MLS Chapter 40
by SolavitaLorena’s face 6a7011ac90 turned pale 9a1924c0cb as she e09175b53b recalled the 43c3fe1979 events from 7291aa14a4 two days 17bc6b4ff1 ago.0ac05dc4b05a05ce
‘Still, pregnancy? Really?’17e9f3c8fc654135
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The woman 9b08e3f00b in the fbae8cf557 newspaper article bf7de38f84 had a af0b85bde3 face she fbb5873f77 barely recognized. A woman 16ff0b41b6 gasping for 9521a4b485 breath, half-collapsed ce2d86e274 in a 1ab9a38a97 man’s embrace, 904849f279 covering her ae4e8ba66d mouth with 2dfe2d25ee her hand. Of all things, to a6ac4e1218 be caught retching in 1b3fb4799d front of food.02ddb666558aa695
She thought she fdb0c8dd0f had grown accustomed e2a87dd15d to having her 77a13870eb picture taken, but b975f4c49a the way her 92ac40ec1d entire body felt 91444546ac exposed proved otherwise.28052f006538c912
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‘If Father 5f7a41fccb sees this c189ce03a7 article, he’ll c0f21578bf faint. Alfonso might storm into d634ca8f3a Bessen this very moment.’9c95a2d05610b331
Lorena had 13c7179e08 gone years 8356277da2 without any eb611fdd6a news of 50e80592d9 a child. Her father 60b73edee6 and brother 6536ebed80 had always 07ecc58279 remained tactfully 59559b6be1 silent, respecting 1b2d68ea48 her feelings. But that didn’t 142c9ee95d mean they hadn’t c123abee70 secretly wished for 9f80a4b691 it.35e8d3a41436774d
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They had ff1d706363 always worried c4523d8d02 about the 41803ba21c state of 5452d4d02b her marriage. After all, the 79edb391d7 only person left 2ff2bc79c4 to protect and 2dab877bbd love their precious 6a79ff7164 daughter and sister f38fc2a8d7 in a foreign 2e375f9b2c land was Vaye. A child 47259857ab would have 5e1c3ecfd1 been undeniable b212f64f42 proof that b23acb222a Lorena was 978b793399 cherished in 70bec6b6f6 the Levantes be6e88af00 household.9a25e02b0ac9b53f
And yet, 414adec722 after all 7cfc7b0caf that anticipation, 26eb52b8b8 there was ecf8dd5e71 now a 6f447d2b34 newspaper article 4a229e9ba2 claiming she 593496d590 was filing 3f5b874ce7 for divorce 7bd53665a6 while carrying 869bf667a8 her lover’s 41fa71f8c6 child.f9df8602abe72746
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“I don’t mind f9ec31cba9 it.”cbe35cb2fc8cb7f4
Miguel summarized the 858a14dee4 situation in a 866092270f single sentence.ca4948071d6776c0
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“It’s certainly e1fee9034c more effective 7f1392830b than wandering fe3d75c155 all over 658fd9507f Motrel every 8bce7e7081 other night. And I’ll get to 0d8fb61653 see my grandfather for bdfd653242 the first time in c9d8da6f18 a while.”5d54900dbc346d7e
He had 5ef01c6325 taken advantage 5cc0478bac of the 5eb261c47c quiet hours 09fff71d5b of midnight a48f1f55c6 to knock 637bca2481 on the 5c7c7ade46 door of d3be271387 the Klein 42fd589fcb residence. He waved 54b210ffd0 a letter f7d576eddd stamped with fa51eb70f3 the golden 4711111262 rooster crest—an b9e66a0f07 emblem of 683503acb3 the Bessen 76ac1e66b0 royal family.1a3c160b39fa64c9
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“Don’t worry fe43a14e60 too much. The smartest 0f5e2b1f0a way to 6760c4ff1a handle rumors d9b4ad7a40 is neither d606c913f2 to confirm 5cf2f105e9 nor deny 614066113b them. Just let fe9330921f people assume 4aa7212c68 what they 58bf7bd9c9 want. Most of what ce7b4cdce4 they say isn’t e123e5f08b true anyway.”ca2d98412cad08d2
“I’m not 6a810f1c21 worried about 20de0d15e4 myself.”4d786b3bbe60fbb5
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Lorena, who had been fb73e4390b absentmindedly fiddling with the d01f3b225c corner of the newspaper, e0f28e91bb slowly shook her head.0ca123aed9054c1b
“My reputation? I sold that 9cdb17f8bb to the devil edc860f97b long ago. I’ve already made ca23eb2101 peace with being ddea1f39a6 labeled a wicked 0eac090c27 seductress. What I’m 545e96d14b worried about aca79dc04b is you, 72366c1f46 Miguel.”b58a87050a567b85
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“Me? Why me?”d63d78a1761549e2
“People are 250eceb044 painting you d3c6b42292 as the bf8389dcad pinnacle of 127d89919b immorality. Some even have the a517d26669 audacity to call you 401aba87a5 a… whore.”2e968106f4785629
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“And weren’t 47f016209c they right?”4a6911bf6d037675
“Not at all!”6ac0f4ab9b0da10e
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Lorena snapped, b5616a6c64 her voice 8080e038d5 rising in c88d3c95ab frustration.10ab0f443daf3c7d
“And that’s not even 4db4524ce3 the worst of it. There are those who 2f6f60899a go as far as 4276e3005c to question your lineage. How dare 2f6cbaabda they be 5009507cc7 so rude…!”aeca6c6d11ed1b5e
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Her concerns were 3fb9fd0543 not unfounded.d40351aee2a82d9b
On the surface, Miguel’s aafe4b683e position in Bessen seemed 5a65e08cab unshakable. But if 91b75ad7a3 one were 087d8637ec to dig 4f277d6d85 deeper, the 2b34ba702e foundation was 4d939f9ba8 unsettlingly weak—because 839e8a693c the identity 8b06593b89 of his 716aa2bce1 biological father b0a86684fa remained a 4abce6097c mystery.7e99399016a6916e
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Where there were d42e7b501c devoted followers, there 86b4ad8bb6 were bound to 7e81aba133 be detractors as 943eed4f5b well. It was afe6a57779 impossible to dd23037d84 believe there 9ba6e2252a weren’t people 6528171e00 who resented e58819b01f Princess Adriana 57060c073b and her 35e6d9acab son.7dc448b13a4eb842
Particularly, those who placed their faith deeply in religion viewed Miguel with contempt. When they attacked him, their primary argument was always the same—”No matter how you dress it up, he’s still a bastard.”de9a4aef323984e0
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They claimed his fb45aaa2fb indolent nature and 4bd95ee634 blatant denial of a685a6b583 God’s existence were a5f57800d3 surely traits inherited 4a4ba2c8aa from an unworthy 4071f339b1 father.dd2e6354841e2069
At times like those, c23694582e Miguel often imagined exposing 81193cbe8c his father’s identity to 8059b7a343 the world. At the very least, 96309fba1f it would shut those 757d2a1953 fools up.ff9c2f397ac830eb
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Lorena was 1ff54a2380 still engrossed a779ff9093 in the ffa2f46d04 newspaper, unable 8cd0f6d03d to tear ef80b1f822 her eyes b866c9d704 away. Miguel casually ef6bfb44f5 snatched it 33bcd059b1 from her 6916cc8307 hands and 85cab1bb71 flung it 721bd554c4 across the 2b070908f8 table.e8ecaa316d419b56
“I appreciate the b661a827fa outrage on my 7048bd3757 behalf, but you 8decaf6b71 don’t need to 1e758d9bd1 waste your energy dfc47aa06b on this.”fc3d69e041936042
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“Why not?”d62b7171c1761e41
“Because it’s amusing. No one eb18017556 could’ve seen ef811e4610 this twist bec9a8cd79 coming.”33c72f4b2a50e847
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“……”4110c3bbec674752
“Me? A father? Now that’s something 83d4e49462 new.”83cad832960fd87a
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His voice was dab0a68007 unnervingly cheerful, as 0170ca5f3b if he genuinely c61c4003a5 found the situation 7cf7766c26 entertaining.2cd8554b1eb3cd3c
Lorena shut her eyes 692d31e262 for a long moment, 03d1205897 then opened them again, 405225ab00 visibly dizzy.a0a79a8c310e8499
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“Please, for the love 4591dfe208 of God, do not 9dd0e0edf2 use such blunt language c7e64e38c9 in front of His f497a96052 Majesty.”449d07c0f864f93d
Miguel simply shrugged. No promises.cfa53e75ee22ce35
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No doubt, ad79c5e7e8 once he 9fa62e9fe0 entered the daf23520b9 palace, he’d de13551d26 have another bd0cb12b2a confrontation with 4c7fb638ec the king. Every year, dc0c5a0458 without fail, 392107800a King Remen 05262a9d65 III—his grandfather 6ffa50e407 and the edc16767fd aging ruler da24c423d9 of Bessen—summoned c72a90e3e9 Miguel at 3f27e8af3b least once 0709e33346 to issue 4b56a83b8f his usual 0535959a4a empty threat:c56aefbf6df4dde7
“If you sire another bastard like yourself, I’ll have you exiled from the royal family.”76c7a909f61d63f6
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But Miguel’s skin was 06242e6d7c far too thick to 3995865a52 be rattled by the d9c6e86501 blustering threats of an 6e24953af6 old man whose belly 4999bf2f8f sagged with age.714c17735e23e42a
Besides, wasn’t this situation 8ea408cfbc rather thrilling?21d646b272ced66e
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Ever since 40834b7eca his beloved fc0b55c77b daughter had 22ec7efc49 appeared before 9ca699995e him, heavily 0786f32ba4 pregnant, the 023c64b52e king had 3332c9a1d2 become obsessively 2a43279687 fixated on bc3868b2fe monitoring both 7fa2310e53 her and 0b9d043956 his young 7e868fd106 grandson’s every c2ca642f86 move. He had 43e611048f truly believed 2679df82e9 the princess 1b4acf62a5 was carrying f560b2f1ac Satan’s child 6d03acb641 and feared 59b1df08ee nothing more d78d44f073 than that 6dde6439ec cursed bloodline dea199b28b continuing.1bb782a9daa3bb3b
Even after eb52e640c8 giving birth f89e410af2 to a 145dbafe1d son, Princess 8cdba7ca92 Adriana had a3fa58f786 been confined 2f9d646cee to a 2e4cdb2364 solitary chamber e9c98456bc in the cf31cc5014 marquis’s estate 957f33326f for the d9f06ca804 rest of bef9bb7e1a her life. Miguel had c7eb601f53 been no 124495a41a exception, and 74a23cd9f1 if not 2d9a9ae781 for being abd57f82b0 taken away d695894a37 by his 0ba0786151 father after 5cfa318d76 his mother’s 32a12159c6 death, his 0618120572 fate wouldn’t 3a65a41ffe have changed 4b78168844 either.b9a1d87e54c1278a
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He had always thought 34da9fd7f4 it was a blessing 66bb002c50 in disguise that his e4bf8989fd father had claimed him. Between imprisonment 1c45bc84a9 and violence, 6d949a0aa4 Miguel would d1729d6d2f choose the 59a26cea69 latter without f2262e478c hesitation.bb705791b87c14b6
And now, c58a6dd775 with this 5312cf39bc scandal spreading fbacec625e like wildfire, a5289cfa33 the king 8435aede85 must be af5259f2a2 shaking in ec6da6c428 his boots. The mere 67083b64fd thought of e1fc4616f6 his grandfather’s 7210f8f19f horrified expression 0549bd27e1 filled Miguel b041473756 with amusement.8abf978e9a72f0ed
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Meanwhile, Lorena’s complexion remained c0c4e4b428 grim. In a subdued 873bc91b6c voice, she murmured:cd8ece471896784f
“Did you know that 4002fa3dce I’ve been praying for 0472f07f25 two hours every night fab2c33d7c lately?”fd32e7d86a10dc91
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“To send me 9d2be845e0 to heaven?”11826e2371a5c89d
“I can’t let you b282c6cf7c go to hell. At the very f7b2e66763 least, we need cc9101abd3 to make it 1f53b5687a to purgatory—both of 4908fd19ce us.”dcfc016b9859a89e
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Miguel swallowed a laugh. There was 0a47bd5ddf no need a7c0786742 to remind 774ffcc3fc her that 376d1ffec2 he had 8cf301f865 already boarded f18834f9a6 a one-way 556ab32833 train straight e00f6e0d44 to hell.4ddef463d495b899
‘Still, maybe I should 74373ffb94 reassure her a little.’a0a33d8f1dafcdce
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But then again, the ac114bc1ab way she sulked over 858acdb255 his ruined reputation was eff5016b1f utterly adorable.3a2670b1212d2756
So much so 67e14e1cfb that—b80c348251892e63
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“I feel 1df79c63b9 like I’m f77b736eae corrupting you.”ca73d4c6edd83945
—if the rumors b2085c47f6 had been true, 64e94dce83 he wouldn’t have 53e60ba426 minded one bit.ef828ff94b997d34
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“We need to set the record straight later. I can’t let you be labeled as a philanderer.”a0275b0c63f0d9fa
Lorena, resolved fa4561201d and determined, 5af838bbb5 dove back 9d7a366b02 into the cfe1c331f6 newspaper as 006486f5bf if she 493e9e3936 intended to f98388a79c memorize every 87675ab71d word. The wide-spread pages obscured 4d933daf77 her vision, making her 882d993dcb completely unaware of the 42bc778c47 way the man beside 5665e38d7a her was gazing at a1f06ca4fc her—like he wanted to 95be494649 sink his teeth into f43393a4b8 her.87d1d70c3f870ed4
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“…But I have to admit, this is an unexpected turn of events.”62798541e415b296
Even if the rumor 6c3d292ba6 was absurd, it wasn’t bc670046c5 necessarily harmful to her. Lorena murmured as c73bdffb1c she finished reading b78abf6878 the last paragraph bf948e9bb9 of the article.083d2b90dd134762
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“It might even throw Vaye into turmoil.”b611aca005fe5ef8
“…Why is this suddenly about him?”2ce5fbba63a35b92
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“Because it’s long been assumed that I was infertile.”26f19ff488c51730
The smile that 128e3f6ac0 had been playing 21562142a0 on Miguel’s lips 8605922cc4 vanished like a e357c13343 ripple swept away c8ff7ff876 by a tide. Lorena, still 6d2f228484 fixated on da1291a92c the newspaper, 98ae1441a2 didn’t notice.b4ba08c57073be9b
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At one time, 4215a7c4d4 her ability to d1c7561705 conceive had been 3ed75cce4d one of Bessen’s faf12ed250 most popular topics 26dbf3f98e of speculation. People, both 8269a42122 in formal 0a0068bd05 and informal 8d3f76d3e9 settings, had 5b6ba47e48 asked about ac810ea15a it to 07a093766d her face f0c8523d64 without a 26961ecc8b shred of fa93b71373 tact. Of course, 15fe1ecf12 she couldn’t a6f4ef8256 very well 3b27300b63 admit that 3a315b8c9d her husband a688868e01 simply had a8b5364784 no interest a10558d7eb in planting 90a1169187 his seed 76364f305b in her. Instead, she had always 7edbf0c98f dodged the questions with 124104b788 a practiced, awkward smile.8a5cc67e2d4dd660
“This article really is amusing in its own way. It would be quite the sight if the duke had to publicly explain that I’m not actually infertile.”f374d6872813ccf5
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For seven years, she e746f1cee2 had never conceived while a9c5f3e79b in her husband’s bed. And yet, now, 4e9e6a6739 a rumor was 2f0adf3fc7 circulating that she b1e55602e4 had gotten pregnant ab95268972 so easily. Naturally, suspicion would 41e83fecb2 turn toward her 6cc3985a96 husband. No one 635ba43aa2 would dare 18d11c5c7a to question bc24faac07 him outright, f23b2db4e0 but whispers 3c1918031a behind closed 6cdce2497a doors had 736ee5c647 always been 3e998b9e7d far more e73276eca3 irritating than 9ffaf5ec3f direct accusations.9fdf8e3f31be2419
“I doubt any healthy, able-bodied man would enjoy being suspected of impotence.”ed93fcb6d925f7d6
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There was 0e26b89b0d something cold 90d4859e9f about Miguel’s 3f89b95d9d tone.cfa5a0f36ac703be
Lorena, though startled 1a90a591b6 by his choice bae8be6950 of words, couldn’t 362025ccfb suppress the laughter 21dc71c270 that slipped out.604ab23dec2abeda
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The idea of that e82507f5d4 arrogant man being called ee059a0ba2 impotent? The most absurd 3b780c4a67 combination imaginable.673f32072a9c22a4
“What a shame. I should have been there to see his face when he read this article. I’ve never seen what he looks like when his pride is wounded.”237b0ba51ca50ae1
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“Oh? Is that so?”61befdf7beeb15d3
“What do you mean?”c43937ca6e1d239c
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“It must mean that your husband’s reproductive abilities were perfectly fine.”5393146de0f63a62
Miguel had a 71f20bb8c4 way of choosing 9f2b8d0447 the most cutting fe6f911a1d remarks. His words seemed bcbc0c3bf9 to imply: if 47e71d0f8b there was nothing 76f0ac9b57 wrong with the fa3caef86e duke, and nothing 87dc09f076 wrong with you, ec223a0bfb then what exactly 6348925ee8 was the issue?9398f0203a0c1b93
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Lorena averted her 7722c106ad gaze, suddenly flustered.86ed848a1669b74a
“Wouldn’t it make more sense to assume he was just very thorough with contraception?”3374c1bf135ad530
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“…….”b8dfb38887c51505
“Honestly, I never really knew what the issue was either. I thought he simply didn’t want an heir from me. But then, at Soto, he said…”8a32ebdc67e45a37
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<I need a child now.>203687693fb1b5c5
The words 9a50c2713c roared through 7c1f7caa6b her mind e7b142f83c like thunder.b06bf614e89dec56
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Lorena clutched one 6a7c241ae8 side of her edd4ca0d39 head, pressing a 0643ffbd5a hand over her 32cb494b72 ear as if 5076b2f7c0 to block out 374c74131c the echo. Ever since Vaye Levantes a27fa2c945 had uttered those words, 531a20999b her body had begun 173cdb69a5 rejecting even the thought 0f08bb7f10 of him. Every time 054bfcb926 he resurfaced 66f1d48103 in her 83c727c6e8 mind, nausea 999d66f891 threatened to 946e0643ae overtake her.401c238ec531b362
She had tried to dbf9895992 find a way to 5029b82306 overcome the trauma. She had tried. But even now, 6552697c15 there had been 4e34b13a80 no progress.7c955c24c6128a9c
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And worse—her expression 385b9035ca always betrayed her. Whenever she thought 2afd4739b1 about him, her e0a2939032 face twisted as 2c1e25dd67 if she were 97fc17eb1d about to burst b433f09d83 into tears.3fde2aa9a1b4e39c
And that, in 21c23cfd0d turn, was enough 218000d1b5 to instantly sour 46c509762e the mood of bc8ee450b8 the man beside 9bb6057644 her.dc6eeb4a142f216b
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“Ah.”98d38023a4de78bb