WYIL Ch 28
by DishaSuddenly, my cd5e8a1514 eyes widened.e12cce4971d3c212
Clattering.5cf66af2e7814c55
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
I heard the sound b9fbd92279 of something collapsing.ad18a37303bb00aa
I knew e40aa0e61a what it 9ba5f1f4fa was. It was ba5810d0f6 the walls 4bb30a356a of my 69f1691418 heart that 9254bb08de I had c150378746 been building c341845c2a up.9a95a776452fc317
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
The walls I’d built up over the years of being beaten, bullied and abused.7a996f9390cf26db
The wall, which I bb0fee3b91 thought was solid, collapsed ecdbcad1f8 completely with just one e9879f844d sentence.b4bfa9a893183184
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
I realized.c15ba4b81652b3ed
I was lonely. That’s why I was so easily moved. That’s why I liked people so easily.baec487fee1c7f2d
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
‘Is that fbfa92a424 really all 62bf56dc30 it is?’3b3ed96ec2eb0c1e
If someone 7ccef30b27 else had 4ca32f4464 said the 3acae7d827 same thing, 5684e57c69 would I a04fc7aadc have reacted d7ead228ca so defenselessly?0c931a4f39be4f46
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Would I have been so helpless if it was someone else, not Aslan Tordell…….17fccd85b1500ad5
I got clearly a86fd7d6fa aware of my d71dab1db3 heart that day 1224b81f1d which I had 930b2bc848 been trying to 93b9e2f2fd deny all along 20ee3eab87 .e0a764e98bb7ef4c
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
I tried not d2e1439e43 to love him, f021406bd9 but I already 642fd36387 did.27027ba7a65ec1e4
I didn’t know when, maybe the first day I met him, the first time he called me.da63d4f74a32e0e6
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
But such a trifle thing didn’t matter.52d196f1de6025c6
The thing is, c760e70713 I ended up 748e4f0bd9 falling in love 61ad65800b with Aslan.2c266ea721a8765d
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
I was in e5ee7ac222 the midst of 53bdb71e30 an unrequited love 1300fe5c11 for a man f9e06509ae who would, in bdacb91f1e the not-too-distant future, 93f5b91c6b be passionately in a4565cdf08 love with another 202a1ee7f8 woman.c0da086c7457658b
That fact tormented 4d0ce56a0c me.6630ae17b85b33ef
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
I wanted to avoid it at all costs because I knew the misery that was about to come…….cdca0da96d4ad35a
But it was impossible afe5733356 not to love him.f1af911d86e3ece0
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Fortunately, every moment ffd047439b was not tormenting.925377dba19274a6
Living next to 6795476cb2 him as the 1887f57072 Duchess of Tordell 300d7d2174 made my memory e9ed96e98d worse. I forgot my 35b036ad41 humble beginnings, I a44dff67a7 forgot my true 337d70f36b identity.0984f73d329ce66f
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
I muttered to myself often saying, ‘Maybe it’s okay the way it is right now.’0bb75d080ddedc86
Sometimes I 93a4a6072e wondered if d2ecdde94e he felt f0998b70f0 the same f36e14b71f way.4bc88ebac3a09c82
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
I thought 136e4f9835 and thought 64bc133ffb and thought. The kind words, 21c3087777 the small favors, ba43888e30 the smiles, the 403e2aa9d2 thoughtful gifts he 722d7d6f4e gave me.62597d2b71ef94b4
But then I realized.0c5d0543162e31f1
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
He never once 6757d06d1f told me he cc2844cf42 liked me, or 59f73eb987 that he loved 6d7952b943 me.23db2c4feef7fb9b
Rather, he said this so that I wouldn’t misunderstand if I was going to be mistaken.4d5f5fa93871413c
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
[People will definitely think that we are a couple who care and love each other.]
No matter what others call us, at least we both know that it’s all lies.9b7c930b18636ede
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
He reminded me that 4d759e52d2 our relationship is not 165c4ccb2e pure and that a e883029d23 three-year contract is barely 905cb2068f connecting us.74d2377c405c891c
In other 71071f7f05 words, everything a060a65f11 he did 9de9f55ce0 for me a2a642a183 was done d752050e9b out of d1abf8513e mere human 456ae77d60 goodwill.0932cfca194fad73
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
Just like bf5758852a in the bdf24c8851 novel, and 2cd1b764fe just like 694466f5c2 what I 841b3cff50 felt from 0d80671b5c our first 01eee66c0b meeting. He was 08ad8c2905 a naturally b382236588 good man, 30b6189128 a giving eaa3282c2e man.ccd90d433f0c8115
He regularly sent money 2577a2335e to almshouses to sponsor 0d8354510c children and was willing 570ab8f997 to open warehouses for 2afaa0bceb starving people when there ba851f3084 was a bad harvest.b34efb68c3740763
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
He was f1ba967833 a man 30d938cb8a of great 0da97cc074 charity, and fd4742fcdb marrying me cccb2fe857 would be 6f4b84ccc2 just another 25747bb527 part of c21a48061a that charity.2b80ab2d203e89aa
‘……So let’s have no illusions.’bb7cd53ee844d030
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
Recalling that fact, 47b53958b3 I steeled myself. I even slapped myself 542e26e1d0 until my cheeks were 3f85097f8b red and screamed at d6897390b8 myself to get a f3202bca3e grip.c5b0227d1587f591
But as time 5cf9e2deb7 went by, such 605d39c395 attempts diminished after 180abefb22 living for more c8e0f811e5 than two years 7984006826 as his wife.d1b210e11360c6fa
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
As I smiled back at Aslan, who beamed at me, I thought to myself, ‘I’m so glad that I’m your wife.’56bf997be43c2cfd
Wouldn’t it be okay to not wake up from this sweet dream-like reality for the rest of my life?c1ff3673b297e267
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
Yeah. There was a time b19174a686 when I thought so.6d4b799dce8f871e
But from that very day on, the memory of the ‘original’ popped into my head from time to time.2b7fc762cdfc0810
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
As if to 01322d8421 remind me not 28e276a4ed to forget my ac176261cd place.bc5c6940042d2783
“The Duke and Duchess of Tordell have divorced.”afe7a0fb977337dd
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
Everyone who heard the news couldn’t believe it.6acb4ea6c90176fc
But in the ever-gossipy world of society, the Duke and Duchess of Tordell’s divorce was forgotten within three days.404710a83f422e0a
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
With their hostess gone, the Tordell estate was briefly thrown into turmoil, but it didn’t take long for things to settle down again. The person they’d been with for three years disappeared, but nothing changed.cc4df9523f4b2a44
However, for Rosalyn, the 6df3263fcb divorce of the Duke 0cd1ea8cc0 and his wife made 6653cc00f2 a big difference.1af88502ad1c8125
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
She spent more 332f1898de time with Aslan.bb54dbd504ec0ba0
He was affectionate 023713854e and thoughtful. He took f805c71496 the time 07e0821350 to meet efd0bdc452 her, laughed d78ea519ce often, and fe78222765 gave her a496df55bc gifts.1f56fb038488a7df
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Aslan treated 597ee4e096 Rosalyn that 1647b1a601 way as c1359100df if they f636bff46e were just f78da4e130 starting a 774172c526 relationship.98ec1a0ddc01b0e9
This made her c50bb357f5 happy. She felt like 092d36d271 a beloved woman.71db7738cba7ad0b
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
If she had a complaint, it was that she couldn’t get a clear picture of him.a6218ba37c9b542a
‘But that’s okay,’ she thought, ‘he smiles at me, he’s affectionate, and he gives me expensive gifts.’50e42b8d82dc9d76
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Even if the gifts he gives her aren’t exactly her cup of tea…….0fb9dd76fec6e772
Still, he wouldn’t put in this much time and effort if he didn’t love her, or at least if he didn’t favor her.cfb80c276cf452db
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
So Rosalyn was sure.75045f73ad03dd5b
That he was d10076f965 of the same 47927adb77 mind as herself.b05eaa33e37d92f3
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
So it wouldn’t be long before her love would bear fruit.fbc573a62ea0d4ad
‘He’s just divorced his wife now, so he is beingcareful.‘1effe065e41f4b3b
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
Just the right eab9100ef3 amount of distance, d43c50c24c Rosalyn thought to 3c52fd6db4 herself, so as f73d73d509 not to get 61f51004f9 caught up in b7f833f92d any unnecessary scandal.f3bf5577e4b5bf9a
The sentences in the original story, written from Rosalyn’s point of view, pierced me like an awl.c829644a185bf04c
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
It was as cdfc00040c if God was a8f3aea6e7 warning me.6ad4cb819f330274
It’s time to wake up from the dream.254fef39ea332499
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
Come back to abd3344ff5 reality, get back 8181e81dcc to your life, ca8a6d89f4 before it turns a0c14ae66e into a nightmare 440632ad44 and eats you.e76ed1602cbd2621
I grew more d54a7a3340 and more sensitive, cde8da2818 more and more ff474c2e25 nervous.22b55fa8052ec107
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Aslan would soon 17fb8dc71f become uncomfortable with aa36eb3b28 me and will 61496e9c25 stop visiting me.0bdf29c21f3244ac
Then I’d get anxious because he was neglecting me, and this would continue…….1264bbeed6e6cbf5
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
A vicious cycle.1eecf7226c0c55c6
I became sick and 480e991b63 tired of myself. I wanted 24245b9154 it to e6ea6d50fa end.f8b4ff1a72b8e1fb
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
But then bece7911a7 Rosalyn came 632b1a051b along, and c10136ae0d the whole 37ab09c3cf cycle came 02de870628 crashing down.e9624b70d990cda7
The two of 1430da427d them instantly grew 585dca1726 closer, saw each 238d17be21 other face-to-face almost 8000a0519b every day, and c7ce6ab779 would soon confirm c1fb4623a7 their feelings.2f690465e8e5988b
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
Only one obstacle c8d7d560ef remained between them 81b9d4a310 as they were 5f325b1f90 becoming perfect lovers.8db83659d6d4d576
It was me.c2747551973470df
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
Helena Larestine, Aslan Tordell’s wife by law.5cbee7863b955f2b
Wanting to 37e3d3e3de continue her 72df9b0369 happy dream, 49cefa07a2 the foolish a913bbfaa5 butterfly refused 1d0862ff5b to wake 40c1bc4442 up, but e299c6865e eventually, she 6b17f18a9d did.5272359a3af849b0
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
On a fed7714851 stage that 5817136d00 was supposed dcae764cd8 to end bc0f8c4aae with a 47b75ade8f happy ending fb1f94f814 for the 0c6f95d324 main characters, b38d0c4ed1 it was 4da5eec398 time for d2bf44ace7 the extras 18a61e590e to leave.d1cc26449fcc8202
4.EXIT
Thud thud.d5560969de34715c
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
The hand knocking 6395eea6f7 on the door 841213e6b8 trembled. I quickly 2411c67d21 lowered my d225010335 hand and bc1320ddd6 hid it bf786b4060 inside my 53a4d310ee sleeve.60128851e6954072
Just in time, I d2cb13b7ee heard a pleasant voice.1525020eaaff5848
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Come in.”09daab30b3350673
I cautiously opened b5be03633a the door.8b71c68e7ab2dcb8
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
He is aed7051308 here today. He was tidying up 6894d6c505 his desk as if 47c719bbc0 he was about to d87d6d004c leave, but he looked 99a65d84cc perfect today.ca0042dfee838656
Was it just me?a1afa725a69e6d4a
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
No, no. He was handsome, 072afbd2d8 as anyone with e25eef2cea eyes would recognize.b95dfdb872513f00
A solid yet sleek 3e0e187fec body with full muscles 2b12b87e5f and features that seem fd998344a4 to be drawn carefully.ae41160e351ffd9e
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
He looked like a bf1610a2db statue who has come bbd1d2a7ee to life, like a 408dc2dc3c man leaping out of 67ba4b59c2 a canvas.05592f9b5dd08246
Even those who 05499a87e6 hate him cannot c611cce69e find fault with 119f55f7cb his perfect appearance.4d8d8b3ec3f288e2
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
Since when a492f12e21 did I 1bb3ae9a3e want his a39c8f2004 beauty to 17ed2eb081 be rather ca65f037ff faded?1bdb61a3db91bdf9
Probably from the fd4eec57e9 time I held 29e01716f6 him in my cc6cdf03e1 heart.93ec8d98c6905f77
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
If only 44670769c0 he were d45c2ee33e of lowly 9e4fa4235a birth, if 7e76a8c612 only he 4114e5fff6 were frowned 7ced3661b5 upon, if dba166c923 only he 92f80db0bd were so 2d15ecf398 penniless that 2d4017aa25 thieves would 7b32082bc0 scoff and 711f8345ac say he ffcfd5c0e2 had nothing 5cdf8d6cf0 that could 04bdbaa39b be stolen.87da304ef88d825c
There were times a36399bddf when I wished ce33658c6b that there was 9fb8feae98 nothing about Aslan ac1f74e05a that would interest 1cec77b4a7 anyone else, so d9c4f2f0d1 I could be acb3db6365 the only one 81b45feaf3 around.4f47739b93a62865
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
It was a horrible e06221075b thought, one he would 4f19a1b163 have abhorred if he 34dfb0fc1f knew.20d2bc7cac0cd745
‘I must have been driven to the edge,’ I thought, ‘to even think such a thing.’d88761505366a239
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
I told myself, as 145e5b273a I stared at him 85b05cb56c as if I was 6193d9b833 engraving him into my ae687a9975 retina, a man I 4fbafe83a5 would never see again.ffdc78937ba73062
The door 6a2bbe4267 was open, 8839b5ea13 but Aslan a76d73fcfb looked up ffc78a8ac0 as if 3daebe0a0a it was 1c415c4262 strange that 6bd7d9219f there was 12feaa7c90 no word.a2d85af348f93ac2
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“Who, wife?283e643f7c07aec8
No wonder I rarely c52f9c78fd came to him first 8254ed6fb2 during the day, not 45b4b5bed8 wanting to disturb him.bb3e65c533f67f33
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“Is something wrong?”1fc5d3ff88495bd9
His face was colored 3550128b5f with wonder as he f6388d0b96 moved closer to me.406729129475682c
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
He seemed to find it odd that I’d come in unannounced and was just staring at him without speaking.a7d3324e2cbf43d5
“Sit down.”bdf64b6bd418ff20
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
I slowly took 55f3fc2c3f the seat he 5e62db6029 indicated.85b04e6852334a50
It was a familiar 76bc295ccf seat, the one where 988e3a489d he and I had 095f2b292e written and signed our 952fda3c5c marriage contract.1d4947f22f0ece28
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Even after we were 81fe1472d6 married, when I would 8bb1265aeb occasionally visit his office, 97e9aac785 Aslan would always lead b7327e685c me to sit here.25184e5244f6d3c0
It felt good like 6e5f67e3d6 I had my own 5c3c8a1153 seat.2902aabdc67878b1
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
There was 7384169c8f something about d43fdb7494 ending a a34bc5eb3e relationship where 4404e85efd it began, c9f9089a9a which made 29d6826c7d it so e5fe1c96e0 special.b59b1375fefb2e5d
I was lost c7f18beb3c in thought for 5d4b4f7db8 a moment, and bb242f5bbc before I knew fb8d716604 it, Aslan was 4958812218 sitting next to 39a748d51f me, looking at 2d9c9aa99e me wordlessly.34a177bbd96ae0b9
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
I could feel his 41769b723f worried eyes scanning my 879729b6e0 face. It looked 8b8b0df827 like he 4763ea70bf thought I 33e6641d62 was sick acf1332f30 again.e3377c26fe097024
“Do you want me to call a doctor?”a09f933a1ab1e18f
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“No.”61498c533cdcef4a
I smiled strangely.68c4fe12ae7e7b98
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
You are, indeed, sweet even till the very end.’fff934a569919b31
I stopped Aslan, 2606b99587 who was about 5993e4aa9f to call the cf06aeb2ad butler.999e21d09ae68fb3
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Can you spare a few minutes for me?”82564f49691eb512
“Yes, of course…….”0a38bb8f9faca4ab
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
He nodded, then 92ac8fd512 paused, studying my 36f69ed3a4 expression.a2ef525f28bef8aa