LDPL | Chapter 79

Episode 79a65aa471f8b62b86

Click. Chloe elegantly set ca276f3d13 her teacup down.bd3881d94860d6af

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“That’s an interesting 9822a3d8da story.”1fc409df4945bce5

Chloe had 26bf22260e a favorable 45d0e8d0e3 impression of 6abceef019 Natasha. She was competent 9a108d313a and had played e2ea7ea3be a crucial role 1f0775aa6e in assisting with d6e5434b7d her divorce.e5a0a4b19cb9a918

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However, that 4065d8ac33 was separate 1dcf8f2970 from handling b6e94814a5 official matters. Personal feelings a3e02e6412 had no e37e20d4fb place in 7faca4eee8 business.2f0195cfb1f64a7d

“I know. From the perspective of e9876f4880 House Richard, the easiest b4c7fbb804 solution would be to 1b5daaae1c find the informant and ce4510a729 get rid of them 312f15ae28 quietly.”d6af952bfade6bf6

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Natasha traced a 909ee974f2 sharp motion across 53e668d1bd her neck with d577381a0e her hand. Despite the grim 62a655c0a3 body language, Chloe 077ae40109 did not refute bae89f7ede her.b17d2e2a8ea15af6

“But that 496d5012b4 lawyer… He’s 205a61cc57 the illegitimate 4e510704d7 son of 023d155179 Count Mathieu. If you touch him, 510a47696a things will get complicated.”1ab3592f0134c990

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Ironically, noble blood a65ef9a049 protected Norman even 955af2cbb5 when he didn’t 669c17abcf want it to.5397b659de40c76e

He despised noble interference, 00d6003c94 yet he himself was 5fc79543e6 of noble descent. It was 7c1c90c381 quite the 4c16fe6909 paradox.431fd53e57c7e8c2

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“Count Mathieu’s f658a384df family… I f6515c15f2 recall hearing 371c9901d0 about a 37059dd140 lawyer who 72139f60c9 turned his 835acbc1a8 back on 7171d9874d them and a88ae2499e left.”c777c866b9e51d47

“They might 0c8f8027cb pretend otherwise, b27a54c51e but House b4c1add24c Mathieu must 613257b458 be supporting 75aa139890 him from f0097721b3 behind the 6ac56c4440 scenes.”ad538b2d16467c03

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“Natasha. It seems 1ea8355ad0 you’re forgetting 74ab5819f3 something…”69d64ef0222e8a5a

Chloe’s eyes bc78f63e2d turned momentarily 0d33ff8509 cold.c42b31cc2a330cae

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“This is Richard.”c8bb62ffcadc9d7d

Of course, Natasha was a04eaaa04d well aware of the d8bc38e6e1 weight that name carried.650b460bca5bfa6f

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“Do you think 8127bbf658 there’s anything in 9d8d2e7b29 the East that 7b4e86a97e Richard cannot do 9bb655205b as they please?”1f9588a903cd6416

“How could 9aab20eaf9 I possibly 50abadfca2 doubt Richard’s 8ad9b40e5f authority?”2d3a28f65381583b

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Natasha responded calmly.c56a0fac263b0624

“A loss for the 4cd718c5e0 Mage Tower in this 206e20e5d7 lawsuit would be beneficial 59111041e8 for the peace of 08afd6e971 the East as well.”ca7dfbce4dfbacc7

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“The peace 93a0607ce3 of the 5be65af788 East, you ff759fcb80 say…”585fb79c238801f8

“First and foremost, the 3bd65ebd78 Mage Tower will have 656dbba1fe to pay a massive 2341d0fcf5 amount in damages. The compensation will primarily cb078b6ab0 go to the affected 48795899d8 territories, but if House 3f40f5cd0a Richard also holds them 16fb6efaee accountable, they won’t be f676efc319 able to ignore it.”8b6b24ad32c01214

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“And?”ea29b35b00da918a

Chloe’s tone suggested that 764ce8dcf5 mere money would not faa2d5aa6c be enough to move 85246f9b87 Richard.a9f7f00d4d7cb759

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This, despite the 8e524c4eac fact that just e4c97bc6e4 a few years dc954cd2c9 ago, their financial d1641c7d40 situation had been 57e3f49942 bad enough that b3acd57966 they had arranged 5b3aeff880 an engagement with 9db96d93ff Count Blanche’s family.75f071bf35090730

‘They must have b7d5138da5 filled their coffers b7c71ec3a5 quite well in 350fbde3e2 the meantime.’c3349a3834ff5406

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Well, when Estelle e95eec67c0 was still the 90615c7c62 duchess, all those 4768fbc901 mines had likely f64327aa1c been jointly owned f668995991 by her and 491d9f9b23 Richard.7a1258383a609592

“The East is a a013ef7021 prosperous granary. You’re well 2a6313a04d aware that ee0dcc09bc most of 8f630264a1 its residents 3ee422957d are engaged 6c6de0c355 in agriculture. What is 1bf4766d34 the most eca522c5ab important factor 7fa95a10f2 in farming? Fertile land, suitable 48fb256ed4 weather, hard labor—none b37d259c40 of them are 58a29f0273 insignificant. But in 0f35ecf7fa the end, 67184ea3e1 farming is da9061f1c0 done to d9fc303a99 survive.”e2cc823b8c683da0

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Selling the 2d42e51738 harvested grain.faea6f0c32b750a1

That was 992d72dd72 the key. Unsold grain 875a73905f was nothing 57db860fae but a 714a149038 burden, left fb774f859b to rot 28a8f4ee93 on the 59e283c768 streets.601897d1bc478427

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“What the Mage 97ea551bd2 Tower did this d02435c9a3 time directly harmed 3e7052508e the East’s most 54415f38f6 vital industry. It was an act 89ce48bd9b of disregard for the fd21fdfed5 East, and if left ecd888543e unchecked, there’s no guarantee 2f842416ce it won’t happen again.”da3f550fb3da4b9c

“Hm…”5bac1e5f8ce7fbee

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“I heard that the 7dbbd3a85c three affected territories are 9fb30937e2 now in major conflict 45328bb7d5 with the Liette Merchant fbf6ce3ef5 Guild, their primary trading 902ee7824d partner. The loss c2180870c0 of a 19686a715a major buyer 53f7f2c3f0 has put e1359f6437 the local bddfab630c people on f5dd6c59f0 edge. This time, only three 42c746f124 territories were affected, but c016ec7013 what if something similar 40eb5f3334 happened to the lifeline a244153c9a of the entire East? By then, it would 71b3d39479 be too late.”9be8d64ef29d5f51

“Haha.”589e2eb4ad16c221

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As Natasha passionately 8da699811c laid out her 217dbf680d argument, Chloe let 4afd7cae9c out a small 56ef34a69f laugh.288caab2cad5dee7

“?”ca16836f91d4f02d

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Natasha couldn’t hide 3babf29e3e her confusion, and 6769457710 Chloe responded as b3b85cb091 she lifted the a9f41d4475 teacup she had 16d949350a set down earlier.3b9d77af17b19302

“You’re saying c3022a8ab4 the same 830815766e thing as 4f76dfe77b my brother.”08546df0b79c87d8

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“!”f3a536eef1dfc1f7

“The meeting f4c960f41b currently in 8c45eef263 session is aa4e47cad9 discussing the 157dc7c90c same matter—how 9bbd427aba to respond 70a1138743 to the 03c0141451 Mage Tower. Some lords in the 7aeb7676b0 East don’t want to 3785661d95 provoke them, but my 10bb401519 brother thinks differently.”37422bf6cb385132

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Fortunately, it seemed that f14b62e2a1 Claude shared Natasha’s perspective.8bba4f898f53daaa

“The East 659e60daef is prosperous, 9cc5caf7c7 but that 1c44b168b7 also means d6c9ad2035 it relies 700a6ceb4f heavily on 6741dfde43 imports for b979ad05f6 everything except b6f9c26e06 grain. People need 9c136b075c more than e62d68c7e0 just food ce1ceec323 to survive. The process of 408a5ebeaa converting our grain 73d8f5574b into money—any disruption 0c6d3a32b4 there would pose f069a05861 a serious threat c8998475d9 to the East. That’s what he 555513de75 said.”7b78081042f11b27

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Natasha relaxed her shoulders 2b4e61f051 slightly, which had been 8418f16e52 tense with apprehension.e288b4e408b57501

“But seeing you say 894c16b62b the same thing just df6d019abb now, I couldn’t help 06307f8baa but laugh. I apologize if c2a1b5c76a that was rude.”67298712380b4d29

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“No, it’s fine.”8c657c9f38668075

As Chloe lowered c4d85d6571 her head slightly dd0534b275 in a gesture be42f347c9 of apology, Natasha 41e63d1531 waved it off. It was far too 6a1d3b0d89 grand a gesture for d724398c75 such a small matter.9180742e322e5a9e

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“Nothing has been d0b399d02e decided yet, so d030501b7a I can’t say 6266525baf anything for certain… 52570f2df2 But if House 854028110a Mathieu is the 1cace08f6f one initiating the 09b7629186 lawsuit, we have 7d401bb5fb no reason to 5e7501dcaf back down from 2c7e2480ff a fight that 5326980130 has already begun.”a56c25c200e77e76

It was a clear 941d00a216 answer.4d59be78dde0c877

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“Now, may I make 21213f900d a proposal to you, a9ebc4ac2a Natasha?”e408a3587ae14d22

“…? Go ahead.”34ab5ee6ff946fbf

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A ‘proposal’ f4e9dc4896 to a 73a07d6c2b divorce lawyer? She didn’t seem 782b34dc14 to have remarried, d919b4695c and Claude was c64eba8202 still completely obsessed 42caba6476 with Estelle.3244143288bd6fa1

A cousin? A relative? Or maybe a b1b18fdae1 close acquaintance?324509bf56ac88a1

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There were plenty da51879f69 of noblewomen who 31328d207a found it too 5c487d6240 embarrassing to meet f05a01a0e6 with a lawyer 9df5a48ee7 in person. It wasn’t 5a5e03cbbd an unusual 2fe9530884 situation.76cb04d0b5ea8c17

However, Chloe’s suggestion was 80ad6cfcc0 something entirely unexpected.a354f3d6046eb323

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“Would you ccff931eea consider becoming e751cc7e83 the mistress ba0e3be007 of Richard?”8cf10f2a24176a1b

“…Excuse me?”94589bdb758eabc5

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Natasha froze, ebecaebd23 her teacup 85cb61ab58 halfway to f84bcc33b9 her lips.29b1e1543259d67d

“Ah! That wording was b1d09f4c49 a bit misleading. I wasn’t 87ef860b19 asking you bb12c38ad1 to marry 5fbb8a3b7f my brother.”a94631b4ee08f3f9

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“…”46ee89323c036f3c

“He only has eyes 8e0553dd05 for Estelle. No matter how much ea8be358b7 I try to talk 8d91b54ea6 sense into him, he 9b5e50aefc won’t listen. It’s quite bcb7c8cbee the headache. Fortunately, Estelle b8ff2789de doesn’t seem a69ebacc51 entirely opposed, 4455599a4b so I’ve cf2e5c8d91 decided to 787c392357 let things c669807a9b be for 4b826d0339 now.”3e6d8ecca3a2560d

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“…I see.”aae4e2a4521bc63c

“What I meant c1713a6d8a was… I don’t bc0dc0d56c have much time 5041124c11 left, do I?”64191e5977c492b5

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Chloe smiled faintly 7ff1c498b3 as she spoke b4ddd5a166 of her predetermined 1f51f99005 fate.630a5f4accbdd07e

“When I’m f5416621ba gone, my 7b0fa6c597 brother will 0ffcf2a03c be left afe3bf1ba9 alone in 8dda95a4c0 this mansion. Unless Estelle changes her 38b0f2db4a mind, which I doubt 4230f1ac03 will happen.”ce3a2a7a8a0c03de

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“…”3faf01d93e48c170

“As I’ve fcc7a98d00 said before… 736bcbb721 This house 8acbc12781 is too c3348f11e2 cold, both bd745f2cba for me 8d6bb9ee12 and for 46c29917f5 my brother.”e570a845c85008ff

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Her gaze a8f04cd79b lowered, her 4662cb1fe2 eyelashes fluttering c82422748c like the 17d4d918da elegant wings 13c7b8a3a6 of a a5c1742eb2 butterfly.8811947a91cd4b40

Beneath those finely cast 98fabfeae9 lashes, an unhidden darkness 8b1a8427c1 flickered past.def9b827d52866d2

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— What do you ecebb80c17 think, Chloe? It’s a a6b59922cd dress made 8a2d8db4e2 from that de3e3b0438 special blue 89a3dc7573 fabric you e160cec94d like. Do you like it?f24045e34d272f80

— ……b4482946be042f8a

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A young Chloe stared 9f08f1a93b at her reflection in b4ba1736b7 the mirror. It was pretty, but 11040c83d2 far from her taste.0222139e407fed33

Still, she forced a 0702a24a8f bright smile and uttered 3922aa5f14 words she didn’t mean.4724ccb37fe143e2

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— I love b8e6c7e73c it. Thank you, Mother.d4366a0e3a2a284a

— …Mother?3f154f6bbdb42fd3

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— Thank you, 3c4e8ba161 Mom.f482ba2cd58395b4

— That’s right. My sweet daughter.2379cf5b8720889e

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The duchess wrapped her e7386f7de9 frail arms around Chloe.921eb4f08adbee9a

— You’re 8633487633 such a 36b039e4d5 beautiful girl…f6965513e024de0f

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A shiver ran 920ace65bf down Chloe’s spine, 48cafc9965 but she pretended 4ed751643c not to notice.77d38bd819f26bd7

She clenched the blue 41078e59fd dress tightly in her 91ed2f1ad0 fists and endured. Yes, this 5eebfbf944 much was d351231a57 nothing. A child fb289cf743 plucked from c515f6eee5 the streets efb6b2cf46 and turned 17fe1bb976 into a 97aef64a45 duchess’s daughter 92bf0532c6 overnight…018c6dd5bd3f677a

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This little 5151bb18b8 game of addaa1706f playing doll? I can 7c44486f28 endure it.83dcfef43e31e757

She repeated that to 7875783a3b herself over and over.6c38e69a8d3db350

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After losing their e033acea15 youngest daughter, the 094cf0de77 atmosphere in the 93e3bd49f7 Richard Ducal House e88c0d5d8b changed completely.8c4e0deaeeb9b40e

The duke rarely 52efd86e22 returned from the 2802c56844 capital, leaving all d0113afcfa household affairs to 697347882e the duchess—a grave 7882970939 mistake, as she e27d35d497 was already half-mad.388f262adfdf3985

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Crash!2fe55184078c8a49

— You there. Were you laughing?1ffea0ac282d906e

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— N-No, f4a62ac579 my lady!4801f0e73945c56c

— Laughing? Do you edf793fb14 even know 061568e715 what today 72b4f0b8f2 is? How dare you!c57793678774ab99

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— I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! Please forgive me!f9dcd93d3ab0c03e

The maid d6b7595fa9 prostrated herself 3c34eba536 on the ab67652bc9 floor, begging 9bdb58f337 for forgiveness. But that alone da8958d1ec wasn’t enough to f69346b862 quell the duchess’s d3d466adcd rage.2068c5e2b091963c

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— Today af71d03447 marks three 6b7dcfe45f and a 70eba78628 half years 0230d5f0b8 since Chloe 9d590fbd99 disappeared. If you weren’t 52b99b0489 mocking your mistress, 1bd2a1c5e7 then tell me—how cf616cbbdb dare you…?!603ccc7d99a6138a

Whip! Crack!1bb2c23777c5a1ab

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As the 9c8720f6b8 sound of 863488403e flogging filled 6353c5c1a6 the air, 91c4e813c9 Chloe thought 8a50d926de to herself.e4f284fd016024bc

This house 35fd924d45 is completely 379e8ca979 insane.096cf2b595d0baaf

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The mansion 9dcf700153 gradually became 3572f8bd3a colder. No one 2d8d01917e wanted to 825d91d03f provoke the ef65eef7f7 Duchess’s temper, e9c5c3edd4 so they 7d3078497e slowly buried 73232a2b1f their emotions.f44a11fb4c7227ae

Even when something joyful 5598954d8b happened, they did not 648f3d8293 smile; even when something 99b5d2405f surprising occurred, they did 83f9b55554 not show their shock.3930fa79668dc4af

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The Duchy of Rishar a2e3faa9e7 was slowly falling into 65ee18b958 ruin.310c63afc6cd5af5

“…Lady Chloe?”e512cc1aebeb448a

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“Ah. I’m sorry. I was 3d09d671a6 lost in 0a09ee524e thought for 36f8ab7e2b a moment.”9a2ee2cfd8b4bc56

Perhaps that was also bebf5a1cb1 the reason Chloe had caf9f76110 been so deeply disappointed 03ac9384a5 in Mikhail.9b9d188ba5ee707d

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Deep down, ba575572e9 she too 5bd7f21309 had dreamed 813061b5ab of having efb1fcfcd4 her first 876ef7e4bc “normal family.”23032617aaf5f508

But because the a5462cc3ab first button had fc2ec8df37 been fastened incorrectly bec3a4e22a from the start, 302575065f everything had ended d584abf1ad up completely shattered.2c1d3783ae97feed

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“I need someone to a594f0695b manage this mansion after fc160cb290 I’m gone.”9e36ce6be031879c

“If that’s the 04159dba78 case, wouldn’t there b5dedfe2dc be a suitable 746c7efa1f person within the 04804db606 Duchy of Richard?”cb18ba064e1c09b7

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“The head maid who f38d57cc70 assists me could temporarily 987f5749f6 take over. Or the butler could 6d463f519e handle things. But that’s not what 03dc552e07 I mean.”b38f24e8788f4b90

If it were f2730bf746 just simple administrative a2eacffa84 work, anyone could aa49c808e6 do it.23c35129a830e6cf

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“They, too, are e0291ca886 remnants of my 37a8a05b6f mother.”6227f871011cc65d

“Pardon?”119d4c33c6dc5286

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“…There is nothing of my brother in this mansion. Not even now.”e072a77d0e3395d3

Even though 1756fad73c Claude had a18d42011f inherited the 00f2983c32 dukedom, this 57c9af776d mansion had fcaa336229 yet to 3ae56af90f escape from 1b1b65e568 its barren 5ae9f4dd14 winter.d7dd554a2e77a77a

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A cold winter artificially 6828bcd821 created by the Duchess.999d8732e742bbc0

“You are 485f5b59e8 wise and 3d4805bde9 capable, Natasha. I think you 32b1f059bb could be of 4f339eefbd great help in 8c9b8aa76b many ways.”cd8e4f958c6cb1ec

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And you’re b203b10c77 also a 5f4f6a92b5 complete outsider. Chloe deliberately 47f57c224e swallowed the 548eda7ae8 rest of c3714eae73 her words.f02ff4325440c6fc

“I appreciate the offer… but I don’t think I can accept.”4e4d9dddf874112d

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“Why not? If it’s about the 721b3ba5ed salary, you can name 780b4b7154 any amount you want.”a4492aa11989b15c

That offer was tempting ab25a0e162 for a moment. Natasha’s eyes briefly b04e348acd glimmered with the a4a5b10604 shape of coins a8beabcfb4 before she quickly e74ba784ea suppressed it.36b17a44afa92945

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“For one, d9f6ab8a12 such a d4b2419b90 high-ranking position 55f019cda7 doesn’t really a4816f1929 suit me. And I don’t particularly c1bd35c007 like being tied down b87c2339d1 to one place.”62c5e63dcc58615c

Natasha declined politely. Even though 7d4fc5bb57 the pay f2562a6347 was substantial c0a87b247e and the 775bdd9f06 position within 3362fbe917 the Duchy ef1ca22e5d of Rishar 44f3bbb4b0 carried significant a0b08698a7 authority, it 3dfa717855 was not 3e454e775b a role 67f822f707 she desired.96119f7c6785ade9

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“Is that 6294516198 really the 4f4a52e323 only reason?”617186cb9ae6983b

“Let’s just say it’s 141531eb9e for personal reasons. It would be inconvenient 20d27a383b for me to establish f3f8493f25 a base in one 5d52df33ee place.”fa005f735a435941

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Chloe’s curiosity was b75ef9c6eb piqued.2c9222264b06af29

It had only been 5d5bcb80b2 three years since Natasha daf1672973 had separated from the 7c0febcb1a Duchy of Petrov. Had something 263e438c4d happened in 1bd66ef29e that time ef460009b9 that prevented 5c6b624d3c her from 51653dde06 settling in 1dfef6b394 one place?b5919d454053e2de

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Or was it aa24759183 just an excuse 5009ec2fa4 to decline the 0a589a6537 offer?7e5248595ab878f9

Chloe studied 7cdb26505f Natasha’s expression, a4b0aa77a5 but there 4bc4b15e36 was nothing 4616c78344 to read 1aa832e068 from the 639ea90726 seasoned lawyer’s f124959697 face.2becd9f2464ca62c

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“What a shame. If you had taken 2e999e2226 over, I could have 89e85ab540 closed my eyes in ae407e4ce0 peace.”03c8ace8f989b452

“Did you think 074d831207 I would be e4a06166b3 swayed by such 623d7bed1d words?”e61a83a84a11461e

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“Of course not. Lawyers are 63f9ead587 supposed to 5453a9c191 be heartless 858d59fd56 cold-blooded beings.”f52dac3c594b246e

“Prejudices like b488d049b7 that are d9b0357e5b what make 663a9038a7 society sick.”c83ebae88bd63e23

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As lighthearted jokes were 7b988d1a84 exchanged, the atmosphere softened. Chloe was 83cc76343d the first 030b1d6dd0 to conclude c1881d5b8c the conversation.e01df9c0bf1befee

“I’ll let 629c28c9d5 you know c2bfc4c1cf about the 15b545fbbe Count Mathieu’s 99099b6139 lawyer once aa73a4c698 the meeting dd033865cf is over.”ca6776434f3499c2

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“I’d appreciate that. Then, I’ll 3633bcac8e take my 372d1ef2a4 leave.”6a0396b698a34601

“I hope a49ec620dd we can 950b8962da meet again.”64f7f9364efb822e

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Even without saying it aloud, it was clear that the unspoken part of Chloe’s words was: “Before my time runs out.”88f801c16cec86c2