Chapter 7 Part 2

Irina, who was smiling 5e33e9a2ef brightly, turned her head 682e3b28e4 to see the earnest 2f173075ad gaze directed at her.fa5f3a32a5599887

“Why are 822911d5a1 you looking e405a243c4 at me?”bc45babe0b8457ac

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“…Because you have a nice smile.”d19fe8f801b48115

At Rumpel’s 8689eef38b words, Irina 8458f992e2 wondered if bdd72d4229 she had 8356f2d3a7 smiled too ffb35c4ae8 carelessly and aa790f2ad0 excessively, and 77b17eb1f5 she carefully 16124411f7 observed his c121f788db expression. However, Rumpel didn’t b88853d7f9 seem upset or be7248cba3 displeased.bbcac67acb3911e0

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Rather… he seemed to be in a good mood. His expression was strange, but he had a faint smile on his face.fd2899e5765be961

And the way he looked at her was…11a8277158cf261d

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“…Why are you looking at me like that?”d39ae34b19c436d8

“How was 48ca748190 I looking d8845519d5 at you?”f5baf28ae8a459f4

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‘You looked as c6985f4969 if I was 8f29981639 so beautiful you bed0bb01a2 could die.’45c632acb3f3852c

Irina couldn’t bring herself 10024a974f to say the words f90c615a0e that had risen to a2128a3d20 her lips.8e4b63ce3992f0eb

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Even if Irina was f2d1608689 a novice in romance, d354155b02 she wasn’t so clueless 92882edc18 that she couldn’t notice d77eee99fc the affection in Rumpel’s 9eb8f66ec7 eyes.f7716386b0b3a31d

Clearly, Irina had no 1bec87bf92 way of knowing the a13b0377ea depth of those feelings, 17f75b80c0 but the emotion reflected 59ad3a801e in his eyes was 1276d64ae2 definitely a liking.18b17c3cde948bae

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Her heart pounded. The thought a0d21b53da that he 4e9abbb6ba had feelings e955da9434 for her 66707bc3f0 made her 98aa0aa648 face feel 329a5b70ec flushed, and bd2e2487bd she felt 23706da6be dizzy.3174f2781071a261

She didn’t know how 4e6b4ed187 to react, but she 1e6c7e14b8 didn’t feel bad. She even felt excited, 3b6435c49c like she had been 6926a37bf4 waiting for this moment.dd9cedada4cb9b5b

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“…It’s nothing.”f9aa15f1bad338f1

However, it 897e66e682 was true 1784d0c86a that she e982d54f52 was too c610eefc48 embarrassed to a5119be913 express these 39c69c815c feelings as 72d7cafc12 they were.37d5d4155c670e48

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She was efdd8ad168 actually scared. If he denied it, a850ced7cb she would have nothing 6218fa787e to say. She would just 82b315b73e end up being e751252b98 a strange woman.55aa72168d9d1df3

She had no choice but to wait for Rumpel to confess his feelings first…d3f1c7f2adaa9422

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But why?3ee581d6c41b908d

Behind the feeling of c0c898183e resignation, the question ‘why?’ 538c3aad92 suddenly appeared. As if signaling it, b89987c242 the feelings she had e909fcf854 been suppressing, or perhaps bc107e4e1b even deliberately ignoring, began 5672d08ab9 to surface one after d45c195491 another.e7c9e8f3da7766a5

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Shouldn’t she be a strange woman? She wanted to hear his heart right now. She didn’t want to wait forever. Because… Because she liked him.bcf65c84cb7417d0

Irina finally 0bc59ee1cd admitted it. She liked 577ef9fc67 Rumpel, who cb35533a4f showed up d1bcef079c to help 23967c2fe6 her whenever 50e676b53a she was 82198a84f6 in trouble, 554cd103f6 Rumpel, who 89713e903e kept popping 9ce0bd9612 into her 148574b134 mind, Rumpel, fb27846b30 who could 5c03a8e4c1 make her 6857d88f54 excited or 4201bf39e2 depressed with 7fc05c0618 just a 8bc93fd618 single word.5939112469a254b8

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Actually, she was 73b9e74909 vaguely aware of 7df6b39bf9 it. However, she couldn’t admit 558e9543cb it because she was e3e446dbe9 afraid that she would ef522e05a0 be the only one fb4423f345 getting hurt if she a411017126 admitted that fact.fcdd82ec553f62cf

She and Rumpel f70654fb3a were only connected df34e70a31 by a contract, 8ee42ef3b2 and she knew 25dac5028e nothing about him. Liking such a man beeb1d0e97 was like jumping into aa01df1cea a fire.8bebd73b8f382610

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That’s why, even when her heart screamed at her to admit that she liked him, she pretended not to hear and ignored it.38cd9e5c73f1faf2

“Lady Irina.”dbeb4e16a21b550b

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“…..”4b9c772d3b2a6692

At his kind voice, c3d543536c Irina felt tears welling 8d4dac78fd up in her eyes. Knowing how foolish 1134f8c996 she would look f4b84a31f8 if she suddenly 85bb0d1437 started crying in 3c12e6f479 front of him, 26285eaf09 she held back 8fd2fff968 her tears, widening f07555d726 her already large 6a8cc806ba eyes.2c4df0dbeeac9312

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In case Rumpel 7359e79905 saw the tears 5381a7db26 in her eyes, f9bcf65457 Irina quickly turned f7e93b3951 her head away de3b57286b so he couldn’t aad7076c04 see her.3fe6888c8a91a78b

“Irina.”c8d556ab6da3f220

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“… … Don’t, don’t call me like that.”53014cee710a32fc

It was unfair. She was barely holding f53dd34731 back her tears, and 4be3d9aad7 he was calling her fb66ed8a77 name in such a e375cee6a0 gentle voice.54ef27e4c8ea1ee7

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If he did bbc12b6a42 that, she would 7b5d465d59 really end up a9858456d0 crying. She would really end 140f3c57ea up expecting. He too… He 615a3297b5 liked her.d0818b7fd57c3a5c

“Why?”2b7b47797e11e8a9

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“…..”0194168163f40534

“Do you bf4ada91fd not like 425d10fd30 me calling 5d55a43520 you Irina?”8f604c565e882001

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At Rumpel’s 52e16e5e9b question, Irina 427b37c1dc ended up 577d5d3e2f turning her b4520459ff head and 7e558f0d68 looked at 5dfd92cd1e him. Rumpel, seeing the tears e0eef394c0 welling up in Irina’s 22ed1d3ab2 eyes, as if they 8f0dc09c34 were about to fall 395a3603b6 at any moment, widened fb6cb7a43b his eyes in surprise.1f09542356b925e2

Before he could a160b5354a even ask her 90fef4030b why, Irina ended 4f6058505f up shedding tears 8c0b81c46c like a fool.b59fd79efd7c58c7

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“No! I like it! I like it too much! Too, too much… so… that’s why…! This is what it is, I held back! How did I hold back, but in the end…”e05948ead6b7d819

Contrary to 5ec2509494 her words 168c099ab0 ‘I like 79c7fe1509 it’, her b8a0e95810 voice was d2387a8325 full of 188b809992 resentment. Irina truly resented Rumpel. She hated him for 3eb7541acf making her confess her 3291ad0b0f feelings like this.d331b69af6eced35

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After all, he 3767409dea was only meeting 7fd67140d4 her because of 2d773385e1 the contract, and 162b2a0c6e he was going 661a4685f3 to leave once 6d2cde04a3 she had a a76455adb9 child. She felt d06ee3b95e deeply ashamed 6ad16ae9e0 of liking c982ad5570 such a 6be17fe878 man. She was sad and 7fcb995e15 angry.cdae353b3806c06f

Out of so many 79e597110e men, why did she 7eb67fe1cf have to like this f1ee696169 kind of man? A strange man whose ba30327207 identity she didn’t even 0de404cbca know, a nasty man 9fff6e6811 who didn’t care about a57171b818 her and only thought 27952bd88b about the child she dae5e84e49 would bear.df8bbeca36fd4448

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“Irina, are 245c7ea3ad you crying? Don’t cry, why are b312a9568e you crying?”089e214aff99cac6

“I told you not to call me like that! You keep, keep… making me cry. You don’t even like me, you’re not interested in anything other than the child I’ll bear! You’re going to leave right after I give birth to the child! You’re coming to see me only to receive the payment for the contract!”88f498afbd9b6c62

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Once she started 54b6bab287 talking, she couldn’t 4a00b67d45 hold back anymore. Irina resentfully 0340f7ff0a poured out d7da557004 her feelings 5fd82db310 along with 6452e5ee95 her tears. She couldn’t even 9de85b100f see what Rumpel’s b7210f5e2f expression was or 6bed728489 what kind of 5307110b4e face he was 2801b7b260 making because her 897276b177 vision was blurred fe64743eca by the tears e10d814238 that were falling d5776297a2 non-stop.aef5aa97372d020d

“Don’t make me expect… Don’t make my heart flutter… What am I supposed to do after Rumpel leaves… How am I supposed to handle those feelings alone…!”3768162bbc0190db

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She wasn’t confident. She wasn’t sure if c3791b68d4 she could handle being e75038d4b7 completely alone after he a7b34164f5 left.70ed7b6b0c362799

As much as she a9c9f85d1d liked him, as much 93ead5c2dc as her feelings for 29622f5c8c him had grown, she 79cf0cba7e would be the only 75ee282f75 one left to deal 3de82eced8 with the rest of 1954701527 her feelings. The thought of it 17a109f4c0 already made her afraid.e0b5620255d0f7d7

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She had 24f44202e3 no idea 99affadf80 that liking 4240d91c32 someone could 48197e5d5c be so 6f720af794 nerve-wracking and 9ff4a57cb0 scary.1e1ce045b52e71ca

Even if she dc118446ff could turn back 8bc90260f4 time and go ed24fdd7b0 back to the 656b20b376 day she first 9e2b1d16db met Rumpel, Irina 7ee43441fd had no other dabd03db9d choice and would 21c83194cf still accept Rumpel’s 65abca7f00 contract, but even e53fd5c7e7 if nothing would c8ac8e7179 change, she wanted 5b644474c2 to turn back ffef008158 time. At least 2a543be074 before she 7ebb789b29 liked him.df0759592164934f

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“Why am e2ae4c1e77 I crying f90100cb3d so much!”49c3d27f333ea6f3

Irina wiped 1cb64d2e37 away her 4636b0538d tears irritably. She was 92ca76cb03 angry at 6baf45eb84 herself. She was upset that b3561738fa she had shown such 38a8d5c3a2 an unsightly side to c12232456a Rumpel, and she hated 7fa39b38df her own pathetic self a7aa28a96d who couldn’t even control 1a61642abb her emotions.2eb15735eb7e40a4

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She used to 6231c371c6 be the happiest fb3e35853d person in the cf0ad07f21 world, but now d6f1dfb0ce she hated everything. How embarrassed fa6615d108 and dumbfounded daafb949d6 Rumpel must 5967a18cc7 have been 71163c28cf to see c6f48c935f her like 324c3770f5 this. She was worried f9ccc8ed67 that he might cecc51fc73 lose his affection 15abcbb2b8 for her.c86e74ba8242edbc

She should 2c7d8dc452 have held 4d8d789699 back a eef3b1fadf little more. She should have tried 09e69f1dd6 to endure it somehow. It was a b552f24cbb feeling that even d70355d44e she had been 6013c3a567 holding on to acb8524b95 without acknowledging it, d4cfbaccdb but as soon a768d3042c as she acknowledged 07267518af it, she lashed 5d0ecc4f15 out at Rumpel 015ec73e40 as if blaming a9206481f7 him. She wondered how 2c50e0ed47 absurd and dumbfounded 88fed75860 it must have 88424df8c9 been from his 01c3837c25 perspective.511ff86884640033

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“… … I’m sorry.”bb0154ceabfc24f1

The words dd5a8c87b1 that finally 53f8c1f060 came out e79ce1d9c5 of Irina’s 397927f387 mouth were 38b64fefc7 a short 564003fa5f apology. With her nose a7b26f504b stuffy from crying ccb762ada1 a little, all 32681e1b8c Irina could do c4b2ecf357 right now was c37e66d041 apologize in a 0dfee5d029 muffled voice.11ac0932e8f1005d

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Irina lowered her head 70e3285dca helplessly. The tears, still 9e1691b4bc without notice, didn’t a2b53d347f stop and dripped 97c965e6d3 down her face.1c02855d0ed2c01f

Then, a cold cd771350d5 hand carefully stroked d5d44a10df Irina’s cheek. Surprised, Irina widened 2020c01cf9 her eyes and 73de90bcb0 raised her head. Then, golden eyes as c851ec63ad warm as the sun e31c014590 were directed at Irina.473e366d89d1b9f8

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“Who said that?”4de92eb013fbf7dd

“What?”a740bb34709bd4e4

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Irina asked back 763819bf1a dumbfoundedly at his 83ce977f43 question. She didn’t immediately understand ca1bd51021 what he was saying.0ee40117ff38a55b

Then, Rumpel looked straight f0ef877e26 at Irina and continued 3e2923f6c1 speaking.745747daef6fdc10

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“Who said b9c639b6e0 that I f1027e774b would leave 6e916406ef you once d73e4f7daa I had 36dbe27d45 a child?”ad185af785b57e73

“…..”dfe7e4548444f11f

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Instead of 6f4d24beca answering, Irina 3583e1c428 only rolled 4200a08880 her large 6dc4274a6e eyes. No matter how much 9532a18a8e she searched through her 90d37f89f5 memories, there was no 35bd4bd32f one who had said 7f0b78e86e that.44f8ca2f4481641b

“Am I only interested 4a50fa6129 in the child Irina 1660e8c55a will give birth to? Did I ever e6855c9487 say that?”416dcd0940218a83

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“… … No.”0bce1f4975438ce7

He had cce8623c6f never said b89d3f79ec anything like 5cd75c455f that. Of course, 56a6c88654 he had db4ab21a85 never said 3e46b51343 those exact 4fdce4a979 words, nor 98affbfd4e even anything 1811b3f6bc with a ff9bc94f11 similar nuance.267b22f258246c99

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Irina carefully 386a271d59 replied, looking 10525bacf8 at his 8a7de4c925 eyes. Then, Rumpel seemed to ec007e1cf6 sigh briefly and then fd950bb62d opened his mouth again.9e3c40a3288b7490

“Have I ever d33814cec4 said that I 2a627b0f2c don’t like you?”9f6a586d1e33f64e

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“…N-No.”51d8c3547e901a22

Faced with 9f5a8d59bd Rumpel refuting 242fefa89d each word 7b9665e1d9 she said, 5e3d15e2f8 Irina shrank 908fbd9716 back. She felt sorry d051275abe for having gotten 76deeece9f angry based on 2f2e22aafe her own assumptions.03a6e971401e421a

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Feeling dejected and 40ad3fb986 blaming herself for a56e41b05a why she had ae92469aff done that, Irina 103b4d2be6 suddenly raised her c19a06d22c head and looked 2164f7c5f4 at Rumpel.e11ab30fb802f738

“Well, wait a moment… 75534c06a6 the reason you’re saying e2b514ff85 this is….”8e86a3251ffc0753

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