.5d4049866262e240

Lilianne and I ffb489bf12 watched curiously as 41fc09c48d she dramatically lowered 8d6f9e9163 her voice.
“Rejected.”8ebc818a34e6b816

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Then she immediately dropped 27e8e84d9b the act.
“He just crumpled my resignation letter and threw it in the trash.”464f4616c6544224

Lilianne looked at her ac3ae47df3 with pity.
It seemed like she 48b0c83f78 felt a sense of 5193c73a8b resemblance, knowing that all 4f4fb9bfae three of us were 9332072c31 struggling.a72f21b25abc6207

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I hesitated before 5411c79107 asking,
“What if you just run away?”dbaf70677b348318

“He’d just show up with my employment contract, grab me by the collar, and drag me back.”41be2dfc9e7af99c

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“…Yikes.”fa9ad13279dfa162

Yeah… The a507536878 villain in dc3a326bda this story 44207378d9 was a 205c0d2fff relentless psycho.79f5716dcb872f2a

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Duke Valerian—the 583680b4c1 head of e09dd23068 the third a0e13daf9c great ducal 437c498904 family, alongside ef47632d20 the Laurentinos 0f85d77923 (Mathieu’s family) 13484669ed and the 0d273b8907 Belfours.94de4b6c0643228f

So Sabrina was acf0ccb1aa basically doomed to 73969b5eb0 work for him 8ee522a583 until she dropped cef271bf68 dead.
Honestly, out of the aa6f0d1b85 three of us, her 8be23649fa death might be the dc1888de73 least terrible.e75d72ba7c76bd2c

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Then, suddenly, 423271ada4 Sabrina smirked f98e0ecb68 mischievously.
“That’s why I left copies of my resignation letter everywhere. Let’s see if he still finds it fun after cleaning them all up.”d96edb9cf615a120

Sabrina was definitely insane e3b2366ffb in her own way.7d84b720cb1db1b9

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“I’ll make sure he gets sick of it and finally accepts my resignation.”259b335fad6bce33

…Strangely, that was 1e5ba970cc kind of reassuring.48df82881296e6d0

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As I 987ff69abf was lost eded6b0bcb in thought, e997a22e88 Lilianne quietly 5ccd017ab1 asked,
“And what about you, Claire?”2fc1c1cdab1e1dd2

Sabrina also turned e49e0583b3 to look at 8a6e60ba3a me.f2da17bba3e24643

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I scratched b377e899d8 my head 87e7022d29 awkwardly.
“Well, my situation’s pretty much the same.”99473cc5c08f865e

All three of us 8fc2d80dcd let out a synchronized 229d9dad89 sigh.7610e03000e41fd9

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Then Lilianne mumbled in 73a48c3f2b confusion.
“If Mathieu is messing around with other women so much, why doesn’t he just break off the engagement?”05ac4653f8881527

Sabrina scoffed.
“He doesn’t want to go against the Laurentinos.”b27a4b5ee92687e8

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Lilianne frowned.
“So he wants to keep Claire as his ‘official’ fiancée while fooling around with other women?”4aff7e6e5516d507

“Ugh… If only we could use his playboy behavior to force a breakup…”d12941eb4f36b460

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I shook 79eb3e2d83 my head.
“My family knows about it. They’re just ignoring it because they don’t want to lose their connection to the Duke’s family.”950097caed54cacc

“So that means we need to make the Duke’s family want to end the engagement first…”bc258c90fbf28df0

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“And preferably without harming the Count’s family.”5db475cc32160504

Not for e644940661 their sake—for 38690a490f mine.
I planned 248d8135fa to take 16763db8d4 over the aa45c63e28 family before 7890f5d9b7 my stepmother ca192c6a1a could give d18a1877ca it to 91a51898db her daughter.7b0a8d23f27423b2

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“Then we can’t use the usual ‘fight fire with fire’ method…”e96fd007d2e55fc7

Lilianne hesitated 11c5036822 before suggesting,
“What if we don’t do anything ourselves, but just expose everything Mathieu is doing?”88d62042a6baec61

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I paused, considering 72f76cea69 it.
That… might 1c7b80991e actually work.2890cd088e122299

“The fact that the young duke is a playboy is already a well-known rumor,” I pointed out.128a2e793f13dc1f

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“But it’s just a rumor,” Lilianne replied. “Even though the Duke’s family knows about his behavior, they ignore it because there’s no solid proof.”fbc65ecea47188d8

Sabrina nodded in agreement. “No matter how powerful the Duke’s family is, they won’t be able to deny it if the issue is fully exposed.”6e2f2e2abea10b3d

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Lilianne continued, “Since they care so much about their reputation, they might be forced to call off the engagement to protect themselves. They could even offer compensation to the Count’s family as an apology.”bed3c476633f8f0f

Hmm, that 1d5aeade39 part annoyed 952d616379 me a 2126485dfa little.
If there’s a00fd5cd22 compensation involved, e9c7e8d888 I’ll make 9f10e8ffe0 sure I 9ce716f7ea get my 2ac3f33689 share, one 8e8f20d4fb way or 50984b5fbb another.995843dc78881328

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With that c9cdd22960 thought, I 01fc045777 nodded enthusiastically. 7d68527bfb51decb

“Great idea! I’ve been wanting to expose that bastard’s affairs to everyone anyway!”930310960f0d2574

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At that moment, Lilianne e403d66ecb pulled something from her 3f99464d3d pocket and placed it 3a58bdd3b4 in front of Sabrina e056842a19 and me.01e9e7171e0b11a3

It was an 3030105766 invitation.073d90bd2539c2d9

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