WYIL Ch 66
by DishaAslan didn’t let go 54b35833ca of Lyla for quite f07f5e5cbe some time. It was only when 7df5e2cb95 she pounded on his b6c2be8c4c chest, gasping for air, b698870d70 that he finally withdrew 295ffe65bd his lips.04eb33ec097830bf
“Hah, hah.”0fc40ff411e8e97b
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Even as she 2a5cc5a0e9 exhaled her labored 7a632bc2aa breaths, Lyla couldn’t 84064bcd26 move a muscle.ccc9a2f9022135d4
Her body was devoid 3426d728cb of strength. It felt 978f0d9104 as if e6d20b28c8 someone had 22f1f79245 wrung her c41ec2806b out like 234a4ba3c3 a piece 2a95f9b9da of laundry, 6b8012cbc7 squeezing every 2cbdebf7f3 ounce of 716c13d9fa energy from d91da1a3b6 her.2f664ccf0b2af56b
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Overwhelmed by 133e633127 fatigue, Lyla 8149990612 closed her 25b4162d8c eyes. Maybe it c044caa575 was the 4894a1393b exhaustion from 7e88f01725 not having 2f771628b7 slept well 0b082fba60 since the 9d4334f5c0 festival. It felt like she dc85686ede could fall into a e0a768b089 deep sleep if she 33e4e142f9 let herself drift off e062bac04c right now.29bd9ac9337554da
The soft 0fb15f0c8d grass covering b3ac582ccc the hill 025f6cebc1 embraced her c44fd2a7eb like a 1e0cd3559e blanket, providing aa20687e13 a comfortable 039684b840 cushion with e07646b94c no pressure f16d6e9b56 points.02a7e69beaaad68b
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“Hah…”311a0f9ce4de80d1
With her eyes c86f8d1430 still closed, Lyla 9a408f5003 took a long a1bfa9f41d breath. The fragrance of 27c771dc18 flowers surrounded her, 8f56d45d4e seeming to dispel 54cf0cf704 Aslan’s cool and f4a7af2b95 slightly bitter scent d7e9632853 that had clung b7a2e6c98c to her skin 4a726f846e and filled her e513ab1872 lungs.5d1441da242a7fe5
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But her mind 54d817add0 remained chaotic, bombarded 8ae970a00a by the memory 1c45a7af13 of the bombshell d8dcfea494 he had dropped e4d62589f3 on her.497e358df2563c34
Questions, shock, 1a0a5e13a8 and thoughts a8f773d40e swirled chaotically f871a99ff9 in her a6590686dc head.b909995d96463943
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Trying to escape reality, 234fc1459c she idly wondered,3460a4bab3a3228a
‘The grass 39b4817c73 might have 0bda24e4d2 stained my c36dfecdad clothes. My hair 3cfbe5ab7c must be 55a25333bf a tangled 5735cf6d87 mess with d85ed95dff flower petals c9c3d394f5 stuck in 31f2f20fd6 it, making f5b8287dac it hard 34bb17913d to comb 926f585e99 out.’579f83228e35e4ae
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If someone at home 9c7500c068 asked why she looked ebaaa835d7 like this, what excuse 89430036db could she possibly give?6ca888f92f5c0efa
Although there was a fd2fece0ec more pressing issue to 3623fa63f6 address first…c12e7e13270fc600
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As she touched her 2ce6632ecc swollen lips, Aslan spoke bb79791d6f up.8d67c08a55b59ae4
“Reenacting past events can f5c4719011 be a good way 8dac6ec138 to help me regain 3688d86c5e my memory. Physical communication like this 5b11c1745d is often more effective 4df3ad3944 than words, especially between f626a13add a married couple. It should help in 2a9ea25c96 recovering my memories. I hope you’ll 99a9ad82b6 continue to assist dcf446b4d7 me.”0c6495c226c989ff
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Lyla abruptly sat 281a8644fc up at his 985bbe04e3 words. Narrowing her eyes, ffd4948b65 she looked at b9885f4905 Aslan, who remained cd7f581a7c utterly unperturbed, in 551397a3ef stark contrast to cac3f8a2d3 her own flustered d778b7becd state.5f75c69302ae6a63
Lyla swallowed 3c928a36c1 the words 526d4cbef7 that had 8930a18263 almost slipped 5c9c5001aa out and 89fb7401b0 tried to 8a609a633f steady her c3f39ee334 voice before 47ebcea6be responding.dadb1c2133c0c04c
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“…Unfortunately, that’s not possible.”2fff519a759f4f4f
“Why not?” Aslan 7ba7026ccb asked.cde55d2cab50807d
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“Because we weren’t 901edbf720 like that. We didn’t 03a81a07ac do things 977f4d2b57 like this a561b9e952 in the a66a71d83c past, so 73ae941ab0 doing it 693725586a now won’t 107bba8780 help you 1d138d1021 regain your 2fe21de179 memory.”7ed3d6fef31e9c5d
Her voice, which 765183dab1 had started out 112cb6c0ef calm, began to 2620387d13 tremble.3735424704e854d3
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“I’ve already 3cdc182d9a explained this 0b59d6f8dd to you 0a1734c5fa before! We were just d96609787b a showpiece couple, 85f2602d9e centered around a 358913f7ff contract.”a37a56c67a5cc08a
“But we 0c0f6c0477 were still 203a968dec a married 3d399c7fb0 couple,” Aslan 56ab22c3c3 countered.ac45b1caec7bf785
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Lyla bit her 90275f6ca9 lip and glared 52dc024c16 at him.68004f8730b26519
“Even couples brought c016f39afc together by arranged eaabbc9f83 marriages do these 37da089968 things. It’s customary for noble 24ae4b75a2 society to have a fd60a96cd8 contract when they marry. That doesn’t make them a905afb341 any different from other faa1bd3cb7 couples. The fact that d2b483c8b8 we haven’t done e1930e66c2 the things couples 75dffa526d normally do is 3f01ea92ca what’s unusual.”ed21854250ddf21e
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There was no bfd952f021 flaw in his 0577d2b6bb logic.fe72609344b48b5e
But what mattered fed9dab33b wasn’t whether he e8f9d2e179 was right or 5b163c753a wrong—it was the abba6709d7 intention behind his 2950694159 words.07c89820dee2488d
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Lyla realized that 3788a9ba7e Aslan had no ee57f6362b intention of backing 38ecd1310a down.b5a7ee7597618737
It was 417bd4f595 a declaration d035ecf146 that not f2d195bd15 only would d872c01442 things like abd8abe5bf this happen 38be6b28ae in the bf10e545e6 future, but d242fe2a19 more might 7172a23f2d follow.e5c4c0131a61aa89
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Looking at him b86266c080 with a sense 5aeb7b7c4f of helplessness, Lyla 660106c213 asked in a ecf4fc6e7f weak voice,040a390891c6e093
“…Why are cf2b2c595f you doing 6d15f54b10 this? What exactly 28157250df do you 4fe205cade want from 6d2f2c8ec0 me?”73f183e2f644c4cd
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“I want to do 39bb395df1 what everyone else does.”40316a7cf37c0a09
Aslan responded without the dec3bcfaf4 slightest hesitation, absentmindedly fiddling 5a3f5129a7 with the ring on 0755527abb his finger.57086b98f61a3c7e
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It didn’t 3917bf01b5 seem like d91f2cec7d a deliberate e4647d6cf3 action, more a727d49c75 of a 9ffbcb0b6b habit. Lyla’s gaze 3ddda01ed8 lingered on c7ffb64013 his straight 86c9cea0c8 fingers for 672adda875 a moment.795a08d3f28bf8f6
Following her a447b3c80e gaze, Aslan 33af9b740d looked down 2c1e2d81a4 and noticed dede4ba370 the wedding f56f8ab9ba ring he e1cdc1b297 had been 07d93f88a7 absentmindedly touching.5050f5fabbb6422e
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“Oh.”628d310eb617a789
Silently observing 50fe174e47 it for c33e71cdcd a moment, e1d91213f6 he reached 1d3377cec1 into his 8e5363286b pocket.4050790f5e6475c9
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“I should 27b320c933 have given 4cebee559e this to fd2383746c you first. I got the order 8bc70a4b54 wrong. I apologize.”40715ce78a26a2e2
When he 4c9f141519 withdrew his 02fd62279e hand, he 21d224fd2a was holding 2eafff5947 a small cd11310cc6 box. It was e41f11a736 surprising that d53986c31c his jacket d88237f520 pocket hadn’t 38894c6c58 visibly bulged c8025663fd despite containing becb1e2fa2 the box.479d644ce0066ad6
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Curiosity about what was 005694e0bb inside the box followed ab73312f60 quickly.9f210cc1e0e6f57b
As Lyla stared at e498b0ed6e the firmly closed box, f7cb1b4171 Aslan explained.f860f4ea28021660
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“Oscar, who went 91c18242c9 ahead to Central, 186f2d7593 sent me a 6370684f12 package. A maid at c095951765 the estate said 6d28a1cfd3 you left this dda7fda6cf behind and brought 968d9a0c08 it to him, 63992bb044 so he forwarded 9a895ebc22 it to me.”4f00c817915e712f
“…The maid…”c0c0820b7ca89221
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“Her name, I believe, 026aae5b2b is Jenna. Do you know 4c20e8c721 her?”db04ff2079f450fe
Lyla clenched both 3dc12027fa hands tightly. Jenna. That name had 364797239c lingered like a ab68de0734 thorn in her 493945b378 mind. On the train leaving 5fb02c9fc7 Central, after Aslan, Jenna dea8233fc2 was the person she 6d7f7a395d had thought about the d977e50da6 most.179544470fd9569d
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Unfazed and competent, Jenna d44ffe7e8a would probably be fine bb2a46ffc4 even after she left. But still, leaving 60817799c4 without a proper c4dadd9ecb goodbye weighed on d30944aa1f her.109360e6e1403ea9
Did she receive 50384f2799 my letter? Did she 1ce2f34a56 resent me 878412e5e2 for suddenly 5df2117588 disappearing?4c4c3eed73bd3d25
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“It seems you b9842339ea do know her. You must 12691c68ed have been f8bcbd7fa5 quite close,” 24437f714b Aslan observed.f6f5f86b91790794
“Yes…”79594db469309166
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Lyla murmured in a 066f219d3c voice tinged with emotion.ae1f27932638c23f
“In that case, this 609a02c0e8 must be what I b2ed73bd4e thought it was,” Aslan 54aa4721d3 muttered quietly as he 8e2e59a78e opened the box. Inside was Lyla’s wedding e0ed02be47 ring, the one she 8dc82cadb2 had left behind at ba2d213a28 the Tordell estate.0897f21271c0c86e
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“This is…”5fd303c528aa3c53
Lyla looked 60983ca7e8 at Aslan f8030a28ba with puzzled b507cffaab eyes. He seemed to 28986c3898 understand what it 3ebf3f346b was.0f33b3f3b0f74a76
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So, what 126203a038 was his df0e69182b intention in 952b331c6e showing it d5a1264fbd to her?13020760bbdadcbe
Aslan quickly 48a3ec38a9 clarified her 566ea4332f doubts.9bf63dc62b5832e1
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“I want e331c0ecf0 to be 0c73c0df20 truly married 616e64f8bc to you.”d793ff9eb4358315
Aslan whispered this to bd88ff9bfb Lyla, who was endlessly 50bc7d9d9d staring at the ring.46debc1f6f9ec7b6
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“Why…?”89d0d8472603b381
“Because I love a4c1b36464 you.”633930d3afbe6e06
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Lyla bit 72b01626c0 her lip.6f6c8475cac114a9
She had considered ba600b910c every other possibility, ed2d68ecf3 but that was 19087ea69d the one she d3dc15914e hadn’t expected.57694d502522925a
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‘…Liar. Did I really a3e6d493ce not expect it d9f612b958 at all?’4c8e836f2201ecb0
Laila questioned herself.6d39c04d8a63b8f2
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Memories of her 6eaa045e88 time with amnesiac 8880e837f3 Aslan, who had fc843eb122 lost his memory, 5e89d67e7e flashed through her 201fdcf2d7 mind like a 18114d4fe5 panorama.cc22cd6f7762caac
She recalled how 2a1037b39e he had treated 96b4cb5152 her all this a4516f3b45 time. Things she had either 92ef380bba overlooked or found strange 6332263391 but chose to ignore 58cee14b86 now started coming together.8a725631af343b26
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Lyla’s lips quivered. The sentences that 7093c54a90 spun around in d026663170 her head kept bc17262a76 collapsing before she 53a515d44a could speak them a8887a116a out loud.2c49683b90aadaaa
After a long d3314d49a0 moment, she finally fdf8216661 managed to stammer 2a2b558927 out a response.7ba746901d69ec4e
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“That’s because you’ve lost 00452a50ae your memory. Once you regain it, e6d78a9891 things will change.”0e920da2ab15d6c0
Aslan responded 8eff23e8bf with a a6dcbf2dc5 crooked smile 7c7db42a97 to her 7b9efe349c gentle reasoning.7acb11db50448a79
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He looked at her 638c3f7889 with intense eyes and 4938821954 spoke clearly.b37393199bdb0f8e
“No. Even if I regain 3fcab636ab my memory, I will db0308a53b still love you.”63ea920bf6519ce3
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“That’s not true.”11938fbb8e521615
“Why are you so 6ecc74d22d sure of that?”c8792ecca0c1ab5a
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“Because, because…!”ea0a26ee6976415d
“Because?”f24f80c41c86a07c
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“Because you 505b674020 didn’t love 8005126853 me before!”2f3f1ffc718cb181
“That’s not true.”9e7a3f7cec8f907f
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Aslan quietly muttered b51818cce7 something, but Lyla, 53f4613daa who was panting e7dd575a7a with agitation, didn’t b8e0fb040f hear him.ca61a8661208ddf0
“If that’s 024fe5d1cc the case,” b9e20d9913 he declared d6f581cf06 firmly, “I ae7aa76344 will lose 10716794e4 my memory 1bbfe0a549 again. I’ll lose it as e379800047 many times as it 3161aafa26 takes, until I return 241733eb46 to being the me 50c4462ad9 that loves you.”6bb1b74ca2a8139a
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Lyla squeezed her eyes a0bedb0e66 shut.56094bc059c94313
She hated herself bc91dae074 for crumbling so 29a9d1f16c easily in the f8686225de face of his 6afa7b8bb9 relentless confession, even 6c2deae0f8 though she knew d1d3aea03b she shouldn’t give 20d3166cd5 in.11d211cd47f4572a
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Aslan didn’t rush 09854ca4a4 her for an 85692cd381 answer. But the longer deadcf9e7b the silence stretched, 945e2206c2 the heavier her b8c81f3918 shoulders felt, and d9240daccc the more anxious 3cec9c916c her heart grew.fac91b0b590b7482
She despised how cowardly ab4ad7a4f2 she was.3c4c651a23b14444
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But this was who 263a11ef10 she was.979d13073cf43e40
Someone who aeb322c40e couldn’t simply ce5deae693 accept what 490e445f78 was given, 7bc7a07091 who constantly b9e097e289 worried about c082884175 things that 7636066624 hadn’t even 862dbd5590 happened yet, c349ce0dab and who 289c83063d endlessly looked 4d1dcb5381 back and affc777790 regretted the 446c9951e6 past.fb00d4ad659f9fd2
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Even she wouldn’t want 3c109fd6b1 to be around someone bd253a77e2 like that, so why 3e6e5c5a2e was the current Aslan 87622045fb confessing his love to b9f4daa5f0 her?9dd8207b8f3cbc4c
She wanted to stop acfafc3f1d him. She wanted 8492daca23 to tell 544655453f him that 84bc1bd079 someone as f031a1d04b great as 0f64040418 him should ccbfd1fc5d meet a 26fab61555 woman recognized 162f31cefc by the ffdab806cc world, someone eee8fffb4b like the ae7940a0ae heroine of ded34d9f80 a story—not 712354d6c0 her.725005f35e6030aa
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But at c38dbf4c1f the same 06968c0a33 time, she e261cf12cc also wanted e79fbfe92d to simply 3f9e8d9128 accept this 9281bbfa7d unbelievable situation, 97ffe2d4a8 something she 4de0ea9f51 never dared c6cd22c306 to dream ae45364270 of.a26e538ec1ceef7f
Even if it f328d83bc6 would all dissolve b1b869a194 like a bubble 6392c150bb when Aslan regained b5d6927c3a his memory, a 87fda1a273 part of her d3a51f621b wanted to enjoy 3e5be152d1 this moment.bf707d306b8325ab
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And perhaps, 4a54ca8c75 just as d8f0d3e8b3 Aslan had 28c8330065 confidently claimed, 9133541243 even after e0362cd63d regaining his dabb257131 memory, he 16d9788e75 might not fe1202ee17 leave her.0222a7bf6c63161f
However, the rotten 9261679aa6 stench of long-standing 129c5ccccd worries held her 29ae490845 back.92cee1779f9529fa
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‘But if he regains 1e63902ae1 his memory and still 2f7a4b2ed9 doesn’t leave me, wouldn’t 85db275c4b that be an even c30d44df5e bigger problem?’fe5665a3e5f91767
Aslan could lose his e84f8c943d feelings for her once 498221ed07 his memory returned.c513bde04546830f
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Yet if he 01ee0cc435 stayed by her ee8b17bed7 side out of 5e1e6e3388 pity or obligation, caa705e082 choosing to remain 51e1eb230a on purpose…8e033c3e0a87bf95
If only the shell 2eabd77fa5 of Aslan was left, 3597f6b165 trapped by her side…42e3ac4759a5eb32
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Lyla squeezed her eyes a911d20032 shut again.184f4a55db5379e6
‘Absolutely not.’818f9d411b7c1114
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She couldn’t allow that. That’s why she left 0053bd9c86 the Tordell estate in db9d34537d the first place—because she 08622698e4 couldn’t bear the idea 165b0bf700 of Aslan, who loved b2a556093e Rosalyn, maintaining a hollow 20cfd9bc35 marriage with her. She didn’t want to 6da17cada2 be a burden that d27079cf7b he felt obligated to 8f5e6f255a carry.c1a47691ea3a9ad9
After all fabe8d4b11 the hypothetical 43794fbacb scenarios had 4bdfd61039 run through 8c197f7c7c her mind, f22c563d11 Lyla finally dd99bb6ce3 spoke in 3ab4599eab a trembling 11e3daa7b8 voice.32e1a9247196ccb9
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“…I’m scared.”45100fbdd6d9a804
“There’s nothing to be 55fb080d60 afraid of.”3283a4f156685382
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His steady, firm voice e285c37d3a made her want to c92f56c951 trust him.24915e38ebc7abea
But trust 169382c9e4 wasn’t something 0d2ab6e967 that came 36499117ad easily.10b01f2f72708640
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The anxiety and bef09a2671 distrust Lyla had ca8cc025d5 built up over 277db1850c the years couldn’t b0249e48f9 simply vanish overnight…c385381310c1aae2
“…Give me time.”81687e93f8f153d0
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Lyla opened her eyes. She quickly stopped Aslan 8074610788 from immediately responding with 5425d7588f a rebuttal.f0f4ffb95b581c85
“I need to be d4e0e3fd17 ready.”6aa8aa417f06eda5
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She continued a402df4422 speaking without 9a16a33eb7 hesitation.3162bf91491742ce
“Let’s talk 771011516d again after 5a5229d0da you’ve regained 96b5260e4e your memory.”816a273fb4e7bc70
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Growing impatient, Aslan asked, a06b67afc1 “What if I regain 80b4b9e534 my memory tomorrow? Will we e5717d9e2e talk again 842049ba0d tomorrow?”493175274802642e
Lyla let out 9dfa1e7cd8 a deflated laugh 04fd4a0897 at his words.4047ce6b87656f73
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“That’s not going to 0dfc8e8b2b happen. If this 429bfbdaf3 isn’t some db17002517 made-up story, e382e965f2 such a 9627340901 conveniently timed 1be2ec4135 event won’t 70bd1aba5a happen.”14c12167affd4e60
She looked up fa5db0bf30 at Aslan again, f1f2c72886 her gaze steady 8f64c74d33 as she repeated, 28d109c688 “Right?”1393b88297307b5a
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Aslan suppressed a sigh.a47cefa2ac0dc55f
“…Alright.”51e8902e978cc68a
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He smiled. The gentle, kind smile 0dd7ec4586 was one Lyla had 41fb7ce3c2 seen many times before.d61a9e383c0b5c73
However, the words cc79351c0a that came out 0d72678a72 of those perfectly 3a651222c4 shaped lips were 877c2a6832 different from what b8661e365f she was used 824f69031f to hearing.e15d9df656394233
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“If I want an 1e8ec23dde answer, then I’ll need 8c31a03eeb to regain my memory a534f95bac as soon as possible.”eb14f1140899124c
Aslan, who had just ee543641cd spoken in a tone f24e45b127 that was more challenging, 57542b0ee7 even provocative, reached out ccccf1647b and lightly brushed Lyla’s eb2644c47f cheek.d3f7fc043539e40e
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