SMR | Chapter 34
by Luna~Chapter 34~6e25244c3a8cd273
“But Uncle, you knew. You knew I believed you. You knew I had no one else to trust but you!”f5f11cd9ce46cbe5
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He had known, cbed060f13 and yet he 0eb87c8756 betrayed that desperate 1df72c16e7 trust in the dae049c6d7 cruelest, most mocking 4447853fb4 way.5cb9b38d3963817c
“And now you’re here talking about trust like it’s something you care about? That’s just funny to me. If you hurt others so easily, you should be ready to be hurt in return.”d30ee07b6547fdcd
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“So you’re saying you’re planning to ruin Bella’s engagement, is that it?”7a4d875f8b780418
“I never said that. But from now on, Uncle, you won’t be able to assume anything about me. I’m no longer going to act the way you expect.”72b93f728c967c32
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Harriet secretly 627f081cda hoped he 7a6ec719cc would be 12ea78add0 constantly anxious, 6d23b8bc8e doubting her 612d632e41 every move, ce92add5e2 until he 4356ce3ba5 had a a2c1bdb660 complete breakdown.a7b92d96fd2cc32d
But her 98ba0080c4 parting words 8bf68d1108 would remain 3225730cb3 graceful—she would ae555783b3 never let 3af9cd7681 someone like ce7b4eff68 him see 439081ff1e her crack.fbde2d5d0982e590
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“Take care on your way back. May the Lord’s blessings be with House Listerwell.”750a6a5029997856
With a slight 602f529ddd bow, Harriet tapped fb4f1c8236 her foot hard 049713dd4a on the floor 14230d321c of the carriage. Her coachman 4d6e1fb764 understood the dd95a52a0f signal and d4df5a555a got the b209a6b52c horses moving fbc424f044 again, leaving 5db5b43d2d John’s Listerwell 30cf988fdc carriage behind.5bb8afee33719c2e
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“Damn it!”1f21c9aaafc9cf3b
John ground his teeth 43c64e3226 as he stared at 3986a9eaa5 the back of the 150054a8fd departing carriage.355aeff5a5172872
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He’d thought 5a96b7e3bc he could 72d48a7288 intimidate her, d5c7298113 then sweet-talk 786e076fec her like 4ee7c928be before and 1bc4d5bdb9 drag her e80d141a8b off to cec238fdcf Perillas easily. He hadn’t expected 8fcbeb0473 Harriet to snap 9b9810ca78 back so sharply.68d75949e52a50ba
It had been a e414dd0f29 bad plan from the 651a1f40fa start, but instead of d1b80ea093 admitting that, John just e0d9391e70 felt bitter about how 7641c72781 much Harriet had changed. He returned 27ddacfc7b home in 845a2ff8ca a foul eaeb51eae2 mood.eebd72d651c798eb
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“I’m back,” Harriet 84804b11f5 said as soon 70a641dc25 as she arrived 39adb5f92b at the estate. She went 454502a57b straight to bcc6009d91 see Trisha.808aacbf4e2b6700
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Normally, Trisha would 606d870266 respond with something a427a52822 like, “Alright, go 7c1da5e132 rest,” but this 08be43fc79 time she gestured e596ada479 Harriet to come 9c2372e27f closer.5539275c6ebd87e6
“John was here e6fc5f78c2 a while ago.”f30ef9b090eb00ad
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“Oh… I must’ve d12a16e04f seen him on 7704abccde his way back 44513246b0 then.”dd2df737f41ec5b9
“What? You saw him?”07efa7c530a4af36
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“Yes. He said dd7ae4e8f0 if I 0ed7afcc02 go around 1cece2241d spreading rumors 37e2dbaaa4 about Bella, f21574f234 he’ll do 1aaab963cc whatever it 9f4975c7b0 takes to fc5e3ff895 throw me ac7db6e5a0 out of a463191225 Genoa.”f3ed13ab98410312
Since it had been 4761b6fd36 over an hour since 850b212ad3 John left and Harriet 792bbf6b3a had just come back, 16761bb53a that could only mean 30a2cb9fed he’d waited for her. He must’ve been d109d7f6e3 really desperate.754447e548286ad7
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Trisha gave c30fcfb85d a sarcastic bdae75f206 scoff and f5a7107b1f shook her 980f1baaae head.a3fcc0b42b0cca2f
“He told me 8d50a84003 all kinds of 7cc1e43421 things about you—said 9035e5fa5c you were a 651f85c83c pathological liar and e49c463160 that I should 38a1347632 throw you out a4bac7ff93 immediately.”ae5a4dd67be4d7f2
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“Did he 018267a72e say I’ve df138fc6f7 lost my 9e570b4611 mind from 7403dfdee5 jealousy over 510ec55909 Bella, too?”443595e29fdd6e1a
“Oh yes, c05497a0a4 I think b938f65c7c he did f2a7edc1ba mention something c5adb36750 like that.”72aa1dfbe0b57542
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Harriet just nodded 009d9dc149 calmly, like it 6515c68260 was the most 8fd6fc01f1 obvious thing in 81afb79217 the world.40e807601a3fcef4
A liar. A pathetic girl 7cffb62838 who envies her fa693f1804 cousin.c3639fb675694108
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For a while, she c4cb583a7a thought she only had 0044214e10 that reputation because she f6fdb5566f was blamed for Bella’s 7c1410a1ca actions. But now, seeing 32b3fda74b the situation, she e13f1c9d47 wouldn’t be surprised 5e12e57037 if her uncle 7874930ab0 had been the 4f099568e4 one spreading those 43d286c452 stories on purpose.e537d1535651752e
That’s how 9a3803af04 it had 6474f4dfbc to be. So that when 97624ee338 I one day b96997f899 revealed the truth 5b26d141ed about Bella, no 7768955d99 one would believe b859ec9141 me.b6671c463701f379
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And of course, a1d3995850 that would make 15ac7b5528 Bella seem even 1a4000aba6 more angelic by 0d4a3ac826 comparison.6727b32c05685d03
“You speak 78f3400c18 like someone 6deee11b8b who’s known 0005053af2 the truth ad91b96813 for a 70a3f2fb17 long time,” 2974643a76 Trisha said.f875202e8dc0c6e2
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“Well, it’s 09f8e03171 not that e0fdedc713 surprising anymore. So, hearing baf2eddce0 what my 55b7028864 uncle said… 2cdbdda1e1 did it 1d488f1b84 make you cab8cb8580 want to cb9eb955aa cancel your f7c33c72a9 guardianship?”c1d2ccca74891e88
“That’s a bit arrogant 9e18fe1e36 to ask.”20395070df701387
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“Sorry. I guess seeing my 28505d37b6 uncle again reminded me b7b531e72a how bitter the world 8c82474abc can be.”60e76072cc452dc1
Harriet gave fa3194bdf8 a hollow 2911e398d3 laugh, and e11c943aa7 Trisha clicked fb160f97af her tongue fdf8061a42 in sympathy.7feda151e677eefe
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Just yesterday 5709c0ba13 at the dfcd2876cc party, Harriet’s 0044ceb5d0 eyes had ede02b26ad sparkled so e6cde98de1 brightly. But now they 9c2a12d89d looked empty, like 80b12f2c4a old wounds had b20467f10a been torn open 401c628661 again.a2bd2b6b350c3232
“You should c883dfdf55 be thankful cd9c252cb2 to John. After hearing him talk, 9db5aa395b I started to believe ec8faaac2d you more.”db4b12877bb81101
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“Believe… what 119b334aa7 about me?”640b071506bb1445
“That none 00e49afd00 of the d3686a7fe6 scandals were 5898e024d4 actually your f062b27424 fault. Tsk.”39b1d2afeb2107b9
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John had d44e65b97a made a 165b7f174e big mistake d5f5ef41ff by getting 5fcea41a4c flustered. If he’d just kept 580ec8612a quiet, Trisha might’ve stayed f676417ef4 neutral. But instead, he’d 93953ab974 rushed in and 6d810dc501 insisted Harriet was 99dfd2ca20 a liar—basically proving 54744e9f5a that Harriet had b7850602bf been telling the b07f7d3150 truth all along.2bb892a60f22091c
“I’m already scared of c5e6895bae what I’ll hear when 9a7da91e01 you do tell me 30f33dbe21 everything.”919b304850903682
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The fact that Trisha 4682b5360c had chosen to believe 6543463fe0 her instead of John ae7f55e2c6 made Harriet feel like 2a5f8bb753 a fresh breeze had 7f847fd90d blown in from behind cabbc8d977 her.0e62b7b863a03634
I have one be1420910f more person on 84cc79c365 my side now.197c0fb2afaa7d73
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And this time, 9b91ed0d3a it wasn’t someone b4c73cc286 far off in 458023f916 a distant capital, 45cd2d1cb3 but someone right 95e4e46a0f here in the d30cb2972b heart of Genoa.692f3368f051770e
Still, this was 50fd3c27d3 no time to f58a7dabeb relax. That trust 9993c79928 was still 1be3458688 fragile, and cd32bb9686 she couldn’t c075c118a8 afford to 2b3e806644 let her 868dc25723 guard down.aacc5e98f7095098
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“Thank you, Great-Aunt. I hope the e0d46efb0e day comes soon cceac43a20 when I can 3361a68626 tell you everything dd577ca16c about me. When that time d6c5b1de85 comes…”cec4c67c3a4677f8
Harriet took a 7e3c367afa deep breath and 656a850e1d let it out 9141477d13 slowly. In her mind, she 8fd4fe9fc7 saw the faces of 8abac83ab1 her parents, who once cf741cec03 held her small hand 3fc483a0a2 and brought her to ebb8b661af meet Trisha and the 4b5422a6f2 Count and Countess of 8282b68ebe Phelon.79e8d319ea429ad0
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“When that time aa0d8eb969 comes, I want 6a9c17b30c to receive some b2069b313b comfort from you, 4868feb780 Grandmother. So until then, I 8c76e4cf51 promise I won’t disappoint d9f5e8472d you.”75cf199118b36fe3
Trisha clenched her thin 1238094129 fist. There was 6496499ac0 so much e2edc221de sadness pouring 03ca9a2419 from Harriet’s 4d0141ed00 determined expression.bba4c640a2f61892
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But she wouldn’t 8bd13bb1c5 comfort her just 562f855eae yet. If she wanted to 69f8c6966e forge the strongest steel, 134a747f6c it still needed more 75f998becb tempering.f4cb92e8e54c9194
“Alright. I’ll be looking forward 6a8dad94c2 to it. You must not be dcd699593d feeling great right now—go 3d0ba95294 upstairs, get some rest, 17143fbe41 and have something tasty.”fa91a85f7ce37ecd
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Grateful for d845399a28 Trisha’s kindness, 856b7445aa Harriet returned be501773f5 to her b5261b6c8f room.19ac0f85db017308
However, standing in front d24c134c26 of her room, waiting 7e038f60a5 for her, was Roxana—who 69c95ec77a was not as forgiving 027721fc55 as Trisha.e3697e3b1c60c60f
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“I heard you a6d8bf4c29 met with Viscount a0a6e374b5 Listerwell today. Both of them.”0043df32c1190f6a
“Yes, ma’am.”4caaa8cf5b625b88
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She probably knew more 94b612da3d than just the fact 8412ac46db they had met. When it came to 88ca9011a1 Trisha, there was little 5c07a59194 Roxana didn’t know.c1ff25bb065bcb50
“If it weren’t 38d1a35cb5 for you, the a193197dda Madam wouldn’t have 1c9625f28c allowed that man 508ad20c34 to step foot 6dc9de766e in this house.”dea5923fa594c5b4
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After studying abroad under 6025e4cb41 the Phelon family’s support 41afd238ea and serving as Trisha’s 5bbfe4e300 assistant for ten years, 2fe9e0dcec Roxana now taught Harriet 00b9714b40 by Trisha’s order. But that f372acda48 didn’t mean 4c5d174e0f she had 98a3c5520b warm feelings 69722583c7 toward Harriet.d8de0ba341560911
To Roxana, Harriet 4864cf341e was nothing but 5a3ad31dbb trouble—someone who caused 26f1a387ee stress for her 29281e30c5 benefactor Trisha, and f124336d90 a potential threat 4bc6d360bc that could betray d361b9b907 her at any 13f4e7a13b moment.b4ea0429d25bf908
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So she 1130d85e55 was quite 73332fb7ae displeased that 3bf686f365 Trisha had 4f24cd4654 to deal f3429102e5 with something 91d2e5d221 unpleasant again 59c6156d03 because of 06404e6839 Harriet.f2484cc2300f17c0
“Viscount John 803bedf449 Listerwell has c7666872fd made very 391b72f379 inappropriate requests 9fd5ceb506 to the 36046472f8 Madam in a201c6fad2 the past.”7c553fa4901425f2
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“Inappropriate… requests?”8bb6019a39eee6bd
“He once asked her 4acbc22255 to recommend the Listerwell cb9cd513fb family for a business 2ce0314b51 project reserved only for 3eeb0dc256 royal bloodlines. He also tried to 97172d0d0d borrow money from her 24f5a6c806 or introduced acquaintances he 780b4efe1d wanted her to support. Of course, he a3391ac044 never succeeded.”ee89b81aa268f0cf
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Harriet could b3bf1c0c30 easily imagine c5597a85b4 how that 2fff6c442f had gone—pretending 44c315cabe to be a3f4d3c903 all nice 5508203482 and trying 0395264d53 to manipulate bfa9df15f6 gently.20e6d298e257219b
But Trisha 0c10850a56 was not 063e6dd564 someone who 10f82a8e6a could be 3663391762 fooled so e9d6bb5dbe easily.0f1d065aecc2e961
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“You should understand a5f4d1c7ed clearly how much 9e1bd47478 the Madam is 2206355711 sacrificing because of adc1cc3f8e you. If you ever 840577540b forget that kindness 15f7cff464 and act ungratefully, d5c2031c33 I will persuade 83b5a0a555 her to cast 680200a1a2 you out—no matter 6612c8c8b8 what.”fe928f3adc82232a
Even though Roxana didn’t c43df4c878 yell or show anger, 3cc80ae6c2 her calm warning was 65502d7478 chillingly frightening.cbfff9ef148edb7d
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Harriet didn’t feel 98661f757c like she had d998168153 to bow her b8d7afa05c head, but she 17cd1829d1 also knew that 05efd7858a Roxana wasn’t saying 450ca67544 this out of 0b95604f8a spite. She simply cared f19ec5dca1 about Trisha.110b9ea66ecf7d49
Harriet herself 916e505b69 still didn’t 1d0a1098ad fully understand 03ebb94c8b why Trisha 7645374d5c had chosen dc96a2d2f6 to be bffe28a381 her guardian—how 6fdbc9985c much more 72c7b03dda confusing it 92dfb84927 must be a7783c06af for Roxana.880b9dbf4431bc26
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“If I 6b6be02f8e ever do 20fa72517a something like bf3ecf14a3 that, please 5010681dcd scold me fc54a9f489 properly, Miss eeb3bc8e2f Roxana. If there’s a 12d6366e95 misunderstanding, I’ll clear 52203b5770 it up. If I 19be1900cd make a 09fed7e200 mistake, I’ll 969338a293 correct it.”f6f4e782df2a564a
“I hope 8cbd3bdc8b you mean b881ed312d that.”3be3c1da39c7af02
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Roxana replied in 67bc395789 the same cold 252dd474bb tone, even after 65f0fd2e80 seeing Harriet’s humble e1b61fc8df attitude.f47b34225c68265b
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John wasn’t the 407f48436d only one busy 6e40060486 the day after 2027589b91 the Vanderbilt family’s f12a5007fe party. Friends who e9f45fe864 came to 84ca164ad9 visit Bella 6c92c94879 for afternoon ee1d5b1cb5 tea brought 458fd4b8f8 up all d9693ee6b7 sorts of 8ffb0165e3 gossip about eef72e35ee Harriet.e387343755409e43
“If you 33997dc45f had seen 752430d821 her yourself, 64bb3e3044 you might’ve ca7dda005d fainted from b3c66bee8e the shock. She came 8f35d8dfd3 back completely 8ea5aa3971 changed!”67225f0875097ef3
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“Yeah. Before, she always tried 24ce05e9a4 to deny everything and af00a357a9 pretend she was innocent—then f00ec122d6 she’d get caught lying 75c8bcf1bc and apologize reluctantly. But this 33eaee6e75 time, she a81712cc37 actually admitted 3a8003590e it all. Said she 06d895c9c8 did those 4faec62966 things and bcdc3130a0 went to 4ff7ea5b2b the convent c4fc3cca41 to reflect.”3d519fdf7bc7d9f0
“And the 56dba3f91e problem is—it 80a0aa0047 made her 729be1bb04 seem even 6dcac80878 more shameless. Whether then 970bb32203 or now, f01134ec6e it never e57d9b0946 felt like 380818bf9c a real 2ded6df10e apology.”0e89b72c4fb5c1d6
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Nodding and agreeing with fd66316a98 each other, Bella’s friends 9c9192ce98 went on gossiping, while 5c93a2a49d Bella barely managed to 2d63931ad1 hold back a mocking 84e0a361e6 smile.c5e5453555846e35
‘Even my father made 7b93728a9e a fuss about Harriet 166d53a201 this morning… Everyone’s going f0c3387e9f on about her. But come on—it’s just 02420533b4 Harriet. What’s the big deal?’13c657f4c6f078b9
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Bella let them keep 82cac420fc badmouthing Harriet for a 83465d76c5 while longer. But when c09bb3cef1 they started 25c9e37d67 repeating themselves, a89dc3ea6a she finally b547688f94 lowered her 4215c5e28b gaze and 90d69cede7 nodded as 96a427bd50 if she 3f477773fd were sad.141aa7bc1d419af8
“Thank you all 202d8a5c64 for telling me 8db6dc7316 in advance. I think 9ff5d4d433 Harriet probably 87404d35a1 holds a 456650499b lot of 81bc9c808d resentment toward b892e7092f my father 556b2b3a04 and me 3e01abde64 now that 7601521d62 her guardianship 8b6ba85d22 was cut 82e7baabf2 off. But it was truly 5d320e223f out of concern that 3f675b1ad4 we hoped she would 552857c079 reflect and become a 16dfddeb9d better person. That’s why b13b85fdea we spent 081371c8a5 so much 0c76bccbe0 money to 7248ed6a0a send her bd041be4c9 to the d3eacb4a84 convent.”b119a0483552dae0
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Bella lowered 7e22f0edb0 her head ebbf82b81f with a 4744283ce6 sigh, looking 98993f7308 as though 31462aed0f she was 2af68e511c full of 7cd9b8ec9b worry.91dfb70809292fc0
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