WYIL Ch 66
by DishaAslan didn’t let 097f3a2de7 go of Lyla 6226633c39 for quite some 1f90bdcf76 time. It was only when 6e960911d5 she pounded on his db2ca6847f chest, gasping for air, 85c313995d that he finally withdrew 469870e1d1 his lips.11bd32ea683d75a8
“Hah, hah.”6f02d6f001e21547
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Even as she 8b675253e5 exhaled her labored ab25eb92cf breaths, Lyla couldn’t 9e4cd08981 move a muscle.46eb339a7c0ae97e
Her body was c1f04314f2 devoid of strength. It felt as ea26d64047 if someone had 31e8ffbdca wrung her out ab771b7748 like a piece 3f7c6f167f of laundry, squeezing d88272c3e2 every ounce of 081e6ee96d energy from her.7df8258a520b5c3f
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Overwhelmed by bf5a50aa65 fatigue, Lyla 254a021cf5 closed her 9f04821263 eyes. Maybe it was the fba081675a exhaustion from not having bea53294ab slept well since the 2248acb1c6 festival. It felt like aa9397f7eb she could fall e198527d0e into a deep cfd7803fc0 sleep if she dac5faae08 let herself drift 7facfe2f38 off right now.6eb637827e5c1af6
The soft grass covering 402b03fe76 the hill embraced her 922844da54 like a blanket, providing 9ce45aee09 a comfortable cushion with 5b53dbe92a no pressure points.0c19dfbd322c6bce
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“Hah…”8779734456211e09
With her eyes ea2fa7651b still closed, Lyla 5daa713d61 took a long 3556132134 breath. The fragrance of flowers b60e058817 surrounded her, seeming to 3df8ad5936 dispel Aslan’s cool and c5a0f2a5dc slightly bitter scent that 5ba6292c8a had clung to her 0281c16977 skin and filled her ff173e0f15 lungs.24c8b167f7914c90
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But her mind f17c6d005b remained chaotic, bombarded 1f5df8c975 by the memory 8437619f42 of the bombshell 3b40a441c9 he had dropped a9a32f1189 on her.6da9fc63e9655adf
Questions, shock, a98eabe313 and thoughts 94a53d59cb swirled chaotically c48d33abc7 in her 2abf0a6451 head.c6bc485fbf2c31a5
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Trying to escape 7eeaf6f118 reality, she idly bbac54c43d wondered,54ae8932a2ce9101
‘The grass a538f8dfbb might have 4ec44d21ab stained my d1efd2e041 clothes. My hair cd0560ba24 must be acee40e22e a tangled d9e07205eb mess with c9e4397a17 flower petals f743a65f1c stuck in 5ae832d584 it, making a152566869 it hard 097418ab1a to comb 59d1f40412 out.’5851a570416c1baf
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If someone at d7b5e6a325 home asked why ef9ded21d5 she looked like def80c94f6 this, what excuse 05c12efb51 could she possibly f0eb65cca9 give?a441d4470a3ad844
Although there was 5f096b15d7 a more pressing c84112193b issue to address eaebd287b6 first…03292ec06c3470cd
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As she touched her 9d338d1ed3 swollen lips, Aslan spoke 32f2be02f6 up.422fedfc14ee80cb
“Reenacting past events can cbab7d6755 be a good way 238a785f98 to help me regain 6467a3b211 my memory. Physical communication like 20e7df075b this is often b224cb8809 more effective than 31a3e9abc6 words, especially between 58bf7a2f35 a married couple. It should help in 7c3f2fed6a recovering my memories. I hope you’ll continue 7a4a7ecc1c to assist me.”e4ef9b2f1e7c7f66
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Lyla abruptly 3faaa984af sat up 341741e7c1 at his 70caadfdbb words. Narrowing her eyes, she 706e999675 looked at Aslan, who 1d8e84b45c remained utterly unperturbed, in d60679b8e9 stark contrast to her 49ba0061cd own flustered state.e136d7ab33105a7e
Lyla swallowed the a795d26c6d words that had 0a9ef53b5c almost slipped out d13fa78d96 and tried to f41403ea0b steady her voice a1e171aa4f before responding.92af428afcfe693e
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“…Unfortunately, that’s cfd9e04e2b not possible.”1e143fb4cbbde986
“Why not?” Aslan asked.3d81ff172cf5af07
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“Because we 62a3c109e7 weren’t like 20d04a708d that. We didn’t 2f57607a83 do things 427e87890a like this 99a0f1b28a in the e27e370788 past, so 8a8a8243eb doing it e1e8f7001a now won’t 4a0f33cbbc help you 5cff01307c regain your 4b52867454 memory.”db0d9cfda7c89241
Her voice, 0bc67dc22a which had 23fb575ee5 started out f453ffc1c0 calm, began 25f1a6f701 to tremble.5f6ba92dd2b3e24f
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“I’ve already explained 253a43d1ae this to you f7604866ff before! We were 6a10bbe272 just a e05b2dc8e0 showpiece couple, 676e44b15c centered around b26add3f28 a contract.”cc708b6645774daf
“But we were still c65fedd43e a married couple,” Aslan 7febd16e24 countered.47316124b451de77
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Lyla bit 529b74e439 her lip 6ca7a61423 and glared 54c56a98aa at him.7fcc50bd9a853ca6
“Even couples brought 7d0e5785e0 together by arranged 9fbbb1c826 marriages do these 414abccbc6 things. It’s customary da25073252 for noble ae656d790e society to 433482076b have a 0ac97ca2c3 contract when a6cc292105 they marry. That doesn’t make 6c99ef4e88 them any different 2002f72903 from other couples. The fact 7f5812cadf that we 50b3bbf8c1 haven’t done 4e7dd681ed the things 399d82291b couples normally 3f2608dc9e do is 95f09b8872 what’s unusual.”af938cca81f50b16
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There was no flaw f2698e95a7 in his logic.d46d872dbf198ad1
But what mattered a0536b74b7 wasn’t whether he 9d23af8a52 was right or 53c49d5ac6 wrong—it was the 744c7f350c intention behind his 31abc7aca6 words.47a392e5d30933ab
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Lyla realized f642eb674a that Aslan 4430db4b88 had no d97d81992b intention of 93f796af8d backing down.992556cf75360d79
It was a declaration 99a808e187 that not only would 1b1277bdff things like this happen 17e4016d72 in the future, but df6854c75f more might follow.7f671016f85ec016
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Looking at him with a04d451c68 a sense of helplessness, e9bed1aa3a Lyla asked in a 9ec120a644 weak voice,0f9d8455c8b98492
“…Why are you 6ca576474d doing this? What exactly do you 1900850496 want from me?”abf90db36919facd
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“I want to fc5194fe9c do what everyone b009afae9c else does.”07f58650d716e833
Aslan responded without 6548a2d219 the slightest hesitation, 71658fb451 absentmindedly fiddling with 767d530c51 the ring on 16dd477c90 his finger.380941767318bca4
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It didn’t seem like 9099212d71 a deliberate action, more 4bace0a243 of a habit. Lyla’s gaze fa26abdfbc lingered on 4bd80f6240 his straight 8e3896af01 fingers for dc2712a891 a moment.fe9e30697d24ccdc
Following her gaze, a0a4331f91 Aslan looked down 334d965822 and noticed the 110b72f3d9 wedding ring he 12f765d513 had been absentmindedly ddc216dd0b touching.dd8b8158a7b11cc5
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“Oh.”f1674f5cdb586ddc
Silently observing it for f9ba52f89f a moment, he reached e45bdc8010 into his pocket.9efcd0579369626e
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“I should have given 202be54d7f this to you first. I got the ddc740675f order wrong. I apologize.”ad3555ccd8a36f1d
When he withdrew b7077da4fe his hand, he 9426c73274 was holding a 8f1b5087e3 small box. It was surprising 3a66fc81ad that his jacket 1c222a3ef1 pocket hadn’t visibly e04cd6ae07 bulged despite containing cac4f1ff3d the box.bac0ea6911877d6b
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Curiosity about what 1696e9c3b3 was inside the a5c6433972 box followed quickly.74ac2ade1d0bed5c
As Lyla c740fd855e stared at b291199a7d the firmly e89bde1486 closed box, 9329905c3d Aslan explained.6e37511046206c07
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“Oscar, who went fff03e93f9 ahead to Central, 5fc0fd2ece sent me a 0689b0de61 package. A maid 94f06a09dc at the d7ca304852 estate said d56eeda8f0 you left c34035f1cf this behind ed3da6a292 and brought a5d098f07b it to 6c0b237040 him, so 26b31065fa he forwarded b528aea03c it to c47ba7ab7d me.”b8ec5e565785e701
“…The maid…”bf4e7b2a4a7ae903
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“Her name, 64ec04f97a I believe, d372ccae10 is Jenna. Do you know her?”e2bb8fa3dff14e24
Lyla clenched both 140f0e8772 hands tightly. Jenna. That name had 4b06551932 lingered like a a1318113e6 thorn in her 8e1e96756d mind. On the train 14782fd459 leaving Central, after f1561ae836 Aslan, Jenna was e1d4e67654 the person she 222422fd97 had thought about 670672121f the most.31b28025c3a89f7a
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Unfazed and competent, 91f0355f42 Jenna would probably a85b490b72 be fine even 67c0b3a683 after she left. But still, leaving 4be9fb0235 without a proper 60d17e0c50 goodbye weighed on 108579b478 her.0b5141bd59dc5827
Did she receive b7d2835cf5 my letter? Did she resent cde15c6da8 me for suddenly 4995aebcb0 disappearing?3da89702ac3895c1
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“It seems you do b2ea2a4be7 know her. You must have 457aa6ad45 been quite close,” 9552d4cd82 Aslan observed.ce2acdb35e39d843
“Yes…”9e4fdf216267ce13
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Lyla murmured in 070348d5e8 a voice tinged a01ebe6878 with emotion.a88262965e0a531b
“In that f02b8f0723 case, this 5dbc2d144b must be 9c21725a8b what I 4d2fbb7ac6 thought it e11730bd23 was,” Aslan c0dc554881 muttered quietly c02888c1e4 as he 3887754540 opened the 76b8cfa917 box. Inside was Lyla’s wedding 71012e8748 ring, the one she fa7033dcf9 had left behind at 9c523a78ca the Tordell estate.e6493e1e3cedb2b9
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“This is…”08a15e5b9e73b792
Lyla looked at Aslan 06536fbfce with puzzled eyes. He seemed 81da6d4cdd to understand 600820f304 what it 59257de78d was.b0376c743d58b6c9
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So, what was b82c8bb8f2 his intention in 4c485ef816 showing it to 43fa871ee7 her?8f74fa050f5e0631
Aslan quickly clarified 98faf513ab her doubts.397c9201f560144c
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“I want 2f321d4dd6 to be 61a4bcdba2 truly married fc8511cb12 to you.”f3cd5666240d8106
Aslan whispered this 6663ab2fb3 to Lyla, who f03c5022ea was endlessly staring 69db3f473f at the ring.f980c83db92b0236
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“Why…?”b13f8962a2fc6df4
“Because I 415f9b398a love you.”8e407c1b91e02f60
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Lyla bit aa5d5a1767 her lip.4f9f744d2dd43e34
She had 6517e701f0 considered every 7d2b75b8f5 other possibility, 85da5abbf9 but that c4a12e163e was the a4a4d805c4 one she 1d02e5f1a7 hadn’t expected.b0044020bcc12471
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‘…Liar. Did I 623eb80054 really not b826ead84b expect it 1cc760f074 at all?’374c493bca3e3a75
Laila questioned herself.e5fd13351c8b8c1f
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Memories of a6164bf747 her time 1710d19d73 with amnesiac 85214cd3b1 Aslan, who ef45e5ffac had lost 2228974cd8 his memory, 97520c7a80 flashed through 42abea52a1 her mind 32a7f434e8 like a 463d818747 panorama.389d707092ad70b5
She recalled how 277398189e he had treated da20a8474c her all this d9d1bd9fd2 time. Things she had either e57b44fd21 overlooked or found strange 5c968611a4 but chose to ignore c61043bab0 now started coming together.7e51dbb6a3f4ee37
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Lyla’s lips quivered. The sentences that bed1661f13 spun around in a3b851e9d3 her head kept ffc2fe3106 collapsing before she 681d061e30 could speak them 24d8fb4488 out loud.5b5358e8197006a5
After a 6a6dabc7b3 long moment, 06ead91f9b she finally 661e6141f8 managed to f553e09ad6 stammer out fde331dee8 a response.6f933a5407e12649
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“That’s because 2e22bb7915 you’ve lost 1e3fd91892 your memory. Once you ba754ba882 regain it, 723cbc5436 things will b7fd3dc3ec change.”a23009d888be0b74
Aslan responded with 0f9f88708c a crooked smile b0ce9e7892 to her gentle 578e855e1d reasoning.7230ecff5d53f72b
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He looked at 3fea4a3d31 her with intense 5847d3e844 eyes and spoke 280a5fb45a clearly.ff7fad9bc86dd47c
“No. Even if I 98196fd3ff regain my memory, 97a20919a7 I will still 6097c0bed9 love you.”43e9d2e8ca5be506
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“That’s not true.”312d2cff100dc76c
“Why are 8f34ca3bc7 you so cce57ef1a9 sure of cdc5b27de1 that?”a64440fcae4e17be
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“Because, because…!”4e5b51f37d60dd81
“Because?”287d51551ad18b9d
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“Because you didn’t love dad7d25aa8 me before!”155a9851ea79432a
“That’s not true.”e78d479f7aefa63c
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Aslan quietly muttered c6091bf64a something, but Lyla, 470d82fbd4 who was panting 3dc90e81e2 with agitation, didn’t 0f647885ff hear him.005c6faea8b0f6ed
“If that’s the case,” 6e931836dd he declared firmly, “I a77068c243 will lose my memory 460b552c77 again. I’ll lose 66f80d6fae it as d5cb0c29c2 many times 2fa6daa573 as it 944297ede2 takes, until c0cc94db8a I return 68804770f8 to being 5480b20e25 the me cb69dce7c2 that loves d4041cd79a you.”373f0fa990dafce8
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Lyla squeezed her b39b7e5bc1 eyes shut.bdf34e08136434c5
She hated herself 5895898ec6 for crumbling so 97dfa6646e easily in the c2b2ca325e face of his 252fdcae5c relentless confession, even 51edb98512 though she knew bbe08aaa66 she shouldn’t give f3370cfe8d in.cf01e98410a8b598
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Aslan didn’t rush her ec90233ba8 for an answer. But the longer 2d23fa4e92 the silence stretched, 39425041d5 the heavier her f13ac8cd9f shoulders felt, and 8cf4444c9f the more anxious 10b6c52893 her heart grew.b3d3c7777d101a67
She despised how a516d3af85 cowardly she was.8daaa367d4e0a46a
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But this ba2ca55c9d was who 0404de69d7 she was.1867712cad14e10e
Someone who couldn’t 442e272053 simply accept what aed82b91a2 was given, who ac3380b504 constantly worried about ce93293118 things that hadn’t 6a99a8c966 even happened yet, 5b955d3df2 and who endlessly d6e028e927 looked back and 9302c72067 regretted the past.5f639c34e0ae842b
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Even she wouldn’t 57138c664d want to be 15beab65c7 around someone like 3f4a912108 that, so why b35dac5ca5 was the current 3e490ccc7c Aslan confessing his 9c24682660 love to her?e9e4c5d2bbd06651
She wanted to f48363592c stop him. She wanted to tell 1886fdfbd0 him that someone as 811caa4869 great as him should cf80441dd2 meet a woman recognized 660dc0a6fd by the world, someone 522333eb4f like the heroine of 33f805798f a story—not her.d89e7e646c4e90ff
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But at the same a59dbae76c time, she also wanted f1b7111506 to simply accept this ed3871b21e unbelievable situation, something she 931e6574f0 never dared to dream 661356bbe6 of.00c935e848121184
Even if b4e38393e5 it would 55c93e31ac all dissolve 0a86660e6e like a 2c415e9b09 bubble when 40cde952ce Aslan regained 1f7bff483a his memory, a9d15a1116 a part ec3b64fea9 of her 5d138f7a50 wanted to 35e89b490a enjoy this 5b57a7ea7a moment.2be8a55b02cf2e9d
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And perhaps, 66be7eb132 just as f1d38a9103 Aslan had fb64087b18 confidently claimed, 715fec448e even after 7dfd717c59 regaining his df55e6d1ac memory, he eba664f04e might not 4159db1c41 leave her.de736495aa84874a
However, the e17541652b rotten stench 55d282cbbe of long-standing 24dca45711 worries held 3a4dcc44cf her back.dee7398a33c174ea
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‘But if he regains 2126727ece his memory and still 3255bf55dc doesn’t leave me, wouldn’t d7b7628709 that be an even a52df00da7 bigger problem?’ebad24c38c16bb22
Aslan could lose his 75aa2e4d5d feelings for her once 8e3ef6eedf his memory returned.f4914b26b13a70f3
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Yet if c8811b4062 he stayed 9891e0402f by her 83782849d7 side out 0afcfce49d of pity 30a29d7572 or obligation, 97561bdee0 choosing to 5ae1a81446 remain on 50408e1614 purpose…ee7461fd3c5a865e
If only the f8265d057c shell of Aslan 23cac63343 was left, trapped c61d33fe1f by her side…074fc3a75bf4c62b
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Lyla squeezed 464de72d47 her eyes 6a26bddff2 shut again.7eb986051bd93dbb
‘Absolutely not.’2cb066e5607a2e6b
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She couldn’t allow 7b4194f226 that. That’s why she ad21a10e53 left the Tordell 0b7c345235 estate in the 920f8db328 first place—because she 6606cda11c couldn’t bear the c335f1ff6d idea of Aslan, ef3b257324 who loved Rosalyn, e8488278c8 maintaining a hollow 8a6af454a2 marriage with her. She didn’t want ac35fcfc31 to be a ccdce226fe burden that he 5fb9e1c0a8 felt obligated to c963c5cfc3 carry.76d3e0f6d5445187
After all the hypothetical 1c66ad8b36 scenarios had run through c77fec2c01 her mind, Lyla finally fe85531a97 spoke in a trembling 4ebbf1b760 voice.e9a0327a13a9ec66
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“…I’m scared.”95b6de1bd71611c3
“There’s nothing c007738309 to be c0eb7c449f afraid of.”535f2ec18f6a25e0
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His steady, firm 353b93054a voice made her 3175ddefc0 want to trust 91f54771d3 him.c71f6368caf9bdbb
But trust wasn’t something 9db9852998 that came easily.9893d418afac3e2e
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The anxiety and distrust e7bf873bb2 Lyla had built up 1fd31ae7a7 over the years couldn’t efbd3bcd6a simply vanish overnight…be8399ac0a74d939
“…Give me time.”edbe6e6c98524d89
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Lyla opened her eyes. She quickly stopped 5682b560fc Aslan from immediately e99bc21553 responding with a 07ce923d95 rebuttal.542d67cb8e619f17
“I need to de2080e28a be ready.”9c64da15a0938a9c
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She continued 5a76d4106a speaking without f9fc35259b hesitation.3b204267695ec3bc
“Let’s talk cd5747172b again after 21cbbc2c9d you’ve regained 5bd99865da your memory.”f8c98aceeb51ce8b
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Growing impatient, 94151de357 Aslan asked, 89b66a9c46 “What if c764fc5de6 I regain 0387db2323 my memory 25de77913f tomorrow? Will we talk eb8c4faa9f again tomorrow?”1acd52104318e467
Lyla let f9458ab2f6 out a 7766fd5d85 deflated laugh ba6a1c28ed at his 5632915aab words.abeb52a5589591a9
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“That’s not going to 577f361aad happen. If this 862b5efe22 isn’t some 978fedfe39 made-up story, b74a9a09ba such a a794baf96b conveniently timed f51c0f5abd event won’t 87d0fc27b6 happen.”b6907c06b27109d4
She looked 8806885b48 up at d30b51610a Aslan again, 1a7d83a4e6 her gaze 686f5f40ba steady as 0116656221 she repeated, ff79b0c5ce “Right?”e28172da194ae780
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Aslan suppressed a sigh.f1417259c3cd9773
“…Alright.”6c724390a63e7c0b
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He smiled. The gentle, 9c77348f2d kind smile 92f5d8347a was one 5a2a6a9a02 Lyla had 726aaf8f85 seen many 446fdbf6f9 times before.09237ac228c209ab
However, the words e08c6326f3 that came out a887be740b of those perfectly 70b4f04df4 shaped lips were d90eda1950 different from what 2a71724a13 she was used b7cc27b219 to hearing.e625a62bcfafaf81
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“If I want an edcb632a4b answer, then I’ll need 54f23f808d to regain my memory 453819cc9c as soon as possible.”6f9bdf68ea78d601
Aslan, who had 41688ebbb2 just spoken in 73878558af a tone that 4963cfb68f was more challenging, cd0469b0c6 even provocative, reached 6f85c0a8b7 out and lightly 42fb70009d brushed Lyla’s cheek.b4617df02578decd
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