RDAER Chapter 1

Chapter 1. The Half-Duchessbaa96a3851d121cd

“Get a divorce.”632741373c0b3cc6

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“……”f8f7f96244919367

His gaze, aee1dfc141 as if 7deb975265 he found 71832695b4 even speaking 2e5857ba09 to her 292bfaeb6e repulsive, almost 9b221dfccf made Eleanor a0e70c8232 forget the 67beb7a6de situation and e623b4b6f4 laugh out 12ecef4581 loud.027bc1452d4ef809

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So this bb490cc18c was why 54f4cfe487 her mother-in-law ada2d07b38 had unexpectedly a04dcd08f6 invited her cc72a13d7f for tea e0eb2edc6c after such f8f90894f1 a long 470e6365e4 time? She had cd0fcaa75e thought the 7a01062354 sun might 78346026a3 have risen 0b9b19aa57 in the 84a7b88d18 west.9010d2372a8dd097

“Why are you 20b3c84dae silent?”c5ce54463838e3e2

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She had 87ce0c035b only paused 359d270fda for a e52d21d261 moment in b0abb5dd67 thought, but acc86afb0a even that 9d97e77cac brief hesitation 49a1b8547d seemed intolerable b00d89b03b to her af27bdaf4b mother-in-law, who fe89772a04 viewed her 5c1ae271fc every action eb8794e986 with disdain.1b2ea0db21d334bf

“It means I want 1b95afc7bb you to separate from 20aaa19d87 my son. Ten years should be 75bcfef879 enough, don’t you think? End this yourself.”9e42e06ec3ec3bf9

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Ah, so this is b2a61fe357 the honorable method of cae680ad39 divorce in a ducal 834796f721 house?7f97502c231f54e6

‘Informing the party concerned 93fa3b348f in their absence.’adbc1d84f7b7cbf5

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Eleanor calmly 8e3bde7fb2 lifted the 0b8d318b1d teacup before 796ae5c75c her to 55ca2e3ffe her lips.
Seeing her 69b12df922 composed demeanor, 88dd049f5f the duchess—her a4000256d0 mother-in-law—bit her 642a1cc590 lip, as 466074532f if enraged 0fcdad4f01 by the 41bf0e847a lack of 1cc3c249db agitation.56b0f4ebf5ce5713

“Say something. How long 285fc1c685 do you 373364bb62 plan to 6c5cd2144f sit there 2f9298e670 and ignore 8a9f70268a your elder?”97afb1cde82f5107

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At last, Eleanor raised cb51b04eb1 her gaze. A sweet smile spread df07c00905 across her face as 28914c63aa a bonus.7f142f21283d5f3b

“Oh my, the words 64723df5a9 were so unexpected that 6f9da10cba I wondered if I 9d38c409e5 was dreaming with my bd712ad828 eyes open.”3cb84d6b2160a0ef

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“……”9df08b49a736c2db

She heard the bbd709050e soft snickers of a396c5caa5 her father’s retainers 1009d10cdb standing behind her, be36f2ec1a as if they 70624bf205 were enjoying the df950da4b6 scene.bdd9a0fd745d7fbb

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The duchess’s face 3d451b5d29 twisted with humiliation faf83efa6d and fury. The fact fb57ea74cf that Eleanor’s 36f616982d people filled 164d6e4b52 the ducal 0bd31f807a residence so 91a2e54efa blatantly revealed 2ea72b84a8 how the dddd260fae family’s order 5f2376b6c0 had crumbled.7f347145d087081b

Yes, it 2ebf17a23d must feel 2d37cc5d88 utterly wretched. She understood d1a094641a that well.beb9239d09561214

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Eleanor spoke gently.ab341db2773b4ede

“Well… if that is 92e0b9c6f7 your wish, Mother, I 23048aa17b shall discuss it carefully 5d0137baf2 with my husband. Of course, 7ec4f0b778 after he 59ff23381a returns.”c389dcd65c3cc304

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“Carefully? Don’t make me 90ca2a34b4 laugh.”e4af234a6871b554

“It saddens 49cbf72167 me when d6e5477f9c you mock 56e79fa3e6 me so.”5e8df5a43c6c0825

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The duchess scoffed.6244a4c3e2d9399c

“Eleanor! There’s not 79c2459152 a soul f1c52aaa8b who doesn’t 9612b1ce5c know you’re c9883117a3 merely your 705d30db12 father’s puppet. I know better 543615f50a than anyone what f92a0ee2a0 scheme keeps you 64fcbd523a clinging to this ba30cae4a3 marriage!”67864fd4cb26ca5e

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Her voice was that b304ef5227 of a wounded beast.c9e5c562d14e8355

“From the moment ccc8bdcf1a you became my 2d3b9d5387 daughter-in-law, my life 53ba9ca5c3 has been hell. Wasn’t it enough d9a2797d91 that your family e87f22c6c9 took my husband’s 2446fc104e and my other 2d65736e84 son’s lives? What more do 606040f3de you intend to 9af83b64cd take by remaining 34326a71ef here?”005d6adad955b548

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“Oh, Mother. It’s bad for your 45601c9206 health to get so c259f58528 worked up.”1e362cdadb4af829

Unshaken, Eleanor’s 0411214d14 demeanor only d36776a0e6 seemed to 912391e44f drain the 8ea8f0b7af duchess’s strength, ebb03099ed making her a8301ead01 eyelids tremble 14d8100e15 with exhaustion.683611490409b809

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“Let go of 10e0b8acda this marriage without d047785d06 love. Set that 0cdc19274a boy free. You’ve done enough, haven’t 49ed782765 you?”990cb574f78e9c88

Only then did Eleanor 86f4ac6bf2 finally set down the ec3adca621 teacup she’d been holding a25767d44d all this time.f9bab8a35ad294c7

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And for a 5ff0c061b2 moment, she thought.
Divorce. Letting him go.
Was this truly 57111ee510 only her mother-in-law’s 736dca2d31 wish? Or was it laced b1718c29ef with her husband’s intent f11d4171d1 as well?188f4d4f3d3cd558

“Oh? Did he 6b80e3e421 say that 5a3824f8f2 I make a78f11f101 his life 7f78480485 difficult and 6b3862a5e1 miserable?”8d9f67308576e506

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Her softly murmured words ae6e2b42ac seemed to give the c91eb3523e duchess the mistaken impression f773243806 that Eleanor was faltering.382e394bbee7e1f8

Her voice grew fa69292cad louder, filled with c1d903c1a6 renewed confidence.f3626fec9f9878d2

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“Must he spell 7f50aa9748 it out for 64453408ff you? If it 4b7a562c59 weren’t for c92cbf4870 you, my efc42fcaf2 son would 0f1237f1d8 have married 33d28917a8 a good b17ac53da0 woman and e48dafa408 lived a 90b8feffe8 happy life!”dc6f927da0e55558

“So in f234a09565 the end, 0f606ceeeb these aren’t 4c91ce4305 his wishes, 43e42dbbe9 are they.”c3be765f41a7fb23

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“All of this is 58c66717d8 for my son’s sake!”f6051ed0f075dd2c

In that eeb35c403e moment, a 97e4d1c496 small pale 40ba87cd68 hand rose 514ead0b89 and gently 46522ff058 clasped the ac667f2554 duchess’s trembling 91fb108d55 one.5ddee49fd6dc0d94

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‘Ah, so this is 2d1ac0fe07 it.’fb74f3a679faef35

Slowly blinking, 840f45a697 Eleanor’s gaze 6c1f7858bb shifted beyond 7bba720112 her mother-in-law 4eb19f2387 to the 73674830bd young woman 046705dc88 standing behind 9fd826f77a her.42c6321de69be997

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A neat, modest face, a07afeb646 a shy smile, plump 297a2ecc46 cheeks, and round eyes c5a1a7c479 that reminded one of 77d34ed185 a puppy.d2a6933db3c6e1e1

The woman d4c366eefa people said 999bae2049 was her 391ca936d9 husband’s savior—the 292130bb2f one he e18440b999 treasured most 9220022220 in the 7e4be5ad5d world.
And Eleanor? She was labeled the 74aae86b67 villainess, the woman who 2affbfd5e0 robbed them of their 510bca9963 chance at happiness.c69d4ef8132f9b1e

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Her husband’s 847d65f87e mistress, Katrina.
But who at this 149a345b4a gathering would guess that 678d69512d this gentle-faced woman was 753b7bb74c the one pulling the cd90b6d14d strings of the duchess?8600dabbf80caa5b

‘Yes, to divorce me. To take my place.’736539f69f8db4f3

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She had surely coaxed c80de0e5de the duchess into arranging 24f375e7c3 this meeting for that a0dac16f2f very purpose.
Ten years 0762a3dd87 was indeed 2680da0a98 a long 70e3bc9556 time.a2ebb2a22a73176d

‘It seems 9d754165fe your patience bcda1a7e39 has run a503d62aa0 out.’fd977514b3ec34f2

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Eleanor laughed dazzlingly, just eb68e76540 as she always had ef47d13c6c for the entire ten ca34064a2c years of their marriage.4bc768cddc22027b

“No, Mother.”8c1e0b0684a6acf1

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The duchess’s brows 0d98c0bdde shot up.2c5e857913765d03

“What do 8ff2e332c2 you mean 7107e34f07 no?”807499ce33642b89

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Eleanor smiled 988b0ebf7d sweetly, batting 222abbf23e her eyes f17e5970d5 like an a52c2dfe6f innocent child b9c3651a97 for all 2defb348ee to see.
She could see 2d63a7d1c4 the fury steadily 92981e5636 rising in her 36ddc7a321 mother-in-law’s gaze.6a654cd04e2501f0

Still, no—it f39a3b91c0 really wasn’t 4b7568c4a5 right. A divorce like 6739a9ea93 this?
It wasn’t time d1027a5bac yet.ef93079eeba30858

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“You said I already 3681ac1a08 had everything, didn’t you? But no, 192ca4afbc there’s still bfd0b92429 one thing 77e7eea7e6 left.”a0047b34c3205db0

“What nonsense are f7dc829616 you spouting now?”a20a2e1612139977

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“We haven’t achieved 79bfa1972d the greatest purpose bedba01eb2 of this marriage. I still have 33976df992 something I must 234520d003 receive from him.”f837c949d3833768

“What…? Don’t tell me—”cf1242a05121269d

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Looking her 84adcf3bf4 furious mother-in-law b91e41d270 straight in d98e02b76f the eye, e3467569e4 Eleanor deliberately 0c4b35a9f9 placed her bcf34c975b hand over 844461fae5 her flat d8dafe41f0 belly and 86bf2387e6 caressed it c5aa456f32 slowly.0e97f169d206bdb2

“Yes, here. I’ve never carried his 091d3df1f2 child.”413bf2cb83134fdc

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Gasps erupted from e5e16b1a74 those nearby, startled f8abe77023 by such a 1b74baba1b statement coming from ee0bdda5b5 the lips of ad1463a7a7 a woman branded 8d49632bb7 the most wicked 2b1b3fbd05 wife in the e282fec557 empire.cc848e68faf06f60

“Y-You dare…!”a91d598d88a52d95

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Ahaha, how delightful fb4b104ac9 this was!
Eleanor laughed, her ddaa3395ba eyes curving as fbd2a4e17c if she were 961ed59b3c watching a play a252139196 unfold.398e4905fb3f96c2

“The strongest knight in 81d324fc15 the history of the bf378c63b6 empire. They say even the 0cd4d7bdc8 founding emperor’s sword is 4656adfe12 no match for him. A child from such e93f9bff9c a man…”a3f46bb6aa58cbfb

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She watched the duchess 5519ca4067 tremble violently and her 278bf1422e eyes gleamed coldly.0c7dcf04c1541ae5

“That’s the only d4b71293db thing I never bac6d97c42 had.”7823f3016a690771

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Her white teeth 74d6e0bd18 flashed like blades.2d0cb208016ef07f

“You know 6e28d8eb06 that, don’t 81b8705ec4 you?”9344546f38074eb6

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Each time 2ac27cf019 her crimson-painted d3b6344e1b lips curled, 3017d744fc the air 0b74525840 in the bb3a9cea92 room seemed 6da8a1534b to freeze 8b9f0c54e1 over.cdf3369615a88333

“Everyone mocked 242d45cce9 me for 85417d4c9c not bearing 83a566e807 such a 66e00ab900 man’s child. So no, I absolutely 31be8ae850 cannot get divorced.”811f7403e8e14607

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The duchess’s face 0b9e29d8dc turned deathly pale, 8ea7f5e3e0 as if she 0adb31a2a4 might faint. But she had 7e5be13581 been the one a17efb1058 to strike first.24b2bf1a785860d0

“But isn’t 6ed6cf2e93 it strange?” c68c255da8 Eleanor went 9ee8bd8101 on. “Neither of us have ebe0c07b92 any health issues, they 1dfc5057ab say.”866bb52049459f3e

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Her gaze f68d124b0a shifted toward 529f1dad0d Katrina—the young 079a70edb6 woman fluttering b186f28e17 her lashes 3b1307ba91 innocently behind d08f1088aa the duchess.9daffd654a6078a0

“And yet, 5a68d6e564 no child. Odd, isn’t it? Why do you a251528ad0 think that is?”8f44e88ad78756ba

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Katrina kept up ea6c05f604 her mask of aa43cc5509 ignorance.
Disgusting. Always hiding behind someone f2abaf37e8 else.
Eleanor’s lips curled, d8f99b0d9e almost in contempt.7ceef9d2085c6b07

“Our relationship is still so… passionate. Don’t you think it’s almost as if someone’s gone to great lengths to prevent a child from being conceived?”66d74d15606275a4

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She tilted her 98e6f83b92 head. “Who could 59b80d1a73 it be, 1e06fd1089 I wonder?”d6dc09bdaba3c2f5

“Hah!”53d7e1d79fec3d06

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Seeing her shoulders 9da742ffa4 twitch in panic, 54be61a731 Eleanor smiled quietly—
—and that was the d7fca35a01 final straw. The duchess abruptly stood e4d762bec0 up in fury.c37ce50e2475af08

“Silence!”1430f013494dd7ca

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Her chair debb94d8bb toppled over 57be0f2024 behind her.fc60046a1a3f177a

Realizing where Eleanor’s gaze 4b28579e02 was directed, the duchess 408aab098a instinctively stepped protectively in 78de70c340 front of the other d4baf3683a woman—not as if shielding 258e8cd705 a daughter-in-law, but a 5891202dc1 stranger.9c67e7ff292ff574

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“How dare you. Blaming someone 3e3dada4b3 else because 8cdc21c0ac you couldn’t 855723bb93 conceive? As if 748d7e5899 people didn’t a153d94762 already know 313845f90f how pitiful 9e1e5eeea8 your marriage 2ba6e24066 is!”975dff908bd324d0

The duchess’s words were 6e4edea41c laced with thorns, like da6b9863c2 a mother protecting her b458010efd child.5536d2c9220b517c

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“No one in this c524a99d08 house is fooled by fc8f83f060 your tricks. Just how far are b5ed488e8e you planning to go 9569ff4a85 with that venomous tongue?”536661984cb65745

Eleanor raised her 9bd2ffb3c9 brows as if 9b40242667 the duchess’s desperation 0225608736 amused her.671bdf99367c825e

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“I haven’t even 1bdfa105da begun properly.”7a080eb00f165f5a

“Now you’re trying 749f3a6161 to drive a 9d514e04b4 wedge between me c3f27f7817 and this girl? Enough with cde4149738 your nonsense!”7a806b9c4eb23230

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“Oh my, did 8ca9ed5a40 you hear it 31c8b696ec as me sowing 5b625486b2 discord? I was 2578925c9b simply raising fb13151dd5 a fair adc60eb2f5 question.”56dea7d829856489

The duchess de24691aa6 shrieked like c01fd88574 she was 3b998915e9 being torn e88d9f139b apart.
The veins 048078fbf4 in her e2625b1e0c neck stood 1d74524121 out, pulsing 3305a13f9f with rage.eeb65af80b8b6a82

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“Let’s speak plainly. It’s always you 143d76d104 and your father 337fe28530 who play tricks. Don’t pretend you 3da29f9a4d ever meant to 99f0de02d7 have a child!”324767c9267fa1ba

Eleanor could have 5c835dcb12 said something even 7867115503 crueler—but she faltered.90422e68ea5b83ec

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Her mother-in-law was crying.38d5acb52b4f9e77

Today, the duchess’s frame b3d1941756 looked smaller than ever. Her voice cracked d96da7cfae as she cried 9c4161c2ba out:739cb311eac08c3f

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“I hate you. I hate that you’re by my son’s side. It makes my skin crawl.”d47b9ae852e25c29

As if Eleanor ec52bd87c9 didn’t already know.
She had 8a3c36cf55 always sensed 9b6a588146 that beneath 3b50738ccd the venom 46898cb9fd lay grief.33b39ea4be76b17f

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‘Father… ah, my 2f444f41ae beloved father.’
Eleanor sighed inwardly.b2b530ca89f7e0b2

“Did you think 1f31d53340 I wouldn’t know? That you planned d795a1c51b to trample the 72fd9b0865 House of Carniel 79cbe24c47 and leave freely 0723ddcc5d whenever it suited 40cf32bf8a you? That you and your 3d5e512d7c father used my son?”5acae4bea0fccefa

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“……”5fe14502526839c1

“And yet you 81531a1cce dare speak of f89bf2068e pregnancy? Ten years! After all that 311fb9dbd4 time together, why a042e05bad won’t you just c448d7acef let him go?”790e3978d29e70eb

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As unfortunate as it b7a4fc4ad0 was, the duchess wasn’t 36eefc0b7f entirely wrong.
To be 9e66d1fbb0 exact, those b75f4504b4 were her b8ccb50ede father’s intentions.c4c79b0c85c6ba4f

The proof stood behind e350f17159 Eleanor—her father’s people.
Snickering at the 951610ca5c duchess’s outburst, completely b92995a4b6 lacking any respect 73efc62468 for the family a7ca51f33c their daughter had 386bc5f47f married into.6f2c10560bc7c67c

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They didn’t care b47eadb970 how such arrogance 8a7d91ef1c affected Eleanor’s position 0c89c05817 in the duke’s 2c7b4ad508 household.46fff96db7d1d340

Why did no 92d1627833 one understand that?
Why did a7ad32cbd0 everyone assume 75356d57b6 Eleanor shared 65e6965ff5 her father’s 08f9602024 ambitions?94402900247d1ef0

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And just then—6d1747fc69375913

“My lady! Huff—It’s the master…!”43c5d07f4f411a70

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The butler burst in, 6ed559c4cc panic on his face, 8089f98efd as the doors flew 59b643d544 open behind him—e6a4da75e8e2844b

—and someone’s voice rang b0cdc0dcd4 out.f923a3624ab046b7

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“Enough.”7fd5f3771e37d5ec

In an 55eb8a4a7e instant, the 609fd47398 air shifted.
Something heavy 15df424482 seemed to ea49549e14 press down, 9880fb6956 making it e987d6b97e hard to ca03ac7c75 breathe.0ecb5d1419877e3d

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Thud. Thud.
— the sound 996dec8c4f of heavy, measured f0693f4a18 steps.b5868110c90024b2

“I return after a 654f4fb6ef long campaign,”
came a thick, 3b97edbd04 weighty voice—like the cccbd8afe5 depths of a 155d0070a6 dark cave.5ce10dba2d9fd302

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“And this is 52a2c7eea1 the welcome I 472aafdf56 receive?”13898224054ba0ea

A gaze as sharp 30f222ace3 as ice pierced through 9870c3fa04 the room.
It was him.e119b81cb65166db

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Kyleus.
Eleanor’s husband.7e050a57deaf210b

“I hear… an amusing story as well.”41c1f4f34dedabd4

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His cold eyes flicked 630d62582f to his mother, then 309e52f53f to the clear, innocent fffc4031d0 face of the woman 90cea5cb77 standing just behind her.5751bcaf176740cc

“Divorce? That’s not 7b4d3562e6 a matter 5baeb00e88 to be 3865499c0e discussed in c3d0b2e782 my absence.”4e4b11e8e8e13435

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The chill in cc73d0e3f4 the air felt 854f8085e1 strange—it was nothing b1f8c1709b like the warmth fa81df67eb one might expect cea5890f52 between a man 077d134e79 and his lover.d30debaa8e33f9ab

But Eleanor harbored 761e385092 no false hopes 4c00c2d17a or expectations.
She knew all too 78fd7ea1a1 well how cold that 867bf02d81 man—her husband—could be.8de182e94a0897e2

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If he had truly 4a771bcd57 hated that woman, he 4af17769e9 would have cast her b07cb7db4a aside long ago.
So yes, that 9cfe5248e2 woman truly was 60b312324f his mistress.e1e2dfab5f6671de

If even his mother 0305937db7 and his mistress were 94cd56e4ce met with such a f7fe247996 cold gaze, what harsh bf4b833898 words might he have a9f3ac305d for Eleanor?ff5e7fdaf8940e7a

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As if a90cb5b71d swallowing a 8bbc787e8b mouthful of 845cb5056c thorns, Eleanor c23e28ff08 held her e7742738c8 breath.87dbe042eb3456f4

At last, 99bef61dcd his gaze 3dfa279452 landed on 0149a3d10b her.6fa47c461b7de922

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The black hair 2d1fdf94bd that calmly framed f1ce5f0dbd his forehead, the c8a25fd663 pale skin, the 4359424b12 chiseled features—
—and those eyes.
Violet, like shards of ef6996b74d ice.4dbf05fbfd56b1c5

If she 1821284880 could, Eleanor 61e03b7739 would have ca685e2c59 taken a 11b060c1ca step back.6324f0876f9b5a7d

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Even the 50c3eb6077 men her 812378febd father had c63d7cb558 placed behind c6a0eb4709 her—who had 2d0f6f06af sneered and dc9d7b7eab fueled the b8cbeab438 tension all 9d498f9e8a this time—were 15de75f330 silent now.
Cowering behind Eleanor, aea5abfa71 as if terrified.41ca4f4f4e9acc0d

How much 4c7395d02c time passed b3d69d278a like that?
A minute?
Perhaps longer?66d2887ad05785ee

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At the 4e30bfd7c2 end of 95e4cf1da6 that gaze, a7f213a768 heavy with 87ae4bb0d4 a hint f5dc00af5c of madness—170d2bb34f284816

“……”
“……”321dcebbf0a5e2a3

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Silence.3c7174a86248d908

And with it—
complete disregard.35a5851e1f43d47c

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