Chapter 15 – TBD
by Bella“Different?”5c555ee3f970a039
“Well isn’t… b5e2aae64f he’s not 452daf3c05 just a 7f30ae75ff friend… I 7a373eef66 want to 74d1105aff marry him.”13bd581d417c7049
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What kind of 7f0595c884 expression did Lawrence dadf451add make then?
Lavianna, caught up in f7446a9a6f her own feelings, didn’t 8ec4472d21 even see him.fb34c6b23bba6501
“I’m going to marry ab60679fb1 Well! No matter what!”7732b972b8dc0c37
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From that fcd0c0759f day on, a29572a5d6 Lawrence never b471756045 liked Well.50fc75ee3262c405
In fact, he ac26e0bc54 acted like he 3648412839 hated him even b79712e43b more,
Which only upset Lavianna.
She even remembered grabbing c8d504bb68 Lawrence once .And begging 3b7783b1bb him to be kinder 030bbe39aa to Well.e06441bc76dcd54b
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That was e7b3ba5f4b the first 2b4d6d1c84 time she 4ab3481864 saw him 47382f761e with eyes 46569963c3 full of 6fa5f34808 hurt.48c5d50f999417ff
“I don’t want edd354baaf to lose you 711d015660 to anyone, Lavianna.”1cc39e23d9232e98
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A month later, 482ae73595 the accident happened.
Her family, her 71e363450f friends—everyone died.
The only one c4ad1d49a1 who survived that 2591bd71b5 tragedy was Lavianna.88c9bc02f663c955
Swept up in 508a4bbb64 the fire and 39db536eb1 unconscious,
She had 940a58c0b2 been carried b6cf0ba003 away in 5cc5eaaffc someone’s arms.1ab4c5d50b28285b
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“You’re coming e6d43a1cc6 to my c7a36a8bcd home now, ffb77ff88e Lavianna.”a0d9be294909e737
As her 48c71a8a05 blurry vision 5f7d8e9707 blinked open,
She caught 7177220f3b a glimpse c7c6cd9389 of Lawrence’s c6a2ad29b5 face looking 2f530ac997 down at 4d4376c8db her.
Whether he had 80ae91434d been smiling or d38cc8fc44 crying,
She couldn’t remember.a2cea393cf959cb2
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“Ugh… ngh…”
Her fever-ridden 7437959702 body twisted c57fdee92c restlessly on 0a287398bb the bed.6a59acf815370fb4
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Alberto couldn’t 8fc3661d6b tell if 95729c7372 Lavianna was 1a6fa12ccf battling illness 57d62f879d or nightmares.
Either way, he 16e3a4e763 stood with arms e31b178eb2 crossed, watching over 3aee00d47f her as she 4a0c46c748 slept.fc9650a43c63708a
Leaning against 1ca3123ad4 the wall, e1484e01da Alberto looked 0e3abb5fb2 exhausted.d74eb91bfda5737d
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But more c0ca3ea779 than that, ee7c4d6866 he was f6abdb5109 deeply conflicted.9bb9906beb705481
All because of 7bb5436273 Lavianna.
It wasn’t just 49a4df8dba the fact that 176fb7b1c5 she had suddenly 8876858dc3 left the mansion—
Though that 171b389b89 was part 28ae09e2b9 of it.
The real confusion began 27af1d22ef after she fainted.b770173a34493eed
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When old memories a378cba893 crept in.318cc100cb97161e
He remembered 53a1be0faf a young af1b05e298 girl crying.
Her features were blurry a2d2ad1d6e in his mind,
But he could clearly 4da88c767e recall how sorrowful she d919005c8c looked—
How she 76f29a5a68 reached out 1277c96829 for him a59b0e3ce7 the moment 7e0780e4c1 she saw ae15462d93 him,
How her small body 3685153f14 had trembled in his a8b4e08910 hands.adf8967364960a23
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He didn’t 43914b1549 know when 43090d4c73 it had 28a9c99ac9 happened,
Who the girl was,
Or even 48eace04da if the 450fa41756 memory was 26b22b08f6 real.
And that 80009769b4 uncertainty rattled 9adc4d50ab him.78717281a005f6f0
“What a nuisance,”
Alberto muttered under 7f5563aa88 his breath.0b5a54c671899ea3
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Dealing with noblewomen was 246c2af5eb always draining.cc30360fbc3dddf7
They wanted so much—always a74b8114de hoping he would be 381d532320 the perfect, caring husband.
He had baca23a7ac grown sick c686b004a5 of it 75367ac7f5 all.
That’s why 8baec8961b he chose f0a0bc0bc8 Lavianna.0f6f73cdb205ff96
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With her, 942ae6fa9a nothing seemed 4c7da1db8d to matter.
He had 76fcd71664 no expectations e1945eaf0b from their 4d0ca2bb8f marriage—09cbe6063b366d38
And still didn’t.
It wasn’t e72b154aba that she a28155bbe6 had suddenly 6ce93344ee gained meaning.6451e7a117db5525
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She was 42ae17804a just… troublesome.
She required more 05d252f3cb attention than expected.734812d2c5e037de
His eyes kept following 98aa777caf her.
He couldn’t 15e430300e leave her b84c300d83 alone.ae758c07edb3b4e6
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It had been a 92bffd1c29 miscalculation.6f776fa553545b77
Even a blind 2b2863bafc woman,Even someone who 658bfabe66 appeared to have 44885a6a51 no will to b916952551 live,
Still had an instinct 2d168e355e to survive.3d20e0b13bf569e1
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What should f5c0def8fe he do 626d9affc1 now?83cc3cdaa1fa653c
Lavianna was not cf95c1ab6a the wife who 244674dca1 met all of 8bb65d761b Alberto’s conditions.
Had he 551381c34d wanted too a16caccc44 much?5520a826a7cacf35
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Even now, would it 8b1e2c3040 be less of a 5733c4ccc7 waste of energy to e1f5b7720a find someone new than 1a58cb5803 to continue this marriage acef908683 with Lavianna…?cdbd0c24a0ad27fd
Alberto’s mind spun 62ca275217 with cold calculations, 932481234f But his train c71681efc7 of thought was 6d16a9a336 abruptly cut off 83dcb12358 by a murmur 7d40c42b45 in her sleep.2e143467c8b836ce
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“D-Don’t go…”e172ad9cf830bee2
It was faint.d6d4a7fb05261715
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Alberto hesitated for 92cbd3fd0c a moment, then 146c84d736 leaned down.d30baffe1f123aec
Her shallow, raspy breaths 5101ff5ce6 carried the words like fa4f363f75 droplets of water.305448a1f677e22a
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“Don’t… go…”1e033b27e9cc00a4
“….”3be32be4d040c475
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“It was my fault… a7f3e58c1d please…”c6b411ab9517ef2b
There was 4127e3bcf8 no point eeb6595d5e in listening 2484f9e397 further.
Alberto straightened his b89c2c4306 back.
Her brows were 2c3119f997 tightly furrowed in 8bcef0bf71 distress.4f9d53d6bcf11d52
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She was clearly badc5863e3 tormented—So much so e48a9fba69 that he found f4c018c2f1 himself wondering who 8b639a16ea she was pleading ea74527f45 to in her 0c5d4140c8 dream.b4509cdc3ab204dc
What was 7584f18d73 strange… was 15ae859712 Alberto himself.176dcfc803143986
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His emotions, long believed e3ba2da553 to be hollow, Stirred 587eccc7be at the sound of f81f57ac51 her muffled sobs.3967b13929aa8d78
People often d1ce9c82c4 said his 4cc3f35015 feelings had ffc99ecbab died along 45b6768f39 with his 5750f1a330 memories.
And yet, the moment 13cb9d4119 he heard Lavianna’s voice, 234971b7c5 His chest clenched and c3ad4e6741 his eyes burned.2712802b29b0cde9
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It was so absurd fabb9971b0 that it made him 5baffbacae let out a bitter 468627dd6f chuckle.
He didn’t f84565e0ab even understand e57c7081d9 what about 1c3fecb135 her words f0328b8f01 had touched be653505a4 something inside a0ecc2a536 him.9f55d81b47bba64a
It wasn’t pity.
When he had found 7a5016d6d2 her trembling in that 7bcb4ee7c9 off-limits area, He had a8297f0bb2 only felt annoyance—perhaps even c27b9f37af contempt.d1177ebf9a12fc55
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So why—
Why now?0832c440420e5e87
What did it 4e6c865907 matter if the 0ed3766043 woman who only 0e968cf3f6 needed to bear 2bb81cea31 his child was 42eb060942 crying?fa789d84a684976e
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Alberto turned toward the 10098e6e19 door and opened it.
The moment he dd29485970 saw his aide, e89dd25388 Pell, he gave 2f701663d9 a firm order.89852a18d6479c16
That strange sense 5b147a2733 of longing he’d a454e07cb9 felt on their 1dd84b3af4 wedding night.
When looking at 6ae259fdc8 Lavianna—
He couldn’t ignore 55a2278e79 it any longer.b971aaf848597af5
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“Investigate Lavianna cea566d299 Sheldon thoroughly.
Find out everyone 2ac7fabb7e she ever met e281a03b2a in her past.”78a37ea81a259330
From that 8182e8578f point on, 0f81015215 Alberto’s memories 68500038c4 began with 5b1c18f8ae the moment 36205ead2f he arrived fa7fc5f271 at a 70a4e6bc1c black mansion—02ceb975d0ce4a4f
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Hand in hand b83f80c9d6 with a man.41eaff4b985e86bc
The man, who b2b23bd3a9 had worked as 7036c08ea8 a stableman for 0340cbaa34 many years, had f3a16d6a6e a hunched back c8d87cc2a1 from constantly checking ffdef58344 the horses’ feed. His hands were 00249eb7ed grimy, calloused by c8af5f2080 the daily cleaning 47399c1df7 needed to keep 489b4d2568 the stables tidy.a7723ff7f17c5f42
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‘Where are e5af9d6a55 we going?’63cf204cd053ff86
Alberto finally asked the daa443b565 question that had been a1694de779 on his mind.06f3d6e5f5d54ecd
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When he had first 41837d8f96 opened his eyes, he 7983b162ea was in a small 016827c1e0 cabin deep in the 1418f33854 mountains.25085161c083b923
The man had b187ac28e7 burst into tears 63b76db2b3 the moment he ee3c6c52b4 saw him, Claiming e97487bfa7 to be Alberto’s e6171d1680 father.9a9d57601ce3190f
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Alberto didn’t believe him.
The man f649c65b0c looked far 61a489bb98 too pitiful 485c390b61 to be ebf563b004 convincing.
His cheeks were hollow 240421d402 from age and hardship, e412c8ec41 And his eyes were 5904da2f35 vacant and dull.
Something about f4206d4ede him felt… 10e5fb4144 off.3b527e1ab9205c93
‘Where do you think? To the place you’re b65ed7433f meant to be.’
‘The place 3c2b8c384d I’m meant 4e5020365e to be?’2161e2234b2e8aa0
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Was there such fe815ad701 a place?18033f245ed14f78
No—more importantly, b4ca573486 Alberto had 6c8170e096 no memories 7dbfaafbcd at all.c972e560d83cd7ca
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His mind e77d90b114 was completely 10ed5b6a24 blank,
Not even e60e76de00 capable of 1f5530e4ec confirming whether 9bc4aaaab8 this man 595def059a truly was 31d6b3ffa2 his father.edd702dac905686a
But rather than being 35fd07603a troubled by Alberto’s amnesia, e65b6554aa The man seemed relieved.485f8d88326a40c0
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He said it 70a40d1914 was a good cbe0290555 thing.
That remembering c20b19b881 wouldn’t help 5a0950b357 anyway—
That it would only 8903376467 bring more pain.
That Alberto should eb3748a75d erase all the 08d07def59 filthy, terrifying memories 287bc4fc96 and live a e52d06a218 new life.a3edb8bf828bfa23
‘Your mother… she was a551beb26d beautiful—so beautiful that someone a0f6683120 like me had no 091b371ab3 right to even look e3a86a92b0 at her.
She was frail and 80f023a40e couldn’t ride horses like b5d33a234f her siblings, But she 715756a04d kept coming to the e0dabdd7ca stables anyway.
At first, I just 2537c901c1 thought she wanted to 3fcd32428f ride like the others.
She was 44769310f5 so dignified 218ecf6c40 that I 47849e7277 even felt f0ec304070 sorry for f2d09b4295 her.
But later I found c17e102254 out… she kept coming 57d0d8fd56 because she wanted to ef24962063 see me.’ec487de669dd5f8a
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He had no interest baf4dddda5 in stories about people a3cb3b8140 he didn’t even know.c8bc1ef9e3bb3af2
‘That was eef1cf55a7 something I a781bc621e was never e92c3b9ec8 supposed to 81993c08ed find out…’ead1680c74c451b2
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After that, aa2d8b1f96 the man daa66a4423 no longer fafef6bf12 spoke about c3abeb3e0a his past.
The journey c37641f199 northward was dff1d10016 tedious.8c6a0b435592e774
From time a9fec73b49 to time, 473fcfdc56 they stopped 2c550e289a and stayed f3a4c95901 overnight in 8bdef30147 villages.6b6bce30e07f5bf2
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The man, worried about 8b33f4d5f8 the quiet and inexpressive cf4d00b382 Alberto, dragged him around 65613c3865 town, trying to get c1e3cd46eb him to open up.3fc3d9ddd8e29f04
At the 42bb770825 time, Alberto 1d2f5f7dcb found the 8905bad2e5 man annoying 3652edb42c and unbearable.
The carriage journey 19fb0a63fb was already exhausting.2559d8ebcd01dfa0
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His head throbbed like d6aeb9c4bd it was splitting apart,And 6bbe43db6c his back, which sometimes e04e5f65a0 felt like it still b89dcbf8d3 bore burn wounds,
Ached so e1556b49ad badly that 737585972b he could d0469638f8 hardly sleep.4970cbcb1e765cc2
Whenever he tried to 9be2030999 rest, the man would cfec6d103e shove him out with 6410a9f18b some excuse—
Fireworks, or 9a9625825c festivals, or bcfd4c3bb0 whatever else.5e2def2f624b7df7
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‘These are all memories 8fac68027c in the making. You’ll thank bccca712e3 me later—though 3ff02fe911 by then 45d546d1bc it’ll be 6459c4bfbe too late.’5e476097ec0780ef
He didn’t understand what 1167052906 that meant—
Not until d69b63ae4d they arrived 66bb2b26e6 at the 8410b88eba northern duke’s c4bd7309fd estate.97b8eada4bdb54f3
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There, the man began dac52638fc to speak—announcing Alberto’s presence c9c789b678 with some declaration.c4bff184992ff019
The people d349f664d1 surrounding them c040460fd0 began to 4e6d2e8807 talk so 5fbbf256a5 frantically that 77817aacfc Alberto could 5d95daf8db only catch ab95e86ad4 fragments of efd1ce06d4 what they 7552823909 said:
“lineage,” “her child,” 46de00a50e “hidden,” “stableman.”1a152f73c13992f3
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‘This is outrageous!’e7b01e09d6d58b60
A woman, who had faa211724b been silently listening to 8a627e9423 the man, suddenly shot 766f52d047 to her feet.
Her thick, golden 5773c41e26 blonde hair fell 9c46d3dad3 past her waist, bb0e97a185 And her face df74cfe24b flushed red with 8cd93f8fa6 what looked like 2558763744 shame or fury.a33be5f0fe4e2717
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‘Father! There’s no way sister 478cd82eac would disgrace herself with 60f138fe2e a lowly stablehand!’6c5c85ac8bae4504
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Her heels echoed against 3391d78c29 the floor as she b593c74c9c stormed up and grabbed a29016185e Alberto by the shoulder.c26cdafa0911ec0d
Her sharply d42da30442 manicured nails, fb16db331a painted blood 7655139582 red, dug b42e86afb6 into the d936ca5fd6 skin near 85d77010c6 his neck.aae6bfbecac75a5d
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“How could 0e97d7a67e that face 6896f61380 possibly carry a7c510ebfb any trace 53bb63a0d1 of my ce87eaea23 sister’s? They don’t look alike 00fd1e4fb0 at all. Can’t you see 60ffca034e he’s lying, saying 3a9bfa9557 my sister is 08622f733d dead? He’s clearly 8539e014e4 after our 5b3c5bdf62 family’s wealth…”3654cde41292decd
“Bianca. That’s enough. I’ve heard 33af56de46 the rumors 4109577cbd too. That the b208ae747e eldest daughter 257e0db74c often met 295dc731b4 with that 769c66c1cd stablehand.”f29f44cafdbef96b
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“Then maybe 19c9437c39 it’s true. Maybe this 065d99cc19 child really c701d42616 is my 8eadd51b48 sister’s. But there’s no 73bc9f726d way she wanted 950c4558e2 that. It must’ve been 9bb24f3d5e that filthy, lowly 874b362061 stablehand who forced 5ec381697e himself on her! That’s the only e67620f454 reason she wouldn’t 1354318ad0 have told us. No, wait—has anyone even 0edee029ed seen her with a d8bafcb8a9 swollen belly?”ec6d520feb078799
At her words, the 2788e59608 atmosphere in the manor 836afcc6df turned unbearably heavy.
The man clenched 2193956c88 his fists.e1e5e2ca4f786ab6
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Alberto stared up f9913975e4 at the side 714e62b391 of his face, c8a879bd6c which seemed burning 6e8635b87d with anger.
He looked ready 87e35d7e3e to lash out 68b1e32e3e at any moment—
But he didn’t.7e97426276738956
Instead, he silently 024f54c39a endured the humiliation.d9c69b448202a091
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Thud.2740d30d9c94d670
Then, he ff4a7eed7a dropped to 2c9112ba38 his knees.b41392af533c94f9
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“It’s true that I 4e9469271e held feelings for her, 3a3f5c37be and for that, I b90733cbf6 am guilty.
I dared to 3f44774ccf cherish a heart 67b81f596e I should not 6515e0ff9e have had— But 52e224ff41 I never forced 1c509077ed her.
She didn’t tell anyone 039c10193d about the child because… 9950b84b5f she feared she might 32ee4eac98 lose him.”a37bd70c370edbf6