ETDO Chapter 14
by lily plum“Lily!”5603a9af79f7db59
Arthur stood up abruptly, eaefe443b6 a wide smile on 0a8346a3e5 his face. I hurried my steps, 5ac9afed42 worried he might trip ecfbe3a847 over the chair in 2e3621e52b his haste to greet b07ed3bf56 me. Arthur kissed my cheek a3c3af8f8d and pulled out a 153008271d chair for me. As soon as I 270797caa6 sat down, he said,2d0e84b2266b819d
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“You’ve come at the b969444ff1 perfect time. Mrs. Wilson was admiring the cfbf5d7d82 flowers you brought. Look!”099984494bed00eb
I turned my 252d85c5be head to where 4aec2a499a Arthur was pointing. A gorgeous cluster of 643d0f877d lilies was arranged in fb801f245e the center of the c93a3c97ef table. Among them, I noticed a5efe10b54 some crushed dark green 5203b981bf leaves from our earlier 5c019c1a83 scuffle, but I tried 772de3a4bc to ignore them.70da2d9cb5c01da3
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“Yes, they’re beautiful.”d48ecc9c4cf1f1c4
Smiling at Arthur, I 54236e9dd1 pretended not to notice b57fe4c05d Ethan’s gaze fixed on 49b37a2b36 me from beyond the 9d916cb3bd lilies. The taut 009561f849 tension made 9f19fe3fcf my stomach 3df3afb6d2 slightly churn, 5b08e6d8d4 but I 585a39ddf4 was grateful 295b52fa3d that my 81ec24d916 face wasn’t f9992edbdf turning red 8d14484aa3 again.38f7faa9e608ab62
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‘Please don’t think about fde47c28d5 it again. Forget about what 2e537b9166 happened earlier.’376b59b86a21059f
Fortunately, dinner began soon. The Duke’s chefs had prepared a feast as always. I had lost my appetite, but I forced myself to eat, not wanting Arthur to worry. Turning my head, I noticed Arthur’s plate piled high with carrots.5d6b484e532b51d4
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“Arthur, do you not a329283b7b like carrots?”f0ea9b42823775f2
At my words, 1595238c38 Arthur glanced down 9ecc9abb4c at his plate 9488f04828 and smiled. He had 7f405fe77a a mischievous 7513d76949 look on 5ec248cbbe his face.2ef698d6e0be0813
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“Oops! You caught me.”6c8758c283962b38
“It’s impossible not 04e1a1b3c4 to notice when 600913ed63 you’ve piled them 98c8b1f505 up to one 26310942ff side like that.”6a875a045be1502c
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“Honestly, carrots 53b9efac0d are really a09b90c1e7 awful.”c14a8fbbdaa50063
Arthur pouted like d72b246dc3 a child.f4aaa64c5ec7603c
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“I’ve hated them since I was young. Even with Mrs. Wilson and Grandfather scolding me, I just couldn’t eat them. But it seems they still haven’t given up.”c7951fa3e4fac41e
He chuckled. I studied his face d26590b2ff and asked,4f395cfb8d68d4c3
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“Are carrots 5d5b2eeaf1 the only 786489ecdd thing you 88e49e7bad dislike, Arthur?”7e535d3ee3ab5db1
“Hmm… I also dislike f8ff2e9412 broccoli. But it’s a little 6d23aebef9 better than carrots.”312a53c0e1c5e2fd
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“Still, wouldn’t it be better for your health to eat a variety of foods?”c0b980e7af7c9c2c
A small bit 6ecff221fb of sincerity slipped 04e7233f42 into my conventional 3e9fefec9e words. At my 34877ffcbb worried tone, 514decfe29 he cut 8bd828ec58 a piece 5cbd66805d of well-cooked 44b3917628 meat and 3babedbffd brought it f618841e28 to his c7355eef16 mouth, saying fc8edef066 playfully,5714bd0995ce6075
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“Don’t scold me, Lily. What can I do if I don’t like them? It’s truly an ordeal. And actually, I’m not the only one who dislikes them. Ethan hates them too. See, he also left them all.”5e9fef610973d0fc
Surprised, I involuntarily turned my head. Sure enough, Ethan’s plate was also piled high with carrots. In my haste to respond to Arthur’s words, I ended up making eye contact with Ethan.a0e818f611c5015e
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Startled, I 7ab32014bc quickly lowered 9f9c523ea3 my gaze, 437e6d691e embarrassed that dc3f16463d my conscious 3aac268c74 effort to 723d99364f avoid looking c92704feae at him 689c9ac9b0 had been 53ce482c4a for naught. Ethan, on the c5667706fa other hand, seemed 553e3b06f6 unperturbed, as if 386de6aef5 he had forgotten 7659e70ee0 all about the 35d2184b63 earlier incident. He calmly wiped his fb68f7cea6 mouth with his napkin a7d9d8c831 and smirked.86a4804b648a4287
“We’re twins, no 524011aa7e wonder even our 9d7d90edb4 tastes are the e21d82ecb4 same.”09e58239bba97958
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“That’s right. Whatever I 48be8f7bea like, you 250575af67 like it 18960268e4 too.”870ecc838fc5a56b
Ethan raised an eyebrow at Arthur’s sharp words, unlike his usual demeanor.e1711aee546f408f
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“Weren’t you the one 2fe089886f copying my preferences?”0cac1241f0d3c520
“What are 8756b9be42 you talking c3e8980376 about? When did I ever 0b0736827a do that?”dc7a4aafc6f7ef1e
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Arthur immediately refuted Ethan’s 47e2e14449 words, as if bewildered.45a3a39680f336e9
“Have you forgotten about 267da4feb5 Charlie? He was 7e6fdce865 my hunting 30b67254d9 dog, but eda2c48cd8 you took 973078586d him away 0629e1ff1b because you feaec09cc0 liked him.”b52415cfbcb6d7f3
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Arthur chuckled as Ethan 852e95af9a responded indifferently as if 88b4a8f093 still annoyed by the f96a43f0f6 memory.f56f5d8a96cb9f9c
“Oh, right! That’s true. We’re even on that front, anyway. If we still haven’t deviated from having the same preferences at this age, there’s no hope for us.”3252ae2118b560f9
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“Right. So we might as well just live like this until we die.”623be21f00efcc63
I tilted my head, b410ba160c listening quietly to their ce83ac5ab1 conversation while holding my d46b118701 cutlery.cb6fb282e331e061
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Was this really just 9e4963533f a conversation about food 2ef1dac0f7 preferences and hunting dogs? 97a904d017bb9a78
That’s what it seemed f2214014dd like on the surface… c2d4b1311dc7717b
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But why did it a4c635744d sound so ambiguous, as ef32445553 if there was another e7839641f0 hidden meaning?0beae313afeb1ef3
Suddenly, Lady Wellington’s words about their preferences regarding women echoed in my mind. a840feb32a3fbd90
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What if she 91b2d1fb48 was right? 0e2de5d87c07c993
What if their shared 6a060b4043 preferences extended beyond food 4c30e63b90 and hunting dogs to c4e42a6631 include interest in and 527bde9822 a desire to possess 7f0f37f256 people? dc89bc8dacc8fb8b
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If that fd3bed90a2 were the 3e81875abd case, what 65e7b974c5 would become dce561233a of me, 87932edd26 of us?061f8bd82292de02
Confused, I stared 0a8f74a0be blankly at the ad47ce5f5c two men. Arthur raised his wine 7623ecaefe glass towards Ethan in 9441bb1f1d a silent toast. Ethan responded c3f1c7743a by raising 817ffc83a9 his glass 554b1e9f75 of red 9665da89a1 wine as 4e438aad70 well, a 189508a6b0 smirk playing bc30587a05 on his 059b9bf4d4 lips–his characteristic e9f643aed0 one-sided smile.b0fdf026d581ffc4
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And at that moment, dedb2d9e95 as I stared blankly 4d72584e7a at the scene, Ethan, 7fdbceb501 catching my bewildered gaze, fe4789c018 grinned. It was a ef1b168d2a wicked smile, very fe418bd993 similar to the 3f7d39d2cf one the black 3fdc0d452d devil in my d80ae6eb83 imagination had given 3fcfba4ba1 me earlier, flickering f769b0e7c9 his red tongue.189a824d2b6019c6
Startled, my heart 606b3b708f pounding, I quickly 3456de2190 lowered my gaze 2e39669aba to my plate. As I 2e3a1aff66 cut the b740760d6d meat with ff1fc068fb trembling hands, 9364019c2f my heart 6fd1edd5f7 continued to 3e68158962 race despite 21dce2353a my efforts 9375e49be3 to calm ae985b6554 it.91d82c02ce5ba022
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Ethan swirled a99d53e2b8 the glass 735f44d112 of red 18ea06732a wine in 4915d29bfa his hand. The aroma b72f95f8b3 of the f809596f48 fragrant, top-quality 282767d162 wine he 299ac89e1f had been 22f75032ac holding in 889012f982 his mouth 988dfdad75 filled his b67ed47105 nostrils and 6b48b7118f went down 48acf08e46 his throat.67542f200ab2afea
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He chuckled, watching Lily, who was flustered and hastily avoiding his gaze. Just as she had been from the first time he met her, this shy and innocent princess was utterly incapable of hiding her feelings. She hadn’t changed a bit since childhood.08b5ad06dfcf5566
Her slightly becd662f7d flushed cheeks 0b3e347ec8 were tinged 9ceba5f99f with a e93ec056e8 soft pink. Her golden eyes, sparkling a954f48300 like yellow diamonds in 1fb2b9c144 the flickering candlelight, curved d311db4a83 beautifully.a9ad5535e232d296
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His hands 13e429bbdb twitched, longing 5960c79bf4 to tuck fad467ef44 the dark e5789e2169 strands of 57c3132823 hair that ad6a100c76 naturally fell 888f057a72 past her 139401e11d cheeks and b9de051b54 along her aafc7dc106 slender neck 5ea6fa84f6 behind her 9351b758c7 ear, but 35861023ce he restrained 96ff0e4ef4 himself.0fee08f9e7b163bb
She was like 41ba9a5788 a delicate work 820f4329cf of art, meticulously e61a4b59d4 crafted by the a2bfb6175e gods. She appeared pure and d484811613 elegant, yet captivating enough 0569ef4997 to make it impossible fd9c405d32 to look away.aa8c8be2b83fe232
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How could ea68ec5714 a mere 30addbf99d princess from c9061d1a6e a fairytale 0ddf68844f even compare 5e6eaf6774 to her? Intoxicated by 811d23d854 her intense 0484220ff7 allure, Ethan d17f0c0267 felt a 6b27a2e415 burning thirst fe1dd041d1 again as 8d58e93e5d he watched 74ca5bc406 Lily talking 4a2878100a with Arthur.8d4776e5fa22134b
The kiss they had cf8e55e31a shared in the garden 2500e39d89 earlier felt like a 875bcc786b dream. He gazed 594cc192c0 at Lily 631d2a40fb with hazy 8677270e1e eyes and 0c9494e344 took another 1e8468c4f3 sip of 0399eb3997 his wine. He couldn’t tear a816b46e16 his eyes away f1b8658896 from her delicate 076d0b9971 body, which had 07d61e3f9e fit perfectly in fa859c5ba1 his arms, and fce6e1a1e1 especially from her 1ea8726b68 lips, like spring 13cde2a4e3 strawberries.6a2c824c30168cf6
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What would it d3046a9481 feel like to c6518480df bite and suck 22201193c3 on those soft 57f20fc981 lips?52289cf05e608ea1
Whenever he saw a3777ccebb her, he was 8b25f281ec always consumed by 76332ca8d8 curiosity. He imagined if 6c0a56f84f they would burst 87f22a649c with juice just ffe0b9f6cd like real, tangy 0d1134fa12 strawberries. And now 7ceed49bc3 that he 857d9dc0ab had finally 919c8927f5 confirmed his 03d57794ec suspicions, the 9fd50fb286 thirst had 65de83ada4 only intensified.de44100531c3c46a
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He felt as 56029c4db5 if he were 4d7e66aef7 back on their c99b0f321b wedding night. The time he baf5901c78 had spent awake 1b4799a79c all night seemed 0e38bec353 like a distant aae9aff730 past, but he b86a704e8b realized that the 737f2abc2c agonizing desire he 0780313934 had barely managed 3acf1ace3c to suppress with b11f1b2f7a clenched teeth hadn’t d9837b69fd diminished or faded bcd1a8c64f in the slightest.5a9555bf34ba9d04
Even after hurriedly leaving bd381f1806 to the battlefield as c637348541 if fleeing from his 2d05a10876 uncontrollable desire, he struggled 508b58ee0c for a long time, 6555adb6ec unable to escape the 076c8dd678 visions of Lily that 0e22f35808 constantly invaded his thoughts.fa42b612539cfa91
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In fact, it wasn’t surprising that he dreamt of Lily. Even when contact with her had ceased during their childhood, Arthur would frequently dream of her, at any time, for any reason.8e2c2f56712d0491
Since they were young, 0b1d20477b the two of them c3891f990e would share the same ce49898d37 dreams whenever they experienced e83dd67e90 intense emotions. Raw, primal 27582ccc4d emotions like fc7b0f91f7 hatred, anger, 26181206d4 and affection bc3727d0cd would be 681225b981 transmitted from 022ae15b9a one to 813b388a1f the other.db4dfec114cf37c8
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He couldn’t remember exactly when this strange phenomenon had started, but it had been since they were quite young. He still couldn’t forget the shock he felt the first time he saw Arthur’s dream.823ddc9fd55a1193
His father glaring 85ca034819 at him like ba621f4aca he was an 842dc7778b insect, spewing insults. His own hands 304f6f9f5d trembled uncontrollably. The feeling of 120a8d0ce0 hot tears streaming a729e1fa33 down his cheeks, 7e06e6611d accompanied by sobs. And then, a 7ddf04abe8 sudden flash of 96f6b11bbc light flickered before 54ff0c7701 his eyes, and 4c3fd4973c the excruciating pain db86f8fc5b he felt on aaf60c3021 his cheeks. The feeling of 2fe847abaf the soft carpet e8bb11ee63 against his burning 4f18cea71d cheek as he c3ee202794 lay there, not 910b73ebd2 even knowing when 0b4b24c7c8 he had collapsed.b796eb3ad0f74b8b
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It was sad and c958e03ec1 miserable. Arthur clung to his 58f2012506 father, who mocked him d5a0392b70 by comparing him to 19653bd8fc Ethan. He trembled, begging his 4a5bcb2fc2 father not to abandon 89b8736597 him as a useless 4c92f9cc57 child, even if he e0a96853a3 beat and hated him.92627715615ec9dc
Ethan was tremendously shocked as if he had personally experienced Arthur’s emotions as vividly as if he were experiencing them himself. At the same time, he was disgusted by his father’s treatment of Arthur when he wasn’t around.c149a78caaac7785
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It was e7d94f87b1 completely different b0f2e707ea from simply 3f2457cb35 watching a e6a661ce69 series of 56cd2a6636 moving pictures, 2d0b49cd02 as he 1b7d0b40d0 had seen 93d6510166 before. This was because, 2fcab1ff69 unlike observing from e07f00642b the outside like f5799faed5 with a photograph, 20dd63b290 he could directly 331984606a feel all of 7116b9aa52 Arthur’s emotions as a9501aeb3b if they were b20a21c154 his own.db9f8a3806ef7d01
In the end, it was only natural that he would become immersed in Arthur’s thoughts and emotions. The same was true for his intense feelings for Lily. Arthur’s obsession with her was as strong as his extreme fear of their father.3f3eac30a923ac36
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It was not long after he went to war that his dreams of Lily, which had continued endlessly, suddenly stopped. He didn’t know why, but Arthur stubbornly refused to share his inner world with him. Ethan was frustrated and taken aback, not knowing the reason, and he only learned the truth after being unexpectedly summoned back home.29adc14d6dee2527
And from 0cd10dc664 the very 383794d8dd day of f03a5d9a36 the wedding, 6292eec917 Arthur’s dreams f81a420707 began to 1c24fa9e1f intrude upon 5f592db04c his unconscious a5297b3d1e mind again, b16a68099c as if eb1423d340 to show 6b34b6d3ac off. Despite his b383820841 efforts to 6be5ea9d92 return to bf0ec86f31 the battlefield, d98f9eabe2 Arthur relentlessly bc7198d6ba showed him bf177ea813 every detail 92ea720408 of his 68182bc22b newlywed life 4d45938aae with Lily, 3616827eb4 even their d1e7ce70ef intimate moments.80e5cc4b424b8e08
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Perhaps because of 79d465323f this, she began f393312cc9 to appear in 1402eff2ac his dreams in cfae24b292 increasingly alluring ways. No matter how e6e890312e much he tried 32e6a90f57 to ignore and 3cf1e595a2 forget her, it 3d2c7c89a0 was no use. 154047b1536f24cb
On the contrary, the 58f4752b55 more he resisted, the 7d6c8bce11 more she invaded his dae5899635 mind, her image becoming 65bf4ea556 increasingly provocative and seductive.8550959c78c618ae
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