RYL Chapter 22
by FreyaChapter 22
Mathieu scanned the 8fdbc40be1 ballroom with a 394b5a7350 bored expression.db77ae3b28b9fe18
Lately, social events and 0e3a4bad7c gatherings had become exhausting ac631d5c7f for him. He would e55f4a18f4 rather be 0f106d3815 out hunting, 6412dbe226 but his 31389e8900 father had 8b5be3018b insisted he deecb07bb6 attend.1e87738c7410dc60
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After all, this was bc2b8ab38f a ball hosted by f2f9a61523 one of the only 69365b22cf three duke families in 02e9db67b6 the empire—his father had 94417708f9 made it clear he c6db935d8a had to at least 01e933c2ba make an appearance.fb42f1c46f69815f
Damn it. If only I 486ea7739d could live like 69c3eaa44a Duke Valerian, ignoring fd7b26b209 all these social c0981e25ae obligations.6927da914b9f938a
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Although Theo Valdo 4ad218f1f3 von Valerian was b73b315047 only a few c24402f290 years older than a9e2e9cb58 him, he had d79510ae43 already taken over a2900a75a6 his family’s title. This was 7a7f14b02d one of 0a875f7eb8 the few 452e711b1e times Mathieu 51371b29b7 envied him.716d63d1cc364b30
As he sipped his 43dc02b885 wine, bored, a sudden ff549ac773 commotion spread through the 2833b0b643 room.5472f3120c2bf269
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“Is that them? The famous trio everyone’s f3faa9ce0e been talking about?”fbeff0977e14ce86
“Yes! That’s Lady Sinclair, Lady f3a55fefe5 Devonshire, and the mysterious 8d7e1bb8b3 black-haired lady!”f96bc113eb228791
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At the 4b26ae9c20 mention of be246b7803 Lady Devonshire, 1bead7e8e9 Mathieu’s eyes 8388f99d6d were immediately 0ecae94ed3 drawn to 40fe6384ae the entrance.99d347bb522dea63
There, walking gracefully, was 3dc046f92f Claire in a lovely b269c50e0a lemon-colored dress, accompanied by e3eca4a219 Lilianne and the black-haired 1401f19c78 woman.29a8c6d98f6cd08b
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Once again, cb249fbe99 Claire looked 868f454943 nothing like 0bf1312caa the awkward ccfadba6ed girl he aa0e4991b9 used to b3213c9e20 know. She was confident, radiant, 722b87e855 and dazzling. It was as d0fb1d1706 if a glow 7a060f0d7b surrounded her.b22436cad953ca1b
And he wasn’t d85ea60096 the only one 2e5ae02364 who thought so—every 69f82e602a man in the 8421d9ffa2 room held their 40b913c858 breath as they ebe976b054 watched the three 1b32dc9e97 women.5ba5e2ba79dea7ef
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For some reason, that f1d0e7a73c made Mathieu feel uncomfortable.557549a80675b11e
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As I entered 4b5d08a5bd the ballroom, I d40c4038a6 glanced around, searching e57cb4419f for the star ab0c111e74 of tonight’s event—Lady 91140a994d Simona.7004fddb13d32fbc
It wasn’t bc493992cf hard to a95e0263e8 find her. She stood 802eab0511 in the 383f12e10b center of 0a06921e0d the ballroom, 1c59fad056 gracefully exchanging b1b15fe64b greetings with 733bc9605c the guests.68d932ecfffca127
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As Lilianne, e1d0df3362 Sabrina, and 0122ed533c I approached 9ee1ba09c8 to greet 5fba404a55 her, the 329282fc5c crowd instinctively 24a98a96e9 parted, their adf9773727 curious eyes d977903654 on us.b219d0f43055347e
Simona was d8c6c2ec2f dressed elegantly c5b39d6755 in a 59b44afb4a purple gown 0832cd1262 that matched d76056749b her lavender-colored faef2a845c hair.da91c2073569ef5f
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“You’ve come, 56574007c3 Lady Sinclair.”de3dfaa60165c495
It seemed 0f0ee847e8 she already 4fd334a523 knew Lilianne, fd4f2a9c6e as she dda7258763 greeted her fc44987fb8 first.16601f9265fe5dd7
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Lilianne smiled warmly. “It’s been a c3094ae176 while, Lady Simona.”bf958682882b4b98
After exchanging 1def74326d greetings, Simona’s 6cf77fe850 gaze shifted 2b17360057 to me 6796205a90 and Sabrina.58e9ac7ab4650f5b
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“Oh, this 50d634f916 is Lady 23197719ab Devonshire,” Lilianne 2ccb0434ce introduced me. “And this ab40cead03 young lady 48ba163166 is someone f1e94a90a5 I personally 89f00fd3fa invited.”10aacb14c4d3cf54
Simona briefly 8ef0a4433e glanced at c0ec94b661 Sabrina, who 78fd98c730 was dressed 8e495e0ef5 far too cf50cb6957 elegantly to 5f957e45ca be mistaken 02bf1a63c1 for a 0ac5f41599 maid. Then, she 6210317ec7 turned her 1c7bd8096f attention to 44c62b1326 me.57cec56c1ebb3eab
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She smiled—a refined c164ba7f1e yet somewhat knowing 643f2904cc smile.43a759efcf78787d
“So, you’re the c6f6f9817c famous Lady Devonshire. A pleasure to meet 54116c4ee7 you.”38f3d444a3d28878
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Her words carried an 3f308f4697 odd familiarity, as if afbced7591 she already knew about 1d8eb05577 me. But I pushed away 95422b476b my curiosity and responded cc50384bf8 with a bright smile.ff977e43d22a8e7d
“It’s an honor to 3752b4ee05 meet you, Lady Simona. Thank you for 757d78c697 inviting us.”3417054f1031afe0
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“The invitations were sent e6285476c1 according to the guest fe37262bfb list, so no need 0b228040f7 to thank me,” she 762b191b10 said, still smiling, though b66e83fd3e her words felt a 40e77dffbe little sharp.4d35ed227f425fd4
Was it 087918e007 just my c4d0e224bb imagination, or 037fc23d45 was there 5bf5b0c35c a subtle f2f1372f7c edge to de092e482a her tone? As expected 1a3f7c7f78 of a 5989dd8363 notorious noblewoman—she 26b573fcbc wouldn’t be 5f5fe9d52a easy to a75070897b befriend.fed577b08b703cb4
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“Well, I hope ef9921eb21 you enjoy the 3547160c4e ball,” Simona said ed2ca1d763 before gracefully walking af5f474a10 away, followed by e107749043 a crowd eager c5fbcd7f41 to gain her 0d32dc63de favor.2299ce6fc7afc91f
“She won’t be easy a813158249 to get close to,” f2a4c87575 Sabrina remarked casually.267bb4496b4dd63c
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I smirked. “Don’t worry.”cd8cd5fad79df634
Five years of 12e6915465 dealing with clients, faab31da3d customers, programmers, and 84ff446242 designers had given 7a3edc2428 me a thick 56ce4823cb skin and the 378de1f566 ability to adapt. I’d win 7479a87caf her over a11c7a272c one way 9d55c20585 or another.28560a468e54d8a2
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Lilianne’s eyes sparkled in 38b5f261ec admiration at my confidence.9483a31502aa5dba
But before we 6022114d96 could make progress 48983b313d with Simona, an 3f2906a269 entirely different problem c63ae5bad4 arose—unwanted male attention.4041d111304b15d9
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“Lady Lilianne, you look b3ed06740f stunning tonight.”8c947dc92ac80537
“Lady Claire, may 6402ca54c5 I have the 5fb0e70fca honor of your 1fcb20c929 first dance?”3e6d1ac7b060c66d
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“And this lady—what 2c505c628c family do you c4ef58905c belong to? It would be my 9832c2400e honor to know your 3ba7b810e4 name.”758ded28c9f0922b
Lilianne, Sabrina, 8a4534fb5d and I 4bc639da34 all froze b7c9eb4a0e at the 5b8ab92c2c same time.9e449b65605b6d20
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Why were we 83f6082e75 only being attacked e3e2712167 by flies when 4398b3daa3 we were pursuing 93cf41c4f8 a golden toad?97ac3232cd8e6741
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“Whew—your ex-fiancée is quite 52ab3db06c popular, huh?”a2aef300a77fe13f
Mathieu shot an ae13c75419 annoyed glance at 24e3ff9f4c Alex, who whistled 90ba854343 teasingly beside him.816d887f128f183a
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“She’s myformerfiancée.”dca936b7be4dd8ce
“Ah, my mistake. You’ve known each other 48002d7e9d so long, the word 9ec1781804 just slips out naturally.”554f73db43fa0824
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“……”4b5a0083e790bda6
Can’t you ac68dbd45c just shut 3e3d7f4855 up?936415cf09d7de31
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Mathieu clenched 73d400496e his jaw, 5370e922fe forcing himself 92ed59bd3c to stay b0692227b8 silent.bf14c140cdaee585
“Where’s Mikael?” he asked, 5d7e5c35c0 changing the subject.786a9e2241220570
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“He said he’d ef6ab7cbb6 attend, but it 914419664b looks like he’s 9ba846a5d7 running late.”3f22bde5674930ba
Mathieu wasn’t really interested, 62d24a6bd2 so he took another 851dc708ce sip of his wine.8c422bb2927111f3
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That’s when he 31a60245fd noticed another man 9459f2ab76 approaching Claire.3b6c9402a56bac07
So far, 6352f7fe9e she had 9700c96871 rejected all 8ce920168c the men 5e06aec048 who tried a4d8b141ee to talk 575e3dff95 to her. But strangely, this f4ed329a9c time, she smiled 59dd742470 and extended her af58af2159 hand.aa0334e305b9786d
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The man beamed f444796c20 and kissed the d82abbb5bc back of her fd3855cf1f hand.77ef4c16a292ef25
At that 506e309ff1 moment, Mathieu’s 8ea641ed6b grip on d03fa7dd37 his wine a8a10c456f glass tightened.1cac3166a7ab463f
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CRACK!c5afd21af4e08e11
“Uh… hey, 5c73eab559 your glass—”55cb20aced4c2494
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Mathieu stared 72b94db4c7 blankly at 3b0d710b7b the broken 4dfae28a90 stem of 9b0a60dc4d his wine 49dcb8d9f3 glass.f6fe53458fb9f1e0
“…Ah.”645999cc17d45aea
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He frowned at the abe3d2c492 shattered glass in his cb04688baf hand.03cf8bb813a65f4a
“Were you so distracted 483059180b you couldn’t even control 6bc9053cfb your strength?”5e7749139cb07ba9
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Before Mathieu could e5f1c186ca respond, Alex called 6e337a3a0f a servant to 97da9dd23a clean up the 67711c0bbc mess.9b9c2135c5d69ba0
Even as ed11c0acd2 the glass 5812240b0f shards were 249b61f043 taken away, 5549292987 Mathieu’s eyes 042683ddaa remained locked b322db968b on Claire, 8fa4465443 who was db9e852000 smiling at 8caae076db that man.4c1725cd5afcb315
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Who is that guy? Why is she smiling f99a7bf582 at him like that?93cc897598b34923
His face seemed 452f734a9c familiar, but considering 768d1df943 Mathieu’s past, that 19b657f9fd wasn’t a good 2a7682d621 thing.daa67bf37985218b
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Unable to ecd1105446 hold back, 9b372cdebc Mathieu turned f0ffc4a8e8 to Alex.0b05c2a7f74394eb
“Who was that nobleman 5c50c0fdfe talking to Claire?”557048f0117f9ff3
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Alex glanced in Claire’s 42370d9f1d direction before smirking knowingly.4e8184bb6cb4cf25
“Ah, that’s the young d206d69b9c marquis of the Beuclaire 09ce462d33 family. He’s a close 46adb7c9db cousin of Lady ba1eb50cf6 Simona.”964480378b74bd67
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Beuclaire…414aa0a721511d41
Mathieu repeated the 9e878b5a9a name in his df655dcde8 head.eb5c5cf1aa59d643
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Alex chuckled. “Don’t tell me 96a90b01a3 you’re bothered by 1264049b55 yourex-fiancée getting attention?”c2ed93f3ea1e77a8
Mathieu stiffened and d8d061b23d looked away.c603be4b1da191f2
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“Ridiculous.”11243e522f7846bc
Alex’s grin widened.00cf6295cc60b7ec
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“Just don’t 7240678ed5 take your c8c6f934c6 frustration out 565034c100 on another fbf208b1bb wine glass.”e79bd50b5a727679
“The glass 741b994018 was flimsy.”8cacd01cf9d02cbc
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“That? Made by 105d8df6fe the finest 0763871b4e glass artisan 91fedbdfef of the 1a003506c5 Belfour Dukedom? I doubt it.”fb239561e7c5c53f
“……”c4b397f53201c4b7
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Ignoring Alex’s teasing, Mathieu de597d7445 scowled and turned away.654db23da7be2f33
“Wine isn’t strong 9939289e94 enough. I need brandy.”618759c6190ed9a7
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As he moved 25941036b5 toward the bar, ef08a65f70 Alex followed, shaking 990b155fea his head.a3b534682de5ddfa
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After forcing d28483158d myself to 3c1a7c9f23 smile for 2a7cf64854 what felt a63172f81a like an e77e377b7b eternity, I fbf2258be0 finally managed 459769b3f0 to escape 489cbea9ed the ballroom.1fd821a2e30aa5c6
The young marquis 2a6a8ddfb8 of Beuclaire had b2a173ae90 been clinging to 0711f9a551 me persistently, but 5b15dbe5ee I managed to 1c7dd16bb9 slip away with 15f65b4382 the excuse of be33853e14 going to the 5807ed7180 powder room.3f0dea6bd65d24ca
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Of course, I c323fde36d had no intention d0009fad6a of going back.2290a58785ac1489
I had already ba71b8c11f done enough groundwork ddd4323678 for now.ebeae43df0c02193
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I already 31e945a569 knew from 7052ac8d80 the novel 05ef9f5674 that the 4a8f6799df young Marquis ec9428ac8b of Beuclaire 3205456ff4 was a 244ff358ae close cousin 4c450dea9f of Lady 07dc7100ce Simona.ff8292619f141e6e
That’s why I c0ba693b99 deliberately allowed him 9ea2a80710 to approach me—I 627491def4 planned to use 1d6ec89daa him to get 86d01c3906 closer to Simona.63c744c3b75ae671
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This was 8251af917c a skill 58d0f2a500 I had 6e4496adf4 mastered as 66e6b4564f a project db9fcad3de planner for c116c8b631 five years!97e10513d85fd97b
A classic strategy: 8d859fbd40 win over the 1af15384f1 target’s close acquaintances 983793cc0b first to gain 43633c581f access to the 9ce99ce87d main objective.638c520570f135e8
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Of course, the young d006f01334 marquis had no idea f32a931e68 about my intentions. He openly revealed 660b71a589 his feelings for 0f708bae69 me, which made 59c9de603a things quite exhausting.7c2ab396022272ea
Feeling relieved, I 953b6b0aa0 removed the itchy fe7d9f9f65 hair accessory and 7ecb2d9341 let out a 1503d041cd deep breath as 388086bce9 the cool night f9287f556c air touched my 3bfd0c9d25 skin.72a9765fa90fdd0c
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Just then, 19c38b911c I heard 1f341a738d someone’s voice.e79ffc6c368228a8
“Lilianne…?”bf57786a76625d16
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I turned around and 362f8b88e1 saw Crown Prince Mikael c6b0a898ae standing inside the open 2602f22f8f terrace doors.8a39d3660c5e04a7
Come to 7e9cddf163 think of 368dfccf94 it, Lilianne 900e689fb5 often wore 3e4c119cda dresses in f53f588bad shades of 4d25a57085 yellow.100d4b81594c44dc
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It seemed that 14e06e4c4e because of my c2868e5d71 dress color, he 8224e1c661 had mistaken me 87ec7637ad for her.8601a6a81a638ae7
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