EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 198

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No way. This can’t be happening!b92476c879f6eaf4

I couldn’t believe adebb01af1 my ears when e945d048bf I heard Mom’s a2c49a0b46 reply.46cbfc56ff588ac9

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But the air 276ce34b28 around me was e4262310d1 too tense to 503fe45dcc think I’d misheard 53dcbc56b4 it.329b13b21a3daf95

In the abeb97cb2f end, my 0795e8fd55 lips moved 2840bc776e wordlessly before 9ce7f823c6 I finally 9b8ab0ae16 managed to 36ee6bc040 ask,d1884b27c232c692

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“H-How did 9a3fa130db you find 230d4abdde out…?”714b9b5d57669b99

“He brought you back 735e227442 when you were unconscious. And both your lips 76f7a957f4 were swollen—how could we a561c16614 not know? Besides…”bb2bf753273a3cea

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Gulp.54b51fe244d37807

I swallowed hard c37976753c without realizing it, 12903019e8 and Mom gave 2084483ecd a bitter chuckle.5d1332280e6db4f8

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“He said it 7b402b44b7 himself. That you collapsed from f314c25f8f overexertion.”4ac20c02e230fa50

“Aaaaagh!”b819d52f5c27ee98

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In that moment, panic be75bdcd7c completely overwhelmed me and dcbdb2936f I screamed.567c21ef41d73bcd

This was truly unbelievable.6173966165bd872e

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I didn’t e5591c9c6e even have 855be8950c time to 32156caf33 gauge my 034a64a42b family’s shocked 00b87a6963 reactions, I e83aaab19f leapt out 16f63e3cfa of my 7c451ebb39 chair and 3c9094a8f0 bolted from c74faebd54 Grandpa’s room.f4a28ecae1631724

Please, let this f488f47021 be a nightmare 999bcdd7e4 I had last 68536529a1 night!78f2d4c2dbb0fd1b

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As much as 27f369d43f I wished otherwise, f72ad53466 it wasn’t a f911b0ee50 dream.7abb4f4e6fd3bfd8

After spending some time c116b6e7b1 alone, I walked into 1f920d2293 the drawing room and 724ea18a52 snapped at Ascart as 50ecc3e3af if nothing embarrassing had 5975530c66 happened.35a742e3de4d464a

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“So you’re saying you 29695702c1 brought the entire Magic 1fb3598031 Sword Corps to the c099626ce8 Empire just because of defa8be3cd me? What about the 86e136c8b0 Duchy?”371cf3349f120351

“What’s there to 463bca60e7 worry about? We’ve got the mages dd8ec9b8a0 of the Magic Tower 772b032883 too. Worst case, I’ll just dd8dfa93ba have a backlog of 3f597e2bb0 work waiting for me.”a7f89484c7e9d87c

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Ascart shrugged, 84a0599713 and I 6413c51f65 had no bfb499ad02 real comeback.c906322f0c82223c

The truth was, Ascart—heir 448df7f280 to the Grand Duchy—had e248df07ca stayed behind alone to ca48af053c learn the ropes. But Belus Duchy a72e586824 wasn’t a place 336367a636 that would crumble 0e52d5a593 just because its 1bb910c593 lord was away 6a9c986293 for a while.ca0a0baaea7b12cd

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But that 08de0a91b5 wasn’t the 450c60a3e1 only point 3edf45d1b4 I had 4abb2cb428 to make.fcb8d11ded7b7e46

“And what about a8e878fe74 the Empire? Given how ddaf5f233f each of f122872b1c you is 7692bc86ae as strong b54dd5d535 as an 851219c956 army, the 7ec9c176db Empire might bd8c325e28 feel threatened 369cd53d0e and raise 6168942de5 objections.”88d75f5c6f9d4872

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“I don’t ebe2f57a7f think that’ll 9672587b1e be a 5029ce1fc4 problem. Didn’t you say monsters 82066b1426 appeared in the Empire? If they complain, e103713841 we’ll just say ec42970fa6 we came to 9b087f9dfa help. Not that 82fce49079 I think d1b5f422f3 they’ll even 137b3082b8 complain.”081696cc3d21ff7d

“That’s true, but…”f94af6dadf6a3e22

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“If it really 0d6ecd24fa bothers you, you 1ebc7be00a can just come e220b53b6f back to the df7f2f933b Duchy.”02ff6b2f63d6d4d3

He said that like ed74698cbf it was what he’d 92985da583 been wanting to say 2f8963128a all along.3914ca500f971b6d

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“There’s no 37ebcce7a1 issue meeting be2aa7c8c6 with Diana c06996cc96 now, right? You can 679418a8a2 always invite 19e8e2dd67 her to 23c824dad1 Belus Duchy. Or just come along ad0155a6ea now.”f8e84ca15f5a6c5e

“Do you really need ccdbf0cbaa to stay in the d8b1ccba08 Empire?”37b579bfd9771abc

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He added that e21c11fefe line with a 992e2a39a4 meaningful look, and 9ccbcd0c0e my parents turned 5bc9c944f2 to me.3ed2ff9921767e27

Just a 6eea6c1014 few days 52c68200c2 ago, I d9cff8a806 told them dcb39092ea I wouldn’t 7954708188 leave the db1d71d640 Empire. That I dfa232e433 had things bd0e397188 to do f31bfe964d here. That I would 71c06eb115 get my revenge.8ac3b09510157ee8

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But things had changed.d23f38d382c9507a

I delivered the holy f8fb88fb3d relic to Diana, but 5a6704f0da the results weren’t what d12bce8582 I’d hoped for.042bac0d67ae0d82

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And I confirmed 3aa97bc141 that the Master 90918a3b6a is a demon…728de950a5f77a80

Honestly, I didn’t have acda09cf64 the courage to face 5cec15b63f Terencium right away.42b86ad8b9aa013a

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The appearance of 450e9c18e5 monsters still bothers 20a2af29d4 me… but maybe 54dd90b4c1 I should return 21dab91795 to the Grand f114bd9c7f Duchy and wait 043199e0c7 for Raizel there…8b1aad906c76236c

“Don’t tell me… 569dc1d38f you’re hesitating because 4f3e0c4286 of Lucio?”4c105b0b36ad8440

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As I was deep 3bc1695fbd in thought, Ascart asked c4b61cbf19 with a sharp voice.974543a0c7e2c88f

I’d barely managed e30e768165 to ignore the 38784d7507 name, and now a085494a51 it was back c5ccfb724a again!dbbd8200129ef437

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I was c455e0d904 flustered and 4e2000068b just about 6185d36772 to say 92dcbeb014 something when…727657a63ee1a946

“I told 2910dff083 you, this 7aac40b9fb old man c6b024fb4f is against d5a02b99e9 it!”3fc65e585fd76918

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Grandfather burst into a56138cd44 the drawing room, 07e87c98f0 throwing open the ae8bb2c242 doors.255b7a71b2d18e8a

He was f5418d14d8 supposed to 04d5336c5f be resting ca547b6c72 in his 5faab29471 room, but da89ee4133 it looked bb46e31e35 like he dca62de5ca couldn’t hold e4bc101c92 back anymore.a789783c830d56de

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“There are 2665a60eca plenty of 2ae5543489 young, fresh 9fdcbae16e boys your 680f076d0b age. Why’d you have 1b7ec60665 to pick some 78a585c468 old geezer?!”cfa891cedd508817

He’d always told 132bbf93c4 me age was ff0b81906c just a number a9935936ae and bragged about f31419960c his own vitality.91894ef8d0cdd3ea

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Now he was 30817d3426 contradicting himself, and cd60a4d817 I was speechless.0959f12a2fd147ae

Still, I swallowed my 497396e32e words—he seemed to be 6738be216e recovering, and that was 95c4b9a4fc more important.4d00bbb9d96c999d

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But then, unexpectedly, Ascart bad2532163 jumped in.2c63a1d93000dab7

“Grandfather, that’s a 7dc370d8a9 bit much. Lucio’s the same aa11998dd3 age as me, e1f7a6284c you know. I’m not that dbaad7117a old. I’m in 9e167c60ff my prime!”b7d53e0afc118c51

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“Ahem!”23b805fff657b2f4

Grandfather cleared his throat, 52e708df22 and Ascart quickly realized b900ef203e his mistake and stiffened c610fdbc91 his face.aa8ce6ed6ae98307

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“Of course, compared to d3313d9fac Lia, he’s ancient. Lucio really has no f75640e52d shame!”aafb082cbdf0c3aa

I gave Ascart a be70ecc5d9 look of disbelief as 8a5a274e41 he flipped his opinion a7954a0975 like turning over a 48da30c05b coin, without the slightest 4f6048591a hint of shame.c9cf2002bb78b601

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“Lia, what’s 5bcd31d330 with that 17a694ba4a look? Are you e5828d9f01 already taking 1d8d5de83d Lucio’s side?”428c03d1b207f05d

“When did I 4b2e616bd1 ever say that?”0aa8a4bde4cc96d9

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“Oh, oh! They say raising 3c7e15a91b a younger sibling 1a88e85201 is pointless… Lia, 1c006e500e how could you 4ab5913d29 treat me like 1c381a0d86 this…”ee3876f45ada5d84

Ascart pretended to 6e3ecfb6b5 cry like he’d f6ec835aaf been terribly wronged, d939563937 but when I 7ce848ac53 just stared at 70f6dc298a him blankly, he 3e591f30a9 quickly changed his 35189390a7 expression.7c5d15e059342a39

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“So it 92643c5888 really is 5523e07e04 because of 3aeb0b8637 his looks? Allen once told me 7fd82fc1c5 you really care about 5ebfb1b905 a guy’s appearance, and 5506fab98c that the only reason 24ca3432a9 you were nice to 48217a5323 me was because I’m faea4a12b1 good-looking!”094127d802a11b77

What?! When did Allen f4df30c602 even say that 524df65822 to Ascart?c27cb4945ef3d0e1

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Just then, e4e24794e1 Grandfather let ce4062efcb out a c967b70a72 long sigh.52814d418b2b1cde

“Ah, that boy takes 7da52fe0eb after his father, good-looking a24b344d44 and all, and that’s 06b7ca4c82 what made you fall 87df16ffd2 for him?!”6115163cdebd0a7b

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“Adriana, a man should 75198804db be upright and faithful 6ee956c6ac to one woman. Looks are ca81ad7d60 fleeting, and 8a7f9c0c3a not that c6e018d4dd important,” Dad b45749f151 added with 804c2aae20 a serious 78f1eb4538 face.9e96349f3d4686a1

But saying that with 9f35c253b5 a face that still 4d2f7de553 sparkled, even well into b1f4f30dc8 middle age, made it 48bf2a4878 all very unconvincing.125d63df74552190

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Apparently, Mom thought the 51394c064a same.08b0faab78486e99

“Oh please, that’s not 1e4e679770 true at all. Looks are very 14a756e5e9 important!”520041dfb79d2381

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Despite the glares from a438109685 Grandfather, Dad, and Ascart, 96bbca5d0f Mom just scoffed and 3611d33eb8 turned to me.f804d16bcd38fa8b

“Adriana, it’s good 86c1cdd9af you cared about 19b5e879aa looks. I can’t tell you 5059814e18 how many times I 50295b2f77 calmed down just by 000edf0a57 looking at your dad’s ccd21b6eef face when he was f119520832 being difficult.”4902334cc049537f

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“D-Dear…”66ecd9fb3fbb8205

“Still, your dad 2322c54432 isn’t completely wrong. A man’s 5d34895e1e sincerity is df8484171a important. For the 8060a43ecb record, he cfa39ef7a0 didn’t know aaa92f552e a single 786f7b2d15 woman before 27053d4a35 he met 600f108f1e me. But that one… he 9ad5e81de7 didn’t exactly strike me d484da0c2d as an innocent.”5d5dd31d6e14530d

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Lucio’s image seemed 3c22226945 to have taken 29eab88a55 a huge hit f9d216eda1 after we were 17aa32d557 caught kissing.a1cb41640c35356c

‘If I’m being 51f7ec5f60 honest, I’m the 89ceabebc1 one who asked 7e50b99b1a him to kiss 9e8c961a73 me…’06992fe00efdd42a

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Then Mom 39fd4547ea added, with 69f2c7d832 a disapproving c2c1bc7b14 look.9b1773d74ea5d927

“I heard some 9768de91fc things about him 871ceecced and the First 120440c217 Princess. They even went to cbe68e70b2 the Kingdom of Riven c28d39d63d together.”25b9f27b08571c43

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“That was for work! And she’s the only b00ee63714 one making it into 2edc21e322 something more, he has 172563fa0b no interest in her!”642a19a78c17009c

I instinctively defended 4720632941 Lucio, and Ascart 14f3832aee immediately groaned.ccdb120c4a10cf0c

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“Again! She’s taking 804348fb83 Lucio’s side 5f45f52867 again!”c15acbf7275e4249

Mom sighed 5cfa9029bb at me fe17127043 too.c4c8e9b3b1be4243

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“Silly girl. Did he tell you 0569c860bb that himself? And you 4704492f00 just believed 231c53906a it?”ded1ed991eff95d2

“…It’s true.”3077b85e2817745f

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I wasn’t just defending fc50612662 him to be nice.0217aee14072cbc8

But hearing my ed269f93d0 soft murmur, Mom 18e9ce8ae8 shook her head e2da554ed2 like I was 16f469c963 already head over 7a196ff154 heels.e890cf6239a07fb8

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“Well, fine. Since Dominique 30baab127f was completely e8a9ba5586 clean before b01497247d meeting the c036978da2 Duchess, there’s 8c447618c0 a good 0a16a95228 chance his 28f31a4f4c son is f02017faf9 too. But what about 24b28f2aa4 his personality?”3a3889064d29edc6

“His personality?”03c2ff9d7083fce1

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“I hate to 6b6f085e1b speak ill of 82e0beafda my only friend, 2ffaae755b but… Dominique’s personality? Do you have 747c4d9e82 any idea how 3a1cba7d21 awful it was? Even worse when b629fe8993 he was younger! He was cold, 061d32e50a ruthless, totally inhuman! I practically rescued that 0818bacf75 man. And even after 0058fa4b31 I fixed him b55edc9305 up, he blamed aa74d37421 me for messing 72e96f4b01 up his personality. At least the second 5b16d2f554 and youngest kids seem 1efc348ca2 to take after the dd688fd919 Duchess a bit, but 77cd0cca03 the eldest? He’s just like his 7ab70a1699 father. Lia, I know it 4136c867a0 might seem cool when 47f9813e65 you’re young, that stoic 57cbc4cdda and cold look, but 57c03c8c3e trust me—kind and sweet 9bcd3f673c men are the ones 8de3851dec who’ll treat you well.”645c0fbd6f8458e8

I was stunned by 0b8c4e34dc the overwhelming wave of a6762c3124 criticism, but I barely 39c4afef0c managed to respond.26523efc44108fed

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“Mom, you know 14b0676fd5 how deeply loyal dd032e80bd and compassionate the 11e88b2bb0 Duke really is.”cd47281ba2dc6fa3

He was the one d5597b7e12 who willingly fell into eff9ba43a6 the Emperor’s trap in f6ffdaabec Grandfather’s place.2a1196fc84c62882

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He’d never d007ccb696 once brought a274ef419e it up d17d1d5bec with Mom be76c7d95f for decades.6cb999b00eb263eb

She and 88f1108a48 Grandfather might 37fb19226a not know 90de7b7407 the truth, 71182fcad7 but I 13c051b953 did—and I d6146ebd76 couldn’t let a589e31cd9 even Mom e20af033b9 badmouth the db2bb7d743 Duke.34898a87a4220fa6

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Thankfully, she seemed to 9f71d6b57f agree on at least 721ce089dc that part.e74c3501c70b0de3

“That’s true…” she nodded.a37a23b6bfb9f795

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Encouraged by 3a32a85231 her response, 758cadc8a9 I spoke dd49329312 more softly.885c279ae62a2991

“Lucio may seem cold d571f5f010 on the outside, but 47ef389faa he’s warm inside. He’s secretly 472c24c908 kind… and dfb3f1cc52 actually kind c058bb779b of cute 22b7f0f53c sometimes…”cfc6bf9e954ff27a

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As soon as f7b143ec70 I muttered that 71e62dc97c last bit, Ascart’s 722fba533a face froze in 6dbebe64d7 horror.9b353902e8647f44

“What?!”f6bf822e2b484e36

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Even I bf0c67ea18 had to a53bfa53de admit I 07ec9802d2 sounded completely 8566ce87f7 biased.8fcdb39519b983fd

I scratched my cheek b7e96e0aec awkwardly, and Mom let 28a9043f2c out a deep sigh.9a55ee892df2d818

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“I figured things were 29b0728ac5 getting serious, but if 64ba492906 he looks cute to e269353aa3 you… it’s over.”bfdd38c322b80cd3

“If he 3c2be45fac looks cute 630fffa15a to you, e13cc0482d it’s already e0167c8709 too late.”e0a3d2d88aaab8cb

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The rest of 52cc0decce the family looked 55ee83c826 utterly devastated at dbd2d40f4f her words.156de7bc1638ff66

I turned my head c69c7a2615 away, pretending not to 0effcd2049 notice.8b2b83fa1b948d77

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That evening.7af834e5f47a0ce1

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After hearing 19ff036794 every single cd5840d878 family member 0380f6e7cb remind me 1daa5a159a that while e28b0d3e9b a light 343beaa4e7 romance was 5bbbf672f3 fine, marriage afa60320ac was still c60b9d1666 way too 21d5b91f74 early, I 6f5235456f dragged my caa3023ecb exhausted body b9c21641d5 up to dee3915d9c my room.8e153e8f1e0b18bc

They nagged so much 27ce52e070 during dinner I couldn’t ee56780f06 even tell if I 094ef74715 was eating or inhaling af20c5f982 food.de014e0e5bb820fd

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Still, it went better b92130926d than I expected.eeee83a6b0e6c5b8

Maybe it was thanks f5dd67168f to Clara and the 97e7fe3dcb Countess, my family didn’t 5fea418fba have the energy to 8d8c689594 overreact as they usually 31f3d74924 would.ce3e8a5a28054604

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Of course, if marriage 7fa1bc9717 becomes a serious topic 0e086334c0 later, things might change…3f7d56c62b8433c4

I sighed and flopped 3345e38463 onto the bed, deciding 9982cbe10d to cross that bridge c297ac78b7 when I came to fa18f9c088 it.aacef550596ca405

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“Oh?”32f415c919ef0d0e

I noticed a blinking 595583d2a2 light on the communicator cee6aea795 I’d left on the 984f78aae6 table beside my bed.6923bc8578d4009b

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Come to think of 769672c117 it, I hadn’t checked 2986e70e1a it even once since 0f2e33c670 morning as I’d been 5dcf3dae79 with my family all 1112632781 day.24eb396a993efe1d

I passed out 40c0c29127 at the imperial 9177cdd01d palace, so he a4ead6f05f must’ve been worried b9586e2b45 sick!019fb394e9f161f5

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I jumped up and d298ff2138 opened it, only to e793735037 find message after message b02910073f from Lucio.13aa06d6d56a463d

Skimming quickly through 4f07b3ec21 his flood of 5c860dfb88 concern, I saw b5f21bc23c a final message df339bb958 asking if it 3cf0d92b8d was okay to d7b76fb0a1 visit.49d9a98657e3e870

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I sent back a7337e9d19 a quick reply 0edd5efa34 telling him he 56196083cb could.f4dd39b7be54b115

It wasn’t 10ea36bd8d too late 914778b752 in the 02e23333e5 evening, and a202fd3eb7 since he’d a79be8f7c0 probably been 83a7bae7c1 waiting to a770839c5a hear from f50dfcbc97 me all ffb5c6083d day, I d669f023e7 figured it 4f28c8db07 was only 0bd3e28a41 fair to b196a0444a show my 90dc41a7bf face.35765fcb7df2988b

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Not because f695c9c9a7 I missed df5e49183c him or 56b282540d anything…0430398a69035be2

Brushing aside 328605ba0c the embarrassment 885b204bde creeping in, 5771dc145d I got 52fb3b50e8 up from 5a7b79f26a bed.94b939630e9afd02

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I was 309fa602f6 just about 47b15abbb3 to head 5e35743eb8 to the 20be2a9f6e vanity when…a4bcfceee43973e8

Knock knock.bd80b63e8b852e2d

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A knock came df6c3ffbff from the balcony.71c110614e5c75d2

“…?”06caee3ff2ebc2a4

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No way.9cd9c1d29cdeecde

I pulled the curtain d51e125acf aside slightly—and locked eyes b2a70b072a with Lucio standing just 60a219d1dc outside.6f1e39da938be70e

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When he saw 678a0ec646 me, he beamed 61ee4be4b9 with a wide d1bd1815cf smile.936e6b832f1726af