Chapter 7 Part 2

Irina, who was 8bb0a201ce smiling brightly, turned 31f3356b20 her head to c8d8892c0b see the earnest 8b5e489281 gaze directed at e4fabf0b86 her.2d95692c2c3e9c49

“Why are you 8744f0ad10 looking at me?”2f8f4cf30d7f9d01

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“…Because you have a nice smile.”c184a5f98a8e3c39

At Rumpel’s edb9933e4b words, Irina 883a487206 wondered if 7f387f898c she had 36d2f6f139 smiled too af03108796 carelessly and df6d257b4e excessively, and 5584fdf2c9 she carefully a3daf51f8b observed his e7a6882a46 expression. However, Rumpel didn’t seem f2a48afbda upset or displeased.0d705a9cfeb6a0a9

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Rather… he seemed to be in a good mood. His expression was strange, but he had a faint smile on his face.e6b3d966caaa619d

And the way he looked at her was…c7f426fe6285fcac

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“…Why are you looking at me like that?”71920803c3599857

“How was I looking 93e8a21bc4 at you?”e90ae5078a57d1fb

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‘You looked as 9d95820dd2 if I was 0dc9cba16f so beautiful you 64c1a41853 could die.’1003290b5955a9a5

Irina couldn’t bring herself 50b169a85c to say the words 77c843f68e that had risen to 8cc40e4651 her lips.cb3525bb634ddce2

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Even if Irina dcc7ef90dd was a novice 4c74926d7d in romance, she bb03661010 wasn’t so clueless 1b5562dc0f that she couldn’t c2fdb9c853 notice the affection 39009a10d7 in Rumpel’s eyes.1a157bdc76d3d08c

Clearly, Irina had e6286fcaa2 no way of 680f5dd9b0 knowing the depth 56fb0a5dfb of those feelings, cf1582fbf6 but the emotion 23ebfcf205 reflected in his e1037eaea5 eyes was definitely bbf888dca8 a liking.c8a707c0c7e0f065

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Her heart pounded. The thought that 4f86c69ae9 he had feelings 032bf39e11 for her made eeb7420688 her face feel 309d771051 flushed, and she 100e51eb21 felt dizzy.13db39f2b6f11ee8

She didn’t know 219fff773e how to react, d7594e3c80 but she didn’t d5e88c9139 feel bad. She even eb2a123ef4 felt excited, e872469094 like she 3ce2203790 had been 81b0975066 waiting for bb4f5863a3 this moment.924ca15ed4564191

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“…It’s nothing.”c3eb3ea7a0893e26

However, it was 4969787283 true that she 8ecf6ce210 was too embarrassed b79a3837c9 to express these 7ef89cf3ea feelings as they 3ad3a2cbe6 were.bc3129c0479e44e0

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She was e8dce5f622 actually scared. If he denied 2410c99c31 it, she would c2b456e8fb have nothing to 0427f1a021 say. She would just end e1c10a5519 up being a strange d7ac3ff314 woman.c114c60b8ce3d6c6

She had no choice but to wait for Rumpel to confess his feelings first…95d40f21bbe1360e

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But why?531137438c9df030

Behind the feeling 5c50c97c5c of resignation, the 38e95933b0 question ‘why?’ suddenly 4d64430ede appeared. As if fe3867e121 signaling it, 8d7fc769bd the feelings 34642e666a she had 3c80048585 been suppressing, 2b37ace1d3 or perhaps e7b88b1d3c even deliberately f5eaa6807f ignoring, began a7699704ea to surface b396e82c66 one after 2e7bb7c419 another.eb757441f5d99cef

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Shouldn’t she be a strange woman? She wanted to hear his heart right now. She didn’t want to wait forever. Because… Because she liked him.7a1f6b8c6a40590b

Irina finally admitted it. She liked Rumpel, who 2c8b838100 showed up to help 60065f2688 her whenever she was e466e8da5e in trouble, Rumpel, who 5e5efe8dee kept popping into her dc99c72e29 mind, Rumpel, who could 96c67e587f make her excited or 2f17ab99b8 depressed with just a 7b3ba1a5c1 single word.345d6a3de3b1ea53

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Actually, she was vaguely b69cc3724a aware of it. However, she couldn’t 908929cba1 admit it because 02eb7541cd she was afraid 9aa0070a3b that she would 8be79a78cd be the only 5118c8bf03 one getting hurt a956d27759 if she admitted 7f3aeb3ce1 that fact.a20abda835970285

She and Rumpel were 73e34ea0f4 only connected by a 600ba183a2 contract, and she knew 6f42ec311f nothing about him. Liking such a man 29f393859f was like jumping into 9ffb04e12a a fire.8a7f12b9dae4e9f3

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That’s why, even when her heart screamed at her to admit that she liked him, she pretended not to hear and ignored it.793a35adea68b0fa

“Lady Irina.”59c7e7ed544f244b

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“…..”699945f22aea0fb1

At his kind 395e6e4738 voice, Irina felt acba0f3179 tears welling up bee30968a8 in her eyes. Knowing how foolish she a302c2a261 would look if she e890a45e71 suddenly started crying in 698f565cee front of him, she a22e2f61a9 held back her tears, 2f220427d7 widening her already large 51f3475777 eyes.4b09617b18e6be76

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In case Rumpel 9c93b630d6 saw the tears ff287bf321 in her eyes, 193a2e3233 Irina quickly turned 9c2b03102b her head away b4fd4002ef so he couldn’t b662de2dc6 see her.c3e80b7a4ea7f12c

“Irina.”c2627a2de3555a6c

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“… … Don’t, don’t call me like that.”6fa35f7a1e7348b8

It was unfair. She was barely holding 94f7be1d21 back her tears, and 19f646095d he was calling her 0a35ec019d name in such a e51a6b820c gentle voice.b8d63d7271dc400b

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If he did e03285e2c6 that, she would 0803e0bbdc really end up 95a4221cb8 crying. She would really ce48faa2fa end up expecting. He too… He 9e368bdb7b liked her.40d7ac6cebfb3bd4

“Why?”a8d79c24f1d2628c

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“…..”e09678c87c38681e

“Do you not 749ae6fcd9 like me calling a72b0209d0 you Irina?”66253e4215343c1e

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At Rumpel’s b2cdaff38a question, Irina 750743bb1f ended up 53aaa7d8a2 turning her 9a1156bf37 head and 96a72f76b3 looked at d7ff46e363 him. Rumpel, seeing the tears 2c2bc810ac welling up in Irina’s 8dc6578d48 eyes, as if they 95033435af were about to fall 1a6ad63083 at any moment, widened 26d153dc0e his eyes in surprise.5e1d4bf9a7f120ae

Before he d0ede06cb1 could even 9c561017ee ask her 112372159d why, Irina 4da5a48d85 ended up 7ade3be60d shedding tears 1ad04c8a65 like a 5a5cfd09e7 fool.fee178ba1c35eaed

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“No! I like it! I like it too much! Too, too much… so… that’s why…! This is what it is, I held back! How did I hold back, but in the end…”036001bad86d719e

Contrary to her 3871591301 words ‘I like 1d1b71118a it’, her voice 957dac7cbe was full of f171e0e649 resentment. Irina truly resented cd2ec7ff8b Rumpel. She hated him b37690fa63 for making her 7171ad3063 confess her feelings 0a43fb4777 like this.b97cd8720f6f5316

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After all, he 58dfbb2546 was only meeting ba2bbc3509 her because of d87cd9df5c the contract, and 79c6b85f64 he was going c9dcf88f7d to leave once 42068efef2 she had a c5ccb443b8 child. She felt deeply ashamed fe47bc5b89 of liking such a 36bb6cda0b man. She was sad and 90ca376948 angry.d07f7e7166f5a039

Out of so 0c2802ac5a many men, why fc08013d5b did she have df20ab9c33 to like this 51f755da6a kind of man? A strange 4bc0eb3b7c man whose 2a5430e9ae identity she 2e29c55f11 didn’t even 6d3150661c know, a 64c6a4e048 nasty man 97ce463a29 who didn’t 59e20fbddf care about 52b21647fd her and 48acfe89bb only thought b2882f051c about the 503d79a9d7 child she b310a9cb68 would bear.125f6890054d9a3b

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“Irina, are you cbf3d5fa73 crying? Don’t cry, why 36e10ab763 are you crying?”18e92e3099f0b755

“I told you not to call me like that! You keep, keep… making me cry. You don’t even like me, you’re not interested in anything other than the child I’ll bear! You’re going to leave right after I give birth to the child! You’re coming to see me only to receive the payment for the contract!”ac8a5a9436155188

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Once she started talking, 38d46fb134 she couldn’t hold back 3d8ca25045 anymore. Irina resentfully dcc7843537 poured out 6c6ff3e20d her feelings d284eba85d along with a7aa073a3d her tears. She couldn’t even 92062b8142 see what Rumpel’s f77c9943ca expression was or 5ee2e204fe what kind of 396efc0487 face he was 4a734ec5f4 making because her 222c3dfec5 vision was blurred 4fe148d407 by the tears b309a20c3a that were falling 40b60dc59a non-stop.e216a9e5368dfbc7

“Don’t make me expect… Don’t make my heart flutter… What am I supposed to do after Rumpel leaves… How am I supposed to handle those feelings alone…!”24c906b9c7acd84b

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She wasn’t confident. She wasn’t sure 9ac3b49e13 if she could 7bdcb03e28 handle being completely a35b95586d alone after he 2bb730bf8a left.b1a4273be166856b

As much 92e434fd4f as she 8ef69f8b1f liked him, d51549cd29 as much d501cf5bf6 as her 59be349f6e feelings for 17b6e472d5 him had b20173ef94 grown, she 83e7da6d5d would be 1cef6344cf the only af961b427a one left d25cdf0013 to deal ea14018523 with the 8819808335 rest of 4cb1637f95 her feelings. The thought of 6f7971de8c it already made f63178985c her afraid.5480d846ccefef67

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She had no b195564079 idea that liking d1447b7edd someone could be c25a393d97 so nerve-wracking and 75567aae20 scary.adaae6efae231fb5

Even if 82c775b688 she could ced0a5c813 turn back ad3ff117f1 time and aabd5ca992 go back bee8bc76d1 to the 7948896d57 day she 5f1f8626ec first met bdc9d5ebfd Rumpel, Irina c1904aa8d3 had no 6cb3600278 other choice 17ca7cc1a6 and would ac36093240 still accept 391767d7d8 Rumpel’s contract, 2a6440b7cc but even da1ec9dbc8 if nothing f8ff4d1233 would change, ef734c67f6 she wanted 2a44166570 to turn c83de8ee4d back time. At least before 40aa87d643 she liked him.bb6bc0a1bb63042b

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“Why am e1de3fd763 I crying 46e8374e1e so much!”bb87c59b86afb60f

Irina wiped away her 1a22213924 tears irritably. She was angry 46270a9d01 at herself. She was upset that bf3bfdbb7e she had shown such 1963f528d0 an unsightly side to aec41d6813 Rumpel, and she hated 125acb2b1e her own pathetic self a9d8440656 who couldn’t even control 547fc3aee8 her emotions.d6326fe0a283755d

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She used to be 49c0274304 the happiest person in ff1a676dc3 the world, but now 484ed9662b she hated everything. How embarrassed 9345e3c708 and dumbfounded b81bfb9ae0 Rumpel must 08b3b736b4 have been 89a2c975d5 to see 6b9afeb404 her like 12b49a387d this. She was 02e1c503e8 worried that ef31471a00 he might c2c029c0d6 lose his 877a8a1ab2 affection for 4a4a289948 her.1918bba856bfb8e7

She should have held c5515ae4d9 back a little more. She should have tried 4f7b526d22 to endure it somehow. It was a 651924b663 feeling that even f1af33fc67 she had been 995d616734 holding on to baa8634047 without acknowledging it, fb150557b6 but as soon a75770bdaa as she acknowledged 889b726274 it, she lashed 4f3eb4d0f8 out at Rumpel 307b4ade2d as if blaming cd8debb9a7 him. She wondered how 9bab2ce3ea absurd and dumbfounded ca923e0302 it must have 590cb57449 been from his 2cde90332b perspective.d5818fc36050c074

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“… … I’m sorry.”81eeb8fb5ed73789

The words that e9922cedf2 finally came out 2337c9b9d8 of Irina’s mouth caae3fb6a0 were a short 0f9a908e3d apology. With her nose stuffy eb7948f00d from crying a little, 3b22ebc6ee all Irina could do fa9bd25a9d right now was apologize 854e5f0190 in a muffled voice.a4a2cc8f68969b26

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Irina lowered her head d333dc66bf helplessly. The tears, still 84707d312d without notice, didn’t 38f2f5c4bb stop and dripped 6d7ab0bf0f down her face.3d7755a0ffed2214

Then, a cold hand d6784b6c74 carefully stroked Irina’s cheek. Surprised, Irina 4f4752688d widened her 6de8261a2d eyes and 5eb44cb567 raised her 74ffbddcd4 head. Then, golden eyes as 46fac2ec5d warm as the sun 42cd9941b9 were directed at Irina.25ee01c8ac0e493e

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“Who said that?”6e2fa551876d3c92

“What?”c0216ecb8d98d344

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Irina asked back dumbfoundedly 3822eb65a3 at his question. She didn’t immediately 7953ae0286 understand what he 944755d2eb was saying.036dc2267a2b60eb

Then, Rumpel looked straight 6ea0667b0d at Irina and continued 6efb46319f speaking.3b06fd4d688a7f69

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“Who said that 7ecd8b6fa3 I would leave 4a7bbb930c you once I 5535481657 had a child?”626a892b6a82216d

“…..”05fad3761f550372

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Instead of answering, 273a77ad11 Irina only rolled 4064174a16 her large eyes. No matter how much b74554ff09 she searched through her 7c9fa14ec0 memories, there was no 4081ec33b3 one who had said 592cac4470 that.15673ca3a311cf2a

“Am I cac51d772b only interested 7cc96cbe4f in the 0897dbb838 child Irina cd5a36eb01 will give 4e3b6ae504 birth to? Did I ever say c5fb009d1c that?”ce47588cb008391e

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“… … No.”7c761de61f6e5d79

He had never said 3ac2aa0299 anything like that. Of course, he had 947fc88023 never said those exact bd496ff5dd words, nor even anything d3688bb091 with a similar nuance.a53b02487750fc41

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Irina carefully 3dd470bf52 replied, looking ac4a8c29be at his f5eb9062c4 eyes. Then, Rumpel 6137da3f01 seemed to 375afc2ff7 sigh briefly c6ffc82405 and then c5e9068ff2 opened his 5067c4a04a mouth again.175cc23401449ae1

“Have I ever said 6c28d6ed73 that I don’t like b01c74c216 you?”78e17d837ade271d

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“…N-No.”4bf40c2bf6ac75a2

Faced with 240d8defff Rumpel refuting a1675d09c4 each word fc28204043 she said, 47b244530c Irina shrank fbad265d9e back. She felt sorry for 8debfd806b having gotten angry based 7f6882240e on her own assumptions.41d090eeaea80b45

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Feeling dejected f44cd603a0 and blaming f135cbb7d7 herself for e087a249ad why she 58a74bc60a had done 9072ad6cc9 that, Irina 8bb8ae500b suddenly raised 4dcf33286c her head 077414c1c7 and looked 86ed5d99b4 at Rumpel.245b567bd90da595

“Well, wait a moment… 4b4b09d947 the reason you’re saying d89a65ed4a this is….”00a1ec067301156d

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