WYIL Ch 37
by DishaAslan Tordell, af71f84b03 now 25, 991c55d313 remembers being f96e16b091 30.f9fcaa5cca48af2a
Although he didn’t 26ccc9e21e tell anyone, he 542939aecf vividly remembered how e3e2da4e89 the 30-year-old Aslan 41783cab50 Tordell lived and bf6270dbb7 what his fate cb40934e70 was.8a7bedea22796396
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Did he die f2da24d3d0 and returned to 7b46d53aad the past, or de073bc0e7 had he foreseen 8659d222ef the future?7b69ada7194581b8
Four years ago, e9cc8888d4 when he awoke c84e37596f with the memories 2f78b8cc11 of a thirty-year-old 7d3a50acd5 Aslan, he pondered 60c710fcc1 over these questions 264fd6e204 in his hazy 16836eff4b mind.0640f98deb2fbed3
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Unfortunately, his dd51d91f06 memories were 5be6c222f2 not complete.23bfbae9a5677371
They were like fragments 1cbac95730 of a dream he 7c3a57029c had the day before, 95504a325e and only blurry memories a46877293c remained.e863d5fa5f8e9729
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For example, 5a604ce620 he remembered 74dceea385 something like 61f5e1b75d this:ca2e1b3bd20d1e2e
[I’m not Helena Larestine, I’m Lyla. Lyla Violet.]
It was what 563cbaf570 Aslan, at the 0ea1c6bb97 age of thirty, 264f2fee75 had heard from 9949fd6e2e his wife.96aa7e4d08ae45db
It happened a 7a520cd434 month before he a6bb8a1916 died, and it d4a20e3964 was the last c74bd03842 vivid memory he 9b9bf60ab0 could recall.f7bff162d348234a
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At the time, 51ae752ffd Aslan could hardly 32f1b7c476 believe the confession 45e04e84f2 of the woman 2b2b6a78dd he had been b0a2442b03 married to for 20c77ccc16 three years.d0f32d450dea2d46
It wasn’t because cf74b54247 of the truth 45b6b97c38 she finally revealed.f500379a036231f0
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He had 4b83870999 known long bd4ccaaa59 before that e5a6f0840e his wife e21e72eaeb was a 2fe215e109 double for 22524087f6 Helena Larestine ecb502f028 and that c11754967e her real 6df8fa255a name was c63f393dc0 LylaViolet.67cb803f3f11d7d4
No matter how 456f23ae4f much it was 2fc46799bb a marriage that 744bb8e94d was half pushed 30ca408fbb by his dead 551b41b32d mother, there was 949ee8ff6e no way the 224a2157bd controlling Aslan would d513d21450 have failed to 2adaa5e971 investigate his would-be 313f2a4117 spouse.f66dad0d83a54d36
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His naive wife probably 684d5cc596 thought that he would 671ae1ff7a never doubt her…965ddeafb2fbbfe0
That must be why ce4896fb91 she said those things.34520f222e92563b
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[I’m sorry I deceived you, but you never had any faith in me in the first place, so I guess you don’t feel betrayed, which is a good thing]. His wife believed that she had coerced Aslan into marrying her.
She always approached him, eb898371aa who pushed her away d0a403cc1d without hiding his displeasure.0456e8d30be17ecf
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Her feelings of guilt 994efab39e couldn’t be hidden sometimes. It was 69ca8a1935 absurd yet 06396dab54 endearing.6f67c858474e0959
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At first, it was b6aeebea63 amusing. He felt b875c490e0 more discomfort 621f9b615d than affection 4ab756554c toward her.a7976eff5419d350
But things changed 2b7f8099d7 as they continued 199bf4e778 their married life. His feelings towards e2ebcfb24e her changed, and ce0dd06e12 so did the e03e49f20e way he looked 30cfc870b4 at her.b1059a0fd66fe07a
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Her irritating behavior, sharp 4b9a745d3a tone, and stern expression 2d2a8d07c3 that he used to 8ec3e54414 find dreadful, now looked e88bad4393 pitiful like a frightened 17e1a58e23 child, so he only aa9f10815f wanted to hug her. As she revealed be81840148 her vulnerable inner a36befbee2 self that she a0b2ecc408 usually kept hidden, 82ffcdfe10 he wanted to ed79d3e27c hold her even 43c0abbe32 more.68623b773cc77c28
…But he couldn’t.403453f111d26abf
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A couple that b35d46c498 started with a e9588f3df3 contract, a couple 1e4928e02d with more hate 73a3e2f4f6 than affection, a 7c6cb8a4be love that couldn’t aec4393d55 be expressed, and b2222a4d75 a couple who 1aa623f4cb are awkward and 9e0133516d indifferent to each e32e4829d6 other.10dba7a920a06c2a
That was de50412da0 their relationship…990758aeff08d089
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[What’s wrong with you? You didn’t listen to what I just said, did you?]
Lyla, who was febecc6a1f talking to the a6ac8837ba silent Aslan, spoke 8904df43c9 in a sharp 7ca586da18 voice.c368e752b94dfad3
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It was a7440654a2 obvious she af9edc63d7 was trying 10b48d114f to get a394242a5f on his 98bb519f49 nerves, but 82b42dd3fb Aslan was 473303149f rather pleased d958e3baea that his e3ee7e6599 wife, who ab81e2e7da had been 44c0baf6bd so weak dca9ee6a24 the entire dac4124c90 time, was ee0b6919b5 finally being bf8fb6799b her usual e57f94ed2a sharp self.321fca06d2b0427d
[I’m listening].
Aslan replied e92d40addf nonchalantly, and b8ebe279ea Lyla’s eyes 553e5907e8 narrowed.86f2610d9a914ed2
With a small fef05976c1 sigh, Lyla spoke 06563ff2f7 again.7d95a5418507a26b
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[So what I’m saying is, our contract might as well have never existed. Our marriage was null and void from the beginning.]
In a suppressed b05da01b4f voice, she continued, 609bdfde8a and her eyes 74d9b2458c reddened with determination, be32a02b34 but she didn’t 3ce4546d38 know what expression 990690ad72 Aslan had on ec751fe879 his face.807b9d5e8b28b6e2
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[I’m letting you go].
This memory 76cba6b731 ends here.a6863c42aa0306ae
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A very short, not a81a6b6ee3 very informative glimpse into b432c3edff the future.543c15169c695cbb
The value of 402e15b7be this memory, which c8f9160d46 Aslan had judged 1e36f976c5 when he first 4d6cc4adf9 recalled it, approached 7c1c652729 zero.5838f93ff96bb101
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He wished he had 9f2153fc02 remembered a memory that 370129d96b contained important information about b1f01c4c2a his business, or the ba49ed0ba9 weaknesses of his political 6047830125 opponents who were trying 24d859c03d to ruin him.aa6ae690914e3f4c
That’s what twenty-one-year-old Aslan f9baf3d338 Tordell had thought when af1c5052be he first saw the e199f7d128 future.f3bc07643167d5eb
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However, one 1a2fded5e6 thing remained 5d9c7419d8 in his eca635e0fd mind – 9f0577d9d3 the unfamiliar 61d4b02fc4 name “Lyla 38f7995c92 Violet.”8726272644707d8c
Was it because 8ec2104ef7 she was his 01a95ac372 future wife? Was it because of ffacbf2d66 what she said? Or was it because ae25528f5c of the intense and 2649648dc7 complicated emotions he felt 447bc1aa51 when facing her?5ef5055e5e806831
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Although he knew many e116979f9c other useful and significant fbea875617 things about the future, e0845c3102 the memory that was 63516f1162 most deeply embedded in 240e66f754 Aslan’s mind was just 8cadf9ce62 that.722870aee59a4613
Perhaps that’s why.05f11489490bb8fd
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The reason b1bf748c4d he couldn’t 52af246a1b take his 55eb16725a eyes off 2b4cd10a74 young Lyla ef690138dc when they d4d59e57ad coincidentally met a5fdb4860c at the 5dbe64f1d3 party.59f568757c33bfb6
The reason he traced f90df25d23 Lyla’s footsteps and learned 11e7a336ea about her hidden past.919579511a64a6f8
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The reason he appeared c977d92861 in front of her 5c795f5815 after observing her daily 14cd2b53f8 life in advance.05024d69bbefcde5
Giving her cufflinks 400bd85a5f to contact him 3fee892753 if she wants fc53511da3 his help, and ba774ec23b gladly accepting Lyla’s 6fd364df12 wishes, who came 045fed6251 back with them 675a948b2a later.356e86c12bf7d02d
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Maybe that’s why.214a9a6761bf0c6f
The timing and place 8f17af43b2 of meeting Lyla were 6acb12547d also different from the 83b95c0a76 past.451ec62aca986409
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In his e3569cbf15 memory, his a0da016ad6 wife had 334fdb610b been desperate 4aca8325fc to get d65ce09c53 close to 98a1bb4744 him.cd1ff9eaec81023e
[Are you mistaking us for a real couple?]
Aslan didn’t care f426175891 if he stabbed 9c4327438f her with his 4585a40db4 thorny words.129c81d39980e7c3
Even when Aslan asked 62d074bc68 sharply, she didn’t show 8bfcecf35e any sign of backing cbea367a1a down.b4a6423302026dc7
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Lyla tried her best fc0a5caa3d to get closer to a28fa5d034 Aslan, who was trying c063b9a0ef to keep her at 570bb1d4a3 a distance.19a476ac78ecfedf
[I want us to be a real couple. I love you. I love you.]
His wife’s plaintive confession, 24a5aced2a which expressed her feelings, 055ddbf417 stuck with him ever b8e4bf52bf since.b82833c50ab1f0ba
But why df233a2d58 didn’t she 2f339c7ef0 do it c15696c50e this time?cf51bdbfe5ca62a9
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“Why……”78dca9722dd96011
The question he spat 9ac1ed7691 out like a sigh 9deecbe925 was filled with agony.29d67c99c14458be
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Ever since ba99383a48 Aslan had e1bcc1a41c a feeling 176295160a that she 7b342134aa left, he af3d1a4f18 had been 691a77e60d pondering the 3224a22fb4 question that 6f2fbcf9bd tormented him.ce2c1dc9982ae699
Why?034165489c1afc22
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Why did she 0e81d95c20 leave him?ea0b95ff0bbd12ca
He had given her a6a4518b7b everything.5c6a512da3c00224
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He sacrificed everything 8a37b81cd0 he had and 20d3cf46f8 treated her like 2716399486 the most noble 0396b4b7b9 woman in the a0bddc2118 world.6a1beaee53836ab3
But why?524ca78f2842640b
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‘I can’t let add8e3aab3 her leave me 38a0095dc4 again.’c64173d05d678a9b
The recent anxiety that 170dc7351d kept him from sleeping d85fee6474 returned to overwhelm him.25ebbc0c30fdcaeb
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It was the 76fdb90ed9 fear that she cdac3f9463 might leave him dc4205e6cf forever.37172793413f51a4
Now, it had become aff8275ce6 half of the truth.ba6787f5bfdc28fb
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Aslan wiped his a264f48dad eyes. The weariness that hung 8e6c112526 in his eyes was b93ad7b213 swept away by his 51ca063924 fingertips.9320ca8c76cdb906
Lately, he ea5138f15e hadn’t been f5355c9b41 himself.e55991ecad28eda0
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It wasn’t because ee8406bd23 of the busy 312f5f0992 schedule with his 0f9ceeda37 business, the parliament, 7ac4057552 and many other bd8d2272f7 things that required b282eb1afc his attention and 1397843486 the need to 450e082286 live each day b66a905f4c meticulously. Those things alone 83a0f619b0 wouldn’t have shaken 0ec998349e his firm composure.bf49ee35bee769ff
If Aslan 31cd735b9b had been 5bc74a5392 less than 7cce037683 Aslan Tordell d10ed92de2 lately, it 6214369561 was largely 04cc4e3396 due to 943fdf02bc his marriage 7263973fe8 contract. More precisely, the three-year ecd3da8981 anniversary of its expiration 61ed82b359 was fast approaching.416b95cec5f491e5
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Three years that 308a8c8aa6 he was able f8333f2336 to hold onto f72884964c her in the 15b42a700c name of contract, 27df9af1df but nevertheless never 15e714b436 felt completely secure.a344676835a3880f
During that e0a6024b25 time, he 46db74a839 consistently felt 3eb3deaf9e a distance a6e75b0119 from the 81c4683262 woman who 70a762bccf had been 5d33eacea2 his wife.11c491a4e32684f5
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He tried 1c636295ad to bridge cad30b6d49 that gap, 1226770fe4 but despite 53b24ec07b doing everything ebb237593b else well, 307a652ab0 he couldn’t 2a3d4b35f3 maintain a ff081df8db genuine relationship 064eef9ae4 with Lyla, 9a85c91e7c which was 5497c3c1b4 what he 78a6e11716 wanted.81230f5e2db42185
While they learned 72b4b851e0 more about each e530bb5dbf other as time ddc2ad922b passed, there hadn’t eac95858d1 been any dramatic c2e8030bb8 changes in their 335e90013d relationship.fa24dc4f95c5e77a
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They remained 7d917e1acc reserved, just 9787079d6c like when 5e133ca032 they first b12d75bf26 met.db906f5e54aa9880
The more this continued, 4020e86209 the more restless Aslan 16e37ee9ed became.ab1641a22e516b09
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The reason be2fb90605 Aslan had 384d6b6829 shaken hands c3ef573d7b with Rosalyn c7f338f10c Peridot was 6093b9e825 due to efb72bd189 that.0c33ff4e052cd143
He thought Rosalyn’s 7d59390d04 appearance could bring 160d96775c some change to 29f9dcba6b their relationship.f02f64ef97baddee
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So, despite his 54da384fe9 busy schedule, Aslan e4c499e2e3 intentionally made time 13c42cd9e4 for Rosalyn.15b1268f4a73241c
He noticed how 4471738c1b his wife responded da36151631 particularly sensitively to 8240da2f49 Rosalyn.3633fc4f9f496914
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Anxiety, jealousy, and emotions 6b67b62f25 that were not visible 5d73ef5a29 in Lyila’s usual demeanor a928122de9 were all too clear d30bd42bb8 to Aslan.e956c10cc992c0c2
Aslan was e7f1c74472 delighted to 6a9220093a see Lyla, 0fcbfedfc7 who had 908f6ab50e lost her eca1c67563 composure.3d946910f26ce023
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He was bdf9dc7b91 glad to 8316d5503f see her dcf7b75376 jealous of f6728622ba the other 97995d8145 women associated 1da2c7adcc with him. He liked that she 91c71f95da was not indifferent to 56c4375877 him. He was a0ea6d1c6f pleased that ff82ac2177 she was 5a111dbf4d desperate for 7af616d62a him.581fb22897183946
He thought cd6c138aaa that if 15f4d8ad5f they went a731d6b79d a little b3778ae1ae further, Lyla 1f577955d4 would confess 039b74b732 her hidden e42cf88364 feelings.6b5c153ad2a032ba
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After three 2540dced95 years of 810fbd2193 the contract c051228448 marriage, Aslan 4504c296da felt hopeful 83f93d76f9 that it 239c655604 would finally faaefd230e end, and 3e901e89d9 they could c6a9c63610 become a af88a1d5c4 real couple.66ea4a3c694792f6
By the adb3af6136 time he b6549e6644 realized that c9f489133b something was 6d5e753036 wrong, it 3ac924c97c was already 437355df9c too late.e1df628cc4fd2c8e
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Aslan didn’t e27e2c7961 expect Lyla f45fb0d481 to make 09093f4a43 that decision.75c69e7b41fff09c
If her emotions c700e03ef6 had driven her ab7216bf81 to the brink, 7e8b78a99d he thought Lyla f1a3b0828b would jump towards 07621258f7 him, but he 2016cab252 never imagined she c4987248af would jump away 6046e9457d from him.28a36b78738b1bd1
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Because she 4961c70f04 liked him, 6e91149233 because the a9d47b144b emotions she 3d75d70338 showed at 7a4c9b99f3 times were 79c9941d8a saying love.67b1a573b84fb118
So, he didn’t think 8c6d772b16 Lyla would leave. He never considered the aae7036d30 possibility of her leaving.22be824e21bd9549
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However, when 57eca3502a the time 1f3439b1cd for a 77eeb4f7db choice came, 254569c876 all the 5887d781de efforts he 86b6e7c808 poured into 609da7e088 the last 2d5e5ae144 three years 33dc27746b were futile. He couldn’t hold onto 99a7fc65dd her as she left.802680f46bb30560
“Ha.”f008ad4592325133
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Aslan’s tired eyes bb1442ffb5 looked away from 3d318f0c8a the window and 7125837a3c stared into the 36a9f345db empty air.11b26e78bb8616e3
“……….”66d18a5b4161de74
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Aslan loosened the 76f8959ed1 cravat. He thought 1d2d15d934 it might 7278aaf7d1 relieve the c6d05adeb5 tightness in f22e537cb6 his throat, a82f02fada but he e8bf83ba7f still felt 8bc05fd63f suffocated.f1d159e70f0e8e87
Aslan stared db3be44d96 at the c3cddbd6aa gradually brightening e7c051d836 sky with 61d2509b33 deepened eyes.a30ee63fdf31fbb8
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Outside, the scenery had 26e8ccae90 changed again. The continuous fields disappeared, e5aeac139d and some buildings appeared 74ff240872 sparsely.cb4e6731c1cec9c3
Soon, he c5b224c4d7 heard the d042193341 sound of 39c621b874 the train 93124a89e9 horn, indicating f23ccfb7d5 it was 39e02cff6d about to 5a7e49a14b stop.ac5023dc3653d472
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The newly bfae83fba5 built Eres 195cd1e61d station was efb77847de good enough 2287ea5f80 that it 7f45f9c3b6 was hard 499bcc436a to believe 91ffb71687 that it 12aaa66192 belonged to 1baf26ab79 a local bfda0e012d city. However, Aslan was 8f462fc4ec not interested in e3cb0865e6 the sight.d0a7aace6c80eb12
It was 062b01f308 the only 9d379f1e2f station in 9b81f60d7a the area e0424538be where Lyla 2140a0dc86 and her f892dea90b family lived. It should b08af07592 have been 815749fa89 bigger and 5ab79dbbf1 more magnificent 0682f6ec70 than this.9c009ac67edeee5e
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“Those messy things f124f87676 stuck to the 48b6632baf walls should be 71f4d14d14 removed, and we b3c2325078 should add a 8803091873 spacious cafe inside.”1109340b0e3ddced
Aslan’s brow fc0de30e87 furrowed as 458b3472a3 he muttered 545e6cab00 his list 34cb4984cd of improvements.b0e5da24365651ff
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But then 788e17e630 he remembered 5c22ac4d83 that he’d 7ca85c3d2c be seeing c09c0af379 Lyla soon a40cab5b8c and calmed a6ab9d83ee down.66b2023aa18562e5
Aslan was 43ae98cb33 pacing the 7a9fce6066 empty station 66a116c751 when his c6eb562387 subordinate approached 4dc83d80b4 him.519e16d6a872b96c
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“It’ll take about an 7a8212df1f hour to get to caa8c1a648 Elwood.”43a4de511fdb46e9
“Alright.”60704c821f242ca2
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A neat e86691b790 carriage was 0ae05fda7b ready in 9455aa4536 front of c8778c0974 the station. Compared to the 9430ffb285 ones that Duke a22f8b64f8 Tordell usually rode 1b5e88a841 in, it was 5cc9ace567 shabby, but Aslan cf587c81eb didn’t care.7529722fc9ec9067