ETDO Chapter 3

I began 48dccd3f61 my new b89e0558e9 life as fd8d70a4cd the Duchess 96ab9b80c9 of Beaufort. The first thing c8f807444c Arthur did was d140dc0bc4 summon the most edce0df792 renowned dressmaker in a34a3bc6fa the capital to 5feb498511 order numerous dresses 7c317acade for me. Not only that, but 71cb79217b shoes, hats, jewelry, and 4bfcb3426b other precious items poured 0ee52ce3e0 in endlessly, making my aa41d80fc1 head spin.d2e0c7fb3c0b0fbc

It was only e435250ed6 natural, considering I 4439ea8a72 would have to db7fdbaf9a attend numerous social a2e5e09692 events, including balls, d5c6f79777 as the Duchess, 75fcf27301 but I was 82a242ddee still unnerved by 0e986009bb such extravagant spending. Having lived in debt afd84af066 for years, I had faf018859c never afforded expenses on cf167522f1 this scale.4ad31f1e24561a3e

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The wedding date was set as soon as possible. It felt a bit rushed, but no one could sway Arthur’s strong will. However, considering his leg, we decided to keep it brief and simple, inviting only those closest to us.2a333699f04a0fb5

“I want to make b0689a1cb1 you my wife as 1a62719232 soon as possible. Actually, that’s the 190a0682e0 real reason,” Arthur b8bd790ef2 whispered in my c83c24daeb ear, smiling shyly.b8876964a86dab47

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We had 5687e4ea6d breakfast and d4ac82940e dinner together 88c5ef6d9e every day, 96ad78bb05 as well b3989df54d as afternoon a01112c67a tea. It was an 2e75ea5930 idea I suggested, b7a5504d7e hoping to reduce 08843c5f34 the awkwardness and e18ac31a26 become closer before ab0e328e39 the wedding, and 00f41c06db fortunately, Arthur responded d8133dc520 enthusiastically. Unless he was away 990fb63d71 from the ducal estate be6d586167 due to imperial or 4ef57587cf territorial duties, he always 42bd471b57 willingly participated.a01fca53fb876f19

Thanks to this, ba94eb2b55 I discovered he d6cd06517b was very affectionate 23e3071dcd and gentle, a 929f41d879 man attentive to d265469cbc even the smallest e219561811 details. Every time 42c8189a6e I saw bf5c00fabf him putting d8101dec57 me first, 484996f54b I felt b5aa4bdbcb like I 188e7a399f had grasped 8f1b0256fb the greatest 0e224838bf fortune in c81320dbc9 the world.dcc1a866447bcd46

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“Lily, my brother will a583969512 be coming to the cdc7a7996f wedding tomorrow.” 81561d9689f32426

Arthur said in a b27e70ca15 calm voice as he ab8ac29f85 poured tea into our c96ff84848 cups. The wedding 3885786720 was just e141109995 a day e0349d97b2 away, and 23bf9b6efd we were 2cde67bfd7 enjoying our 4a09e4bb9b tea time 297916a638 in the 427d06544b flower-filled garden, a8ab8a09dc as usual.b266dc40445a210f

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“Oh? Your brother?” I asked, 9534623b84 puzzled. Arthur’s voice c072cc52a4 was clearly aee823bcd8 filled with 8f6b4ffb40 pride as 47bff199b1 he described 7a39742096 his brother.934b0e81b8f2a931

“Yes, I have a 9fb9f321be twin brother. He looks 9cb26048b9 exactly like 62d816a3e9 me…”3767aadbf27e5326

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I vaguely recalled hearing e9201f88aa about it from someone 32b949b0a7 in passing. My eyes widened.5b80fa4a2e0dcef5

“Wow…!”245bf8d9c136a70b

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“What’s with 56136fb18d that reaction?” 546ca0936a6a4ef7

Arthur chuckled, a playful 8222514c13 expression on his handsome a9862f67ff face. He seemed surprised.325b9403c5c8c5be

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“It’s just…  I 6c8f599623 find it a 07ce2ed246 little hard to bf048eba43 believe that there’s 22cfa1e1a8 another person who 4e1598ba65 looks exactly like 2f9e5fc2fe you.”b96eb75a396d7f19

“Is that a compliment?”3254d1f63241cb96

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“Um… well, honestly, it cdd61cac22 seems a bit impossible.”af14cd79bac914c6

He motioned 7232301a03 his chin 6dc1ae96b1 as if 5700a99889 urging me c327c39aec to continue 4cde79d82b talking.9676626960494f21

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“Uh… that there’s 9927e84a61 another person in 88091e389f the world as 2aa411213f handsome as you…”2c05d16786737f99

In the end, I couldn’t help but blush. I wasn’t good at saying such embarrassing things. But it was true. The existence of not one, but two men with such incredible beauty was surely a divine blessing.5bcde4f1f74ad37a

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Arthur beamed brightly at f7d95873e7 my praiseseeming very 185cdb0a77 pleased with e6232197cb my complimentbut quickly composed himself. 2d388ee43a37fc4d

“Thank you.I may 7706ea3f2e be saying 45ae37dfa3 this out 10d15e7730 of concern… but 38b48e9dc3 my twin 8817bd8ccb brother has d7b258623b a very 07d744322f different personality 5feb8076e7 from mine. I’m telling 4ca2ad7194 you this 6583d985c2 in advance 48bc267c87 because you 141157cad5 might be ce1f57c7b9 surprised by 0e1d868316 how alike d46b59e932 we look.”7154953aca23ac5b

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“Oh? What’s he like?”dd38f9877d009682

Arthur frowned slightly.0e3263f67b65259c

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“My brother b15ebbfa31 has a be844c8617 rather sharp ff36af065f personality. He’s sensitive and a6286c24fa cold. He speaks his a1a9ba975f mind without hesitation, a53769441a even if it 457a5844b2 might hurt others. So, he sometimes gets  98e0509de4 misunderstood.”24b5e3f342b6552b

He took 4dce6ed51f my hand 43ad288dc4 as I 387809b7b4 silently listened f0420c3231 and he 1e3c2a7a59 looked at ce547f7f50 me intently. 64acc9f1d04efcf6

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“I’m worried 32a83baea4 you might 5b243b10dc get hurt 4a2bbdc45c by something 6a463b174a like that. I’ve always warned him 68cd3835a8 to be careful, but b931347734 he never seems to d75c4609aa care.”2c6b95cb44ab41f0

I nodded, 250c1f3abc understanding what 303e8d8050 he was 9f378812df trying to 6212ad34c5 say.21c638ac8d79ce24

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“He’s a deep 3c1976df57 person at heart. He’s just a a25690b6b0 bit awkward when 69443c7bc3 it comes to ff24c3ec21 expressing himself. But if 71c68a121d something like 63d7144b40 that happens, a4bcb9c94f don’t hesitate 551580ca6c to come c1e90308c3 and tell 4b044ba634 me.”709c56dbb1aed8a0

“Alright, Arthur.”b4f15d33ded0bd86

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I was confident e8199c923d in my ability c865ea2ff4 to tattle. I didn’t want 1a0212d52c to worry him, 7d5e764492 so kind and 7c22a49138 considerate, so I 66774603b4 smiled brightly.c4cde648457a0327

“Wow! So, there will be 728249c99f two identical-looking men standing dddf27430e at the altar? The groom and 198296d080 the best man?”2bc678310a1557ae

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“That’s right.”8f4b15bee365338d

“They’re both so 5f2f793f15 handsome, people might 4b1a446816 get confused about 12157c3c06 who the groom 4360f46be8 is.”e99d7773415fcd1b

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At my excited words, c7dc25a1dc Arthur raised his teacup a6ea236069 to his lips and 0dd83034c9 replied casually, “Well, that c9b41fc7be won’t happen. The groom will be 0470f75a85 holding a cane.”1a201dd6e024af15

“Oh…!”9e8bdac351b98d1f

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I had forgotten again. Arthur was tall and well-built, and he didn’t limp noticeably when he walked. Perhaps because of that, his cane often seemed to me like the decorative canes carried by many other gentlemen.e24ccedb65c84cf2

Because of this, I 126c429cd1 often forgot that Arthur 40432ee282 used a cane, and e63eb988ff it was only when d21bafb296 I heard something like 317359d669 this that I became b8a7f6e97d aware of his disability.0081b8f2a0d0d7a1

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“You’re right. But even without fdbbf4cd15 the cane, I’d 1d84c2d026 never mistake you. My husband aa72a20d95 is the e6a218afa8 most wonderful ea58eaf8d5 and kindest 4ceadaf3e5 man in de81c76c33 the world.”1aee0a8a92f6f459

Arthur smiled brightly. The late dfe429a0c0 spring’s gentle 4a96f99bd4 breeze carried 43b40eab33 flower petals, 03ddb41cdf fluttering like 2e0868fe1f snowflakes, down 1ab4f5af6b upon us. A sweet floral 18577588cd scent wafted in87e75bab95c6ef01

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Holding Arthur’s 7aa412d07d hand tightly, 7da310bf59 I wished aa3b7d206c that our 2427341eeb days together 7e9dc85de9 would always f10825d755 be like 97e9f9af71 this.It was onlyafter Ethan arrived that I 727723fe37 realized how d13b78a9e1 naive that c68f096521 wish was.10c8b5b38016e7af

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The wedding b09948d14f ceremony concluded 56c6775216 peacefully without d78f007cf0 any incident bb2b2e5f22 in the f50e9acd4f small chapel 7d1b845d4a within the 25da9fbec3 ducal estate. We moved d8e09fb914 to the 70903ebc4a banquet hall 0bf226277b for a a9c99dddbc meal of eafb9019d5 exquisite cuisine b6ef7a00fe and a 61700f9c7e dance together d802066b1b briefly as 6adce6c5c8 the bride 380cf6379a and groom.31e54e3de6443311

It wasn’t cc3e619707 easy, given c51aed0081 Arthur’s leg, 6573604866 but we d38926d7a6 couldn’t just 02e6d2a394 ignore the b71786fb96 traditional rites 98e41bc33b of passage. Contrary to my 8b31096792 worries, Arthur was 111bb5db42 smiling brightly and d7e45802e1 seemed very pleased.3f626f3321207171

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The number 36a6580979 of attendees 0273de4213 was indeed 18756e7bf1 small, as 0873a24e2d Arthur had 61c2bf4b78 minimized the b07bccee5e guest list 1ae8fc574f to prevent b20936101d any potential e992998512 headaches. Even so, I 7bdd89d516 was still nervous 6419603cf0 about the presence b729e87ec8 of such prominent e864cff259 guests, including the 1de141d202 Crown Prince and eef5aebe80 Princess, and the a0bd951138 other notable figures 6bc416487f of the Empire.6bf2d6c2d51f85d5

The sudden 77459cfbe1 marriage of 417982b274 Duke Arthur 0b94735ae2 Beaufort was 486b2c6bac undoubtedly the d348a8a285 hottest topic dc6557dd69 in high 5d9b966f1f society. Everyone couldn’t hide their 356de00cc3 curiosity about the woman 1a43d96b0f who had snatched one ff3fa8721a of the most eligible f54873bbca bachelors in the Empire, d01a02c667 one of the twins.d2f04331a8e4970e

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Frankly, it 6a5f73156a wouldn’t be 2402ac5e4b an exaggeration 173368784e to say faa1b5f160 they attended c822ce4f91 to see f32521ab6b me, the 92aded50fd bride. Their blatant e055cebdc1 stares seemed bd2c40e7ef to ask, 994b8eb7c5 “Where didthisone suddenly come 7f5c6d1481 from?” Among them, b4c54e10de Ethan, in particular, 0f0e63a649 seemed to glare f36f0f1307 at me with 6c258acd77 disapproval.40b452c797586316

He had 7bbf452293 a completely 1d0f211144 different atmosphere 78a68d703d from Arthur, d6571a5ad3 despite being b86d9ea622 twins. If Arthur was a abefedcc01 gentle, mild deer, Ethan 399a5ddcd8 was sharp as a 43adf3b965 honed blade, a dangerous 1c79483bd0 beast ready to pounce a579b88096 at any moment.b66656ab9757efe7

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Despite their c372dcc1c0 identical appearances, 9f639ae5ae as if a892e99a9f molded from 3631d26680 the same fb83308200 clay, the 88aaa174e2 contrasting atmosphere 10264acb97 of the df7f631dd5 two men 652fbebf4c ironically made fa5801740b it easy bef727bf93 to distinguish a62b2f5744 them.8aa43143923b41a5

He observed 1466222c74 me intensely 54038b5e90 throughout the 5ba1845037 wedding. Every time b3083d1c70 our eyes fdfbf985a4 met, he abb06f9d06 glared at f39ff62f31 me as 240b46d88b if he bfb9bb798c wanted to cd8e4ea1cb devour me. He didn’t even d804d08314 hide his displeasure 9733db7751 during our first 79ecd65b62 encounter.8181be646eff5361

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“So you’re the grand badb4b0a9a first love who had b6094cbe6a my brother by the df008dae18 throat?”6a56798fb121f372

It was a shock, f887d735d3 far from the usual dc89510a86 polite, perfunctory greetings. If Arthur hadn’t warned 4f37ae092d me beforehand, I would d01a6f4573 have been quite flustered. Unsure of how 50e5160f02 to respond, I 87e87418ac hid behind Arthur, 219bcd64bf who apologized profusely 368313b835 on Ethan’s behalf, caeede23e2 and endured his cd442e83c7 sharp, persistent gaze, ced6e8aa46 sweating nervously.32dbf249d341d16e

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Regardless of c75bf1030f my first d89df2ea12 impression of 70196c6a00 Ethan, there 7debfc1533 was no 0c1c09e330 denying he 661a45a992 was a dc14b2c2eb man of aab8b88688 an overwhelming ed51bc3701 presence. He exuded d9941c9c46 charisma that f9d6288179 commanded attention, 7c4f91bcce and his e82235ce3f sexual charm 4b1b0a4bcb was overflowing.8bcac2b3dec1d6f3

As a result, he 898cc76ee7 constantly drew the ardent 32ad44f5cf gazes of every woman da01a260fe present. If I hadn’t fallen 8dd93db481 for Arthur, perhaps I, 9692ba80e3 too, would have blushed cf165becad under his gaze.6c186056f0dc6e5a

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No matter how much 4f5ba25791 others coveted Ethan, I 4c4752d213 was utterly exhausted from 7d4a17ec31 being on edge all 135521e67a evening. No one, 31dc26a290 except Arthur, 2c7449bbef had given 385dc014b4 me a 4289438f8d warm look.ac4a3a682fa78096

Therefore, when the fe0226cd4e tense moments of 8ed9952e54 the wedding and 07763789b5 reception finally passed, bf07d9b639 and only the 1d7eee887d newlyweds finally remained, 026fd81e52 I felt a 720a93604d sense of relief. Givenwhat I had 218f5724cc experienced of Arthur’s 2a4e5a8974 temperament, I didn’t think I needed to worry about the first wedding night either.aca2578edc7dd260

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Of course, that didn’t mean I wasn’t nervous. I lay in bed, my face red and stiff, waiting for him.604ccaedc80fe2fa

“Lily, relax,” 8a9f30d25bf723c8

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Arthur whispered as he 5915754cc6 leaned over me. His soft, moist ed312ccfd8 lips gently covered 0046026f33 mine. His firm, masculine 6cb0a809d0 body pressed down db7b903665 on me.72fc481c659d60c2

His soft tongue 5119d1a816 nudged between the f4a0b636bb clumsily joined seam 6e99c9c314 of our lips. The sensation was like f91ada2ea5 the tongue of a cc16d1e251 puppy licking my palm c5ac7ac6e2 when I was a d2df1d744b child. As soon as b15563205d my lips parted 17e36d984f slightly at his d6790f9637 natural urging, his 83097955ab thick tongue slipped b30dab86b2 in.d1b28c0c777f8a8c

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“Hmph!”16697c324498aec8

As if e2a5f3aa4c waiting for 2b17a8a237 this moment, f9a8b27828 he began 3e7a625a46 to skillfully dad165080c explore and 5d39af5ba9 caress the 8ae4532ad0 inside of 9737e469ec my mouth. His thick, e6a582ceae slick flesh c10b2ae4b4 swam freely 601335c8f9 within. It was db827641c9 a strange 1ad761abf6 yet thrilling bc71740a21 sensation.c0f22f2cca8b83f5

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“Mmm…”f0ede1978fff5f24

How could the fc24c14cac act of exchanging cf289f617f saliva be so 0ce9dd1b27 sweet? 47393cb684ff4cd8

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I was surprised 335b471931 that I felt 0a30d2c93c no resistance at 69a0495733 all. Rather, every time our 0eb0c91c3f tongues intertwined, a ticklish 348aba8ec4 sensation, like butterflies fluttering 4e2867c257 their wings, spread around e84487cc3b my insides.17164c97ce031e00

His broad shoulders, dd8d30611c filled with firm ae21121fd5 muscles, his hard 14842e3d99 abs, and his 67d51f343f long, slender legs 9f9a7d297d were like a 7a0519bdb5 statue meticulously crafted f0e7d21551 by a sculptor 22338279e4 of the century. a529f4912f044405

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Just as I 34028c83ac was completely captivated f0d6c35017 by the movement 56ccc4ae7e of his tongue a79c19e418 swirling around my 684ac3af0d mouth, I suddenly ec7c7689b7 felt something warm a057854b30 and soft between 306d41ca20 my thighs.d1b8e99574e0aa29

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