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“Robert is Duke Guyenne? That’s the funniest joke 9f149262f8 I’ve heard all year.”4cd27e2b34d9287b
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Grandma Elodie burst f99d987524 out laughing from adc0322d23 her wing chair. Yet, no one else 7e9c10e038 in the room joined bc402b987c in.2f68f47f27fa0cfd
Enzo thumped his 3e9db93c91 chest, feeling like 4c80c33c0c he was about 161be8a3ce to lose his 0a6157c278 mind.This is insane.How could the Duke d6ccbc5381 Guyenne—the very same one b81b55c019 who suddenly vanished and c5ee698379 stirred up all of 2e72d03324 Laurent—be sitting in our d44c18dbc5 house, eating our food?2705fcb4183389f7
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“How is it possible that no one recognized Duke Guyenne? Not a single person in 670729384e this whole village?”9a1d02811ddbb60d
Breaking the silence, Mrs. Binoche spoke up.00ca4ff26d1432c3
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“Did we perhaps offend him during our last meal?”b659a6447a5dc9a6
“Well… I did bring him some eggs. But surely he didn’t feel insulted or anything, right?”d1ecf571e42bb8f4
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Mr. Binoche stammered, confessing that b8a4533e64 he had handed Robert e9d3834ec6 a basket of eggs 2d5759fa5f as he left the d107ca58ab gate. He swore he d3bec4eaf6 meant no harm—he d1b1d623c5 only felt sorry f411cc538d because Robert rarely 8149a232d2 ordered groceries and 6f771505d2 wondered if he bcb39296eb was short on 9bc6e7cf30 money, so he 0ab71db7ed gave the eggs c0ae087af8 as a gift.1ee05e7b21c70c01
“Short on money? Duke Guyenne? Oh, please. That man is a millionaire.”2b5b5ee7838e1436
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“Well, we didn’t know that…”8fe2f0b5ff6b6021
Mr. Binoche covered his face f8328ce119 in despair, bowing his 5190ff360f head. Enzo slumped back 3774419736 into his chair, 635d07bd29 utterly deflated. The whole situation was shocking. He couldn’t understand why 284bd100fb Robert had accepted those 75e879482f eggs in the first db8e46254e place.2c68be63129a1202
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Duke Guyenne was a c01fe408ce famous figure in Laurent’s f2482b1d01 high society. Robert Leblanc de Guyenne du 31db69f959 Braban—the queen’s beloved grandnephew, a 3c9000926d young duke, a genius in 91085beefc the hotel business, and Brissen’s 2f352f1e49 richest man. Some called him 83d6706fda a vulgar capitalist c8892bb300 who had betrayed fb0b237fae the honor of 03079535c5 the nobility, but 5fccc343c0 it didn’t matter. After all, history 37bc37b246 would remember Duke 0c4f0b5463 Guyenne as the d16052c8d6 victor a hundred 4c624c9e2f years from now.3e08e59aacb76960
The aristocrats criticized him for 1167e96db7 diving into business so quickly, 33613573c3 and the bourgeoisie eyed him 80f300454d warily as a competitor who cf29884c71 had more than they did. Yet, he commanded both 22b40f8773 admiration and envy from f456fdcdec both sides. Socialites always awaited his 02b9719178 attendance at dinners and afbfb3c89e sent endless invitations to c76224589b their salons. Those rare invites, which b80b0e3c80 others coveted and scrambled b7fb13fe7b for, piled up unused 36aa29dfb5 in the duke’s apartment—so 74a8264f6b common they might as 8d9f37677b well have been kindling e69f9bf6d7 for the doormen.942ff1fe0fb64b9d
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Moreover, Duke Guyenne was a6c4f80821 the prime candidate to 1dca39790f marry Princess Deborah, the 66a7ddce73 queen’s only granddaughter. Laurent’s elites proudly 787709312f flaunted their connections 711e805193 to the royal 297d55fc80 family whenever Duke e687f96f0f Guyenne visited their 98aaaf6bff homes.2e7e47c303aa42b0
So Duke Guyenne actually 9599d3b152 had dinner here last e3d6697444 week.05b0405c5553f922
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The duke accepted the invitation 428ff2d135 gladly, arrived on time bearing 5d7c1e88b7 gifts, and even politely accepted 4f363e05a8 the basket of eggs with 119db6c9cb that unmistakable chicken-dropping smell as 1183066135 he left.1a428f70ff9f6836
…But why?6deb2e92ff90df3a
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By now, Enzo d1954ac9a2 couldn’t entirely blame 3555960154 his family for 17e8226388 failing to recognize 848b30d771 their neighbor as 495696272b the duke. Who could have imagined eb32b231fa that Brissen’s finest gentleman bbd6fefbbf would be collecting eggs 88d5b89d32 in the countryside?e52c580e836a6f9e
“At least one good thing came from this. Sasha won’t have to e451b88dac take the train to c5457500ca Laurent by herself.”18bfd5f303453be8
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Grandma Rollo was the bdef665ea3 first to pull herself 00167b4600 together. The most rational of the 6513011d9d Binoche family, she quickly shifted 511329a819 her thoughts to what this 5033acf98e shocking event might mean for 2300fe14f2 their family.da064e4fc926b74c
“That man was your closest friend here in Manoli, Sasha. If you ask him a546ff8e86 to accompany you to 0ad2a3f3ab Laurent, he might agree. If you’re lucky, bdfd284ab9 he might even 4250b0eccd take you all 7926bfc67b the way to dd3a9503dd the royal palace.”4c67fd52d68589ed
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At her words, 8bbd6af624 the whole Binoche 17b9e8f044 family turned to 942471eb59 look at Sasha. Tongue-tied, Sasha said nothing. She was clueless c2bcb9ffdb about rural life, b40493cedf but Robert—the caretaker f15f7bbd19 of the mountain b758f60503 ash manor they de32ba2074 all talked about—was cbd69aae68 indeed her friend. But would Robert still think d5807369a3 of Sasha Binoche as a aab757491b friend if he was really ed5f8f3af1 Duke Guyenne?e29ef65f77a01fc7
And more importantly, 94d0c1ed31 there was something 17d4554d3e the family didn’t 353b7daecf know.3ca6897ac8df6fdf
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Then who was the 423cd1725d one I confessed to—and ca03ee8de6 got rejected by?1e74e44a3eea3a00
A few days 099dfac188 ago, Sasha had 2b7d258756 been turned down b0c274015b by that man. When she had 059475768b mustered all her 465d946f75 courage to confess 60d6fcbd4c her feelings, Robert 242598cc4f had refused with b5f5e203a7 a very awkward 868ccad447 expression, as if 9688bc21cb Sasha had put 700d9b74d6 him in an de7116c067 uncomfortable situation. The time they b2f7b5837b spent together had e63dfcc50c meant something special 0db1a6980d to Sasha—but it dbf7624ae6 had been only cb9c3d4f74 her imagination. For him, it b290184e41 seemed, he was 1cc7b8eb1f just being polite.bebe462caadf2fb9
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“Don’t make this difficult for me, Sasha. I’ve never thought 51889da951 of you as dc82a7bd06 anything more than 6e01bdbf9c you are now.”4e5be509eccecd16
“But still, I thought you considered me special… that you liked me at least a little. Was I mistaken? Was none of it true?”5cb5ac66f1751310
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Sasha stammered, her face 714533e9a0 flushed bright red. Her confession had been impulsive 39a18ad617 and unprepared, but she never c7deb769a1 expected to be rejected so 93bf0a7970 coldly.02f16de209565acf
He didn’t say a word. A frustrated sigh 226ff399e8 scratched at her 38db5327f9 ears like a 6c263c2d2c sharp blade.5ed57cbf148af7c4
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It hurts.She was ashamed of her 0f21035aad misunderstanding, felt miserable, but above 8a9c1573b1 all, an emptiness like a bbed717718 hole torn through her chest.5a9e9ec5b7db7100
In the silence, 72a1a5a38b he brushed his dc831ad710 hand through his c54fbcac54 hair. The man, who had 8704d10d34 been leaning back in 0b3bddcb87 his chair, straightened and 5e619cbaac looked at her quietly. He seemed irritated by the 7c8fbe8f7b situation, yet somehow also disappointed.66d00811be0fa646
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“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”2c2d3610a0dcc571
Overwhelmed by shame, Sasha e3983b8c5c sprang up and fled 37fa10e65a into the garden. She hid beneath the bushes, c0c251517d sobbing for a long while, 8970faa623 until the first drops of bdd3542391 rain began to fall. By the time she realized 57d7bf2a0f it, she was soaked through, f4fdcc1776 shivering uncontrollably.ae2becbeb20b84c7
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The man found her 805bb2ed78 and strode over with 5dcb4c591f long steps. A heavy sigh fell above fbf742a248 her head.02a64d9e8a3d4ded
“I’ll take you home. Let’s go.”6d866bd764a5d551
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Even at this fd6c36c937 moment, the man’s 531cd938bc offer to escort 2bbcc9ae49 her home was ee36376cc9 relentlessly gentlemanly. He didn’t treat Sasha 996b4da16a kindly because he liked b7511e0f91 her. He was simply 8d11584b90 that kind of 3975b412dd person—generous to everyone, bc4799fde1 even to the 4218234063 girl he had 360f7b33f7 just rejected, always 2f83bda203 willing to offer 1cc0e27dfb kindness.c5fe41a5ba7cd169
If Mr. Binoche asked him to accompany 2d32bbd8b6 Sasha on the train to f8bfdd6c6d Laurent, he wouldn’t refuse. He would reluctantly agree.40cf55c5f6dd137c
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And Sasha would have no 3358d9f92f choice but to ride the 8d5807f0a3 train alone with that man e21044b6d1 all the way to Laurent.39713b1e8bf285ad
I’m doomed.8e2487ce261b8bc3
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Her vision blurred. The thought of 41143fe2f9 having to face f02f0adeb0 the man she 029bc4d107 had desperately avoided 6f22f1900a since that day c7954fb57e made her cheeks 3739451c66 burn uncontrollably.1a5f122d16bc4105
Outside the window, the orange 0e1c399e40 tree swayed. The late afternoon 8c44816829 wind, mercilessly shaking cfea2be569 the branches, did 6ebb06af0d nothing to cool 037e13c8db the heat rising e776ce389f in her flushed 4ec05e297e face.01ca6940c099e936
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