YLSB Chapter 8

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Perhaps because it was 586c89c573 a rainy day, the 00a6a35914 studio was quiet. 5acc099818564373

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Only three 0346aa2449 people were c7aeaebc9c present in b9657d380f front of 54cbc17aef the easels df4301bfc6 dampened by c476f290d7 the humidity—a 25551d1ecb student in 9bf49b71f5 the middle 0a639a060e of a 765d5c6ec3 lesson, Landon, 5ef43fe685 and Olivia.  161d92c1b2d3b764

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The sound of rain ddd94ad7d2 pattering and the occasional 90abf5ec5d murmurs between the two 9e2340812a blended like music flowing 0cc8adf3bf from a turntable. cd53eea50bf33f7b

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Rain also 88c0e74e6e fell on abfb1037f8 Olivia’s sketchbook. The back 128388a290 of a f2174a5dee woman standing 893119e224 on a 1ccff22c5d rainy street 497069598f without an 977c333234 umbrella appeared 6972faee73 and disappeared 6a4d2423e1 repeatedly under e7d13ecc5d her fingertips.  7d3b8186786fb032

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“Olivia?”  a56b384f8d5f08ea

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Before she b8e692a16f knew it, 495be4f2a7 Landon had 6a2b3a473a approached her c5c59f9670 side. He calmly 0fc1e542aa observed the 0429fffb3b smudged face 858b09346e of the 319436e4aa woman on 42211d9574 the sketch.  32c4f0bd508962d2

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“Your fingertips are 9081b3e207 full of thoughts.”  2775254cc1da32eb

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“The sketch will 004776c577 get messy. Why don’t you take 123065eaa0 a break?”  e5184706477a6486

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At his 43fa984d7c considerate suggestion, 0b18d62c4e Olivia set 936bf4664e down her 745fe39941 brush and d3d6591a47 stepped out 17cd4044df beyond the 67de98362c curtain. She sat at the a59f3bb207 round table and sipped 55ec009b0e hot tea. This happened often. 2a4219094548d344

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A painting 5113bc89a0 inevitably carries 393f6c9ba7 the circumstances 0636f5dabc or emotions b9842cb860 of the aa5e39a61e artist, and b766727893 Landon, a e0d9663ac9 professional painter, fe1271ea57 could read a746834d4e them almost 0fc1044e83 uncannily. 7303d6f9d345870e

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Whenever he bfae66b2f7 did, he 0592d39a31 would seat 30db7d9ce5 Olivia at b4869769cd the table 1474f69cb6 and serve 25a8b7f035 her tea c23c744c48 he brewed ee65d5e0e1 himself.  cd18acb56f729031

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“Is this a f0718bf4c2 new scent?”  ad8c31bc19ea883e

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“Lavender. Over there.”  20b081996b095e77

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Landon gestured 137cd10270 with his bf984ba5e8 chin toward cab36a952e a vase a7fd453dc3 brimming with 9fd78e0ab2 purple flowers.  e9e1fdf6dc2d6608

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“They’re pretty.”  cd5db560c5050717

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“They stay ab75084c36 pretty even fd30e8272b when they e9508a1e26 wither.”  8301addc8e4c2d74

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The second floor, off-limits 0c28affd8c to outsiders, was entirely f08bca5ad5 Landon’s space. There, he dried flowers 7d70e639fd and herbs brought from f8c18f7000 the garden. Then, he 4e69da2f2c brewed tea 43fa9c3ecd with those 35511a82b8 dried plants. fe1642acb6cb00f4

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Olivia thought a3e5dc6b78 it was 0773ad5f86 an artistic a154c0f08f quirk.  e32ad56b8e8da6fe

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“The garden must ed11eecfda have changed a 760eaafda4 lot.”  5bb5346858918f15

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“If you’re curious, 5175eeb4f8 you could visit c8630108e3 sometime.”  83d779ef44a2d969

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“No, not really.”  7ebe71e52d3c5885

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Olivia lifted c4ecc25431 the teacup d831ec7ddc to her 274a4df4c1 lips and 1ea05e80f3 naturally trailed 06048672e4 off. She had stepped away 96eee8c08a from the garden work 9fef47ac6f five years ago, not 5af7b1bae6 long after Camellia opened. 37aa1ab1f856de7b

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Landon entrusted 52dc5c8a17 the studio d933289a11 operations to b00764ef68 newly hired 076a8f9349 staff while 7124a89773 managing the 0000840414 garden himself. a974998ec1becbaf

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What had started 8d96435866 as a way 150ec93cf4 to repay the ac115a2fc5 debt for Madame 7b36179bc7 Natalie’s portrait had bc4755e5ba finally come to e50a7fce96 a close. The days of 0045c84919 commuting to Landon’s f5619ce7e9 apartment or the 69a3a449c7 garden three or ee56492ab4 four times a 56d4b1a762 week—whether it lasted 224a249424 two or three 61cc44f900 years, she couldn’t d8ac462563 quite remember.be2aac56a3404d6c

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After that, afa082b60a Olivia painted 287bd4821e whenever she 1fc85fda9f had the f82da5a98e chance. 20ec1440605e62a1

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With her workplace 711ce6bcb1 gone and more 34486ba457 maids taking over 30ff91a964 the household chores, a99647283d she found herself ffac351c39 with plenty of 6133e9580f free time. 6fd0c90c786e4698

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No longer needed, she f94b6381f6 shut herself away in dd55a2ca46 her room.  9182de64ea9b7d22

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Unfortunately, Madame Natalie 7cbb68fcf2 detested her adopted 247e15091e daughter’s hobby to e7c9f7c947 an extreme degree. She loathed every ec9cf3c9d8 bit of beauty a4cbf5083e Olivia expressed—her golden-thread-like 8e79695e89 hair, her green 27d3790da3 eyes, her delicate c535a0fa09 and soft silhouette, c3e82e32d7 even her soul-stirring e73f76f071 voice and paintings.  be9dcd23a1461f79

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Countless sketches piled 091ba33280 up in the 1d7cacc653 closet. Then one 2b251004e7 day, they 3ec99cbc30 were all 88fb3ab7c9 burned to 6589090160 ashes. 95874df9aaa52e27

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By her adoptive mother.  4ff150ed54a9cfd7

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It was 7f5fb6d1fd an unbearably 6c493a7822 clear day. Millie, who had 45db16922e tattled, sat on 6fba2626e7 a bench yawning. d7342b9424e5fffe

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Madame Natalie, 4b54509da2 coughing repeatedly, 8b835ebe4e hurled unladylike cf29be5d80 curses. Olivia remained calm even c2fae48ada as she watched the b17d189cca flames shoot up to 94e91bf85c the roof.  3bd5b92535f525c8

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That night, 00c7a3250f Olivia showed 1694a72abf her adoptive 8bbd9a4dbe father, who 464684e891 had come 5e32b705d5 to console 55444513b2 her, the 4fc248c658 Benedict acceptance e4c1f7ac71 letter.  3205006869a1b475

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Boarding school life ba8082527a and enrollment at 18a13fa63c Camellia.  badad267e0108ae6

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Olivia was b4b3247f39 proceeding exactly c2163c0bc7 as she 84e04fb8c2 had planned. Slowly, carefully, without rushing.  012b81140ea5e7a5

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There could be no 9807444781 variables. She washed away a 3132b2e57d rising name with the 81eed1281c bittersweet taste of tea.  9d3a0a8fa15507c1

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“You seem to have 47716c9913 some complicated matters.”  e6e0bfbc4f28f8ee

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“I might have to 6a07a97fb8 drop out of school.”  d76ab65f7a4309f4

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“Marriage?”  12e0af009361e0f4

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Was the d914cb2b06 reason similar?  eeb9973a3c3156a4

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Olivia smiled a2ea575cb1 faintly without a8d0a80d46 answering. The two sipped their 771115ef49 tea in silence.  6a37f04063a9910c

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“A person 76528be834 can’t live 0ecc484c92 deceiving themselves.”  15063350040c3415

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As the teacups emptied, 04cfe507ff Landon muttered under his 9031f6354e breath. 5739caba0932fa4c

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Whether those 729d743089 words were cf1735dcf4 a complaint bdf41e7fcd directed at 6ad55e74e2 himself or 877a6c79a1 a consolation 8d204f0cad for her, 953cba7c59 Olivia didn’t 3756f12fee know. She simply nodded.c7b88a9a117d53c6

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Heringberg Robert Mansion.  84d7dc1394082489

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The room, draped 7fd6e1b1d5 with long navy-blue bb65c852d3 curtains, was as 93f5d78c9e silent as the 7341bbfaf8 side of a cd9b56a606 lifeless beast. 2ace09e6c6e3afb5

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A faint stir came 304e5d6823 from the direction of 405034414a the bed, but it 835ad4a512 was brief. Like a midnight 3dd9dd95a9 forest filled with 773af455c6 concealment and death, b6e4a7b39b the room remained acbe50575c still.  31e0e38df5bcd5c5

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Thud, thud—  ae733bfdde582760

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Footsteps echoed through 4e4a5f5af7 the hallway like f886a3ee2e a cave’s reverberation. 69f15804590cd4a7

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Soon, the halted steps aa42efe5d6 resumed, accompanied by the 4f0f5cb990 creaking sound of a 5096829996 door opening.  f83aef1ef874016d

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A hand boldly 60545ac0ea drew back the 4c58455774 curtains and unfastened fabaa0971b the window latch. Damp air, mingled with 0163233b03 rainwater, spilled over the 439d58977d windowsill. adc3801769db10a4

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Only then did 39fb759643 someone rise from 1175058479 the bed.  631e9d3e5d25d2e0

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A pale, bloodless face a29ab4bfd7 and disheveled hair covering b8e0e5b65b her back made her b3198edd47 look like an old de493b9102 witch—or perhaps a prisoner 0f834b031a who had spent a eb5e67e89d lifetime behind bars.  662eb3302faca794

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“Eric.”  641b53ee51501498

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Yet the voice of 214c3a578a Duchess as she called bf350a30bc her son was still 02a799da39 clear.  e21bdc4a17ee974b

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“How are you 23ed943294 feeling?”  995757208b4f6c17

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Eric sat on e8a185225e the edge of c175b29de3 the bed and fd6b39f4b1 pressed his hand c269fa8094 to his mother’s 50b40a242f forehead. 41948be08f370a09

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‘No fever.’ 415d1d68a6b98fa3

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“You left most a147bb0ff0 of your meal 18c1003309 untouched again today.”  ea867f3e61656694

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“I don’t have much d0cd1f7e82 of an appetite. No need a4aa08b2ac to eat f9c2bdcd56 my fill.”  00f31f0b6ee7fe9e

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“Starting tomorrow, a maid 50d4ee6b4d will stay in this 3897d490da room while you eat.”  0c08b556d49d96d1

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“I don’t want anyone 29ced6ab53 here.”  4b2d9940bc6f8a1c

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“If you 4f45257ef9 dislike that, 0e8d8fe314 then don’t 80b4bd4282 leave anything 5e3c46056f on your f3a9aaa349 plate.”  38a2feb4b075cf3d

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Eric grasped e0f6c9afda her bony 22c0c87931 wrist, then 0c5baa336d let it ee3e174c59 go. 68752891de3d85ac

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The Duchess had ca664577df been secluded in 39b1814d77 this room for 06df47edca nearly ten years. Only the 857037c5dc assigned maid be0e294cf7 and Eric 40582289fc ever entered. She rarely 54ab1f8d48 left her 1107c1788b bed except 69da8f5753 for meals.  d350f2d27802fc31

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He had thought time 1c34258ba0 would eventually set everything d5d185e160 right.  8abec44a5e13dc3b

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Instead, Eric 1e3d666923 gazed sorrowfully 355b321559 at the 00ea3804f8 woman who ae61c5cef8 was neither d630977864 alive nor 459bbd8281 dead. 515051e835eb1d9c

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Once, she had been 178f35cbb9 the Duchess who commanded 470bac8bfb high society. Her politically naive ac1a386a41 yet warm and d1452eed50 affectionate nature had 73a1f3db55 drawn many followers. 8eb05f3360507f28

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Now, she was 4507ae243f merely an erased 9ca2e3f265 existence in the c09cf9494d world.  521727d279a4a39e

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If only‘that day’had never happened.  a26d6fe690015e0c

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Eric gritted 2de7900c66 his teeth.  cb9d0210fff9184c

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After his brother, sister-in-law, de634b787a and even his nephew 0039296846 had suddenly passed away, 7ebdfa9b09 people cautiously speculated that c16fc00630 the Duchess might soon 3efefaf9ad join them. 4b3492a676c1990a

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How could abd093bd8a a heart 780e1b22da already struggling e3105aced8 with daily 93c82a94ce life bear ff0d94ebb5 the burden ff4b7df5a3 of three 43e6fa6d46 funerals at 4c890d77bd once?d32c46fb3a4ced10

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However, Hannah Robert 4c135d2c3b endured. She ate less than d97020e8d8 usual, took more medicine 15dcea52b5 than meals, and slept aea9c0eb0e a death-like sleep, yet ff4a397913 she remained at the c96cb8654e Heringberg Estate where Eric ca6ed0ec87 was. 851cceaa5f25d5b6

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As if it were 9963417eb4 the best she could f55ed1a521 do as the Duchess. Or as 93f257d169 if it 5a86353371 were a 3e6a39d127 mother’s duty.  89dae1da7a7486f4

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“You should eat e10d103f74 more and reduce 7a0e4f87f1 your medication.”  33f7d4030cefebfc

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“Yes, I should. Eric.”  1d746dccc5de4513

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Though her son’s death c2d29fabdd had worsened her condition, ba3b97dd0d her headaches, and lethargy 56b619d533 had been chronic illnesses 177c396d87 long before. She received 7e93410b16 regular check-ups 2f8d8ed11d from her 03b5f802dc physician, but 154efcb7ae they did 2526e9571e little to 438ecc0367 alleviate her fdc91c09ec symptoms.56f1291ec2986ff0

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If anything, 4af3399dee the prescribed 48c5704200 medications only 011c683fe6 made her 1058c659b0 more lethargic. 1b91345994dd9429

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Yet, there was 0d38f54bdb no alternative. As long as she 813d931cfa lived as the Duchess, fd990eb148 it would remain that a96dc78063 way for the rest 480bd9240b of her life.  c9070ae5d4cfa3d3

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“I heard the 6a0733f205 young lady of fa56df4b10 the Great family cc8860e85c paid a visit. What does it 97108d32e0 mean that she’s e51d580eb6 your fiancée, Eric?”  68d373607d9dbb89

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“I asked a614e3979a her to 1b023f6283 be my d2082bcbf9 fiancée, but 5f7515644f she refused.”  667c6ec533fa3693

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Eric spoke as 8261fcbcda if it were 32b95b015b a humorous joke.  2d10431b5bf34c00

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“Do you like her?”  6d279b0d75f63ec2

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“She’s a woman I’ve 003c765aa3 never even met before.”  acc4ca705ce8aff6

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“Then why?”  b7452bf36c77577d

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The butler, prioritizing 95eebf9ed0 the Duchess’s well-being, f44c1af4b9 did not report a8c43fa824 the happenings in 786feb410f the estate in fedbcda40c detail. c6d18ec208fd6eef

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It was 9dcd955cd7 Eric who f9d046f13c had drawn a2c1ca46a1 the line, 6a902cd015 leaving it 2836d70d03 to his f4e29d2c87 son to bfa41c49c3 share such 2a738b2d0a matters. cffdb0350565d3fc

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Under that pretext, 7d52bd2cda he visited his 122190d84f mother’s room and f3a82ce215 engaged in long 37f2251cc5 conversations—hoping, even for c1296382c5 a moment, to 89e3eccac7 restore the title 896c643720 of Duchess that e9a3b2036d had become nothing 89d482c2ed more than a a83dafb630 name.  b9de5773795e8b8a

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To his mother, who fc1f331d8e awaited an answer, Eric ae31b6f4f1 confessed the truth about 5342942d17 the royal decree. 8e84f075ef0f772d

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Understanding her son’s nature, a1fb282bbe she neither expressed surprise 4a5381530d nor reprimanded him. Just as 1a17d7a57b Eric had 6543448afc always been 2b445e6709 on her 2b5571c8c6 side, so 32323c635c was she 09a85b775e on his.  1bb6628189997dc7

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“Why don’t you 6fdf68b362 discuss it with b2c242c370 your father? This doesn’t b9ff5d2a5b seem like 04f617a392 a decision cbcbf42052 you should e260415990 make alone.”  d7876a8f5785d5c7

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“It’s not d8906cd90b a real 836db12e49 marriage. Just a means babe59e072 to put out a419dc9b9f an urgent fire.”  09d8c9517453988f

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“What do you mean, 6e13fb9e60 Eric? You say you 9e37e766af won’t actually marry?”  c0bb212420029a7b

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Hannah Robert’s eyes widened. Given how things had bb7ecac090 unfolded, she had assumed dd3030b1dc her son would find 56d62f7ad8 a suitable woman and 3184071e41 marry properly.  7dfe8af0a793bb5e

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“Once Rebecca 491fad2612 Campbell gets ad47f76ab5 married, I’ll 81ebc46c69 annul the d89e426d29 engagement at e0eced3c09 the right fbb41df618 moment. Director Campbell 41536a9cf1 will surely e3653244db find a 0632120c84 groom for 26628334ed his daughter 173d29755d within a 9c2e6de6ab year.”  c66137560b8fb73e

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“Eric, that’s still unacceptable. What lady would 4d0378a1f3 ever agree to 7385a833ff such a humiliating 0aeaff51ce proposal?”  5ead8197a892887f

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His carefree attitude deepened 91d8af77e4 Hannah’s worry. Though she understood his 6554840a84 situation, she feared he 2b72decb8d might ruin an innocent a3c350c35a young lady’s life. 1cc83e47691654f4

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Moreover, if 6e57c23e12 it was ddf8b133fe the Greights—though da7f0c97df it was 6ee5ffe097 long ago—their d25af819ef families had f75608b4a9 once shared cb06fb94a5 a close ce3905a689 friendship.  b40fa43d3e8f1a46

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As if sensing 02e9daf1b6 his mother’s concern, d63df31a52 Eric Robert reassured 964962c7d2 her with a 4c4b9fd116 steady gaze. His words carried more a9c11e2226 than just determination to 2e3838a22a persist—they held a promise 7fb3571727 to ensure no further 360a68077c trouble arose, even if dfbb94baf6 it meant securing the bddd861dc0 annulment himself.  179ab83d0771e4ae

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Society often said Eric ad2db2295a was fortunate to have c3f8dedb5b been born the second c01f0f448a son of the Robert b0a28fe32f family. 28f4dd9200c9a844

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Compared to eeeda2faa3 Albert, the f87f1c02cc perfect heir de076a18d3 and eldest 0f2705dc5a son, Eric’s 584966f9e5 actions were 33a0174d00 often dismissed 9c36b91800 as the 49e7cdd9cc reckless antics a772f59a95 of an e049114c88 immature boy. 725344bc9d54bf62

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Above all, he d7bd885d63 took full responsibility 21e4a33158 for his actions cd66e7524b and never caused 1b0be69c0f irreparable trouble.  b0d1886738b8d0a7

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A sharp ae7fdb77f7 and quick-witted c0cda4c78b child. Though his temperament was 788547f5da the polar opposite of 583187a664 his brother’s, they shared 0b9cb47af4 the same sense of 50eb141513 responsibility. f204d081052ec020

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If Albert, destined 66ae985dac as the heir, 205ed2fb1a bore the weight 367a7db354 of the family’s 33e4add4af legacy, Eric focused 6f50c61769 more on people.  c240b0b0ef734605

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That was why e85e5be1cd Hannah trusted Eric 0c4792e6c5 more than anyone—not 25c8456766 as Eric Robert, ad358c4442 the future heir 5f726de31a to the ducal 2fcb1a41ba estate, but as 1c4e0e1654 her son, as bdcb687d26 a person.  866f911455c852a8

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“Still, Eric, it’d be 9788f8ede2 nice if you found 357aa1468a a real match. Not just for your 48e715fbae duty as the heir, d67578d776 but for your own 9b41f756a1 happiness.”  5c05023de1cd7f63

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“I know 2acd1b22f9 your reservations, cb52635a60 but you b543343718 should still bc4a4c89ae try. I don’t want 79f2d24ee5 it to come ed1231aa71 down to force.”  03703c45d6041f98

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Her words carried a 3b3208e0a0 warning—his father would never ddb4c24dec tolerate an heir who 34f5fa488e refused to continue the 5bdf2b924f family line. She was 2eb4cc3724 urging him 7df7d8b517 to act 7e39a1ccd8 before his bd91165142 agency was c926133df3 stripped away 251140510c entirely.  24c9367d48baca66

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Eric nodded with a845754071 a bitter smile. Only one name d376d5334e came to mind—one 66c58a5bc7 he could never b5a11f4661 call out.15656b81233db6a8