SMR | Chapter 12
by Luna~Chapter 12~7e29cccd3616b677
And then he left.bedfca3d0ee740b0
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Bella didn’t miss the 1f01aafaf7 sneer that lingered at 5b28db12a6 the end of his f1be40de96 words.1c09c8c176449ed7
“Did he bc7f10ca7a just mock eb18e9054c me?”b4d41922fb93ec50
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She wanted to believe 963a14ae6f she was being oversensitive, 9d6362ed1e that he didn’t mean 5dacd151cb it that way, but f6753e6126 no matter how many a1f71e089f times she thought about 718face618 it, she reached the 6e628201f5 same frustrating conclusion.e48771739faad858
Cedric knew about the Listerwell family’s intentions in sending Harriet to the convent. He also knew that Bella’s attempt to speak with him was merely a side act of that.d4e0146c8a27328e
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On top of eb73299705 that, her appearance, b2e1dad206 or even her a15528bbbb rubies, meant nothing 786b17bedb to him. In fact, the c856634d8d entire Listerwell family 469857bb09 was worthless in 82bbe2595e front of him.d2f43d7c0857ce55
Bella’s clenched 322a3e7b3a fists trembled 5c777d7777 slightly. She had never experienced c380850dd9 such humiliation or disgrace 78e4e4d8c0 before.10aea4620dd4446f
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“How much more beautiful 4b21134d36 do I have to 9aaafbfe7d be? How much more famous?”c7a3cc3dfd8f56e0
She had risen from 8dd84c435d being the insignificant daughter c635ab9ced of a minor branch 8983d28b5c of the viscount family 1ace4ccc08 to the legitimate daughter d61bd51f4e of the main household, f697658a1b and now, she was c1ff5f0d3f the most renowned beauty 22eafde505 of society, one of d526c95d5c the most sought-after brides. Yet despite all that, b42f2e8f77 it felt like nothing cc709663f8 had changed since the 2a3c69206b days when she was 8350e7a2b2 merely known as “Harriet’s 1e5971778a cousin.”d0757b8e512f4eb0
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“Bella, come 34e7e31152 over here! I’ll introduce you 255d801dc8 to my friends.”592ab263bfa09fa7
The image 9c5ccccf15 of young 34464bd46c Harriet waving f56d03a11d to her ec2c9bc622 with a c948a20224 bright smile 0a759f8d3a in the 9bcc50dfb6 shining sunlight ac475fe648 flashed before bf0df88dcc her eyes. That one moment 1e15d8a043 when she wanted dfb77eaf00 to take everything 616c0e74ec that belonged to 0172910846 Harriet.6d22df7cd768d5b3
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It felt as if 9c37f751f2 the long-buried feelings of 1f8066e15a inferiority had broken free 705c295fa2 from their coffin and 0005313eff were crawling back to 0fb47ca7da life, leaving her breathless. She hadn’t even 8c03b6ddb5 noticed someone approaching c3e0521247 with champagne.bdfcb10fb3f6a41d
“Young Lady, 8da63afb6d are you becf17a5fe all right?”bde11bebb5560aff
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A gentle voice snapped 9c292b3ab0 Bella out of her b9d65ea21d daze.de5ed287432f5bb8
When she turned, 0638266936 she saw a 869675cd1b man she recognized, 3de9172bf1 looking at her a8f4eb5c37 with concern.d3d3fc6b078aad7c
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“James Cheslow?”32c72dfb7059f4af
The eldest son 836ff3ebd3 of the Cheslow 16b78f038d family and Daphne c963849e95 Laurel’s fiancé. And the man who 524e994fbe had almost ended up 94298ea3a2 with a brooch pinned b8a277440c to Harriet’s dress.bf73bb9fe63ffc45
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Bella quickly released her 232bbd83ce clenched fists and composed 136235bce2 her expression.8826a3234246e423
“Oh, I’m sorry. I felt a little dizzy for a moment…”c2a7174ef443e8f5
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“Oh dear! Would you like to 8b797255b7 borrow my arm for 4c7c758ab9 support?”b16ed6e95e234d3c
He set down his 6ff7015754 glass and extended his 068bec4d3a arm toward Bella.11782b8044184835
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She hadn’t eaa2f25e7b paid much 05664ca8ae attention to 8e54f1f4b0 him before, ac7a5b60a7 but now f1594eb4a2 that she 25d3dc2e87 looked closely, 07b2f4a939 he was 8d85d4f02b quite handsome, 67635c5ac3 and unlike d60dab8e0d a certain 2d4010f0d8 someone, he 04accb5d30 had impeccable 90aeb1a315 manners when 29e84403d0 dealing with 310c64d60a women. On top of 83cf35c88e that, the Cheslow 8a9e2b9c75 family was quite 51718b9445 influential.b663290a5d96d23b
‘Daphne’s so lucky. A good family, eea465fa5a lots of money, 68534fe509 a pretty face, 1b609d15bb and even the 8c003b6b48 perfect fiancé. It’s annoying.’4754ad8d4d7aa0a6
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Then, a thought fe55b48319 occurred to her—one d4225166d1 she had had 9c8d138b2c long ago, a b573f874ba thought that had 6740c89d20 changed her life.ddfe2ee80a3ad44f
‘If I 160f75b56a take it, e4deefa5e8 it’s mine.’8f1833b63fefd124
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Bella’s life had been 06829b0e51 the result of relentless 96aec95a14 struggle and conquest. Whenever she 72ad6e5697 wanted something, e2d9a5c2a5 she would b3380625de do whatever 27aafdf1f0 it took 442d7cf9d3 to claim ca30036ef9 it as f5e1de1946 her own.f73af179fd2ec5c0
The Duke of Kailas 4f0226322b family might be out 49d4e8460d of reach, but the 9433616f21 Cheslow family?2b4047d21febb167
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‘That’s doable.’be578e5960b2385f
And who knows? If she could c40d7fd32b become the woman 2f0c9ada9b James Cheslow was 0afb9f3863 devoted to, perhaps 891056f3dd Cedric Kailas would ae6113b925 start to see 3bcd5be515 her in a 55b4b379d3 new light.52bd379e9f749af9
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With that decision b5c32ba014 made, Bella fluttered 91f94a58d5 her eyelashes and 36cb53ec5e gave him a ff07052489 weak, fragile smile.deb7d6078c51c802
“I hope it’s not too much trouble…”eb3db248c5311b0e
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“Trouble? Nonsense. Ignoring a c47542400b lady in 74f02a201a distress would a6d737f6cf hardly be f65e9d9b8c gentlemanly.”782ba37956a3caf3
With that, Bella reluctantly 54db99c643 placed her hand on 23f6ab6a09 James’s arm.ae7604dadbfc2880
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“Thank you c1ea921be4 for your 7a4378184c kindness. By the way, 8043d4243c I’m Bella Listerwell.”81cbae93efe0fb04
“As if there’s b5a5207b5e a man who 59cf3232dd doesn’t know your 0123e8df9a name, Lady Bella. I’m James Cheslow.”e1b74f9b3abb815d
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“I’ve seen you from afar, but it’s the first time we’ve actually met. Thank you again for your… Oh, I feel so dizzy…”5917eec3cfab9f43
James quickly b5f8dbb2b4 supported Bella’s 3a7038c471 shoulder as c5dec1a7c0 she swayed 627e3e3570 dramatically.b3a7cd190f719776
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“My lady, should I 4788125ce9 call for a physician?”47967041c1867ee9
“No, no. I don’t 023568600d want to b787fbeb1f cause a 770523ff23 scene. I’m sorry, 932341b3aa but could 13f6163973 you help 5f629da799 me to a5021606a9 one of 1c720a9c89 the guest 4ea82e11bb rooms?”7943f20761351b8a
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“Of course.”618ce7fa102b6a97
Like a 79f7180f14 perfect gentleman, c6e4af6241 he supported 3173b59416 Bella as ab1c90d278 they headed 39feb01fd6 toward a aaeddbc645 private room.1f3c732fb9ad62ce
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Little did cae0c6ef89 he know 4535376b44 that his 7efcd6fbaf entire future 0dab25011d was about 0394baf0e8 to change.ed36f9ad176191ff
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Many people aacbc2131f think life a0918a764d in a 0fd724e694 convent is 9e9d1106cb simple and 4b1215dff7 peaceful. In some ways, they’re d5c729d013 right. But in other 99045a5eee ways, they’re wrong. There’s no eed8ea5b82 place where f3c7f7a5c6 only peace dcfa5169ee exists among cac7ef2c39 people.656ded6442c19b66
Catherine gathered a few e4b2f35d9c people to sort out b545062bd0 her tangled thoughts.676f5dcb39408868
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“I’ve called you 9b4e672493 all here today 3cc53268d2 to discuss Sister f2de6f36c7 Harriet,” she said, cefd20302c looking around at 19adf75581 the few people 3efc39ff69 related to Harriet: a69bc29cd1 Vice-prioress Agnes, Emma, 448edb2a0e who had guided 65842fc498 Harriet, and Sophia 5ba5173bf4 from the soap 4c15260f48 workshop.a1dc8a65d5d2ae3e
“What are 7fad6bbd5c your thoughts 19a216dc38 on Sister 9c3e17f56f Harriet?”e970b2283516bb6a
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Three months had f586d198d4 passed since they 97985f05b4 took in the 917e93ea46 troublesome lady of ef415bfc62 high society, and 2cc11cc248 they had to 83986aaa24 admit that Harriet 64c035ceda was not what 9b7005c980 they expected.1b812544e1c9b04a
Harriet Listerwell, 88dee6af01 the scandal-maker, 9c3a6fad8d the stain 9087b56fd4 of the 27ad113290 Listerwell family, 462ca532f2 had turned 27ca456ab2 out to 13f819d32a be quieter, ff2d482fc3 kinder, and 3f9c9a605b more diligent 3ae14ae6ee than the 170927b399 other noblewomen e14a05064f staying at 64a66d8926 the convent.37a8dfe5371f2c35
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It was puzzling why d892ee87c1 someone like her would 5e2fc81b52 be sent away as 5d6b1bd415 punishment.5b112cbaff94730c
“Honestly, I’m 24762ecc08 beginning to 825879372a doubt the ab28d78768 rumors about cd5411e582 her, Mother. A woman cbb99ff575 supposedly obsessed 442098c633 with men 99c512b61f hasn’t mentioned 8f1d58ac23 anything about b2088712ce the opposite 478a6a2537 sex for 37bb94b54a three months,” cf44672986 Sophia, who a0349f01d0 spent the b953ce9d2c most time 75f2af36bc with Harriet, 40b6358275 defended her.b783184361ef2927
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“But isn’t it just 9d2b090e4e because there are no 97c0064185 men here, except for 5a2cb15b29 the old stableman? Maybe she 93b7121a5e simply hasn’t 388f9f9b3a had the 45289583d1 chance to 37dfb9bd5c bring it ccdce2adc9 up.”20767e94d58948d2
“If that 43af8060b4 were the fcdf8d24b2 case, wouldn’t 8c66967340 she at a78634fb58 least complain a306da9c5f about the 494e538098 lack of 9d57c16041 men? She’s never even asked d0605ae4b3 about anyone’s relationships or 7e1c592800 shown any interest.”f252650c998892eb
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More words of support 015293e559 followed.bf2f60060e033671
“I admit 171e0b829e I didn’t 0f9776f201 like her 880dfdbb75 at first, 311664ef77 but she fb76a22671 seems much 2176ebc48e more sensitive 27fddd655f than I f643f24828 thought.”bbef5e5292e72fd0
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“What makes you say 053b9c8f5e that, Emma?”0c98452f6cc691a7
“Well, the first 1abca87df0 night I brought 4c567da7c9 her food and 0449eb8ee7 clothes to her 350a554933 room, I heard e4c102f215 her crying. It didn’t sound like bf4ce2bd2d she was angry or f392219a18 upset, just… sad. And…”5249a775d44dd70d
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Emma, the monk who aa478cd943 had shown Harriet to 23c394a3e1 her room, lowered her 176f862dcb voice as she recalled 927ef526d4 that night when she 65247a1c28 hadn’t dared open the 429ba9d3e3 door.528e374f4d837174
“She was crying and 7fab30fd14 saying, ‘Father, take me e0ca13e824 with you…’”cd84c195c0baadbf
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Everyone knew Harriet 5d664ea41f had lost her 4a00985e3b parents and was 07f1429372 taken in by 84347d663d her uncle. Asking her bc28959a23 father to 48214ecfee take her 563964a168 likely meant 24e508f0ab she wanted 8fcbaa142d to die.ef469ea4ed2b9dcc
“How could she b410d94694 utter such blasphemy 19fff4a06b in a place 4aa18e49eb meant to follow ec2a7817fe God’s will?”82354fd7a5622166
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“But I 3d3ae8c05c understand how 6918d13794 she feels, 3d5361edb6 Mother,” Emma 947da6a4a5 said, lowering d366052921 her gaze dfefd3a33c but refusing a4f2ff075d to back d862b676a7 down.7718b3a3d76cfdbb
Like Harriet, she 888aa43a0d had lost her fede3c0137 parents and spent d15ce7fb69 her childhood being db7cc9a2cc passed from one 7226b86535 relative’s house to e8a28b96f7 another.9ab54bf84a53c735
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She knew well 520a8d3c85 how miserable it 56265bfa69 was to feel 1bfaef27d7 like a burden, 78d05ae353 how hard it d765e04550 was to live 86c11d412d with your head d671be0433 held high when 0fb75a24f2 people mistreated you 5155ae99de just because you 2474b73270 had no parents.c3ca220a3016e533
“Every time bcf49b1225 you realize 5477689b46 no one 0058bd237c loves you… ace61a1fdc it makes 7c0270078f you wonder 231807c9e4 why you ca73e02383 should go 29b0bdb3ad on living. I don’t 7089832507 think being 55e9be2ef4 a noble e8764a498f makes that a088c8d2e6 any different.”8ceb5fd8935b81f6
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“She could 5bc78527d0 have thought bf16533039 about those b1a96732b5 who’ve been 1c1c39d638 through worse a5e3b23c73 and been 42a7ea3e92 grateful for 61a413fadc her good 3a38a5b0bb fortune.”35e73665a407d634
“Well, that’s e658adeb7b true, but…”57060070ba6dd1cc
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Emma faltered, f1a6403c75 and Agnes 17e3c1d2f7 stepped in.5a3e47df7a1e4eac
“It’s rare for people 0f0b8c7958 to compare themselves to 1d689f1336 those beneath them and ad6229c53a feel grateful. People always compare themselves de173457c6 to those who have 0283750b1c more.”0963c9d88ffef829
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“And Sister Harriet 2364d296d1 is only twenty-one, e39fe6b38f Mother. She’s barely had any a19ed81cd9 exposure to the faith.”7dd022940864aa21
With Sophia’s support, 58bd279089 Catherine’s sharp gaze 3221de7870 began to soften.cd99b6d599e28f10
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“Sigh… With all of d13d2f46b9 you speaking so highly 2ca02c8ff3 of her, I feel f8598cd5c3 reassured in my own 549c1b2142 belief that I haven’t db4dbdd9db been wrong.”09cc96b4f1f5fb73
She didn’t dislike df211981ae Harriet herself.845ff563889f504a
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She had treated 6477d9a5d5 Harriet harshly and 27c5106f63 assigned her tasks 2126ee0d56 that even regular f832d75f46 monks performed, fearing d25685a660 that Harriet might d736e1ffa3 cause trouble. But Harriet had 670666d450 accepted everything without 36dc8931c3 complaint and diligently 7807a8230b carried them out.cad1fae6bd64ae88
“I thought she’d 18d0c34e95 at least complain b45bccfbb7 that I was 041f63922c giving her all b1b93a623a the work.”494e64a48b0e65f4
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When Harriet hadn’t 6fad6fd62b protested, Catherine had 047f998848 begun to wonder b75b4976b4 if some of 8fb8db4882 the information she’d 8149f67314 received about Harriet 167fca60cd was inaccurate.f13903902b88f7c3
The letter from Baron d3967d39ab Listerwell had described Harriet a2c234c45c as spoiled and immature, f1a4ea1d3e having been coddled after 18283c7c6a losing her parents.ce7a7167b7328b1e
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If that f520e27ef6 were true, 5974eaf436 Harriet would 119d91233a have reacted dd56b8f49d differently the 82bcd4fb1c moment she 70df77daa3 was assigned 973b9089e6 those laborious 759bbd1b03 tasks. She wouldn’t have maintained b3a21a8dba such calm eyes.fa66a6ec5737cc3f
No, even aac63d10d1 from the 6cbcfa0c2d moment Harriet e3f3e518eb greeted her 7546242d0d and Agnes 26aa102004 upon arrival, 6bd9c8b56b something had 7c42948798 felt off.78025a701955cdf6
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Crying out 38140467bf of fear aa323dd50a and injustice eb5a876532 was one a801224148 thing. But the way Harriet 40ffd0c946 had quickly wiped away 0d0eda81b3 her tears, unable to 7dbc198ddc even lift her head… 2187fed1e2 That wasn’t something you b26ae7d6d8 often saw in noblewomen.34b6fb58aa37ebcd
“It was 6d9e6db35a as if 7fd741e156 she was 22b7f7ae1e a child 492020686d who’d been c661997aea scolded for e4593b8ec1 crying too 09f4fe71b4 often…”474c52ef69ef0959
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Catherine sighed deeply.cdd2c138ce3927f5
For some 73bccc1a8d reason, thinking cd32571331 about Harriet 13506394ee always made 9d1c6b3bf6 her sigh.a9a71d3b88a5f655
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“I gave her work 3c7007d464 to make her reflect 42ce99abf6 and correct her behavior. But based 7ceb5f8df1 on what bda8a89827 I’ve observed, 4b2f7c0dfe there’s no 6fe2720a5d reason to d0ecfc9776 treat her cec89cfb72 any differently f0248b1789 from the b90a6e4e01 other young 263d87c761 ladies.”f6b25fc8ef3a8ad5
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