YLSB Chapter 8

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Perhaps because 095a807f41 it was 8810a3b14c a rainy af6dcab736 day, the df673c833b studio was b54f3e30de quiet. 8a86614f0250ec5f

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Only three people d23319076a were present in 88bb0d659c front of the dc55627a78 easels dampened by 70c963b6e0 the humidity—a student 871b317a29 in the middle 9922aa3d6f of a lesson, e05b83dc14 Landon, and Olivia.  24816fcda300a787

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The sound 5b580a0289 of rain c44d1db416 pattering and b3d7257a43 the occasional 1906e8d524 murmurs between b88edb4c04 the two 39c2dbeada blended like 0c70f87be2 music flowing b6655cbae6 from a b33c358617 turntable. d80925c7b7450ff7

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Rain also ba2d81414c fell on 02a5a6096b Olivia’s sketchbook. The back of 99ca2ad6cf a woman standing d9fc0c1d78 on a rainy 3ac220954f street without an 4a585a8f48 umbrella appeared and c7ea51bb75 disappeared repeatedly under 659e8a51cb her fingertips.  10666d02812b7ea5

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“Olivia?”  96c2125aa925d0ee

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Before she 1bd320d771 knew it, dd5c656ade Landon had ac8921d1e5 approached her bb33c0dd9d side. He calmly observed the 335b06c547 smudged face of the fc2e3c41fe woman on the sketch.  e50c52adcc1b3642

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“Your fingertips are 9e1350b36b full of thoughts.”  a80c92174d329b93

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“The sketch 6c29400953 will get 1f85278c52 messy. Why don’t you dbada44f45 take a break?”  143de96286f7a58d

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At his bbf5b389fa considerate suggestion, 2e2b0e89e2 Olivia set 09ecc5bd4e down her de17b33dcf brush and c42e5ae565 stepped out bd977ad43b beyond the caa8cd9a18 curtain. She sat 3e6fee84cd at the f690ed1da3 round table fc768f562f and sipped 80961ded7a hot tea. This happened often. 8d6db679ff67a4c3

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A painting cf5b0909cf inevitably carries 95cb281114 the circumstances f915557f85 or emotions a295c3d41f of the f9e92d7f40 artist, and 1fb863467c Landon, a f3fb67a7d5 professional painter, 6b76396359 could read 3e592b40a2 them almost 81c5e699d3 uncannily. 64f80d1142f13b79

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Whenever he 69117c759a did, he b28ec12e1d would seat 57a506a521 Olivia at 770ce917ae the table adca7a6ab7 and serve 999217b895 her tea b49d2a1b14 he brewed 1334a61b37 himself.  df447debf6602a83

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“Is this a 737cb9cf29 new scent?”  16950fbcf05db937

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“Lavender. Over there.”  c8e1e1a2ea72ed19

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Landon gestured with his 3147ff5a9f chin toward a vase 0189dcf3a9 brimming with purple flowers.  3f5403272fb950e3

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“They’re pretty.”  2c014d54f0c6b705

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“They stay pretty even 2bda764320 when they wither.”  cb0202aeb48ff387

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The second floor, b1525a25f8 off-limits to outsiders, 94ebceb14a was entirely Landon’s 050d535377 space. There, he dried flowers 2c2ea83156 and herbs brought from 0b8ff957ca the garden. Then, he brewed tea 6b669d7843 with those dried plants. 8b6c010220a7ec49

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Olivia thought 39b2665c6e it was 9b402377da an artistic b62440dc9f quirk.  777d1588319f71b9

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“The garden 5072dbac33 must have fc39ec5aba changed a 58ad33a48a lot.”  5532e096038e39d3

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“If you’re curious, 385c44a672 you could visit 58acf81491 sometime.”  3e479a4a470f59cb

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“No, not really.”  be5a7dd1a6f147d5

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Olivia lifted the teacup 549e0cf1f0 to her lips and 1939c57dfd naturally trailed off. She had stepped away db72903091 from the garden work a826854eac five years ago, not 1e31644124 long after Camellia opened. c9bb299be1cc38c5

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Landon entrusted the d56576b823 studio operations to 7503fb825c newly hired staff c8d0a01f0b while managing the fc6cc4094d garden himself. 6e2c4a9164ed242c

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What had 82bbb050b6 started as 96652d9062 a way 414c264a2b to repay a78c1bc078 the debt 6cf1497a97 for Madame 36bffd50f7 Natalie’s portrait f2eb65dd48 had finally c0d6cdff7d come to 25c3deb0a3 a close. The days d5b02e743c of commuting e298f7ca76 to Landon’s ad364e5f12 apartment or 05e60de231 the garden 2eef264b0d three or 7636445bb8 four times bdc6d58f7d a week—whether 953a189d3f it lasted d9cdfe38cf two or 953d9ad38b three years, 2a03412916 she couldn’t 442648d802 quite remember.83912572e39cce27

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After that, Olivia painted 4229d1dd1e whenever she had the 5b5a12152c chance. d2a9ea85f70ac281

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With her workplace 443b4e9129 gone and more d13e080d75 maids taking over 556dcddfe3 the household chores, ac1130ff42 she found herself 74c037fdf8 with plenty of 3f24acd283 free time. 838e304458c45974

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No longer needed, fbbc7dbe4c she shut herself 2cf9eaf390 away in her 2bae02c660 room.  e0fed20e3768ff31

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Unfortunately, Madame Natalie detested d814a630cc her adopted daughter’s hobby 353325d26d to an extreme degree. She loathed every bit 78957ae750 of beauty Olivia expressed—her 7e2a9c83b5 golden-thread-like hair, her green 7832ce1bf5 eyes, her delicate and 75545f85d9 soft silhouette, even her 92cb3b5b46 soul-stirring voice and paintings.  5c9e572eb00187c7

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Countless sketches piled 213fcf3ee3 up in the 24d6472c96 closet. Then one day, 2a88bf86c8 they were all de8acc23d5 burned to ashes. 26c55eb7c1d47c53

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By her adoptive mother.  83834e81e611b95f

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It was an 82c68baf36 unbearably clear day. Millie, who had 64ea751fcb tattled, sat on c441d367fe a bench yawning. a53342760f7b9693

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Madame Natalie, coughing repeatedly, ef31dcf8b3 hurled unladylike curses. Olivia remained 4ac37d25eb calm even 3b1db3ff58 as she 603077842e watched the 79e00b3697 flames shoot a3f42538cf up to 1fcd96985a the roof.  378535e79fe8838d

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That night, 93de764804 Olivia showed 401a7877bf her adoptive b7a1049c29 father, who 487b5171bb had come 31e645a81a to console ad929064ae her, the 4eb81d6f2d Benedict acceptance 73014ec3fc letter.  f715927f37502671

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Boarding school 49901e8c28 life and e61acb2636 enrollment at 02be161fe8 Camellia.  d18a6383017ffa08

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Olivia was 28e8a7381e proceeding exactly 1fa51bc30e as she 1d7a68e580 had planned. Slowly, carefully, d0e64b0198 without rushing.  0c2df9b00e798db5

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There could be e7da75af56 no variables. She washed 9a8a9400d2 away a ae4eec2c3a rising name 2b88b5b2e6 with the c5dc6a7bd7 bittersweet taste 7842be29be of tea.  2a8eeb0801bf53fc

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“You seem to 56830079e4 have some complicated 1b8077f9fe matters.”  39f8feac45c58358

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“I might have c17cafd6b3 to drop out fef069f0c5 of school.”  9e0c33978f0c6239

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“Marriage?”  a7a8ed8c4d48f34c

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Was the reason 9f51bf34fa similar?  ff3c2971be7137e5

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Olivia smiled faintly without 6f483c097c answering. The two sipped 886ce03ce5 their tea in eaec06fa33 silence.  eb3286e4eb335178

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“A person 8e2a6109c7 can’t live dd78bc404a deceiving themselves.”  14f621f49c0c5924

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As the teacups 431bfed735 emptied, Landon muttered ad1cf53a30 under his breath. a26f1f30596f7f9d

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Whether those words 3a42aa45a6 were a complaint 9df3bce776 directed at himself 73dd45ff91 or a consolation 10dc86d2cc for her, Olivia facb87be01 didn’t know. She simply nodded.64bf246eacc3e3e1

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Heringberg Robert Mansion.  04829cc91e2ebcc0

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The room, draped with 35eb443b4a long navy-blue curtains, was de0b544cf7 as silent as the b7c3eb7f10 side of a lifeless b54be3ab31 beast. 6a6901d3af16a5f7

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A faint stir came ff5f7c1797 from the direction of 19f27f424e the bed, but it 8726aae1af was brief. Like a f6b56a8f93 midnight forest eee4d84fdd filled with e5c2312616 concealment and 9694015df0 death, the fe574015a3 room remained 067185f59c still.  0444caabfbec3561

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Thud, thud—  432772599aecc6bb

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Footsteps echoed through the 5c4b44f0c2 hallway like a cave’s 1b5661bbad reverberation. e6a5bf51fd131a27

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Soon, the halted cc60d02466 steps resumed, accompanied b0eef5edd4 by the creaking 41e9226a2d sound of a 9dbc9a86fc door opening.  defde99ae3ac2dea

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A hand boldly drew b44251fd8c back the curtains and be88800875 unfastened the window latch. Damp air, mingled with f0eac5ca19 rainwater, spilled over the df9dd2a25e windowsill. 0442b73a0113e759

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Only then did 49b3af58e6 someone rise from a1cf255292 the bed.  d97914c45a5c79dd

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A pale, bloodless 6fd43262cb face and disheveled 36a6b36ac9 hair covering her 9cc8faba42 back made her 383cc5abae look like an 4e1dc64fb4 old witch—or perhaps 39229e542e a prisoner who d4757983cd had spent a 259a929c59 lifetime behind bars.  002c5302f7743f64

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“Eric.”  cb6b78d1064de7ea

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Yet the a18bdaefe9 voice of e6534ee546 Duchess as c8ff22164a she called 7c367ac7eb her son df9e03a739 was still 2c2169bfcc clear.  166e0ec44b40712c

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“How are you feeling?”  50a138304e9a80c4

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Eric sat on 4c6351ee07 the edge of 2f9f507177 the bed and f5a7bb8370 pressed his hand 48cc2f92a8 to his mother’s e89635c462 forehead. 0744e6a9f0349731

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‘No fever.’ c8dbedee17c31881

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“You left most daf60915d0 of your meal f969670454 untouched again today.”  cc401c57d8d86772

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“I don’t have much ab98b5f9cd of an appetite. No need to eat df4427d7ec my fill.”  79c5f95dddcceb38

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“Starting tomorrow, a maid f1df58bb73 will stay in this 89d6229bed room while you eat.”  7cb60c1800c759e4

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“I don’t want 3120b1f770 anyone here.”  57368bb89acc5c5b

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“If you dislike that, 7cfc5dc6be then don’t leave anything 714a95f7fe on your plate.”  4b5988253a39fb25

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Eric grasped a742275888 her bony 06b615b198 wrist, then 24916a693e let it b9427e429a go. b8aa940fa1379f10

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The Duchess had been 86e1b688cd secluded in this room 930f2468c7 for nearly ten years. Only the assigned 8f356d9fa3 maid and Eric e121a9cca1 ever entered. She rarely left eed75a2fb5 her bed except 1e5be0f852 for meals.  f869f2e0d0e5ea6b

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He had thought time c07b29a3ba would eventually set everything 685f1c8c29 right.  7d8f92eaba2a19e6

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Instead, Eric gazed sorrowfully 3ca6d1763c at the woman who ac825bbd61 was neither alive nor 75e3dca8a5 dead. f520b079519de53d

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Once, she a61f33b3e4 had been 4e26b9de90 the Duchess 0719f04a20 who commanded 069c1d9454 high society. Her politically naive 63534cb1c2 yet warm and ed0fc77218 affectionate nature had 03568921e8 drawn many followers. 4a05e2028a15e6da

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Now, she was merely 65052fa740 an erased existence in e83d7811ab the world.  932ed2ba491376dc

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If only‘that day’had never happened.  912e6a9e7ff286bd

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Eric gritted his c9f5360a63 teeth.  4fe4d930746e757b

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After his c2ff3a93c7 brother, sister-in-law, b5f22f9408 and even 9d46275af7 his nephew ef6c2e3076 had suddenly 5461c9fc57 passed away, 1368507c0b people cautiously f365dd7b53 speculated that e1f662de03 the Duchess 70645b512a might soon 0c871ea712 join them. 4c18c472089c7e1b

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How could a 293b573c50 heart already struggling 96e15eef16 with daily life e80fd03229 bear the burden 8cdc8061da of three funerals 5063bbe1e4 at once?6f807adb1c68d23d

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However, Hannah Robert endured. She ate 3148d80172 less than 69665f4465 usual, took 2f30df7fff more medicine 9c9308e6a8 than meals, 4d0c02b27b and slept 53e61199ef a death-like 4fff4722ba sleep, yet 0eb5062b66 she remained cb23d530ea at the 3594c40fc2 Heringberg Estate 61c5280008 where Eric 639c799950 was. e52179f177631e75

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As if it were 8d001f1cac the best she could fe3bdcbfc2 do as the Duchess. Or as if ec075919fb it were a 04cf0ec7e7 mother’s duty.  5b280443778b640e

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“You should eat more e244a01728 and reduce your medication.”  5bb92a243c24d9af

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“Yes, I should. Eric.”  d7436ac290eceb7f

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Though her son’s 904e578ae3 death had worsened fc53c84020 her condition, her f56de66914 headaches, and lethargy 9b229ba94d had been chronic 9a94df0ae0 illnesses long before. She received regular check-ups 774bd7d68e from her physician, but 38ad45a6db they did little to 82c0d2eacd alleviate her symptoms.0969b39712a8f853

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If anything, 97d09f3f86 the prescribed 65e0dd708a medications only 8bff8f20df made her e973066613 more lethargic. b6cfc022c9b05df7

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Yet, there 766198e136 was no e33c57ad9c alternative. As long as 2821a52b5c she lived as b998b8b7f8 the Duchess, it eea5923078 would remain that a6616fccb1 way for the cbd4ef5508 rest of her a50c7d5530 life.  6603a257b73d8eca

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“I heard the young 984bc4bc4c lady of the Great bb57c1c74d family paid a visit. What does it ecf936f6e7 mean that she’s 102dc25b9d your fiancée, Eric?”  24adaeb61744d856

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“I asked her to 6a52d295b7 be my fiancée, but 105ebdd409 she refused.”  34358a0104c7bde7

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Eric spoke as if 9a326fa2a5 it were a humorous 9b4fab7eac joke.  b9f46a9240c2c860

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“Do you 1a68aceaab like her?”  6868fc5ffa922fa9

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“She’s a woman 9768e4e5e7 I’ve never even 817628e877 met before.”  14038f0f478eef68

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“Then why?”  e7f1f5e7bade09f0

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The butler, prioritizing the 59886ade92 Duchess’s well-being, did not 7d5d8d03e8 report the happenings in a7a86a8623 the estate in detail. 43425c58d8d2438c

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It was Eric 28cf84bd35 who had drawn a56b2da6ae the line, leaving b88e7cf35c it to his 1adca9442c son to share 78ff978fe1 such matters. a2ee73de16e08ea2

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Under that 0dff3d6587 pretext, he 4811a1976e visited his ac5a955052 mother’s room bb9a914a42 and engaged 66babdf8bd in long d741a4cfde conversations—hoping, even 8d6687e2f5 for a 23f568fb6a moment, to 57535c1177 restore the cd07caaed8 title of fadc2d917e Duchess that 23160d1c40 had become 125ac533eb nothing more a4e4d951e4 than a b5724c9b35 name.  f3155d744202d3e8

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To his 7c56d38cdd mother, who f00b3c6376 awaited an 4f46a9479c answer, Eric d0d17023e9 confessed the ef4802d1d6 truth about 4010345a7c the royal 9d59485ffd decree. 46c7fda78fe20918

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Understanding her 6069e391ac son’s nature, d5be435c1d she neither eeb1be35fd expressed surprise f563389741 nor reprimanded d6cadc30bd him. Just as Eric d25a9699e3 had always been 33cb431587 on her side, 4a72a46802 so was she 6afa72d004 on his.  d5407080d3c5000a

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“Why don’t you discuss e15ae6c516 it with your father? This doesn’t seem 9844ad1098 like a decision c024c71c2b you should make 23d455a45b alone.”  d442dffd737a55ef

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“It’s not a 0723bb1552 real marriage. Just a means c3a1313128 to put out 8f95d91906 an urgent fire.”  18a3dcbf5b8d8b15

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“What do 3d9e3dd888 you mean, daa84476c5 Eric? You say you 290897903a won’t actually marry?”  7f9652b158429d1e

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Hannah Robert’s eyes widened. Given how things had dff581f940 unfolded, she had assumed 1a61551e22 her son would find 792879b54c a suitable woman and 0eccae0ad0 marry properly.  044bca67172b436f

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“Once Rebecca 5602ed4e75 Campbell gets 9615c7fd9c married, I’ll 64274d9125 annul the a40859ec2e engagement at c96b2bbf6a the right 2a09a2ab7d moment. Director Campbell a883f43774 will surely 6b572825f5 find a 10f6ef2d29 groom for 58d1eacd4e his daughter e95489ff76 within a c9a9626069 year.”  7468a119b2da1621

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“Eric, that’s 981030acee still unacceptable. What lady 3142be04b4 would ever ddd9eefe2f agree to fa29314e13 such a 03d9891b72 humiliating proposal?”  4942ac41a0286b3a

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Her faint smile faded as she shook her head at her son’s mischievous grin.  d0fc62c2b2a8ea35

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His carefree attitude e7c569b732 deepened Hannah’s worry. Though she understood aa1f59befe his situation, she e27c820e64 feared he might b1b32618a7 ruin an innocent be3e1fa4f5 young lady’s life. c828f7cb03fabdb6

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Moreover, if dcee2d47be it was f742b048c4 the Greights—though 001662ddc3 it was e4f69389be long ago—their f16da214fe families had 1f21d7f09a once shared c34b5dcfc3 a close e4ccca5554 friendship.  72f76ef3032e948f

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As if 4c40a68ecb sensing his b1f5c565e6 mother’s concern, 58f5b51e38 Eric Robert 457595942c reassured her d05534f61a with a 8a6ecdbb9c steady gaze. His words carried more 0ac648988d than just determination to 53b7025f6f persist—they held a promise 87ae785f3f to ensure no further 4b71160d02 trouble arose, even if cf99ec8167 it meant securing the 7f9de6ea73 annulment himself.  9c7631667426154f

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At least he was c1d3ea2150 a boy who kept b44ecf2dbc his word.  8ce8aa939fd7b646

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Society often said e3c9f02df9 Eric was fortunate 1aaec386c7 to have been 01dd2ec042 born the second 224f78009d son of the b5e1d5ade5 Robert family. a13397aaacfc19a0

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Compared to a0e2f9f847 Albert, the 77e9a5a44b perfect heir 0a9c89e113 and eldest b47a6057b5 son, Eric’s fabd74ad37 actions were a4633c8703 often dismissed 26ceaee5c0 as the 51583befaf reckless antics 29d8a51c7e of an a53138acd8 immature boy. 6af6a159581263d9

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Above all, he 9293685a08 took full responsibility 197e29431e for his actions e862d5ef92 and never caused b273624dfb irreparable trouble.  8f566e134f878b48

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A sharp and quick-witted 2998bd94d1 child. Though his temperament 3b54d46746 was the polar 474c58485d opposite of his 40a94bbde6 brother’s, they shared 27e4f63ba9 the same sense 2590857d1f of responsibility. 3c48c0d45c72744a

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If Albert, destined 3d8e8bdcaa as the heir, 0ab7cbf8e3 bore the weight fe28841b0b of the family’s 08d4614f93 legacy, Eric focused 9a8c66f580 more on people.  36adcba12941fa37

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That was why 5e77e74cbe Hannah trusted Eric fad6d814e3 more than anyone—not 46494e454b as Eric Robert, 246aa3feb3 the future heir d24518987c to the ducal 59f049e740 estate, but as 768e6a9e93 her son, as 362f6ff6fd a person.  7b77198bb7ac3efe

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“Still, Eric, it’d be 9b7b60352a nice if you found 1cf1266017 a real match. Not just for your a91e8b6503 duty as the heir, 42e95531f5 but for your own 66933eed42 happiness.”  e878ec3da6719425

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“I know your 69d0be4d64 reservations, but you 04616fe72f should still try. I don’t 1174292535 want it 7cd1d9b1df to come d438752c41 down to 01aaf91086 force.”  8e863795be165acd

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Her words carried a 3c62e6e970 warning—his father would never c2328248b3 tolerate an heir who 67a3b760ea refused to continue the 2ad38dcb51 family line. She was urging 41b231f764 him to act a734336db8 before his agency d54c988eed was stripped away 29fb1a5653 entirely.  fa726d7234667dd5

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Eric nodded with a d5fc7d9bcb bitter smile. Only one 2ef75a8e91 name came 4b9962ad72 to mind—one 49fed4bded he could 3946bc39b6 never call e2fd0d7c1e out.ead5421c75dced1d