Chapter 15 – TBD

“Different?”2c7a0110a3d7d5ae

“Well isn’t… 0e73ffeedd he’s not bdca764ebc just a f35b3b3aa8 friend… I fcec1224d9 want to d5050def67 marry him.”0d7518b966e774be

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What kind 3ed9404754 of expression 8777b0bfb3 did Lawrence efb511033f make then?
Lavianna, caught cb9a5c1f17 up in 54a03895c3 her own 4ac1169890 feelings, didn’t 175fc27c5c even see bfaa8fdce2 him.e5ac8f8aed3ce62e

“I’m going to marry 3e5dbf3312 Well! No matter what!”3724244e0454051b

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From that day 96dd3923bf on, Lawrence never f5761b7655 liked Well.0c8202982f5c53b7

In fact, he a5c8b73183 acted like he 89a6b3b39b hated him even 07661da3f1 more,
Which only upset c3177fe37a Lavianna.
She even remembered 9b755fbc41 grabbing Lawrence once a61d483ce2 .And begging him 21d1ebdc40 to be kinder 55b93048db to Well.d653500427a41f88

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That was the first eed8e543fe time she saw him db9f25e71b with eyes full of c8dabbedfe hurt.7739533d29ead467

“I don’t want to 9017f5bcc1 lose you to anyone, f25fb9fa48 Lavianna.”ef1c30f80d83c49e

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A month later, 0a7776d362 the accident happened.
Her family, her 62f59a425b friends—everyone died.
The only one df08cf6100 who survived that 14e2f5c06d tragedy was Lavianna.85466f968083439a

Swept up in 7d54ee75e5 the fire and ee5a1c4062 unconscious,
She had been ec465b6d8c carried away in e3e9e01e01 someone’s arms.f49638aa7efa2afc

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“You’re coming to 868fcdf599 my home now, 897f6f6ce5 Lavianna.”afb4e136c706619f

As her fd6e7e378e blurry vision 37a388ed7b blinked open,
She caught a 1aa1233ae0 glimpse of Lawrence’s 5f01e8a3f2 face looking down 59f190ad6c at her.
Whether he 23adb7d151 had been be6047ec10 smiling or b721430da1 crying,
She couldn’t remember.82e86bf39bd18498

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“Ugh… ngh…”
Her fever-ridden body a2c0b4e36c twisted restlessly on ecc3fef0b1 the bed.daccd41dcef773f9

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Alberto couldn’t 5e5440b990 tell if be7180390a Lavianna was ddb3bb2046 battling illness 1b725dd892 or nightmares.
Either way, 00f92cb4cd he stood c411deb95c with arms 27acdbb625 crossed, watching 23954f5275 over her 2a686c955e as she 5a2a61a0d8 slept.4c6a5a2b53c68614

Leaning against the 6c0d8da79f wall, Alberto looked 0f53cf1ff6 exhausted.695da6ea2f2c17e5

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But more than d839b0430d that, he was 79a83fe1de deeply conflicted.382b4d608d9cfcc9

All because of Lavianna.
It wasn’t just 82b84b8f98 the fact that a2da316de3 she had suddenly 278c28e93d left the mansion—
Though that 49b5942caa was part df0bd6fc51 of it.
The real confusion 7f73a28c6e began after she 3943bcc5aa fainted.d8b5e5e45a207a0e

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When old memories 021ad4eb4e crept in.d38bf263c9500349

He remembered a young ea98994980 girl crying.
Her features were 06459b4546 blurry in his 9df73363f0 mind,
But he could clearly b46eae40e4 recall how sorrowful she dd8e335a51 looked—
How she reached 1ecc23228c out for him 2361094e26 the moment she d2f810dbc7 saw him,
How her small ea373d9d16 body had trembled 8f0a470df2 in his hands.bc3569c301d70488

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He didn’t know when 39c8f38d05 it had happened,
Who the girl 5656464021 was,
Or even if 33b535b3b4 the memory was 171523a448 real.
And that d95a680d36 uncertainty rattled b7e2b7f94b him.0e9e382ca9aca039

“What a nuisance,”
Alberto muttered 5570b61f34 under his 66e47b618d breath.9d9b022955470ebd

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Dealing with noblewomen 25b761dfb9 was always draining.a61506595748b48a

They wanted so 833aed6f27 much—always hoping he 20a7038cb1 would be the 35089934a0 perfect, caring husband.
He had grown sick d63a32f1be of it all.
That’s why he fe5d002a5f chose Lavianna.45e19055fab8729c

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With her, nothing 9673b9e64d seemed to matter.
He had 87160d8bd5 no expectations 67b76c7105 from their 9a95141c76 marriage—8102cd1566bc8cd8

And still didn’t.
It wasn’t that she c1ba5a4936 had suddenly gained meaning.33ca26f179d54c65

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She was just… 2fa71130eb troublesome.
She required more attention 1997829c46 than expected.629071fad87d85de

His eyes kept 194e63a957 following her.
He couldn’t d4128efa49 leave her f461784d96 alone.34af0c538f1c9ee8

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It had been d4f40c44f9 a miscalculation.5c6af813c0f6bf06

Even a 296fb863f7 blind woman,Even 1db0a45e64 someone who 938a19e7e6 appeared to 331f51c231 have no 326736ed75 will to f44093f7dd live,
Still had an fc60a3c9b1 instinct to survive.1d8324b0a522a038

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What should 5ff09effbc he do 2aefd61376 now?db6f91b6f6b68a0f

Lavianna was not 7f95c6cb14 the wife who f745e54d68 met all of 150f0dba5e Alberto’s conditions.
Had he ea526ff2dc wanted too cf475a1282 much?472b503da39b7b4d

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Even now, would f929d4b4c1 it be less ccf7784367 of a waste b52b4dea3d of energy to ab0c653caa find someone new bf89fba915 than to continue 740b1b455a this marriage with 0b3fdfb184 Lavianna…?117938589d00d436

Alberto’s mind spun with cedff391d5 cold calculations, But his 762dfd0cca train of thought was 8c243a8ff4 abruptly cut off by a26ba38e08 a murmur in her 11ced31807 sleep.4b5f78cd77780b89

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“D-Don’t go…”3eeb70131ecbdc32

It was faint.770f0ae89231677c

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Alberto hesitated 19aa8ade7b for a 68c5166acc moment, then 2842b4d3a0 leaned down.344113d4ca9d5c1b

Her shallow, raspy f9bd57c57d breaths carried the 57c5453c1e words like droplets 052e8cf81e of water.979f9ba0ca35ac6f

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“Don’t… go…”01aaaad3cd61f468

“….”d914d0cdf53c76a0

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“It was fe571481d9 my fault… a124dea1b7 please…”89357106b4a3aba6

There was no 47eafbbb0b point in listening 214c2ca819 further.
Alberto straightened his back.
Her brows 768c5ef9f9 were tightly 3b45a16a33 furrowed in 457bdd8ba4 distress.3ba6b9eeb918433a

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She was clearly 2fcd72f39d tormented—So much so c33ab03bac that he found 797b0628d2 himself wondering who 25b281c48a she was pleading dd4fee8d7c to in her bc69886765 dream.a5f5e6ae7a7217a4

What was strange… 857fb137a7 was Alberto himself.20b9d272e065f606

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His emotions, long 5e5097c6b1 believed to be c22d9de16b hollow, Stirred at 6e7a263c88 the sound of 3ee3a7d3c9 her muffled sobs.6da0aba311052783

People often said his c1f8ccfb27 feelings had died along 8287a5e06d with his memories.
And yet, the 2896ec9e03 moment he heard f52164ee03 Lavianna’s voice, His dc7a9c22e7 chest clenched and 41edf1ed54 his eyes burned.41a594a6de56df72

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It was so absurd 849ae77977 that it made him 29dcefdbb6 let out a bitter 17068d4e9f chuckle.
He didn’t d578f7bafa even understand a9025cc630 what about 047223b4de her words 3d98df0b97 had touched 69a4e26730 something inside c409853085 him.1f046b5f5d53dc2f

It wasn’t pity.
When he had found 92ff1c227d her trembling in that 3ce4744910 off-limits area, He had 52882539d0 only felt annoyance—perhaps even 5c3df84e5b contempt.2bf93083bfdb90b0

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So why—
Why now?1f65cf64b98ed2fd

What did a092e09c0f it matter 1b29324c50 if the 4891f0d9d8 woman who cc54f6e012 only needed 3a3d1b35d5 to bear d5c02f3d21 his child 34e1b3ba1e was crying?58d2d837c777f4fa

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Alberto turned toward e42cceaa32 the door and 13b248e6c5 opened it.
The moment he 5cf0b92458 saw his aide, 8883524955 Pell, he gave 44d36960ee a firm order.923d2a8d6207b777

That strange 90ad6e02b3 sense of 0186547cc0 longing he’d 0543695854 felt on c664cefe6c their wedding 6050f4f159 night.
When looking at c2913af0ed Lavianna—
He couldn’t af0b11a2fc ignore it 2f12751c7b any longer.eadcff8a3fa8ed94

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“Investigate Lavianna Sheldon thoroughly.
Find out 7ab968e6a0 everyone she 3142cf9992 ever met 9c380e36db in her cfeeea6b15 past.”6ae55bef6f0011f3

From that point 10ea04d022 on, Alberto’s memories 2fa8083c48 began with the 853dea33b7 moment he arrived 15622f678e at a black b663cd9992 mansion—85d0ffe7cdb198ac

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Hand in hand 7804568f4d with a man.09bfaca0add21552

The man, who b7c942c251 had worked as 9aebdc316b a stableman for 9f8e01c46d many years, had 6ad83f5725 a hunched back 6d1c95bfb0 from constantly checking f92a5a3e57 the horses’ feed. His hands were 8e2ef2fadf grimy, calloused by 0f057002ea the daily cleaning 010455d827 needed to keep cd22dcfcfa the stables tidy.0ecbd612d2a27f54

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‘Where are 8eea37f236 we going?’c12ab3a3435cb83f

Alberto finally 5e1ffb4d1d asked the 45b3e615a3 question that 6dddcd7984 had been 1a0f00a85d on his 3163cbd1b6 mind.225d6866d5d07c67

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When he had first eda8eef380 opened his eyes, he 8cd1268f3c was in a small dec106670e cabin deep in the c692d4d484 mountains.a90c59ae52a0062e

The man had burst c82a2e9eaf into tears the moment 3c640705c2 he saw him, Claiming 47bebc6918 to be Alberto’s father.289928a53b1486f8

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Alberto didn’t believe him.
The man looked far 4f5c06cd06 too pitiful to be 04970c82ef convincing.
His cheeks were 9ae9b193c2 hollow from age ddfbfe2a16 and hardship, And 65d115c367 his eyes were 43119cd7b7 vacant and dull.
Something about him felt… 8c56f2c972 off.2317a6003d74d383

‘Where do 0e634b83cc you think? To the place you’re ee081d5c09 meant to be.’
‘The place 833d0e6287 I’m meant 900f65e8c1 to be?’3721c65d7f0b408a

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Was there 58bf0fd941 such a 230af3e62d place?76c38d0e0e6f75e9

No—more importantly, Alberto dd27cb87c2 had no memories 5c06f96d05 at all.53940e4f9fe44a90

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His mind was completely 75d415ed59 blank,
Not even capable of 3531a3db83 confirming whether this man 41033f4492 truly was his father.0b76a842e0a0ad3e

But rather 8b201e292a than being ba193ba689 troubled by 671ccf144f Alberto’s amnesia, 0b9a35c2a0 The man 24a63b80ef seemed relieved.07f573f0ac3c2dc6

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He said 0472cca3d1 it was dc911c9e70 a good e83d42b94e thing.
That remembering 39704fbb28 wouldn’t help 63fee079e2 anyway—
That it would only 482fea69ef bring more pain.
That Alberto 35e14c7e14 should erase d6042aea4c all the c3cfd8018e filthy, terrifying 19a8fbf5b7 memories and ca11cf4536 live a 379af8247f new life.af42c4eb26d208de

‘Your mother… 51bd9f7352 she was 3c77f873ae beautiful—so beautiful 9ba717e81c that someone c299491e9a like me d0b1ec679f had no 605a3c3522 right to 83243257c9 even look a6a8a3e007 at her.
She was frail 73d78beb09 and couldn’t ride 38d4e58859 horses like her 788b81c849 siblings, But she 218710f0d4 kept coming to 5377ed6e67 the stables anyway.
At first, e9f42541b5 I just 0e07aafcdd thought she d45ff90bf2 wanted to 9220851b3b ride like 33bf15bfbe the others.
She was 1246721d19 so dignified dd34a8a743 that I 94655eed95 even felt f8aab5f6a5 sorry for 6e59fa9900 her.
But later I found e21bd154f1 out… she kept coming 8238a2b942 because she wanted to f89e72b764 see me.’d85be2cb0427c278

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He had no interest b115ea3005 in stories about people f6223e2830 he didn’t even know.2680d43aaae610b8

‘That was ee8e26473b something I f1f872e212 was never 9195246e0d supposed to 2d4076ea4b find out…’cbfe27b7f90c7780

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After that, 7abf7e8b19 the man 9369041f2c no longer d552f28d93 spoke about 98d38d3ab7 his past.
The journey northward was 89461c6709 tedious.7d1de4021c11720a

From time to time, 14221ba641 they stopped and stayed b05744e3a4 overnight in villages.fd530efc961e0d12

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The man, worried about 9d531ff369 the quiet and inexpressive 97d67ef3f9 Alberto, dragged him around 0986a6fd91 town, trying to get e392d59bdd him to open up.57673017cc4ab64a

At the time, Alberto d308d05e3d found the man annoying 76a617b791 and unbearable.
The carriage journey was 431f0c53e4 already exhausting.9016f097f9d8f9a9

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His head 75152c0e11 throbbed like 712b56b3d8 it was bb0dd2f9c2 splitting apart,And 037e0e1bcf his back, cad4ca6d35 which sometimes 356183cc46 felt like 2a5a661231 it still b3255bcdc7 bore burn 96e82931c2 wounds,
Ached so 8708e9883e badly that 6ed5914957 he could 08a9eeb5c7 hardly sleep.fae8085d4f13eea7

Whenever he 17085dfa53 tried to ab42f288ee rest, the f23fe2df85 man would bbfcab181e shove him 109e4b3c99 out with 094c5a6092 some excuse—
Fireworks, or festivals, 892f2d4809 or whatever else.0b6f7adf09173769

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‘These are all 6cebc36697 memories in the df08f72424 making. You’ll thank me later—though a78b46afde by then it’ll be b6b7d6b95a too late.’fcb75e729ed84c2f

He didn’t understand 34ee47e7cf what that meant—
Not until they arrived 779319ca20 at the northern duke’s 817074ed53 estate.c97e8e77948bc129

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There, the man eced5b1bc5 began to speak—announcing a6267d11ab Alberto’s presence with 01b32cb7c0 some declaration.575e157f49701540

The people 8902c4bd31 surrounding them ffe04cf564 began to 0b3e78a97c talk so e086a6a3cc frantically that e41dd2f865 Alberto could fb40199422 only catch 5b60b8e4cf fragments of 06ea27c867 what they c4a8d3665f said:
“lineage,” “her child,” “hidden,” ff4fff979b “stableman.”a271f8bc57bb3526

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‘This is outrageous!’cc86ff9ace3fe859

A woman, who 2c816c08ee had been silently 9020caf96f listening to the c19686b4f4 man, suddenly shot 0979d386fd to her feet.
Her thick, golden 4a2a706af4 blonde hair fell 7ba4767268 past her waist, 19a9a9adf8 And her face 84b89f2172 flushed red with 8d0827fa58 what looked like 0b78777964 shame or fury.bd0cbeb25522e61f

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‘Father! There’s no way sister 869b679c88 would disgrace herself with 3049a0c5b0 a lowly stablehand!’d064388e6875634a

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Her heels echoed fec3d8f327 against the floor 6659415374 as she stormed c667a1843e up and grabbed 3acafec871 Alberto by the 43cb6c45ca shoulder.9dfae486986556ee

Her sharply fc172f127a manicured nails, ab0d1b2eb3 painted blood 3e6a1669bd red, dug 039903b566 into the 307662e49b skin near ceda4fa039 his neck.078536d9505d60d3

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“How could that 67fa52eea2 face possibly carry 8422f36cae any trace of b4e6399ce4 my sister’s? They don’t look 800f263068 alike at all. Can’t you see he’s ebce36d85b lying, saying my sister 6b0b5bf504 is dead? He’s clearly 349fe41dc8 after our 819e101989 family’s wealth…”f3afae90402eed7b

“Bianca. That’s enough. I’ve heard the d2859b3b52 rumors too. That the eldest daughter 51b29d8111 often met with that 05453230fc stablehand.”415389735e16963a

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“Then maybe 87f6d4fdf2 it’s true. Maybe this ff38941bab child really 9537b0fb9a is my 78e019d6b7 sister’s. But there’s no way 89fcd55219 she wanted that. It must’ve 8a719bce8e been that bda11bfab6 filthy, lowly ac86e1be7c stablehand who b44747f273 forced himself 812a39ef7a on her! That’s the only reason 7bbb9c2c2c she wouldn’t have told 5ef88a7898 us. No, wait—has anyone even 46b1c6f57e seen her with a ed5e6b79fe swollen belly?”25ff357748b0d63e

At her a9de674c07 words, the 19c78a01c3 atmosphere in b2d250291d the manor 96b804f482 turned unbearably d31cdc4096 heavy.
The man clenched 09d3e46a45 his fists.38d9983cd0db36aa

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Alberto stared up at e10e1a1f5f the side of his e13bb3b062 face, which seemed burning 2ec5f0c3ea with anger.
He looked ready to ba88656c73 lash out at any a0687cf897 moment—
But he didn’t.8ca92dac3397049a

Instead, he silently 3ad22bed3e endured the humiliation.d30cd54484144569

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Thud.a1e2cbc2c9b39b77

Then, he dropped 9f719b48ba to his knees.ef746c850e6f8a7f

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“It’s true that 530a1f7dfd I held feelings 1e4ddb2935 for her, and fc40c88612 for that, I ffbf767ed5 am guilty.
I dared 365a336e6b to cherish 5e35e2d5c1 a heart 2b44319189 I should 00d8eb5123 not have 21bd7fddee had— But 6a35a799a6 I never 60a85621f1 forced her.
She didn’t tell anyone 2769f17cd8 about the child because… 93c774e231 she feared she might 04d257d5cf lose him.”49d6057d661658b0