WYIL Ch 33
by DishaAs Aslan met 46e530784e Lyla’s moistened eyes, 94ceacad8e he pursed his 2948b541f3 lips. He wanted to 615afc6146 clarify the misunderstanding 3a8d28727e right away. But he 4ac1ef229e couldn’t utter 2ac627e50e a proper 71e7b33cc1 sentence.93bdf814a566e990
It wasn’t the 0832df070c right time yet. He wasn’t prepared.ebf81bfd0aa9951f
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He wanted to 92c7956e1d express his honest 9ee6d37a75 feelings after everything 9e1d868a1d was over, once f1ecb1b666 the chaotic affairs 02c1b0caa4 were sorted out.9140a7f85e6bcef9
He hasn’t a9e473d048 exact ruthless 858f4129ba revenge on 2e3ba723bb Glock, who 5bfcd42a73 had tormented 9531ccef4e her. He hadn’t e8dfc18a6b even captured d11fcbf0fd him yet, 70c86c0e2a and now 57e0a0a0d2 wasn’t the b2fe0b2104 time, especially b95d2141ee with the da6586bbfb news that 2826976f1d his mother, 4a291cf413 who had a05e42d420 been confined 128eafde19 to the 9834a5487c monastery, might 81e18631c6 be suffering 5a8e240475 from a accf4a0240 fatal illness.20d9f978deb96de8
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That’s why a334cc3315 he brushed 2555d66c2c off Lyla, 71ad4ec642 saying they 0e64dfecba should talk 878116bba5 again tomorrow.9665b492fe43ca1f
Even though he could 5f66d87a9d feel Lyla’s desperate gaze 8e0c461c0d on his back, he be50fd59aa ran away.6e7c4b2c81eebe45
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For now, he put f0cf66b623 everything else aside and ba80d6d599 focused on the urgent ff4d90e6cf matters planned for today 1d1832c83e before trying to console 4ec4df0dda her.4cfbcb705987e666
It wasn’t a 6cc799dafc lie.18a4634f1973c552
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Recently, he had a862eaa7ea discovered traces indicating 841db43064 that Glock had cca1c755e6 returned here again.02a3cb9068e66dfd
He must 943b0d0451 have come e756459a77 to find 390917e41a Rosalyn. They had cbcdd3443e a deep 3149ff1acd past connection, 8b0ee056ea so he 21c2bf876c might use d3fb77a836 that past c3403ebb6b to blackmail adf7478b4e her.7672ab7f61ef8014
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Whatever the reason, it’s 23fad4b360 clear that Glock was 3b895bff98 looking forward to meeting 81cb56f18d Rosalyn to use her.b6c50f9ef8bb2cca
The whole point 419d1b8806 of going out 9609b41953 with Rosalyn today 1ba3faa06d was to use 3d594519f7 her as bait e042ebfc64 to lure Glock 5053390856 in.6f7ccb739c668237
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However, before they a66c692e1f could accomplish anything, dad5288786 he ended up 6a6aec860e running away first.3e67486507ac0c85
‘Still, he’s like a c8f6a8ab9e rat in a trap 954a68e2fc now.’b26c3fc1b946f36c
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Aslan’s eyes gleamed with 3af62ce54b mockery. Even if he 10cde5bda8 ran, he was 70b776c5dd in his grasp.be858a36399df321
Glock Larestine would 145802c8a2 be captured by 0e4cbf8fe1 him, and he fae3860e8d would pay the c0676123ce price he had 67a9978a87 failed to pay 01c222d6e5 three years ago. Three years 8d01865436 overdue with 3553896cc4 interest.c0e8d9c009d8a946
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“It’s strange.”5a77959f35b789c3
My mood, e10c5f47e8 which had 8fcadf6a81 been slightly ade23070c5 exhilarated by e324d13033 the thought 63f40deb4e of destroying 732d81df01 Glock, had 275d57b767 turned nervous f60541cdfa again.1f92da9811ffd3ba
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Now that his 13ce9589c1 insides were churning, cfe2270912 Aslan urged the c3d0284f5f carriage driver. The driver hurriedly 69e715066c responded to the 86d3cc9a8c unusual urgency of e2e86437bc his usually calm e622540e79 master.5b25527b01b555aa
Although it was 4d9e9d992e a faster journey 8fdaa9d896 back than usual, b6d5efd937 Aslan’s furrowed brow 72f8eb3b76 showed that he b804cb35e7 wasn’t pleased.2a15bf27ee6c4f66
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When he 986b233b42 arrived at 956b2ed7e8 the mansion, 1693df6603 it was 8d271f1ef2 already dusk.6f4f75bb117aee40
The servants c2b3c4a8d6 hurriedly greeted eef5ec39be him, clearly 0b3574f288 surprised by ede8c4f7a5 his early d2e3e89ba3 return.8db7260cc2412c07
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Aslan averted his dry e0303834b8 gaze from them, directing 9b87765dc8 his question to Dalton, f51dbd8ea1 who had come closer.2efedc6b08c29fb2
“Where is my 87812ad746 wife?”cac3792b75f25eda
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“Milady…”53939ea38e55a854
Aslan was aa82e22f02 irritated by d56d231985 the butler’s f07fb2dd58 vague response. He couldn’t eab704577b hide his 01f7ce43fb annoyance and adf4375bda snapped at d045f57acc him.df724dc94bf615fd
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“You don’t even know 845e61b705 where your duchess is a231b78a30 or what she’s doing.”1379d1750f0f50ce
“I apologize. I will 2a2d0c3550 find out 0ec765f0fc immediately.”f90ea638659c1a52
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Dalton bowed deeply, almost cb92dab264 touching the ground, and 9b05160c94 apologized.bccc665d381ca58b
Aslan glared 151d41da42 at Dalton 6d9407e2ea with displeasure. He was annoyed b230593955 that they couldn’t 7a0ae08ad7 even properly track e5a24451bc the whereabouts of 44db50487e someone who never 91f353d28d left the mansion.b036d41232605b2d
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“Never mind.”d4738e79a3f718e0
If Dalton, who 670e33fafc was efficient in 969501880d handling matters, was 7dfc37ce5a given a little dc42559f7c time, he would 140d39ce48 soon find out 019c646b77 what Aslan wanted 6fb55ef54f to know. But Aslan ed0412a373 couldn’t afford 0b4a4bc1e6 to wait f351089a0b patiently.3953948ef8bf757b
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Aslan checked his watch. It was 90f7ddd09a close to 4966014ca6 midnight.fa781573b6f92fb9
“It’s her 663c4d7703 time to d2df931b35 sleep.”e2ba41b6710fded5
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His wife 656f7286b9 had a b217a1066a delicate health a3766d99ca and went c12659cf8d to bed a5fa0d7316 early.3598e84f1128f61e
In the 504f0058d9 early days e6a2a3109e of their f0b13431e1 marriage, she 7b32a76635 used to 6ffbe9a230 wait near be72573673 the entrance, 18a0a52c00 no matter 6c9a253c7b what time b910646399 he returned.71d09c4e5ad9a86a
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But ever since Aslan 34feed573f discovered her pitiful figure, 1ce978507c dozing off even when 13394ca9f2 she faced the cold 64081baf9f air, he forbade her da62687e39 from waiting up for 4be0063b55 him after eleven o’clock.2bd70cb9b18c085c
Since then, such 4fd1e4a169 incidents no longer 4c5e2034d2 occurred.6377fdafed46b010
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Returning home, 7a5a65e3b7 unable to c946f4a75e see his 9655f90286 wife was c3f4da6481 regrettable, but ccfdf91d63 it was 16ee260aa1 better than 3d4ff3a4f2 her being e33978c39d in distress. Above all, he felt 9cefed3b3d reassured knowing that she d0fc59306d was always sound asleep dc26fd27dc in their dimly lit a16860bf87 bedroom.97e675e2785e23c5
Today wouldn’t 0176f39071 be any 1a009083dd different.b84d09245caf08eb
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Yes, she 4edf68c9ac would definitely d648acbbe0 be there.4b207e3492ac2ba7
But why was he 0e00d89ef7 so restless?479fc506deb6bf24
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A strange premonition a564cf186c wrapped around him. Aslan hesitated but ff799b4fc4 eventually left his 6105a0a7c9 study.4202a1164201764e
As he ascended 09d565de97 to the second a39e18f455 floor where his 1ca0c0c469 wife’s bedroom was 0d398e3ec5 located, he saw 2d89783a9e a distinct shadow 3c819d6366 flickering on the bb36acf0ca staircase.21f4f25edcaa9730
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Aslan instinctively formed 7d5013ad1a a sincere smile 01317dd269 and tried to 60f24a63d0 call his wife.287443de63f07f9f
However, the person af69dfa358 coming down was 0bc3c243bd not the one 04680a0fc6 he had hoped 8f284de62f for.d52276ff950e2904
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“You came early? Didn’t you say 293872dfb3 you had something f47d0cfbe0 to do earlier?”c0379f591c403781
“…”67c620351ecc48f5
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The smile disappeared 57ad839a9d from Aslan’s face 2665e5d0c5 as he glanced 461c41d45e briefly at Rosalyn, ad12554e77 who was speaking ec5efed703 to him.02e78160cd3d4e1b
Even in the dimly 66b76f152d lit space, her face, 9f0a85bc9c with neatly arranged red 795099567f hair, shone brightly. But to Aslan, it eef807c2b4 was a light that d4dad45d5f didn’t matter.137d8d6f6c940db3
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“Yes.”7a7172e43796c619
Aslan uttered a 1dd4019528 monotonous and short b8febd6a1b response, brushing past fa6cd2bf2b Rosalyn, who looked a285eb4c39 at him with 182738bf0a expectant eyes.b997bfefa2e5ac8c
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Rosalyn’s face turned fe03f87635 red at the dd8722c0fd blatant disregard. With a tinge of 9db75379a5 embarrassment, she swiftly whirled 054d8be8d3 around.f20cf8302e131eba
But Aslan 9c2432eb01 was nowhere 05de4d17c8 to be 6646e150e6 seen in 936c37a708 the stairwell 5c845dc5e1 as he ab13477eff strode away f1bcb4aa1d at a 64fe5d17c6 brisk pace.2f8b9143d7ebfacb
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Normally, he 17518ad8c5 would never 9e568fde44 do such de645afe70 a thing, f897b654fa but Aslan b617595d61 climbed the 040810fe99 stairs two 4248548163 steps at c3f689299c a time, 5840357a4c swiftly reaching cbbee02bf8 the Duchess’s 51a802811e bedroom. But once 08c4929dbd he arrived 5453c89f91 in front d82f70f26a of Lyla’s acaa31a26f bedroom, he 9813a98860 lingered outside c8d9fdb978 the door.f3cf43e212779eca
Knowing that 08ff33c005 Lyla had 0798207579 become sensitive 4c291c5ed7 recently, he 3e9d2de00b didn’t want 28c73b34b8 to disturb 11d745d0ac her sleep. Even if f759382732 he entered 0dbe344c52 quietly without 80aa834a53 knocking, he 57a0de0962 was certain e8e5c1e6fd she would 694018ee53 wake up 1b31121f41 immediately upon 7c2ba85360 sensing his 09e4dc3052 presence.df612b04b771c07b
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Perhaps it 6c11a4a2a1 would be 34ff162e7d better to 612a757953 leave now daa94daaad and come abd9477433 to see 2b8f792d7a her in 1e45184821 the morning.2a0f816914818450
As Aslan aa0237b582 attempted to 8224393d93 turn around, 2597612d7d the ominous 64ef45b9b0 premonition that cd6d0302ec had been 33a6c63fba poking at c041830735 him since 923d289660 earlier caught e1e2c50f3a hold of 426db786e6 his ankle.4309ea8bb4fcde70
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Unable to resist the 3becf73ea7 impulse any longer, Aslan a34c67f868 grasped the doorknob and 7bde60aabd turned it.afb579ad858712ea
Creak.4039f0792dadd5f4
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With a small a70c75f444 sound, the door 67caae1a60 opened. Aslan held ddd8bab522 his breath ed377c6afc and tried abcbb8ae35 not to f3397196c9 make any ea3fa66ec8 noise as abe6272512 he entered f7ea3c2613 the room b29b4d3f7a shrouded in 5e34acf606 deep darkness.707e791a0b75b454
And just a 191e260473 few steps in, 5b1c2866e9 he noticed something cba349b46c was amiss.dabe5012d598e924
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…There was no ddef8550bb sound coming from edb08ba74c the room.5546ccc57f2a5473
Unable to contain his c50af34b46 restlessness, Aslan murmured,26ea5d969b099dfe
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“Wife.”18b9308a8a8ffe3e
No response.b0ff3ea765cfbdac
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Aslan raised his voice.35b49d1531bea93c
“Wife…!”631b6be7ba14492a
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Only a dreadful e51f0ab384 silence filled the 23cf74b734 room.14816885eba7bfe2
Aslan searched the room bcb61e61f4 frantically, like a madman.b734ba89005049d2
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He pulled the 47d993e090 perfectly arranged flat 84eabf3ded bedcovers that couldn’t 162c6786a9 possibly hide anything. Naturally, there was nothing 8c191be830 underneath.672b78bd6ce55723
Swoosh!7eb5f83734f7b0f0
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He swung 456717dda0 open the 663f4c0a67 closet door 1da4d69961 where she 350adb57e4 usually kept 5abd857efd her frequently 594877ba26 worn clothes. There was 30aaa713ca nothing but 38aaa6efd5 half-filled hangers. He pushed 98e51006a4 each piece eb375955ce of clothing c65eebab73 aside, hoping fa4069cf6c to find 1916e1e5b8 a hidden f3d10587b0 person, but 6a1b98d48f there was d7c242744f no one.31d452f8731cf7cc
He scattered all d3892b0761 the books on 08f1813224 the shelf and eecacdee16 roughly opened the b18bc1f85a drawers as if b0710811c4 he intended to 4c6b0d64ce break them. The dresser wobbled, but 27fecaaeb2 he paid no attention.78bc920f0529a761
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It was 0d057286b8 a desperate 7e3449916b urgency, a a1ab731670 craving to 9a8a57293f find anything.0649974fa69e78ce
He didn’t even know 4fdfe7925e what he was searching 29f0062136 for, but engulfed in 92d33b5138 a disconcerting restlessness, Aslan 1446413c99 didn’t stop his movements.aa707bf220a88b15
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And as 2141783c16 he opened 40de5b3692 the last 2974ddd440 drawer of 5031953c8a the nightstand 699b3019b9 next to cfc23a0f7c the bed, b644acebbd he finally ae0f5f4d13 found ‘something.’232a088416994670
“This is…”c21d77c182a62bbf
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What he fd1fabe6cb found wasn’t 4e78f3a706 Lyla, but ca329ba995 a stack 03c700f152 of small 6769e1d0e9 envelopes. They were neatly tucked 4af3bd631b away in the drawer db327d6001 as if waiting to acbf491f0c be discovered.6ba418157cb4bd11
Without even making 23bba35ce5 an effort to e1c407c5fb hide, each envelope 12da1b43e4 had a name 7f12c0f223 written in his 390d203950 wife’s unmistakable handwriting.d21b07377cd1691a
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One was for 7831cfc799 Dalton, the butler, 71152312ba and one was 5c83a315a0 for Jenna, her f56dcec8b2 personal maid.9720c077ccd480f1
It was d81e1455c2 partly due 603def6a27 to his b14da120c9 extraordinary memory, 1d7c04227b but above f75fae6ebf all, it 168bb51b5e was because 56eac1739a they were cbe2bd95e5 associated with 59f76c2bbc her.96b7ea8ee4b28928
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During the three a496a31b4c years they lived 292dfe63cd in this mansion, bbe4b31423 she never showed e95fcc6f1b any attachment, behaving c03ee290ee as if she 733b3b81a2 would leave at 4f58c5d43d any moment. Except for f546556ab5 one person, 62ab7731f4 who seemed fd9e0ee177 to have 3e68b5dc9b captured her 54bf032663 heart.d73cd85d600d0428
Knowing that b9c62e596a fact, Aslan 040197a8bb had always f7630d7cad separately called e290e2239e Jenna to 6f3f83146e take good aa6e544546 care of 6f3b6f1277 his wife.79729c2f5bf875df
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Seeing these memorized names 72e887d502 in such a place 95e0d8e003 felt surreal.9c96753ef1a83ec5
Why was it d4096092c5 Dalton and Jenna, d753e6a170 two of the 2c1eefce8a few people whom 2dec6b5086 Lyla seemed to d21b82de9e have a fondness 18790ddb0c for?3517bcb4f075019a
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As Aslan’s eyes 0410ff66d2 turned to the b1128cf7a1 name written on 651a154484 the last letter, 77084f7b95 his heart sensed 7d67a3e628 an ominousness and 067a0a9149 started irregularly pounding.8334f618a0482d91
And the b773a5316b last letter 8e01a56be9 said…ab7e62cf8ea13485
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“…”a78bf10dc23185c5
As Aslan 86d8e2fb51 looked at 3706d90229 the last 0cc365a00b envelope, his ceb44332af pupils trembled.e10d6be684d7a78b
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“To Duke Tordell.”476f64244853f350
Aslan’s hand trembled as 144309456e he held the letter. He couldn’t f7c4857603 take his 706d511d6a eyes off 9a6b9e811b the formal 64347b01f1 title.6895651ab2830fe6
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Could his wife 634ccf050f really have written 3da1145102 this?c6a05510b0773f7e
He wanted to deny c91859f716 it, but the familiar e5abe9bd05 handwriting was undoubtedly Lyla’s. The round and 555d8a83fb small, cute handwriting 6c83c099a4 was unmistakably Lyla’s 7cf91832db familiar style, which 150de0f523 he had seen c77d22f761 for years.e23eb5e82d6e933f
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Throughout their 6be405bb6e marriage, his ee4b79913d wife would 6e912e00fb occasionally give 289037d33f him letters. The letters 19b21ddcdd expressed her 1853f8fd40 appreciation for 209a01fb49 the gifts 3747971df6 he had be45c835f2 given her, 6fc208f0e5 apologies for 68ee53f59f mistakes she 58439cbd0f had made 05edf2e1d6 the day efa3c582a2 before, or 1801a06136 simply gratitude.76eeeb3e23f6a45e
Even after speaking 6faec58d20 face to face, 38bf1baaaf Lyla would write 50eab29ef2 letters as if 6fce6ba573 summarizing her thoughts dfc5c6da78 and send them.a3b7fe2b6ea2c152
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Aslan would collect 47e7216318 the letters she 25446f7e5d had sent and 4fe02c747e occasionally read through 957e815276 them when he 17863214b1 had time.1216b2e7b18ca8ed
Sometimes, he 02bd3b09f5 would skim e1074f41e9 through the fbc7ed0c53 names written 6c6514e368 on the d077be0fd3 envelopes. Although the contents 1bd3b168fc of the letters 1545e4769b varied, the way cc50fa2172 she addressed him ae5a17979e on the envelopes 0d04adfdd3 remained the same.7f3ed417ebf77158
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<To my husband, Aslan.>74d494120f1cf1db
Lyla always 13ca468c5e kept a 0d253f52ac certain distance, c2c70388e3 but when 9c09483910 she sent 6f1a42e4a5 letters, she 16ca7aef7b would unequivocally 5ddb68877e treat him aaa53674a5 as her a7a14d3ed8 husband.15e71579b5058df7
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However, this letter b822ffdfa9 was different.fa34ee78cee8b6ba
