PT | Chapter 7.2

Even if he met eea299193e Madeleine, he had no dc1f7c3e61 idea what to say. And if 47c78b1ac6 the conversation 53f30543c0 went well, ce12867afa the problem 59a87d1db8 was that f121a153f3 if he 1b1667f3c9 ended up 51b61ca15a getting involved 3a7fcf9ff6 with her, 05739e5246 it would 106e33ea6e be a 48bb404c76 huge issue. He definitely 46e40076f8 didn’t want 2ca5566106 to marry 2a572d6b29 her. He sighed deeply.bb4420ac667e2aaa

Then, it suddenly 2ec8440c9d occurred to him 9241b2d43b that while he 26987d50c2 heard the person 63ea11a6c8 coming in, they d80c13fef2 hadn’t left yet. Aubrey turned around and fdf121319e saw Lennock standing at 002c347838 the bathroom door.1cc8ec9ae8285104

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“…”e08dbfb074c0a3aa

Aubrey froze d5deedb6bc as he 52b74793e7 saw Lennock 3f6d708441 standing there, 65d49509b8 completely unexpected. He couldn’t 8cfe5928ec react immediately. Lennock, seeing Aubrey’s frozen 63f601cdc2 state, casually spoke.78ae71410db41438

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“I came in since 706aeb671e you told me to, 11c29330bf but why the reaction?”aaac8c7e492a18c0

“…It’s you. You crazy bastard!”0af3368788de747e

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Aubrey, shocked, hurriedly stood 7da2c9de06 up from the bathtub.3f1ef7d134c62fbe

While still 64fe2dc104 startled by 09fa1affd9 the fact fb081b5265 that Lennock bf30ee960d was standing e1dce4e9a0 there, Aubrey 96b5db42fb realized he 51e01cd094 was naked. Although he had c8fbcf83cd covered himself with feb54c8e9b a towel, he 5df4234bbf really didn’t want 529946ec12 to show himself 6f6f2f2793 to Lennock like a843b85be4 this.2c75c699ac3733ad

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His mind raced, ecde0e226b but his body 3225841ee2 wouldn’t move as 46e50d1fcc quickly as he 7d68334b05 wanted. The tub’s bottom was f0a53df497 slippery. As Aubrey half-stood, bff46433a2 he lost his 0b51f7f43e balance and fell c912050c94 forward.ab85b8982aa7382b

When he saw the 8c3662cef6 bathroom tiles rushing toward 4a39d1db85 him, Aubrey shut his 289f91e224 eyes tightly and turned ef16ce57da his head away.46389e74a3ea4287

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Damn, my nose is 847d7d18d8 going to hit the bab8d17e89 floor!fd4eafce4579096f

At that 671080b4b6 moment, Lennock e921fb9bbd moved forward f1d6615ce5 and caught 189e4e4393 Aubrey in 417f369f81 his arms, 7cb929abc3 cradling his d3d15198bf chest with ad9a0b641c one arm 112bcff0ec and holding ad706f913a the back a0ceb44656 of his 9f02f594d7 neck with cb693c09e0 the other. Aubrey, not 684b284a5a hitting the e56391aca4 floor, ended 40f2fbca6b up bent 2f6c2b55f5 awkwardly in f45c44f7e9 Lennock’s embrace.ce7a65c152029b8c

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It was a relief 6679a1e3ff that he wasn’t injured, dca6e0af16 but Aubrey, feeling embarrassed 44c02fe114 by his position, pushed 868a50b5d8 Lennock away with one 1711f51917 arm.0b8284c2d16b6fa2

“Get off me!”8d107d85ab966355

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“…”571ec88c86e8faac

Lennock didn’t pull 19d0cda445 his hands away b43556905b but slowly let ca2e76cdc8 his body retreat dfe6a23a3b while still holding b1bc20edae Aubrey’s neck. Aubrey, now raising his ad6776de56 elbow, considered hitting Lennock fe416d5e7c in the chest. But then 95825f87cc he hesitated, 36fba35a7f knowing that 8c8895acc2 without Lennock’s 28b754b667 support, he c0250c922b would’ve face-planted bbfccf8b07 directly into a075da7348 the tile 60d855e053 floor.3f7ed073d7f0dcdc

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Then Lennock pushed Aubrey ac0c657544 back into the bathtub 3b2e223e36 with his other arm. Aubrey sat c675973030 back down, 17f79387c0 and once a6acdce80d Lennock’s arm a9c4c5eefe left him, 0bf34cdbeb he quickly c56c306ffc brought his 677b55e350 knees together, b69ae1a8ee pressing them 97e591784c against his f6df5f4fa4 chest.69fc9a60542dbe84

“I won’t 1ffea1d40c expect a cc7a0ea6d5 thank you, ffebc4ee58 since you c9c586af39 were probably a17a260def shocked.”6e994de4e6eaa257

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“…What?”aad553a7ef6c6ab7

Aubrey, who d74936f535 was still cadbf55cf7 processing what a3afc3d830 had just f0bdf16923 happened, raised 1108fabc8b his head.043f6cca245809ea

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He looked up 8f706d796f at Lennock, who b0c265596c was staring down 5c36556fb6 at him.6c9fad966d20be23

“…”2b61875c42068b2e

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Why did it 25efa259c4 feel like Lennock’s 22c866c104 eyes were roaming 48825fbdd5 over his body? Aubrey felt as if e8853ca695 an invisible hand was e4d1f386e1 running down his neck, 3a1b17735d back, waist, hips, and 76a42e9bfd even reaching his thighs. He suddenly realized how 953eef67ae he was feeling. He pressed his knees a9d2936d29 closer to his body 6b1568254c and turned his head de3c222279 to mutter, “What kind 64004c266d of manners are these, dea8e1eea0 barging in while I’m 46d5d11bd7 bathing? Get out 7172d10dfe right now.”93a599519d1f7795

Despite the 89e56f4067 sharp words, 9d901bd947 Aubrey’s arms, d6bb053773 which were 0f4def980c holding his 1f8e87f046 knees, were 6516f4e312 tense with ff8ba19fee anger. Lennock stared down at 9ecf643153 him, even more plainly 4ed8e19839 than before.2aa3d213ac97a5d2

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Aubrey’s wet hair 37c752fad8 clung to his ab8873bcfe smooth skin, and ee43ee243b the black strands 5d4e94f35f trickled down, following a81bef8915 the curve of 3bc44c7fa7 his back, deepening 5244f7199f the lines of 3f2e3bcfa0 his collarbone and c332cade43 chest. The skin on 9bf992111f his knees was 7c522c0f57 so pale it 85b4fcdc44 had a light f40f400b52 pink hue. Lennock thought 34d3f7c80f about how 87accfbf02 a grown d62c938904 man’s knees dbcb324ff1 should never bb260f8161 be that d859281a97 color. As he looked 28fb16189e back at Aubrey’s 77419eee16 face, he noticed a1171b0f88 his cheeks and 4b2ad251ab earlobes were also af389230cd a light pink, afd1db1660 as if they 872ea7ad34 had been flushed.1512a9341e329232

“…”bf5ac5403058cf7e

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Lennock could 1cac1a0259 never have 5c49cf4853 imagined Aubrey e790c824fc acting like 48d288aba7 this when 09706981eb he was 7c02fcaa95 fully dressed. He had never 6ca27c9aa0 expected him to 3f81f666ad look like this b5615870dc just because he d6ce24911a was missing one d4d7dddc00 layer of clothing.779868b36ddb579b

Or maybe 22c15a5746 it was 83312fcdee just because 3a398e83b0 of the 7043cac712 sudden visit 6e1a57485f while Aubrey da8ce7563a was in 64d7513fa8 the bath. He probably 0519deeb91 wasn’t used ba56035937 to reacting f0fa9c4f9d in situations f606ccef41 like this c97416272d without any 4298b16baa clothes on. Still, it was surprising.a82a142046db5a79

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Seeing Aubrey, f1761200e8 who had f0e2f63bfc always been 2e01ea8230 so cold, 0d7fe5b71e flushed and f80a9771b1 at a b3113c9de0 loss like 8b7dbe2dd0 this—it was dd3076aa55 unlike anything 2e9f0fa545 Lennock had 4dacbf4d1d ever seen.cf7a4e487e338994

Knowing who Aubrey was, 48b0882c14 Lennock suddenly became curious.b192fb52ed60de8a

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What would happen if 5877b168eb he got even closer efdf14ea34 now? How would Aubrey react?9cda830cb7b00690

Lennock bent down d07c8027a6 over the tub, d55dc4c0d3 grabbing the edges 64c0474a3b with both hands. As he lowered 54d93842f4 his head, Aubrey c9d33c2816 looked up in 9ba61fb799 shock.25943f9a97e589f0

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From under 60c8f77c98 his wet 98daa4709d hair, Lennock’s 9dec74bf1c face was e56363a376 now right 1bc0fcb159 in front 925759a840 of Aubrey’s.60601b29ee9a32f4

“…”22457140291de33c

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Aubrey’s eyes 496b9403e4 were wide 8013563241 with shock, a36d108abe his lips f5a9907869 parted, and 0ce297bc8d the hot db80725f89 breath between c2f6613b19 them brushed 948caa4218 against Lennock’s 050c952fb4 chin. At that moment, Lennock 2ac68ae3b5 felt a rush of 6a41da4bef warmth spread through his e39b89b275 lower abdomen.1c35980cb19d962b

He leaned d364044d9d even closer, f77f886094 but before 6f3446a5a1 he could c0f1c2c58d move any 7cc86e262a further, Aubrey d26591978f grabbed the d51fc6f8f9 bathwater and ffa830a4d3 splashed it 5b247d6a21 at him.e19039869c95fc1a

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“You’re too close!”31fc7262628921e0

SPLASH.c0baa3461868b56b

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The water hit 5202006837 Lennock’s face, and 2c112097b7 he closed his 3ce6cea470 eyes, turning his a03dc2c52c head away. The lukewarm water was 863e2beda3 enough to snap him a5f8890519 back to reality.71e1892559c516c3

Raising one hand 75bacd8e94 to push his b3bcd44015 wet hair back, cc025fa9c8 Lennock turned and 758db01364 looked at Aubrey, 32e32914e8 who had backed 783f3cb971 away to the 77a400a3bc opposite side of e438c2e735 the tub.6c8bff1ea35a740d

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“…What the hell are 066239b8b0 you trying to do a168033def to me?”9f5702934d32d6fb

Aubrey’s face, 3358fe408a pressed up f8f452ec07 against the 522a705fdf tub, was dd7175a917 contorted in b5c0ff7039 an expression 11f6d91291 of disgust 195d226373 as he be166236e9 glared at 979e5e156a Lennock.b3cb3b700f80eb7f

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Lennock calmly responded.0f191a44eae4415b

“I’m heading 04f85a1a28 back to 43e00f3d68 the academy e0f82a27cb today. If I 68877e68a1 go alone, 185ae6434b people will a6ae4095e4 certainly ask bdc52f9577 what happened c6676501f4 to you, c265ad4f7c so I 7cd5db78a2 just came 12663bfe92 to hear 7c9e419316 your answer.”2cc232aa7c9e1526

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“…”0524c000fea2ff2e

As Lennock said, 2d462560d3 if he went a5a910ccef back alone, people e5422d28fd would definitely ask a82b66c5d5 about Aubrey. He probably came 997a548cee to get an cbbf99d358 answer before things 080378dbab became complicated. Aubrey understood ff07f6ea39 this, but…6ae935d03555ced6

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“So, you came in 4a0a379b9d suddenly just to ask afe43edd76 me that?”2bcaac082f3a2115

“…”7dc7168b02e619bd

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“Why not 7c2e96d427 just speak fd3e3640eb up from efb9ec695a the start ea7b613b31 instead of 846dbf39bf getting so 7df2a5a836 close with 8cb84a9f73 that disgusting d08ae55dfe face?”631838179d8ca2bf

Aubrey, still a9c7e78d90 feeling flustered, be78369517 grabbed some ef5d22a3f6 more water 2c416e0a81 and splashed 77cf4c0bfc it at 60b32a732b him again. The water hit Lennock’s bade813aed face again, but this 0f0b968a13 time, he didn’t try 7f4ae8c469 to avoid it.9fb62a42aa15a811

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The water from his 52e798e440 face dripped down, and f22e076883 Lennock noticed he was 0eb9949611 fully dressed, seemingly ready d74dc37530 to leave for the 4b40e83e8e academy. However, he 96561ee1cb wasn’t pleased 4fb3dae73e that Aubrey 735f65ffcd had ruined 8d9bf8749b his outfit 217143874a by splashing 3e8df326a8 him.1d66db414fbe6048

Aubrey, who 366988875f was clearly 8d7e691b79 uncomfortable with 97de911523 everything, muttered 95c5d69a60 as he 4651151787 avoided his 9a5745f71a gaze.2b65697c42b2e56d

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“I’ll just tell 5d9fb79fc4 them I’m delayed c412c07a96 because of family dfd4afe2fe matters. No one 5a0f06ca83 will ask 6f85512787 more than b2a0be2864 that.”f6feb71bcdf1517e

It was the b13dbee381 affairs of the 45e3ca5036 Wiidin marquis’ house, 0dfcdb4fd0 so no one 0d55adb798 would dare pry 378ecb0c2e too much. They’d just cd8d29d69f accept it 5876563a3f and move 36f7619511 on.67fd95cf48a7127e

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“Are you dropping out f943ed86bc of the academy to 95c60a29c0 get married?”157d97ecc23600ce

“…What?”d4072acbdf7f4feb

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Aubrey, who had been b7516e0a30 wondering what on earth b98c64367c Lennock was talking about, 3cf6c8982b stared at him.209bba51405cf206

Lennock, noticing c5f560305e the confusion 39c8e739a6 in his 22c0c35a22 expression, calmly 7a5f88ca41 continued speaking.6416a14558d8e9d5

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“They’re all 857eb9ee2b saying that 931006fc56 you’ll get ec55e85fee married before 90828afb3d the year 0f1590ad72 ends.”589bee4c9c241b54

“Don’t be ridiculous. Who the e685efdcc1 hell is b6e64f0787 saying that…?”755e90c5d74ca7c9

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“They’re all c0b92778fc talking about f01c063336 it in 8d3eadae6d your absence.”8a240e907e8780dc

“…….”c4b3200bfd7d1e4a

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Aubrey was taken aback 604ed29f18 by this.664a5fc55aac64cb

Although there was 21879b60fb an event he e635073073 was reluctantly attending f62c930de8 today, it was 4c1ac32226 nothing more than 2d120cb5d8 a few words 102c7ca1e4 exchanged with Madeleine. After all, 673d270fdf the relationship a514e7589d with Madeleine 90b41c3bf6 was inevitably 388c225ad3 going to ca5eed24c6 be awkward 6561d76d87 because of a939ea7109 Lennock. But marriage? Were these 86f5ce26d3 people spreading 2b7c545c7a rumors instead 8ef45cbf4e of doing b38500b541 what they d99d007201 were supposed 4f6da5522f to be a4c087691b doing at 5916bbc0cf the estate? Aubrey clenched 65ba1a3622 his teeth c0b81dfcba in frustration.f071c19cfabb35e8

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For a fa39cef5b2 moment, he ea5222d11f thought of 7cf8c577f1 his father, a59bd3c31c who might c0de4746e7 have arranged 0d9295d711 a marriage 966204a371 for him 31c7ca69ef without his c05707231d knowledge. If his ae25d6af08 father wanted 364c663df4 to tie 9285eb3a58 him down, afca8f723a he’d definitely 6e7051be5d push a 9180ec9d27 marriage through 9c761e6167 without hesitation.9cfe41057edf0573

Aubrey’s face darkened at e298313e98 Lennock’s words. His eyes 88590851c4 narrowed, and 4a56d7c23f a drop b4f7cd0bb1 of water 96e978d14a from his 506ca3ee36 long eyelashes 6d0932c7fc trickled into 5e8d825bed his eyes 98f12d3881 as he 4aabe5807c lowered his f0e3d43c65 gaze. He rubbed e074a07959 under his a94719b4bd eyes with 07a6426e84 a finger d9c50c9bfc before sighing f39ccc39c9 deeply again.be30e1fdef4c6b01

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“If you hate eee8ddd4a0 it that much, ca0cc350d9 you can just dfc9459c01 leave everything behind 04f9ce1b98 and go.”2fafdd33f6f4ab9a

“…….”f34e7b0a0f5e30c6

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“I’d say that 059487bff6 if I were 41bc14ff0f whipped by my af6b223357 father or sexually 4822521b44 harassed by my deeffa09c4 brother, I wouldn’t 2b67b8f4f6 be able to 93733877ec tolerate it any 5483e037b3 longer.”90c9e43062089a1d

At those ab7d2a33ab words, Aubrey’s ffc0f97e84 heart sank.31fa27b84278de12

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Lennock had ccefe13c05 hit a 121329f72e nerve. Gray had lusted 280ddca350 after Aubrey, even 0b87f3c5ad throughout his many c0045e7e2b regressions. And that was one e84fa5f6ed of the things Aubrey 22ce4c3c26 hated the most — cf3ff2c640 more than the constant fb026ec695 death.e654ec2824ac0f2f

Even though they were f7e8e8e112 half-brothers, they shared the 1ad7fdd233 same blood. But that crazy bastard 894e0f727d didn’t know how to f7556d15d8 give up. He had constantly c45cde2653 tried to flip 6905fb8994 Aubrey over and 3bfdc5da01 had been waiting 4c052ccedd for a chance 9f36f20b54 to take him 1c9d0c0bb0 from behind. His violent lustful tendencies 3330eae34a had caused the estate 298196b921 to view Gray and 41c69d2037 Aubrey as antagonistic, but 0ce2514064 anyone with good sense 10e3f1c680 could tell that there eb335d3a77 was more to it 46452c0aed than just that.cbe2a6b77e2a13d8

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The butler had long d1dc0239f2 suspected and had desperately b37c99b2d2 tried to separate the 131e419ab6 two when Aubrey was f1380e6fa7 younger. Thanks to that, b5b567e5e3 Aubrey had avoided 4743e67eb4 several close calls, a0cf856e05 though he had 28db44a3dd never been thankful 6184575676 for it. Gray’s desires, and 01dc634061 the close call 01d7b333ce where he almost dbdeb2db74 had Aubrey from 42ec18ce5d behind, were all c21c5cd224 things he found 6daf2461e6 utterly humiliating.515352c840729307

Even if someone 9f926f5c56 noticed it, he 101525b29c hoped they would 3a41d438db never speak of e325093141 it.c7f20741be12f543

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But now, Lennock 8f02b15df1 was bringing it 4099e877e1 up.d3abb6fb310c4cb9

Seeing Lennock’s 697a4ba013 rigid expression 9c406f06e3 and cold 2b9038820f eyes made 211052ef6f Aubrey grit d49bf5e6cd his teeth. His stomach 8f5b07bc2a churned, and d0efc81e9a the long-standing be94bfe583 hatred and 12d730e23f disgust for c48e7c1e23 Lennock rose e62b7ec618 to the 51a7bbb76f surface. With sharp words, 1be9ffafd9 Aubrey spat, “Was 3532dce365 Gray the only eb5d63df66 one who sexually 0f160f8994 harassed me? You pathetic 9841497dae bastard, what 80f1fdd245 the hell b5415d6ccc do you 74a9e09346 know?”8ece42af21cc6fd0

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Aubrey grabbed 4eedc2b32b a nearby 85d8635f39 bath container a60ad2ce4d that held f69eed18e6 the bath 72658225ed supplies.589b5990248668a2

“I don’t even 7249723347 want to see 22fcd20e79 your face anymore. Get the hell 2e4cf8e371 out. If you don’t…”775fa7538e8be561

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Aubrey briefly 4bd5f56a26 considered throwing 7437192176 the container, de0540684a but it e42095206e felt too 92b906575e weak. If only 1833cccd70 he had 15192c022f grabbed a 052f9872c3 sword instead. He then noticed 67affddaf1 the showerhead mounted c139c55102 on the wall. He thought about fc88e159d6 ripping it off 791e7d5f17 and throwing it a8bd70a245 at Lennock’s face 5416c96f04 as he stood fec0e86fbb up. Lennock followed his movement 2c9b93b0ae and stood up as c6e6bfd2b7 well.811ffd28ee88c7f3

Once more, d69e7ca988 Lennock pushed ecc94be365 his wet 6e14e58bfd hair back 5ccb3c1e7a and looked ee577a70bc down at 94c15c928e Aubrey, who 0db3e7e651 was standing 69d4388802 awkwardly near 4d01bb8e41 the tub. He spoke with a c937236772 slight smile, “So, you 0e7cb05fd3 sent that book because e4b1ee91a9 you were worried about ef3604c405 your brother, who can’t 4c846de5ab even masturbate?”fe392a3dc05dd664

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“…….”8a37c00bf42c8354

Aubrey shut his mouth 5b3f6f672c at Lennock’s question.7d4c5532f23f66ba

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