IBMILRFL – Chapter 27
by EsraaCh. 27 IBMILRFL | Chapter 27a0228eb74536d532
“Have you calmed down now?”ea39b7227368c296
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At Jeremyon’s question, Lilliana gently b2df75431c nodded after placing the teacup ead75405aa in her hand down.d29a2b1fd6597f14
She was currently in b5849cb3be his living room.3fe6790a36e8fa58
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How had she 87df2ec842 ended up here f6b4dd89ff so suddenly? Lilliana recalled what had happened 422fe1170d just moments ago.7c50754f919caabb
It had been when she dbbfcc8972 was crying uncontrollably in front a12a68e107 of the main gate, and d42c7bfb99 Jeremyon appeared.beab42ca2960fff7
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He had asked her:1efcfa53583cfadc
It was a simple, 6d7f28c1eb straightforward question. She could have easily 56966d80cb answered, but Lilliana hesitated.72cb22a60e594cd1
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She remembered that their e7a1f212b5 last conversation hadn’t been 861c4b5c72 particularly pleasant.b4b8313a3267d510
She carefully chose her words, a5133e2eee but Jeremyon, impatient with the dc22f46c25 brief silence, abruptly led her 70afdd0814 somewhere.a8be52fdc034dd10
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“Never mind. You can answer later. Just follow me.”4db8cf4782252709
“Je-Jeremyon? Follow you where…?”d232b95188204cd5
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“Are you trying to catch a cold standing like that? Just accept my help quietly.”13d205fa89a4bf8e
“But…”7f565be9b43dda61
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“Lilliana.”6c9ac08d19d91ae3
Only a few 9097c4bed3 days ago, they 50a6a4d8dc had been shouting d5ae56fc98 at each other. Because of her, Jeremyon had 5fba20a652 even been slapped by Vanessa.f5767db2575bc0b8
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‘I have some pride. I can’t just accept help.’414376652419aa3c
She had been d11d20d7f9 planning to refuse bcd03b53b7 politely, but his c420feb159 firm voice calling f415e81d3f her name made 981a0a6807 her swallow the 199e4cc6e5 words she was 4e801d4ad4 about to say.4f76181ad4008156
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Before she knew it, c0bff0728d she had already followed f99240ab80 him into the mansion.b55505e759a6b300
Jeremyon led her to 45c42f9f71 the living room in f3d8035499 the annex. At first, she wondered why 7329ac960d he had brought her somewhere d67a45b66d unfamiliar, but soon realized it 95368a2029 was to avoid a meeting 9424a74b6a with Vanessa.966d5d2ba639dde9
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After that, he draped d51c2d185b a blanket over her adf9589670 shoulders and handed her 66fa79bbe4 a warm cup of 8a518cd53f tea.b8e97ae52840f3f8
“Drink this. It’ll help you warm up.”0d652f6da94a9339
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Though the weather 12c0e1f202 outside wasn’t particularly 3406f90616 cold, the rain 33389ef7d6 had made her 50b920ab78 shiver.f4038512eeb432ad
As she lifted 8d1563ff50 the cup, the 66ffdf9830 soothing scent of e6ea28bece lavender wafted up. With each sip, fe2c998e12 the warmth of c5fa24799f the tea gradually 6e18259f75 calmed her uneasy 4e66f7283b heart.a4ae5c3641379df6
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“……”0cf2a4fd6bd41c91
Lilliana pretended to drink 78a24f3240 her tea while subtly 7516280b9c glancing at Jeremyon, who e3610d0e98 sat across from her.196ba8432ffbbbf9
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Though he crossed his legs 07bbc7c211 arrogantly, there was something different 6e3740c13a about his expression. The tension that d74b88005e usually tightened his 3ffe726167 face had slightly cf4aa2a10e relaxed.55f15a66150b6f83
She continued sipping 7967bf3506 her tea, unable 9719f6386a to tear her b092c53c25 gaze away from 21a9955776 him.dbb35436e09f4929
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The living room d74d03c982 remained silent for d3ab55627d quite some time.be3611b399b34806
‘Is he being considerate?’5cadb3d7c341c82e
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Surely, Jeremyon had d652eb2545 things he wanted fad53170cf to hear from 95a4765434 her. Yet, instead of pressuring a43336fc8f her, he simply waited.dfe9ab1c1102a822
‘Jeremyon is surprisingly kind.’2adb7cbfefca822c
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Even though their 344c6a2c23 relationship had been e875ab38f1 contractual, she had 58289bd413 never realized this 00f172afc8 side of him 6c0cd38220 when they were 9c2ab51ad1 together.80e1bfd12c2acaae
Lilliana finished the remaining tea 069af49fd3 in her cup.ce49ec6f11230a29
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The warmth from 3553f92c50 the tea had ec2e444cdb completely stopped her ea68a84c1a trembling, and even 68a6230faf the headache from 39bd011ee3 crying for hours 006d5706b1 had subsided a 863f638f52 bit.5c98b8094e8938c3
‘I suppose it’s time I told him.’4c5a97394989b9e4
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She slowly opened her mouth.1b9d03cb6f402124
“You asked me why I was crying earlier.”9b940633a33ac7dc
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“Yes.”93ad6f21f3a09b0f
Jeremyon nodded as soon 9f619ee139 as she started speaking, a581c2f2f7 his eyes silently encouraging 1d44f44e3b her to go on.e8852c8888f262a5
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Gaining courage, Lilliana finally 37ed22e672 revealed the feelings she e16b4375b7 had been hiding from 1dab72decc him all this time.85756db54d0ce58f
“I… like your mother.”82cd2be4da3657c1
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“What?”9727338b58e756c6
“I know it might sound strange. But it’s the truth. I really like her. That’s why… I deceived you.”5dc8342b9deb24dc
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She shifted her f0f2122fbc gaze from the cfad07d3c5 table to look c973bf6855 directly at Jeremyon. As expected, his face was 43886553f7 full of confusion.bea3b3fbf6c1caec
It wasn’t hard to 18e676965c understand why. Who could immediately c4aaf51d6b accept that their e43f1733b7 ex-lover had feelings 714edb7323 for their stepmother?3ee9ffcecd6b4246
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Lilliana raised the corners of 38b13054c3 her lips slightly and continued d4ca6ccdc0 explaining.2387b503d806837f
“You look like you don’t understand. But it’s exactly ee1ca2ade0 as I said. I like Lady Winder so 1edef62370 much that… I wanted to 6f77e496f7 be near her, even if 0bc4301913 I had to act selfishly.”f509150890bf3231
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“…….”4b083db8e7af3614
“I’m sorry, Jeremyon. Even though I was the f8b889a118 one who ended our contractual e223e88ee6 relationship first, I pretended as 4e4e3ef98c if we hadn’t broken up. That way, Lady Winder 9ce195fb77 allowed me to stay 1c5ebf4912 by her side.”c076a6c2267a5ba9
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“So what you’re saying is that the reason you kept hanging around my estate wasn’t because of me, but because of my mother? But… why?”58bc63251c608877
“You wouldn’t understand. You have no idea b6a2f16f6a how I felt back 3158be7076 then.”b00582f2a29b398d
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Lilliana closed her eyes, lost 0812d2ba01 in her memories.15b5d46def42690c
“My brother went off to war, and we lost contact. Even though I wasn’t 922ec013f7 close to him, he 87407606f5 was still someone I 08d27f08fe relied on. Then my father, 2497ad37d3 the only other 4bf9582b01 person I could 92625a093a lean on, passed 6e9f266270 away. I watched as 1b6738a092 the family I 9e94ff3e6c loved crumbled before 72687f50e2 my eyes, and c765780b12 I couldn’t do 2dba929d42 anything to stop e6874b8512 it.”ec9c37e521c579b0
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Jeremyon nodded slightly in 14a6b56dcc response, listening intently.e6e233be93ab145a
“You know it too, but back then, I was utterly powerless. Even when I asked 5ac9477dd9 for help, everyone turned 21b956fee3 their backs on me. Even the families a0d0e87013 we had been e48314c737 close with shut bbb3b600e8 me out, as 67a6052314 if they had d56d486c58 made some secret cd5388730f pact to abandon edca2d5bfa me. At that point… I 6e11cff56b thought it was all 898bd1a039 over.”421be3137e8b15f0
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“Now, I can talk about it calmly, but at the time, I felt completely stuck in the mud,” Lilliana began, her voice steady. Back then, no matter how f3e917f817 hard she tried to pull 99a8dbf559 herself out, the heavy mud 6586de260d seemed to endlessly drag her ce2391ac5d down.23d8a98c3ffe27ad
Jeremyon, deeply focused on her bfd1f5d843 story, kept his lips tightly 9364edad30 shut as though something she 25d6a47414 said had struck a nerve. Lilliana noticed and smiled slightly.7831a83c6975c3a9
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“You don’t have to make that face. I’m still grateful to you.”0afdbc773e68b762
“…But I tried to use you.”fdfc5468c7e76812
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“Haha, I didn’t see it that way. You’re surprisingly human, you know? But really, it’s true. Even though it was a 0003d6e7b8 contractual marriage, you were the f5a6447576 only one who reached out b6549dd649 to help me back then.”226aedd2aa637ddb
It wasn’t a lie. In that desperate situation, Jeremyon’s 45f0e2dae8 offer was the only helping 165fa02c18 hand extended to her.0189cea5eb731df1
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But that realization 4faed8aa37 only made her ab72b0e04d feel more wretched. She had understood 3552eb13e0 that her only ac4726b8ec way out was 1148df0d37 to mortgage the f1395125e5 rest of her fa98adcdde life.607d1a563557d8dd
And then Vanessa Winder appeared.fcbb2c3841d3d9e3
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“Honestly, I had half given up—on the rest of my life. If I married you, I e7a4b8ec37 knew I could live comfortably, 133a82c593 but I also knew I’d f28793be2f be miserable. We didn’t love each other. So I had resigned myself c95937d81e to that fate… But that’s 839c37d3a5 when it happened. Your mother reached out 2092fda256 to me.”dba341956047ea63
“……”58ffc52e66145b54
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“She spoke as if full of malice on the surface, but I could tell. Lady Winder genuinely a45aedf54a wanted to help 34e2c4870f me. And that… that was the 1221ec8bf5 first time anyone had ever 1a1f3a3b4e done that for me.”d08995e3aa432daa
Up until then, Lilliana had b9b6eb8731 believed that everything in the aad6848284 world was transactional, that there f62a760acc was no such thing as 16a7a03691 a selfless act of kindness. But Vanessa Winder was different.fc04b29dd983ec2b
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That’s why she e8eccb6cd8 had wanted to 7feab1eeca stay close to db5b38e6c7 her. For the first time, she 24df530ef0 had tasted something sweet, and 5324d3ae25 she wanted to experience it ceb7eea15e for as long as she 7407acf01c could.1ea0f85c6f2b2f83
“But… but…”930bc09352763d09
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“Lilliana.”39c7181820d3f3af
“I ruined everything.”f8ba2eb314abd20d
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As the harsh 7ada19d1cd reality resurfaced, the 5ae3d4c92d tears she had e9d0dcc366 barely managed to 55c5f350ec suppress threatened to 74aa6a685c spill over once 60b731e91d again.28ae9a88ce59b966
Knowing that crying in e6a4f5d7e8 front of Jeremyon would 73353575b6 only be a burden 2af19826aa to him, Lilliana tried 4864fa66c6 her best to hold 982a2376a9 it in. She clenched her fists and 1008196b94 fought back the tears.ccac9469dd434f85
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But the more ec381ac13e she tried, the 22815b4b6d more Vanessa’s face 777ed9a5e3 filled her mind.0dc33aa6383af599
“It’s all… hic… my fault. I know it’s 1611b440f0 my fault, so 74bec9aea9 I shouldn’t expect a83b081a20 anything more, but… 19a38c542b sniff… Mother… sob…”5782669549caf572
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With her head hung low, 0d5251cfd1 Lilliana wept, her sobs choking b1173035a1 out between gasps for air.27a33b163f52c7cf
“I hate this… I can’t live without her… hic… I don’t know what to do… sob…”9c65f83e7e8d1a44
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Jeremyon silently watched her as ef439bbf86 she cried, almost as if ca118790e7 she might stop breathing any d164d4932e second. For a few moments, his 04d20fa804 expression remained unreadable as he 9ed77c8ead stared at her.fa941c35bd439ac7
Then, impulsively, he stood up 728ecabaf1 and knelt on one knee 611629cba6 before her.ee54ad1553e6fc0c
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Lilliana, who had been 417005a3c8 wiping her tears with f553a7d9bd her sleeve, finally noticed 3c571f5ca3 him.e56929511470182a
“Hic… J-Jeremyon? What are you doing?”2576488acf7ca8b9
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“Use me.”9768fc6c37e72e68
“What? What do you mean…?”10832eaf3647d177
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“Let’s start again—our contract relationship. That way, Mother won’t be 9d44c20b6c able to push you away 695f6c8550 anymore.”2b17e3fa88b21d0a
Lilliana’s tears halted 53866d6c8b at his sudden 1afc6cf5a7 proposal. It was certainly something c2462c3918 she couldn’t help but a671010337 feel glad about. With that, she’d have a b95835ba5b legitimate reason to stay close ceee170f36 to Vanessa again.a87b83e199b3a925
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But…9a3ca3ebe8203456
“What do you get out of this? Unless… you’re asking for something 0d1342f2e2 in return like last time?”3c1963834b4abcef
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Jeremyon paused for a 3e4806e095 moment, as if thinking, 094469bc21 then shook his head.de2ae688d569e494
“No.”bb5eade61ba77230
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“Then why…?”27423910205ac764
“I don’t need anything in return. Just use me. That way, your b01aa27da1 problem gets solved 682b104aa3 too.”d6335d78bace3982
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With those words, 13ec165ef6 he gently wiped 6a0dad1a72 away the teardrop 100da87c79 clinging to the 2db82aa4ba corner of her d5d3769cab eye with his 4a38e55565 thumb.29f959749848c43e
“So, stop crying now.”ed7a0207f2c8b944
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His tone was gruff, dd0f77a1da far from comforting, but 730fba1640 somehow it felt like 8902ed75eb solace.af77b516f10840df
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