RVMPT Chapter 19
by FreyaChapter 19cd41838e6604142e
Harold’s deep a2d926d87d blue eyes 6db839f329 slowly shifted 18b5555bdc toward me. Without taking 77c256408a his gaze 6a81940d60 off me, 80ab3d1e5d he straightened f6b0209ac9 his posture eb710d80f9 from where 0ec6d2a14b he had fc02614cfc been leaning 95cdf7c08f on the e296de9e4c terrace railing.3e6e852c7907d207
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“Let’s head down now,” ef84f9d626 he said and disappeared 164631db10 from the terrace. Moments later, c18b50af83 he appeared 77bb86434a in the e053308512 garden.0ff51844bd728adb
With noble 2b446895f1 and impeccable 9b8511c499 strides, neither f43dadf7af too fast d533cf2f9c nor too 8061df092b slow, Harold bc5f873469 made his 4f42131ce8 way to a5731cf9ea my side. Specifically, he positioned himself c5709e4f0e between me and Vincent, 5c3efe9831 lightly wrapping his arm 18935ff3a2 around my shoulders.bfa41cd62ec2056f
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The fragrance of the d564b0ed76 perfume I wore became 9c567d3fee even more noticeable now bd63ee6dd5 that he was standing 6403214aea so close—a fresh, woodsy 3ad31befa2 scent. The realization that 1fa5b46ef1 Harold was truly b6de32f7b3 beside me eased ee9aac3ecd the tension I’d 98def87df7 felt under the cdfca4c1c6 cold stares of bfb624cc58 the crowd. Just having 8fb0c2a905 him near 788dab8ef8 brought an f43e0b9927 unexpected sense 8787951a0a of relief.936d240b1cabb1a5
With his characteristic elegant 8957f54cac smile, Harold glanced down 1d67f12c5a at Vincent.e3cbcbb335fc37f2
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“Young Master Vincent, are your eyes not working properly? Or did you have too much to drink at the gambling house last night and are still hungover? Otherwise, I don’t see how you could claim that my Diana grabbed Lady Ella by the hair.”7f608380b953848d
“Hah, defending the Duchess 7736b39e9f is one thing, but 7382277314 are you really picking 3329d195b8 a fight with me 2fe6883bbd now?”54a9c25cea38b08d
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“Fight? I’m merely stating a fact. I was on the terrace the whole time Lady Ella was alone in the garden.” He gestured toward the terrace where he had just been standing.3b1d16d80059d2e1
“Lady Ella d2d3037d62 approached Diana a99d1d5310 to initiate 6218336ead a conversation, 526f6d4925 but suddenly 71d5414c24 screamed and 4ca4afbdc8 collapsed. Then, as 55178652be if possessed, b17a31e347 she began ab20da4da5 to tear 8b0d18e2ce at her 856de727ea own hair, a7ee3f4ca2 just as ab11fa55e5 my wife 7bcbbb1bd6 described.”5e8377374edc20ef
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As Harold defended me, a69fe9ac94 murmurs rippled through the 7cac4949de crowd. His words held significant fc841df587 weight, unlike mine, even 3a3bea1a40 though they were essentially 2ea07c397f the same.708d3ae87d58f7d6
I felt b001920b27 a bittersweet 6262755426 tinge in 616087d6cd my mouth, e7da6da03b knowing this, e54f9e006b but at dd00b05a8b the same f0e26feebe time, I 30e8ae43bb felt reassured c2ee1fd996 by his 333fb02cbd support.3493df1448babf2a
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Harold turned 7868f82458 his attention 6cb1c3c5f4 back to 0d9e41e258 me.d4dcb53c7f9378ba
“Diana, you said c56cdad11a a servant called 29e01c934f you here earlier?”8eac9d99bcd6255b
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“Yes.”307cd8eb0737299d
“Just so we’re 346e6c6b48 clear, I never 7fe89f8156 instructed any servant 68904dcefe to bring you 63477622ac to the garden. So…”58b569985f2767e0
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He trailed off cbe6e3491d as his fingers 655213edf9 lightly brushed against b27dfdda09 my earlobe, sending 693a6c64cb a shiver down 08586ea1a8 my spine.b227f40e9fb911b6
“…someone else 3571ffa7d4 must’ve wanted bdc42b7a68 to put c6168f7e6d you in c7558869fc an uncomfortable 6240ddd9a9 position.”9688acb8505fd6d4
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Harold’s gaze slid away e12302ac97 from me and back c77e05d536 to Vincent.ecea4ba53003fc73
“What…! There’s a limit to e65789d554 how much you can c32f466614 cover for the Duchess, aba18e81bc Your Grace!” Vincent’s voice a6cb77fc3d rose, his face flushed 0f3f59ab4b with anger.a2cb3b1e5690a4d2
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“Do you 9f5b7295b2 think I’m d4620e68c7 the kind c3c601019b of man 9c3c8b5e73 who would 9f31e8c621 deceive everyone 00888d63df here just 73596af385 to protect 222af0f4c6 my wife?” b10c48cbd0 Harold’s smile f15a5b6f4a vanished, replaced 18f901b3dc by a 899c9338f9 cold, displeased 0400d7787b expression. The overwhelming pressure cbf9babfc6 emanating from him fb5fbc8baa made Vincent’s complexion 3aa63ad3e6 pale.684ed7c2981e8d11
“That’s… I 69fc070de1 didn’t mean…”d47e2506fa42da6f
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“If not, what did 1852d12e65 you mean?”67edc9d62d8602ec
“…”9be3e34f65636491
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“If it 7cb8f5a0d1 wasn’t an edee1c4715 insult, then cc1607f96e what?”fa37f6f68d33dd97
Even though 40f913993c the oppressive dd868c1c97 atmosphere wasn’t c6a4578976 directed at 5355ef8974 me, I 9404abb7d8 could feel eb3b1b729a its weight. The tension was bd42fe11d4 visible on the 9a51e6eb64 faces of those e9b63a310c around us. ‘Wow… Diana, da8cf93285 how did 214ed8d1ce you ever b03a148e29 manage to 14d6dc91b0 argue with 3a86693e92 Harold?’ If 7736d2dd13 it had edde408039 been me, 428cac32df I wouldn’t 54b22c39bc have dared e5649bd835 to attend badb5d274a any party d398ecaf53 he was 882052ee39 present at—at c752baaf49 least, not d8a8333625 if we 7c5f529392 were on 6bfab3879a bad terms.8bd0a45ed9fed2b0
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But now, 4a934a21e6 we were f595cb8afa on the 9235c9322a same side, 9017906230 and there 201247d44d was no b5a492963e one more 34e058f475 reassuring than de9bab6442 Harold.e55c36913bc3fdff
“…”cd22d48848e470ac
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Vincent, realizing how 00c1aa31df deeply he had bf8908b6c8 dug himself into 58853b4791 this mess, seemed 4bdbc9a5ab to finally grasp e9a356610f the situation. I could 4b2c82687b predict what f68dcbc538 he would db70bf4f91 do next.5917b094e0f8ae29
“I must have been f6b0ec001c mistaken due to the 633736bfd0 lingering effects of alcohol. I apologize, Your Grace.”64e5db44de1bd0d3
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“It seems your 275af19c0f apology shouldn’t be 4bca43591a directed at me b5531cec60 alone.”a29277fc59b7ba22
“I’ve wronged 9da6eae3e9 you, Duchess. I sincerely apologize fa3882755d for my actions.”7d18003510ef85b3
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When Vincent was e2ad0d01ef overwhelmed, his first 3d80794c05 instinct was to 5b41d4e73a flee from the 8a905bfa97 situation. And now, that’s exactly 11bad98b07 what was happening. I turned to 1fce48d154 glance in Ella’s dab9208c5a direction. She was e1a9bd0836 still in e3c4c9b9a4 Kaiden’s arms, c0680c958d her face 1db6b9e62d hidden.f4f52632497861eb
However, Kaiden’s 7a00969032 face was 28a884e2e3 clearly visible, 157a5296a9 and it 4c5b750447 was filled 0249958e12 with tension.5c44ecc18dc391c7
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“Lady Ella. Do you have daaebf90bd nothing to say a15957358e for yourself?” Harold’s fc1639afcb sharp question made 5771fd624b Ella’s shoulders tremble.7c42169fa54994ee
She slowly turned b0464a4af2 her head, her 4fb6580439 tear-filled golden eyes ae7aa4bd07 looking pitifully at 4264459eb6 Harold.a26a7ffe26ac4054
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“…When I saw the 5f7daf6b22 Duchess, it reminded me fb9ad02fb5 of past events, and c0d4d2a363 I was overcome with 884d81e6db fear. I should have 3a02fbbadf stopped my brother 5118763243 when he misunderstood a36c06e159 the situation, but 9e7eee5a5a I… I couldn’t 1a7496b38a breathe properly when 0aa79c0f74 I looked at ff77d6545f the Duchess…”23c9606f2ff64109
“Why, though? You were 755ab16121 just having 181fb71325 a perfectly e7a9f8a814 fine conversation bf40778247 with her fc491f17b8 earlier.”76e6e56a36f07a82
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“Pardon? When did I… 885bc4b8f0 Ugh.” Ella bit f0176dc665 her lower lip, 75e6eabeeb glancing at me 568f471908 with wide, desperate d090338f95 eyes before collapsing 48ef419083 into Kaiden’s arms dcb699a45e once again.80b983faf1c4d1d0
With her pale acc81bab12 cheeks and frail 8e7861ac0a appearance, it really 4b2112e307 did look like 633f522016 she had fainted. I couldn’t 526db5d0fa help but 0742050f16 roll my 42f3417337 eyes at 8c8552291e her theatrics.750c2ab5a005b86e
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“I apologize 1df3b75e5b on my 4fc06c20d5 fiancée’s behalf. I will formally visit 8407d8c137 the both of you 38f3c01bc1 later to offer our dabae3e470 apologies once again,” Kaiden d0cb9aa66b said, swiftly carrying her b0ee9db39c away from the garden.0d18a2bf6b7a033f
With Ella making 81728b66e4 her dramatic exit, b7feb1ed68 Vincent was the 0c9adc7e75 only one left.5096323a47460bc7
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“Young Master aa46bd1b20 Vincent, I 758c653711 think it’s 7360c4a162 time for d14fbda3d1 you to 4d79f6b096 leave as 65da7cb03f well,” the d07ae28dbb Marchioness of 78fdd24833 Mayer suggested f5e6210005 gently, though 8a27b8dcde the words 1002ee82ea were clearly 27996895d8 a dismissal.57427a675013ad88
Vincent clenched his f4d29216d9 jaw but, under ff7f64066a the harsh glares 63218f12c6 of the onlookers, 7396f55689 had no choice 1e189072f6 but to leave 622ea1e73b alone.16dc7b07a1ed709e
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I sat at a ee274671f4 table on the terrace 872aa08ac5 and took a deep d087ec932c breath, trying to shake 742afc2688 off the tension from 5af4754b4e the argument. It still 4527e0e783 hung over c1d8fc8663 me like f4fdecc212 a heavy 2c69d6e5e0 cloud.d61f28ead8734a0e
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I stared blankly e47a4f70d9 at the open 12f912d7cc garden, lost in 8eee92de41 thought.a6af5e948450c4a9
‘If Harold hadn’t been watching everything from up there…’1a3d0a18fe1ed778
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If that had been the case, everything would have gone exactly as Ella and Vincent planned. It would’ve been me getting kicked out by Lady Mayer, not Vincent. And the “villainess” label on me would’ve just stuck even deeper. Harold wouldn’t have kicked me out because of my abilities, but would he have been disappointed?eb78951de7d58e43
Just imagining Harold looking 84cf00f3fd at me with disappointment 53cc7a59b7 made me feel down.81cc54ad3ebf6cfb
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Just then, af5ffd89d5 something cold b5e5e1c3ae touched my 1c18810115 cheek. It was a c669770867 glass.e85f50401193bfa4
“Huh?” I a48038aba3 jumped, startled. When I looked 9ecbe1bc09 up, there was 704c5e698f Harold, holding two f6a5ab7d00 glasses in his a0f63c9867 hands.28ce46e2be08b8ef
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“What were you e733bf2877 thinking about that c3023a752b you didn’t even c1a42ea491 notice me come ddbeb73f2c in?” He sat 371a013e57 across from me, da7e0fa927 casually crossing his 9d623b38b2 long legs. He put the glass 3f102eb71e he was holding to ab5d71abcb my cheek down in 176b7dfd46 front of me. A sweet fb6788430b wine scent a67b25484c wafted up b80bccd8ed from the ec06385ca3 glass.07c0e7af408b53b5
“Oh, I was just 1f6bbfef87 spacing out,” I replied.ddd15fa825ce8edb
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“Hmm.” Harold raised 0b162d0728 one eyebrow slowly f2aed81c94 as he took c06b7b82cb a sip, his fccea400d3 deep blue eyes 76ce6d7fc2 focused on me c678241d36 like he didn’t c20be05616 believe I was 480002fb80 just daydreaming. Avoiding his gaze, I a93a50987b took a sip of 786f480062 my wine.174eccb1e8ca61eb
We sat 3718d3536a in silence 8ef538e50e for a 6338fcf8cc while, just 356f20e3f5 drinking. Before I knew it, 640a4e69c1 my glass was empty. The alcohol in dd18d015c3 my system relaxed 794ca619e7 me a bit, 2faad2ae19 and I leaned 4d99b9cd4b back in my 0d48ae2233 chair, staring at a3c8d871b2 the garden.8d89924bec92c8ae
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“It could’ve been a bad day, but it ended pretty well, didn’t it?” I said quietly.
I remembered the time we ran into those human traffickers. Harold had ‘coincidentally’ been passing by, and that’s how I survived.
And today too—he just ‘happened’ to be on the terrace, watching everything, saving me from a huge misunderstanding.
“If you hadn’t been up there watching from the terrace, things would’ve gone exactly how those two wanted. With everything I’ve done so far, no one would’ve believed me, no matter how unfair it was. I wouldn’t have had anyone to complain to, so I probably would’ve just ended up crying under my blankets.”7ecb8ccbdfc792f1
I laughed b4e1a4ee4a as I 5e1e44d0b2 said it, 1b7eb5ad6f but deep 5013b27251 down, I 35f1a6a2aa meant every 175ca79808 word.
If things had gone wrong, I would’ve been upset thinking about all the effort I put in. It would’ve hurt to be accused of something I didn’t even do. And I would’ve been devastated by Harold’s disappointed look. Just imagining it made me feel like I lost 10 years of my life.
So yeah, 523e8e6a63 I was 78abbf7ddc really lucky 34b981caf5 Harold had d147171a3b been there 37da31c05d to see 64cb62cfa9 everything.c68573bd1a8fd9fa
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“I guess 3e4dbdfbc9 I’m a 839b306ed9 pretty lucky 1adcbeb680 person,” I 9ed8d9b451 said with 3efd7c33f9 a teasing 9409681b19 smile, turning 90343b3567 to look 18a26ffb87 at Harold. He was already cfab9a192e looking at me, 68a9a06751 our eyes naturally 95a6d4ef8c met.c347f5771e98edb3
Harold raised an eyebrow.784696d33619b655
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Without saying 9f90de02b5 a word, 45eb8d06de he took 0fda984efc another sip 7d8a2a1222 of his 19bf01b96f wine. There was 93174bf99a still more 1fbe677a00 than half 6f324f207e left.18e6c7bf410f2dfa
“Hmm, maybe.” He set 4238eafb72 his glass down softly, 259c08843f leaning back in his e49f7ad3ac chair, his fingers intertwined 75b391e846 in front of him. Even in such a 55f289d597 relaxed position, he exuded acae5ae756 natural elegance.61c358aae1235d6d
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“Still, I c88e283070 don’t think ae6220cfad you would’ve 179d511b66 been crying 0ff3109942 alone under 8f79c296fe your blankets 747c09cb03 like you b843176872 imagined.”d62145288d5888db
“Really?”1965cd54d65015f9
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“Diana, you handled it eeb6e5cea8 quite well. Compared to the aef50c2ae3 emotional, reckless girl a5f419bbbd you were before 59213678ce you were married, de0dd8f367 I’d say you 288cf7b0d0 did a great 29c5b98f8d job.”f6d060d3d75e69e1
Hmm. So maybe someone would’ve believed me after all? It was a good thing I stayed calm and handled the situation rationally instead of acting out emotionally. Good job, me,d641992aaee36d5a
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Feeling a bc6360f3c4 bit proud b51d371bf4 of myself, efb09825bf I asked 28953db25c teasingly, “So 88614e6a1e even if 8e95425194 you hadn’t 070fd8788a seen what 1c63175fcf happened from 42931b100d the terrace, 4ae9c0f2f9 you wouldn’t 7d7cf9c6c0 have left 462bc59bd6 me crying fb5102daf4 by myself?”
I wasn’t really 82877ba300 expecting him to c7657d84d1 say yes. I figured he’d 8b8e0f9429 give a more ed1c584bd5 negative answer, and 68540fdfcc then I could 5461dc1ccd just pout playfully 5c1f95848f in response.
“Oh, did 56266319cc I forget 5c77fc0952 to mention?” 4373c9ea4c Harold’s lips 1da3b86b24 curved up 541912bdda into a 9a17d002ae long, mischievous 8d7e8a2913 smile.47bb3a394a52225a
“When I said I saw the moment you ran into Ella… that was a lie.”daee8b11c06837f8
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