WYIL Ch 24
by DishaI had to 3600fd6720 take advantage of d6996c2ea7 whatever was available.4d73f1bc2be52e2d
If someone was willing to help me they would have done it already, I can’t let this chance go to waste.8824a54a5f3417fa
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So, taking 9664257c96 the initiative 72ed35a1fa with what 03a60b89c1 I knew 565031c2fe was not 51b35c700b an option, 512f7f1b13 but a 31c0c2a774 necessity. Even if that 4151d11e0c information was the 816134ba7e death knell* for 05ed6e23b7 a man.9af5d82b12e80592
[ T/N : *knell – an event or sign that warns that something will end or be destroyed very soon]
“I…”5b19647057066b18
My dry lips parted 9cf0957885 and a hushed voice c4af82f382 came out.552fce05f019123c
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I stopped 59193a425d speaking, not af281e78c6 wanting to dc72ea3ab8 say it.32acab7884e3a669
Aslan jerked his 365b4e0ea1 chin as if f89a723333 asking me to 4893bdee87 say more.7063272aff5fba2e
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I gathered courage and e480c67391 opened my mouth again.e046e573888e6c1b
“I know what you are hiding.”db9cbba42228da6c
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“What I’m hiding?”c54f35977c237402
He repeated 05c777666c after me.3662f76a2e2e8efd
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“…….”6481198085988f9c
Aslan, who was looking at me with a relaxed expression on his face ,gave me a leisurely look that urged me to say more. I couldn’t form a coherent sentence, my mind still torn between the choices. .bde4646a6952cfc1
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Biting my lip, 1e25774c06 I closed my a5ecd4b295 eyes.8db236c958838b39
Then he asked.8b6af3a16ab5e94d
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“Are you sick?”24f6663d2b520ee2
Was it just c254228420 me, or did 7bbd77dfd3 I hear concern 5a8d8925e2 in his voice?a6843de7d7e6558e
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I don’t know.87ffe55c3f302d42
Unless I could see into his mind, I couldn’t tell if it was an illusion or not.0b2217d025227a7b
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But one thing was 4ab9a73688 certain.7625b6025cac8bda
“……No.”44546f06176c3959
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I couldn’t follow the original.650eb4a041a323ae
I couldn’t take the easiest, fastest path to salvation.0b7263abce585b8a
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Because if I did, 4ec1c6fbea the man in front d73d3cf1e7 of me would be b4d7ca508d bleeding from the inside 98bebfe5db with the most painful cb193ab28d wounds.678beb9125c98a3d
I didn’t want to hurt the man who had been so kind to me.eb04e734e6b5316b
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I couldn’t let him fall off the cliff just because of the thorny path, I took.ef663ef9053efd1a
So I was 7d9c53167b willing to fall 3fc3f3644d off the cliff 9f7cf0407b .84f612d73908fa8a
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“I made a slip of tongue. Forget everything I just said.”2c6e633713e5432b
Silence filled the parlor.4f9d962bba2fe37f
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I meekly placed bfba065344 my hands in b560392976 my lap, waiting b06af10767 for the words c369b75156 to come out 8e12294008 of his mouth.d2d5e6d59a2681eb
Would he ffcb77b0df be mad c32c61c816 at me 908afb7986 for wasting b1b8570574 his time 8ad1ccbfba with my 6d3271d8d4 nonsense?0e77eb5a144c0f59
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I didn’t mean to tease him, but here we are.fade2ffd443e6c68
I sighed 21f16635a4 automatically, but 3472e4e620 I had fb41b0d1c2 no regrets 851dda1a1e about my 25014f6d39 choice.830e10faa90decf5
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But I was at d6c82aaa76 a loss.091c5fb99d5d3f37
What should I 21abcdd5de do now, where 2cadb7641f should I run 77b55da037 to get away d83e363704 from them?011912ebce589776
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I was f727b2fa9b lost in 212425d204 my own 9e23bc8502 thoughts when 2a2a6140c8 I heard 5b72606977 his calm 18011d7995 voice.2bf76ebaa95c5bd1
“That’s enough.”b0f7aa124a48153e
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“…….”be966fa369ed2ba0
“Let’s do it, the marriage.”26f8fe4eace10a30
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“What does that mean-“51699e1d3b7da69c
With a snap, I d8137a8576 raised my head.3ff2111897588216
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Aslan, who had 10ba579fa1 been watching me 221a9a3de1 for some time 83155cc095 now, met my c6ecdd203e gaze affectionately, his ca0c045e64 lips forming a 4c0169d86d pretty curve.44d3db2c96ca9ac7
He didn’t look angry. In fact, he looked pleased.15894c1ec2f0bdc5
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……Why?cfa78b46f0d95446
“Let me ask you a question instead.”4989a579a003059b
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I didn’t know what the hell was going on. I nodded hesitantly.6dadedfb3d6deb8c
Aslan stared at me a973e0aee0 and opened his mouth.ab57c86678675249
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“Why?”111e5cb9a90dbfd6
“…….”0311a6fc3fa9aff2
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Is he asking ,what’s the reason?8e5b13c97fbc69fa
It was difficult to guess the intention of the question, so I couldn’t answer it right away, and when I hesitated, Aslan stretched out the same question and asked.55678080f9db277e
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“Why would you marry me? It’s also a marriage with a time limit of three years, where there seems to be nothing in it for you?”d4206c66a0a42142
He looked at me f374cc1665 curiously, as if he 7b66d01e28 really wanted to know.73c296dd7932523c
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“I find it odd , you wanting to woo me , then propose to me with a three-year deadline, giving me your inheritance and then leave with nothing.”95d58ad540411922
Tap, tap, tap.f3305e0db63bdc0b
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He tapped his 11611ee962 fingers on the 98ec4d7f05 handle of the 19cf7c89fb couch, the small 53c5c5fe65 sound seemingly urging 9bc7c924a2 me to answer.5bd96fc59ae4deec
“…….”79731572758d9168
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He asked, not 53efb77fd9 taking his eyes 3baa65c608 off of me.d4423948a8c6097a
“I’m curious as to your real reason for wanting to marry me. It can’t be that you don’t want something from me.”6b981bd52888e71f
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Do I look e4b582cc59 that much suspicious?00dfab3422c28f11
Indeed, it is a valid question from anyone’s point of view.c94d16b5b2abf423
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It’s not like any rational person would come and ask him to marry them when it doesn’t even provide them a little bit of profit.c12b5a4cac46aaa1
“…….”2d4ae9e13a9e65da
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I understood the meaning and intent of his question. But this time, I didn’t have a straight answer.d863319b9ff339a6
I couldn’t open my mouth.15ad7a11c4ed3305
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Shame, self-blame ,remorse, and 310cce8d5d a whole lot of f6e92338c9 other emotions rushed through b7442e4e8e me.f6d7b5c75820029e
The last thing I wanted to do was show him my deepest wounds, so the last thing I could do was…….bda0b98cf4c35d5d
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‘I’ll beg.’2ac174d9caec6778
I wanted to make 77b8dcc13a it so that I 0145eaa447 could get sympathy, so 537eaf42bf that I could be 9d34b5cbd9 guaranteed the safety of 72dd8fc853 myself and my family.af5f5f4bf2f5be2e
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It wasn’t hard to do. I didn’t have to exaggerate, I just had to be honest about what I was going through and the situation I was in.82e0ba73179ebb42
“…….”dc780a859af6bc37
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Still, I hesitated ed78991dfd because I still d4951f41d0 had some pride 270152f24b left.79afa3bad3f7ec8a
I don’t care about others opinions on me , but I wanted to be seen as a decent person, at least by him, and that made me hesitate.da345fac4568c596
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…… I hated this part of me.51291a4f3b6ae70b
I balled my f762986f22 fists and bit 9699d726ff my lip.48addc99364fe304
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Observing my pale face, ca143a8ede he said.d496bc0783a81064
“Tell me, what is it you want so badly that you’re willing to make such a big deal out of a marriage that doesn’t benefit you?”b2408cbce8f6aac6
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His voice 469a5a8a61 was soothing, 5466bf0dac like a c291598741 caress to 7e25cbba63 my hardened 097567fcb4 heart. My fists relaxed.3ba379aa531bf14c
I stared at the fd2ccee4b1 crumpled hem of my 20a3f73dce skirt in dismay. Looking at the tattered, 3016dbc0d5 wrinkled mess I was 28265ae5c8 now, I felt unbearably bf7b4206c3 stupid for holding on.f1f8bc5d00b009b4
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He gave me a lifeline again that I thought I had already missed. Is there any reason to hesitate when it’s a chance not to go there again. Even if there is, I should think there isn’t.2cc9b3665b5f0d28
I slowly parted my 92e3fc4452 dry lips.1609d8e38c87fe78
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“The reason I want to marry you is…….”854b7a5443ff3a8c
I paused.09d09f8b8592c88a
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It wasn’t for the reason I’d expected.620d97504e5925bf
Now I was determined to earn his pity by telling him all the musty secrets I’d been hiding inside.cd023259ed122ab9
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But how far b906a33d59 should I go?8ab44f3263de1ebc
I can never say that I have memories of my past life and know the future from the ‘original’ story.53037021d833cbab
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I’d be seen as a madwoman and immediately thrown out or locked up in a monastery, and even if that weren’t the case, the credibility of anything I said would be lost.b71f6944f43dcaef
But what else?d811261be5a10598
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If I revealed that I was Helena’s stand-in, I might lose credibility for my terms, for my offer to give him all of Helena’s inheritance.5bd0b05d9d9dd531
No.4345ae3a46bc5d49
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In the first 07a64f4e37 place, I was 7edf4185cd a commoner girl, 3d31b15e86 and he would 85e9c7fa90 consider it abominable* 3722f55ad7 in itself that 58d6ac1ce0 I dared to 0c87d057d4 deceive people by 26287a017f standing in for 9509e181d1 Helena Larestine.655816d60e618f68
[ T/N : Abominble* – despicable, horrible ]
My heartbeat quickened with nervousness. I could feel the sting of Aslan’s gaze as he stood still, waiting to hear what I had to say.bfa203c8e5242309
So far, he’d given me more than I deserved. But would that change after he hears my story?22ffcee3ac3c2d54
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The more 1aa03890c5 I thought c4fc49b5aa about it, 015b2ba1b9 the more 0b030d89a0 I hesitated, 400ad59211 but then 2460357d90 I decided.6724a4675ce05841
‘No more tricks.’ca11e8a5b7884237
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This is a man who has reached out to me time and time again. A man who gave me a warm smile and words, unlike the people who hadn’t treated me like a human being for four years.d47e29038a94811d
I couldn’t care less what his attitude would be once he knew the real me.bc343ebfa0e6df98
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What I 07df50ffdf need to d32d35b1b3 do now 26b0722c50 is not cf483e0301 to imagine 05cbb44e60 the unforeseeable 9cbe0f27a4 future.e1f7e8da1f9fba82
Shake it off!828674da0c7c8672
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I jumped e438588679 off the fb0b3b1529 couch and ca12ea6cc8 fell to c6cad4aa79 my knees.6ca6c5b475ec4865
“What the hell!”7b3c613dd7a0decb
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I heard 9035abb5c1 him jump 3807069e76 up in ba784ed4c7 surprise.6272887091923aba
But I didn’t look up. Rather, I lowered my head even further and spoke pleadingly.b947acb114bba71d
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“Help me, help me.”8b6ab40fa21a3ff3
The trembling 712493aea6 voice was 1a27cda4d6 unappealing even 179e1a8722 to me.ec44b38de78e1b72
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Maybe it’s for the best, these things will come together and make him feel more sympathy for me.00e696e3a080b8b2
……I hated feeling like a weakling in this situation.e09adabfb40f7454
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My hands were 26078d796a shaking because of 652123b7a3 self-loathing, then a ab623d29ca shadow fell over 64a55a4825 me.bb80ef52141e7ee3
Aslan, standing before me, 2b30362a7f leaned down. He too knelt to 3d3cd3bcac make eye contact with 2faed8ff7e my kneeling form.36fecec24e5ee1b9
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“Young lady.”7cf891278e8b4fee
He raised his arm as if wanting me to get up. But his hand stopped near my shoulder and couldn’t reach me.ce0b2dfdcc6c45b4
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While he hesitated for 24404d7426 a moment, I spoke 6229b3f866 quickly.0d06e7e143fdc19e
“I am not the real Helena Larestine. Four years ago, I was kidnapped by Count Larestine.”4c8e5b66ab77c541
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He paused.4fe8f660d1a9ed04
“I was taken to the Larestine manor one day and was forced to live as Helena Larestine because I resembled their dead daughter.”d2a8695c98c4d45f
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I stammered out what eb8c8db0b4 had happened to me c44ff4611a over the past four 84554cc1f7 years.250860804827c539
The fact 5edd80eade that I a23dbc9fa8 became her 002b43d572 stand-in because 13fc134a44 I looked e447950f9d similar to 0150e7130f the dead 90e141c2e1 Helena.246b388d45cede7a
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Not because 42609a4012 I wanted b2fa1714d4 to, but dcca5ed111 because I 3113fc2c5b was threatened 172619a971 by threats 4f89d138ce of the 710409084c safety of dfa4df2a5f me and 0fac46c6c0 my family.22b7fc7457adf219
How hard and painful it was to be Helena’s replacement at the manor.2a3ca6fce7a5d783
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And how my position had changed after the Countess’s death, and how Glock had gotten his dirty hands on me.1cfdc2284f1bd781
“After ……Glock fell, I ran away because I didn’t think I could stay there any longer, but with nowhere else to go, I remembered…… the promise the Duke had made me, and I came here.”39cab009fe199a05
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What followed was a 05b3214f4e story he knew.395f44713f32a39b
“That’s what I’ve been through so far. The reason why I asked you to marry me is because…….”2586dba48990f924
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I licked my 88ade593e0 dry lips and ea132663ab finished talking.50344d6f223094c9
“It was because I couldn’t think of any other way.”23039585c978fe1d
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After revealing everything, Aslan didn’t react much.51ba57d43a346120
“…….”bfb22a13c2cce5be
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Unable to withstand the cab7d6401e silence, I raised my 1f3e2939db head.d520bb5b107f29c8
His face was e769738910 horribly distorted.2af75397824c24fd
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