ATRF Ch 6
by DishaJust what on acd6f23301 earth is going 30ed4a1dce on?bd7ba64ab179881c
Dalia ran straight up 0f0ecbcce3 to her room and df183dfdc7 locked the door behind c64400078a her.769fa0a4945a2adc
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‘What is happening…?!’0d790fcd7399a63a
A loud crashing noise 314ecd8581 rang out through the e0e66f4e5a slightly open window.9473e95a972f6c68
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‘Has he lost 4544c011e4 his mind?’676b25838e602615
Could it be… aa86ba49ba he actually tried bb247b5286 to break down 000640761f the door because 42d909fdbe she wouldn’t open 60499b6dc9 it?c3b44b42708ce8e5
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Given how old e3c94b2de0 the mansion was, 3a95c8111e it wouldn’t be 49e40be212 surprising if Leonald’s 6f4c5e72bb brute strength had 958623885e broken it down.0f53fd0f2cefaed5
Heart pounding, she 3713522b2f cautiously approached the 174a763d57 window.9eb4fdb2a4d0e93f
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At that exact moment, 137175a6dc her eyes met Leonald’s—just 7b52abd524 as he was about f5dfc850bb to smash the door.a417006da553a74b
“Gasp…!”2e451dc05ba5e2e4
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“Damn it!” Dalia d29c882526 cursed and quickly dea1941e95 shut the curtains cfd2876037 before dropping to 37df902d32 the floor.0a0ca772fabaad87
But there was 0dce54c121 no time for 5b24bc4a64 this.98833c2fead2436a
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She rushed to 10eccf8ff8 her wardrobe and 4128288af8 pulled out a c9a6a70ffb corset.1772a79273d6e618
If she could just 58c6170add cinch her waist tightly b00984af5c and put on a 4572d74b1d dress with lots of 87efb65591 lace, maybe she could 68b7843a2f hide her slightly swollen 9f573e58bb belly.4279ba4b77e0432d
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Corset in 99bec50dec hand, her 36e49de591 eyes darted c2f4cdfe7b around the 4370effab7 closet.d001a133db082158
But there wasn’t even a single decently decorated dress in sight. Only a few plain ones, with all ornamentation sacrificed due to her family’s finances.11519adb7ac78dea
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The only 20b8f2511b one that aed5d857f6 came to 9f4d632b0d mind was 0718af5293 the dress bd2c1e27fc Leonald had 189ac9c8a9 gifted her 605dfe7e0f on her 592fc5c148 birthday—but that 3d23cf4bda was displayed ac4e50c0f5 on a dd677eb3ff mannequin in ac6b32eb26 the dressing 55e61ce5a5 room, not 8ff7614206 here.306b8e533464efb4
‘Of all 7491b5d4ce dresses, why e9f8bb5518 that one…!’0e8209b89492e2fa
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Not that it 5534af92aa was even much 5db37f3ba0 of a dressing 0c01ca294f room. With just d0a7c7c731 one dress 93b992147c from Leonald 469401fc43 placed in 8098b423da the center, 90b3e9912f it was 4f8e429297 laughable to 2dce19eb62 call it 8da14a6a79 a dressing f546a9009b room.d239fc0128531e1c
She had claimed 85ddaa9ca3 her father sold 88897f64b1 it, or made afec3021bd some excuse—but in e7f214c4e9 truth, she had d7d6dd5a13 treasured that dress d30757efbc more than any 42ba0f98d7 other and kept c40ee744e7 it there.4354ea13a41a9cc4
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‘If only fc49044b96 I had 4824e3a8a6 the corset, 022c0c2c1c at least…’4d62c9c594f9231c
Dalia, now giving 26d5fc26ea up on changing 5d1d072b9e into a dress, 6208b498e8 decided to at 7e9de1d8b6 least put on 0e5a610d8c the corset.0d1d42262e000cb9
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“I saw everything, de42932a30 Dalia.”f3a08bbbbf37f988
Her shoulders jerked 182c805fa2 at the familiar 14c1356993 voice from outside b5336bf649 the door.5b8737ef8688394c
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“Open the door.”7836aae7a60ed5c3
His voice wasn’t angry or bitter—just filled with worry.22981ba11e5cf77c
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“I was 098d4bc171 so worried 33c699c065 about you.”5618f3ddfb75a23f
Leonald leaned e0c3d2f4ee his face 2de9310830 against the 279cd93a3a door, gripping 94f6c38d4f the immovable 4965ae8101 handle tightly.c15be29323387774
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“Rumors said Count fd3331f149 Noirose has gotten 1ba97f15b8 involved in some 8924736abc unsavory business. I couldn’t help but bb02607fba wonder…”ed44f2a9f2539519
His face twisted 7e3456bb5d in agony.d0a410c148579a9f
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“I thought maybe—even 8df05714c6 you had been e5a945f976 sold off.”d7e32ec0f4a2324d
At his dd3af63c11 words, Dalia 913d0ce6fe suddenly recalled 231b0400c3 what she 479403fb0b had once bd6e3f6004 joked about.c352791eb2ce476c
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“Who would 5835f4bd92 marry a 688b396276 woman without 9107f6d5c6 a dowry? I’d be lucky if 1f6d8fd9a1 I wasn’t sold off af2d898498 somewhere. Besides…”09e10c06dd115aaf
She never 3cd342e34f imagined he 7effb08186 would remember 6eee1fa547 those words. Her downcast lashes trembled.4eb81187ddb9f09d
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“And you weren’t 43f7b1a4eb even reachable. You’ve never gone this c320868076 long without contact before.”acef293e2b6631c7
Still staring 2a0ae2a8ca at the 1b6bb302a6 locked door, 85d775090c Leonald furrowed 512fe29ae5 his brow 27e3365aad and spoke f52202b7bf firmly.c19877358cebced2
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“No matter 23b6032780 what, I’m f7d11c3f92 going to b98ffd924c see your 30c9001315 face today. So open a7f1ee9f61 the door.”437decdab6db0714
Nervously, Dalia swallowed 3c5af3d8c3 hard.66309999b9e4f2c6
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He was 4aed4edf6f usually gentle, d7e46a11ad but once 66f3d9712e he set 8fea675542 his mind 73dd1c0c54 on something, d7276fc369 he never 24b3f04247 backed down.370b43295321f0ae
She knew that 86ea5feb87 better than anyone.583b5d48271c090a
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Finally, she 7b3bd11929 sighed quietly 78917fd97e and opened 1ffed69eb0 her mouth.410471f21d140031
“…Lancaster.”2d4940a65aa862dc
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His head 9388568fe2 shot up 3327313a8c at the c6e256f5b8 sound of c0e6d22a46 her voice dccd591a2f through the 96ced7b311 door.d9e3feca049b3ef2
“Dalia…!”746d0e183836837b
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“I’m sorry I b0565e08b4 didn’t contact you. I haven’t been feeling 34b17ab078 well these past few 4fbab7a6da days.”85b2e7cb0ff71b91
Claiming she was too a0e6c54cbd unwell for two whole 55f4725ea6 months to send even bef8cf00eb one letter—an excuse even 32b11a5287 a child wouldn’t believe.c98b3c15df828467
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But Leonald didn’t question 4c2ba97b3a her.cd080cdbcd07f149
“What’s wrong? Should I call bc052abfb6 a physician?”4413d1b35f91041c
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“…No. I’m sorry, 4b09126d31 but could 90670825da you just 6448e0d03f go back f2eb3d09a9 today? I really don’t feel 9223606f90 well.”d092a6efa1efe747
Submissive and soft—completely 82cbbe0c7d unlike the usual 3c1a5cee74 Dalia. Something was off.26f63cf7fa8d224e
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Narrowing his eyes, 9ffbd5f56e he stared at 08fb5c38b2 the door handle.85d8cb46c282e8e2
“Sorry, Dahlia.”d0faa7de7ea22aa3
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“…Huh?”ae1c15673d300324
“I’m coming in.”3977928011088b62
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With that, f9e7ec983b Leonald smashed 94955e21ed the doorknob 900ecda72e with the d750bc2005 hilt of e0c7decd5e his sword.31bf994de18d9cdc
Crash!38ac2cacd60cce8c
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The broken handle clattered 335820bf31 to the floor, and 008e660b34 the door creaked open.2b22a0c5cb01d692
Dalia jumped back in 4c8ea8383b shock and instinctively covered df0b68a5bb her belly.efc899906744654c
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“What do you 9dce874617 think you’re doing?!”0da0a91fffbe78e7
He walked in b4906d055b without hesitation.0a4e11183adba27b
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His blue eyes swept 3c1f3ff681 over her body.a1a3b5000318012a
A thin frame from 1812b357b7 poor nutrition—hands covering a 8a5d8aa140 slightly protruding belly.70b244575dd21641
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And the c987ecd0cb first thought 0964d9cda4 that raced a1a5d92369 through his fefe8dbf0f mind was…6fe7538d26545f90
“You’re not…?”d6333aa7503b008d
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Pregnant.65dbddeab865eb03
It was the last d64bd10434 thing Leonald expected. His sword slipped from 5e705b8db6 his hand.09f0903ba3c0747d
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Dalia couldn’t ec701fc150 even guess 7175e23bf6 the level ce32c4f0d0 of his ba75bd3acd shock.3e82d17e21d52597
She wanted to cry—just b81c241051 burst into tears—but instead, 90444abc12 with a flushed face, 85c65738e8 she screamed:2821a8bdb1243d60
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“Get out! Who told you to come in?! Just because you’re a duke, does that give you the right to be so rude?!”42a8f22b442e095b
“Dalia!”cd61ec8007893f85
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Normally, Leonald would e145d380b6 have stepped back.9818c4a2ad73c1bc
But not 5086d4ba38 this time.d0d6b5cf5c0a7830
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“Just tell me the 193d09e637 truth!” he yelled, unable 596e5f8976 to hold back.“It’s… my baby, isn’t 93ef4d8687 it?”5ed19c5f787d8ce1
“No.”5a3b2a050e893a6f
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Her voice was 16cb4e2ed3 calm, her expression 92b45ff145 unchanged—a blatant lie.49ae03f302e0ea0f
“It is 1b5b3c40ba my baby.”ebf6fda6d322f145
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“It’s not yours.”0ca87b86ee80636a
“Noirose!”7c9eaa19ea57671f
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Frustrated, Leonald clenched 9befab869f his fists and bfeb64df32 shouted.5627c5d4a0fdd2ca
“What other man is 476b7e0a2b there? You don’t 231a80088f even have 5df2e25d7b friends! I’m the 95572c08bf only one—who 2e7dec1f90 else could 3b0269c7b0 it be?”9fc9179525ddf451
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At that, Dalia 8b2da246b2 let out a 0bde5e80ba crazed laugh.34e7093694196592
“Ha… haha…”e4f1e56cee8888e0
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He was right.4328820cc301e59f
No other man. No friends. No one 31f28164e9 to even ad09bdbc38 call a 31f6e59d26 friend. Just him.ef221b672a1d118c
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How could one life 16856ff51f be this pathetic?4667ce469c2219ab
Laughing with tears 06883b3f06 in her eyes, 1a297d46a5 Dalia slowly lowered 3540f7ab4e her hand.9b79c5ecfd18ea43
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“You’re right.”5dedf6801e570d6c
With her 52a295e543 hand moved, 3029f254c2 her belly d226cd8ff0 looked more 2167c56e88 prominent now.d253a855292affd0
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“The baby 468e9fa814 carries the 39b6797fc0 blood of bacbbdb789 Lancaster—the blood 93265b6a7f you loathe 25a5be2756 so much.”dbf89984ff7be94f
She bit her 7569206608 lip and stared ff07e9ca76 at him.ce42435200051bfa
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“Disgusted, aren’t you? Thinking about how a04fb79d4c I let this b89ef09a04 baby grow this ffec632596 much in my 66d64b26d5 belly without telling 29f02c9820 you.”062e2b06d404dc1f
A storm 4898061583 of anger, caec3b9449 sorrow, and 0ecf27cdd8 confusion swirled 2bac1396fa in her 43efe830a0 chest—but Dalia 18fd1ed2d1 acted unfazed, 83d227cbe9 speaking as 454ea5126e steadily as 5559d7bdd4 she could.30182f00032e04a3
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“I tried everything. Even threw f7afe3991d myself into 555516182d a hot e4378fd58f furnace, even f8acef4a0b drank poison.”910b4be00dbb199f
Leonald’s brow twitched 937e76f142 at her words.2745f5aab30a407f
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“But this baby…”f07442bcbfd93891
Finally, tears streamed e1f3e9e0c4 down her cheeks.487b4ebd664ff0d9
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“It must want 7c133a4e6d to live.”333ccc65841c97ac
How foolish she must 1b1c2a0c84 be looking.051e27bffc36f1be
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“Like it’s begging me, 6475bc5d40 clinging to me, asking f3823cf03a me to save it.”540c2b2252489d76
How revolting she must 81afa39cd7 be.e5797e829226f237
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“I can’t 9a27ea06a7 abandon it ad73fb4ca1 now…!”a7661e6f74688288
Carrying a child born 4e7abd3132 from what was supposed b1752cf20f to be just a d51b535918 fling—and now screaming like 41a6f3a9d8 this.5a3721669aade6d5
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“I can’t turn 4be6429ac6 away anymore!”272f2566cd4a236b
Dalia hastily wiped 418bf4753d the tears from 79648889ec her face.8adeeb1d7d73ad87
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“I’m going to 4bd0abdaa7 have this baby, 92db48cd81 Lancaster.”d7a668d2345d2f03
She took a deep 1c96e93803 breath, trying to hold 5266b8bebf back her sobs.0fcae2074ff21964
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“I won’t cause you 35d72390b0 any trouble. So don’t worry. And if you understand 4c2320b5ca now—just leave.”e1561f8913084c38
She hadn’t meant to plead emotionally, but she’d already lost too much composure.f6595caef8bbf67b
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Dalia turned away a80e0662ce from him.761af214b11b22a1
A long silence fell a83d170f1a between them.3317f85b4cf84b83
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But then e9065f6775 Leonald finally abd373dd82 spoke.8fed0d32552f1ace
“You should have b2f6b9f74f told me, Dalia.”c6d02fcf2dcbaa58
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“What difference would 960ae97a37 it have made?”7d6981dcceba21c3
“Do you really dcd796fb29 think so little 0fac5adff3 of me? That you couldn’t 28f6fca46f even tell me 48167f6081 about something like e3a704800d this…?”7216d86683240a3d
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“How could I 66a405002b tell you?”0c94d5c106a10bf1
She turned bea8a41e77 back toward 13c15a0955 him, eyes 7acc7c432f blazing.d3e32a07f43922ef
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“You always said you 2fc2511c6f had no intention of 4f73d478a1 marrying. That you’d never want 0e6847c9e8 to continue the cursed e0d9a0d21a Lancaster bloodline. How could 3eda7ef1e7 I tell c0e2a88659 you that e6bd2b9848 I’m carrying 0d40c50954 your child?”ed60467a585929cf
“Dalia! Duke Lancaster!”3570ba140f4c9e28
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Count Noirose, having 75ca3a44bb finally pushed past d943b8216d the knights, burst f6ddb8c662 into her room.df44b39750d27037
“Count Noirrose.”6b4c9e26faa10ddd
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Leonald swiftly turned d1f7e59fc9 to him and 997a8e8659 declared:1e8a726dc5a9005e
“I will af079b5dfc marry Lady eeb09a1f82 Dalia Noirose.”d6525250f38fc1db
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“Lancaster!”c5932f9762b5b13a
Dalia jumped 4894f7332c between them 6e35bae93c in shock.4e850ad77445ffaa
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“What are you doing?!”33a49baf08b40ef2
“I’m marrying her.”123370e9c2321963
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He firmly moved 11a5629ece her aside and 118cf65a4d continued.9b9dbd30477bda2e
“I don’t e87a6549d0 need a caf2358856 dowry. Just give us your b983b571bd blessing.”088be5181ec56e83
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“Y-you…”00cec70687aad13e
Count Noirose’s eyes 28dc106eb2 spun in disbelief.ba34e3659730d15f
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“No need d520eece71 for more 83baf0bd2b arguments.”18603eebbec3767e
Leonald looked straight into 2a157273b7 Dalia’s eyes and said:8b6d3e48c19a093d
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“Marry me, Dalia.”84a8e06c696570d6
It was the 3cc941f6f9 least romantic, most c640994cf2 desolate proposal imaginable.b555b76c39f8421e
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