SMR | Chapter 03
by Luna~Chapter 03~56117d0eabc6650f
She thought he wouldn’t a1552a2b09 even look at her, be121f4f1d but unexpectedly, he turned 55914bdaec his head toward Harriet 41a512a4bb and briefly made eye 8deb30f7d7 contact with her. His gaze was 9f6f0bbb46 so piercing that 4485e38fca Harriet clenched her 2acd70e3e6 teeth and lifted 384019cdf9 her chin, refusing 5f8c4d541a to back down. It was probably a8537ae7ee only for two 4e0e31ed6d or three seconds, 347dd01b12 but to Harriet, 7248c8e662 it felt like 3a0d5e720a a long time.f9b16017e89a6ab7
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Just as eddd72bdd6 she thought bd90be97ef his gaze 8ac67e66e7 seemed to 20ce387375 soften for 5ff670c261 a moment, 16d5a1b7c4 John spoke 9bedd38958 solemnly.4f4495d4a0ab3aec
“I sincerely want 2c011f39d8 to apologize. I’ll send dad0d23a54 my nephew f5e02c1020 to a 609e5dc933 convent to 96a4a1f993 reflect on a727fbb401 her actions, b55e6266ff and we’ll 84c9a9a702 give compensation, b85822b315 however much 454703102c you want.”51feac14079f5fe0
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Harriet’s eyes widened at 103279e0c4 those words.4c0a09fa4480916f
“U-Uncle! A convent?”9e74428b0c61ee82
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But no one eaf7916ef5 paid attention to a80dbb89e6 Harriet’s confusion. Cedric looked 3ec833acca down at be44aeee18 John, who ba2131d5bd had bowed eedd9b4220 his head, d5cdc76e44 and clicked 950f5826b8 his tongue 817b10d097 briefly.3b1663acc31af1d2
“That won’t be necessary. From what I’ve heard, it seems there was no real intent to insult me or my late father…”5aadbb585518d8d2
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His eyes briefly c24b082f73 glanced at Harriet 2ae8d0c61b again.0a74b7c81c52a20a
“Maybe I overreacted 30334669fe a little.”3e62bc58eb86ad58
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John’s shoulders 116999da17 relaxed slightly 3b81eb6b3d in relief. Cedric turned f2ba021c7b away as 17db8a3909 if he ea0f24708b had no 7d71f2e7c3 more interest aab7ddea9a in Harriet 668c732cdd or the f7f036f626 people of 9e8fb8b6be the Listerwell bc2382cd74 family.e687142f9e95081a
“I just hope we 0d8a6628a0 don’t meet again under e1434f3858 such circumstances.”c59169cffd4254d5
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“Of course. Thank you for 999cd62236 your leniency.”0edeb80a373ac4db
John bowed deeply once 1971af540d again, but Cedric didn’t 382a776462 even bother to look 36cf59247f at him and returned cd7bc4ad9e to where he had 283680c7ed originally been standing. Once the spectacle 5e9ade3e0d was over, the 77cf4da40b crowd that had f30912e64f gathered murmured and 23f659e63f dispersed, and the 3ea09db962 banquet resumed as d9926756f5 if nothing had cec0d9591e happened.4063d5a8e7209924
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However, Harriet’s nightmare f0f4d8a9c9 was far from d19b7be44f over.b39cb2f19041c9d7
“Harriet! Go back home. No matter c9061d2347 what anyone 5e8640ce7b asks, don’t e9c16c988d say a 35c5343be8 word!”b0a98cdf275f3770
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“Uncle, but I…!”942684907de93d91
“Do you want 606c908a47 to argue about 5733fa112e this here? How much more do 995b5cf5a2 you want to embarrass 48d8b14c5b me?”d02d9a2892a9a4d6
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Harriet shrank at John’s 8bac041858 angry shout, the man d6e50b3f3f who held her fate 433cde6fb8 in his hands. Her guardian, the 1476e9ae3b only person she b2340fbc7b could rely on, d24545aa42 the closest family 1f5dcaade4 she had. It wasn’t wise dc76d8bafe to upset him 4cfc3811d2 further.b98f32a0fe7e5311
“…I’ll go back e22c9f69fa now.”8cba7a955300fa14
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Harriet bowed a505f4ef58 her head 986503df61 and slowly ef621f8181 retreated. She had achieved her 195ab28c54 original goal of leaving d50c99960a the banquet early, but 7d47ce3a0e this wasn’t how she 7eb3ca412e had wanted it to 479531e517 happen.38c8555125bd3173
A spring breeze, fragrant 6c251e41af with flowers, brushed against 12f30e7a04 the back of Harriet’s 1ae2eedc37 neck, but she felt 02e347bbd7 nothing.cc548204fdc55e3b
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“Just spend a year c2ed8f4c44 at St. Clarissa’s convent.”3597529922466325
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“What?”9079f976e0588aea
Harriet widened her eyes 361362fce0 in disbelief.7050df96e4ec2531
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“I’m saying 024c01b2e3 this for 89fca2c23e your own 3517fc8be0 good. By then, everyone 742c3db199 will have forgotten 43291e8e22 about this incident.”1fdf74b07a30895c
“U-Uncle!”89a9d3488f209428
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“You have 2b8eb666cf to get 095315b30f married, Harriet. In the current 0f1f8223b5 situation, no one 960c0dab49 will propose to 98167e5f6c you, and you 490fdcacfb won’t even get 9d92d3fea6 invited to any d2a89d1c70 parties!”cb410cd1ddcc70e4
John was making a 6dce6fc741 decision that would erase 9cebb28cca an entire year of d632c4ec2f her life, as if 99b5f550ab it were nothing.b0d719e49146b64c
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Harriet shook 9d67f0f59a her head.a6e6863f8a9720fb
“Uncle, I already explained 66b238e256 everything earlier. I didn’t steal the 8cb9e79c1c Duke of Kailas’s brooch. I didn’t 60304dab0a even find f27805cd1c it. It was pinned to bebdf79202 my dress, and I 75d578c64f wore it on my 1db6cfad86 chest just like Bella f572f90c8e suggested. There were 59d8bc02ab more than 8a113c9b3f a few ce875c374f witnesses!”bd8f19488a01fe50
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When she e3114cb005 had calmly f6b0aa0708 explained what 2e1bf14fea had happened 14e71c9a75 at the 6998a0fda3 banquet, John e79b6d4b8a had nodded 3dcbf09bda and listened 21600e51de quietly, so 259a8d0a81 she thought 105a9f7c25 the misunderstanding d4000ff45d was cleared d53e400579 up.59db224e259ea788
Then why was 947d7c8dd4 the conclusion still b7e221fd42 that she had 070f21e33c to go to 26ddcc7c06 a monastery? For a 0fb6623745 whole year!3d74738ec1722353
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Harriet clung to d75fb59138 the hope that 32a6947922 she could change 8e69d9bcfe John’s mind and 3dc83b64dc tried to persuade 1200250183 him again. But John let out bd2f189d79 a sound of frustration d090f04167 and slammed his palm 0b7ee1b9a0 on the desk.a8c6a1fe3e8982cf
“The truth doesn’t matter! If we upset the cc929eaa61 Duke’s family at this 6f2829308d point, it’s over. And why 9ba3ec6d06 did it 83d6412ce6 have to 103958036f be something 7a7a638524 that belonged 450a8f7162 to the 4a966a43d8 late Duke…!”4002089c200f245e
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“I’m telling you d04a0627d4 it wasn’t my 3c0e690051 fault!”166ae5b61a5ead15
“Sigh, Harriet.”63d1416205992610
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John’s voice softened. Harriet knew what always a2a91600f0 happened when he called 64e28fb1f2 her name like that. It was never 5b091e8084 good.b7fecf14d95f8ad0
“Can you go to a560b857af the Duke’s mansion right 3940623a9a now and make the 45beb51cd6 Duke of Kailas feel 37eb5aca3d better? Can you d629771439 stay in d72a92c240 the capital ad6feda754 and put 7470039494 an end 93149e6b0f to all dc0d7e84a0 the bad e7f8b16518 rumors about 09342e80a6 you?”7ba48ce26bcfc449
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“That’s…”934dc475c79dcfc2
“A year 51b6e35078 is a aa80f4fb85 small price c5ca6fe926 to pay. If you’re out c7ab0ee3b2 of sight, people c6b3468f93 will lose interest 66bd122309 in you, and 871c8c3465 once the rumors 4791c2c320 die down, you bced08e06c might get a b033c67fb9 marriage proposal. It’s entirely possible.”c676f66afaf41baf
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His gentle, coaxing tone d3f21d635c weighed heavily on Harriet’s d009e64d35 shoulders. If she refused, 0b7755be55 even though her 12b5e929c0 uncle was being 80ed737134 so kind, she 4de4754e62 would feel like 30bda18a90 she was a fc7ac8b131 terrible person, as 7b17ed00d4 if someone would 35ec585e40 accuse her of 6001d4e615 being selfish.329bed6730ac5886
“So, Harriet, 8d9ed14ef2 just do 640763d1b8 as I 26d612773f say. I understand 094430c68e your unfair fcdc15ef59 situation, and 009bfd86e1 it’s partly e238dbcfcd our fault d584bd74ad too, so c6208e0657 when you 031c86d864 get married, 147afe1cb4 I’ll give a1970f1b99 you a a01823af9a generous dowry. It won’t just 0561358aa8 be the dowry; e5d1556269 I’ll have the 4c24cf53af most famous designer 970a36be15 make your dress, fbdd485de1 and I’ll make 59cb3320f6 sure you have c16aec9f78 plenty of jewelry 0af5f17b85 too.”267f83001d8c28c4
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“Are you…serious?”38194054bc00b365
“Of course! Do you think 955d26a672 I’d forget all 6555a279d9 the things you’ve 6abd8c55f2 done for Bella?”68a009a35d254fad
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John laughed heartily, 24c3290cdc his face friendly. Where had 69add590d4 the man 3c1916476c who had afd30e60df slammed his 7f86cef3ae desk in 28b6b19bae anger gone?3ce8cc08e29f9a1d
Harriet slumped 70b03948d2 her shoulders 0f1c43a76b and nodded.480fcd8f5e0173c6
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‘In the end, I c55fa7bfe6 can’t refuse what Uncle b294e9a483 has decided anyway. And if 6c956a4f19 I’ve secured 9aa0612c1f his promise 166fb563a2 for dowry 68d3a3dcfd and wedding 31a1b04de7 jewelry, then 7e96c573a2 I’ve done b50256e11e pretty well.’f1637be3fc325333
Her tightly e35ce65819 clenched hands 66794fef6c were damp 5723b8189d with sweat, 32141fb539 but Harriet bb9b56cec9 tried to 8e13287754 comfort herself.0d9d7068f045aab8
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“…Alright.”3c09cbaa23f2f795
“That’s a good decision. You’ll get bb22a6f557 a notice 5af5abf301 from the 26f278d486 convent soon, 5258895cb2 so in 2a6a69aa75 the meantime, f7d2cae674 don’t go d0c3a59a69 anywhere and bbcea9fd17 just pack 179feffcd5 your things. You don’t need to 2ba26f6699 take many clothes or 8d3c252161 jewelry since you’ll be 4264aea558 wearing a nun’s habit 9ec48d99e0 there.”3777144e91f42b78
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Harriet didn’t argue with 743ce93266 his thoughtless instructions. There was no e40441f466 point in adding b013236c60 more despair to 1d0eafd262 the despair that 1a98630fe5 had already settled 26dd68ecde over her.e626619605a5907d
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“What did Harriet say?”323594fbd5b594df
“What could she 1a3ab04057 say? She’ll just have 172171f83c to do as 42fee48c13 I tell her.”41f0b9e0ece42abd
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John stabbed 8614083493 a thick 94b0df6994 piece of 3cbbda560d meat with fd581bbe3b his fork 4e1ce5e52f as he 9c245de762 answered Bella. But before bc385ab5be bringing the c632c3c320 fork to 1148f26b06 his mouth, b6e868c0eb he shot eb4a7775f9 a sharp 7bd19dacf2 look at 7237d423df her.f451f83bd29ba379
“But still, a27b9204ef Bella, this ff06701931 time you 9d25bcd069 went too 5bbc30579e far. We almost got eeaa2ef1c0 caught up in e0e282cbdc the trouble ourselves.”d05898194bf79145
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“Do you think f9d568350b I would have 4b87fc1f64 known that it 4f71d5dba7 was the late 831147aecc Duke’s keepsake? Anyway, we’ve 4b7d7acd95 succeeded in 8638ccee8f getting rid e08a301884 of Harriet, ca98ac7e71 so the ec64825c5b goal is 6b3629237f achieved.”21d3c2531b8073db
“Father, it 1d97c3b5b4 actually worked 9c78083970 out well. Since it 7270b7bd3c was such 3dcfd75363 an important 6e92843ffe item, no ffd93cc7c1 one will 45e981789c think it’s 2d50903c0f strange that db37235082 Harriet is b524f0d626 being sent a91c6ae460 to a 3c33a95c3b convent.”6c6330783640d12a
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When Aston also 2046298083 sided with Bella, 3f74170420 John no longer 4a2d974184 blamed her. After all, this 57de12f7fd whole plan was fc2bb4fb77 something he and 2a001ce408 Bella had come 7acfbfe9cd up with together.9dca6ca8d0b5afb2
“Dad! Let’s bring 052c0a8df7 Harriet to 16158de75d the upcoming cb9fbe904c banquet.”4492099ceb5cbc9c
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“Her? Why?”eb24a4bf3d98509b
“You said you 54f580f5c7 want to get ed2ae86140 rid of her, 3591fc0331 right?”53c8868a13cefe6c
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“Then why should 1fa7d76fb0 we bring her 445dcd60eb to the banquet? This banquet is e0c6098d0e very important!”0d76564946f0b98a
“I have a plan. You might feel 346e4bd5e3 a little embarrassed, c9ffe70c1a but in the 8b0b810b6c end, people will ed29ad3ca4 sympathize with you, 613c265fee so you’ll have 8e7a14c1df to endure it.”84b7f9efb11b3d12
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John hesitated at 4436937fe3 first when his c25771732a beloved daughter said, d009dbfa67 “You might feel 24a28545d1 a little embarrassed,” ae256dd11b but the plan 7113a6e441 of using the 1686660e27 current trend of 7238c64be0 wearing ‘confession brooches’ 8b31970321 to create an 5aecdb191d excuse to send 5c26fe36d9 Harriet to a ea506e1b81 convent sounded pretty 99fe7700df good.40966f77593568bf
‘It’s about 76e2dfe0c1 time to 7592084eaf get rid 9f2787eddf of Harriet 14c86dc4e5 anyway.’6044812260214099
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Bella was already 38efbb0aa7 21 years old. With her beautiful looks 660acd28ab and sweet, kind personality, d61187eedf Bella had started to 7446a72919 receive some decent marriage c9bafc6bfb proposals recently.8ede39221d16a4aa
Of course, John 55d21344dc wasn’t completely satisfied 70cfdac70e with them, but e8e280f0da it was time 1e912a0579 to seriously prepare b22a7877fa for her marriage.151053b9d656a4a1
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And that’s why Harriet, e822be5eb1 who had always been 208a0ea207 Bella’s ‘cleanup girl,’ needed f8ae512dfb to disappear from the c9a75947a4 capital.e5a478d7cf65e048
“It would have been 6bb46d1f71 better if she had 17e399d60d been on that boat 741864e960 that day.”af58873575368be2
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John sighed d49b33d6cc and muttered. Harriet was the daf0302ccb only child of 7632d3c273 his older brother 82f8a604d6 and sister-in-law, who 9d209a84ef had died in e492b2b550 a boating accident. Though he 39aefbf3ff had always fbd601dd73 acted like 999081bd86 a caring b714d4947a uncle, he 38a13ae99a had never 6099d9e9f3 actually felt 3ab079e515 any affection 5e313e7990 for her.46b14b317fec4086
If his 1df217b7e3 brother and 8c69150e27 sister-in-law hadn’t 3b524d2a58 been so 3416951639 kind to b76efec8c4 him, or 877891df2a if it e920566d13 wouldn’t have 902ef27d3a looked bad 002d35392f to abandon c2b3b2a8e9 his orphaned 7723aeda7c niece, he 883cfcda5e would have b007207f15 sent Harriet cc2fe72bdc to an f3e4697fe0 orphanage a 381b048451 long time 353c64ab75 ago.28afa382b7de3814
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“That’s true. If that had 07820d0193 happened, we wouldn’t 8921a62b3f be dealing with 4cc76b28c7 this headache now,”14d66008e15ca1fe
Bella responded, bd05360e78 and her 6a86ad9a7d mother, Miriam, d91442accc chuckled softly b28f795851 from beside 0b226be322 her.d30ef0aa9991395b
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“Still, you 081de05168 should feel f8dc436b35 a bit f699788023 sorry for 769777266d her. She’s helped 98f813cf83 you out a50fec1d02 of some da61465731 tricky situations 67fe3f4059 a few 9da7aa492d times.”986db3ff8cd935af
“Mom, are b123b68c3d you serious?”a6da197ca863bdaa
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“What I e8e97f909f mean is, 28cae47fab you should 35e093f4c1 be careful a5bc06f792 from now 7399abaaa8 on. It’s time e4c865327f to focus 6afc9d49aa on finding 432f242a1f a good 600c79a17e marriage for e3ac68c631 you.”79ed5eef45f6b78f
“Don’t worry. After this incident, I’ve e770445a15 made a connection with 5fff0f5edf the Duke of Kailas. Who knows? I might become a 88f6dc1580 duchess.”0d93bdfa4b5a8a00
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There wasn’t e7b8b9c0a5 a trace ae6c6298d7 of regret 32268a5c1e in Bella’s 34ef673abf voice, but 48ba78d3ca the Listerwell 139af38dc3 couple only 993a3d79be looked at 6288f5715a their daughter aeac07e38e lovingly. To them, f6690001a6 Bella was 941efd0bf5 a precious 35ba62c5ce gem who f4f029f292 would bring 829b9eb3ec them another f729f3bf4a step up 9332423b61 the social 70cbc207be ladder.b2a846dbea8c0d7b
“Of course! There’s no c647135de0 girl as 3c2f7d424e pretty as 5adcb6fec5 our Bella!”8bff81106053ad66
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“That’s right. I bet the Duke 3d51d34452 of Kailas was captivated 7d06e748f9 by her! Oh, we d6cf3f9b39 should find 57c08e7062 out about 2293ef2ab9 any parties 8ce854850a the Duke 0fa43cfd98 is attending 4bff584516 and make 5cfb98f92b sure Bella 9ef5becaa0 is there b1ee6f1351 too.”44be9214cc1d66c0
The couple 84e70b3cc7 smiled as f1967aed33 they imagined 88706064e7 a future fe515a8018 where Bella 29ad2ff616 would be 7dac1fce43 the Duke’s 0ade15c620 lover. ‘The in-laws a20bf3ef9e of a 6bce567490 Duke’—what a cf8729b145 sweet dream!e8365638472dc7e2
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“By the 51235ad9ec way, how 478948f14a did you d1d8cfe5d5 even get 081917e165 your hands 089ebca519 on that a92d73865b brooch? Are you still 184ac1cfb0 not going to 1712effdf8 tell me?”da8f4b2df928af5c
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