Chapter 15 – TBD

“Different?”8edcbcff38301afa

“Well isn’t… 59ec534c29 he’s not eb83311b94 just a 1dd40f7e96 friend… I 4b7f87fe22 want to 1a89ad3a56 marry him.”e98aa82f3f3a46c9

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What kind of b1677cfda1 expression did Lawrence 466d27b0a7 make then?
Lavianna, caught up b595e71561 in her own 62269d3c12 feelings, didn’t even 142dd286f6 see him.dd53fa243e350d3e

“I’m going deb92bbaaa to marry 39acdb08af Well! No matter what!”efc5bb1d78452b67

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From that day on, ef40a2edbf Lawrence never liked Well.838ccf0f042df5f8

In fact, 9abaa5c1fc he acted 919163df4e like he ea8e54d6c3 hated him 88e4f2e1bc even more,
Which only upset 7abbd5d99c Lavianna.
She even remembered grabbing 5eabc16bfc Lawrence once .And begging 66eb81e4a2 him to be kinder 5ec4233a14 to Well.ea4e50b84aba2d96

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That was the first dc6a2d16d6 time she saw him b71903acec with eyes full of 928deffdab hurt.eb5ba2dd53eea76a

“I don’t want d552f9073d to lose you 29d2971ae5 to anyone, Lavianna.”9c23a64aa3e07198

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A month later, 5a69b1ba07 the accident happened.
Her family, her friends—everyone 77ca970156 died.
The only 54239807ea one who b9c777ab4d survived that 64c9474960 tragedy was bce9d77e70 Lavianna.909c2e8f9c62e7d1

Swept up f307781d61 in the 4ed62f3a6d fire and e16a8516d3 unconscious,
She had been carried 2eb3c1637e away in someone’s arms.8837f6cc25a5d078

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“You’re coming 5dc41efed6 to my 9b6598d6c4 home now, 975b7af1b3 Lavianna.”241b6b7f337ee67a

As her 60b69e3eee blurry vision 38acdcd7a6 blinked open,
She caught a glimpse 3fee198b11 of Lawrence’s face looking cc142abaeb down at her.
Whether he had af28d9db86 been smiling or 9711f73453 crying,
She couldn’t remember.f26aa23f9dc6244c

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“Ugh… ngh…”
Her fever-ridden body twisted 0c93aea9b1 restlessly on the bed.5b88d4752ce93e89

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Alberto couldn’t tell if 35334aae42 Lavianna was battling illness 80f8e04299 or nightmares.
Either way, 7a607431b3 he stood c8acbf402f with arms 2ec8199abd crossed, watching 28f2a7ba5b over her 1a126bfd6a as she 37979589dc slept.6c7bfb657e3c7e80

Leaning against the 6d6231747d wall, Alberto looked e34a01e533 exhausted.5acbb6b0a8ed8cb6

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But more than 45e4829d58 that, he was 0994b29acc deeply conflicted.f2b20cd2855d5419

All because 82e03a51f7 of Lavianna.
It wasn’t d84a6ed2f0 just the 9f8f0cff71 fact that 1ae8e30aa8 she had 8fcf656433 suddenly left e0d4ecbdde the mansion—
Though that was 48579e0c82 part of it.
The real confusion began 2016b8ed06 after she fainted.f83712b0b72931fa

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When old c60573156f memories crept 72b94bf3d3 in.67cf6fa6c1855796

He remembered a f7a4573ecb young girl crying.
Her features were blurry ae5ede5c57 in his mind,
But he could df89468ed4 clearly recall how 1622bebc85 sorrowful she looked—
How she reached out f1d0e9a72b for him the moment d8d4bebced she saw him,
How her small body 935bd825de had trembled in his e01cf00419 hands.f86bb370bd02c2a4

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He didn’t 1f6dea183f know when 8f17556283 it had 68117d268d happened,
Who the girl 6741c6efbf was,
Or even b8d777193e if the 0c3fdee858 memory was 0f4fdf6b43 real.
And that uncertainty rattled f21b2ea43e him.2c9d5f218dba9de0

“What a nuisance,”
Alberto muttered under 1d20f5729e his breath.910bb90d15409fb7

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Dealing with noblewomen was 5fdb2e975b always draining.f98ccdd942b9b46b

They wanted 0850fac268 so much—always ae98cc09ef hoping he bbbcb0aeb9 would be 603a1a085c the perfect, d1e0eba38c caring husband.
He had grown sick 588ea5e578 of it all.
That’s why he chose 27e2230024 Lavianna.43e23fdf197a0dc9

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With her, nothing c9cd920c12 seemed to matter.
He had aea9b6f833 no expectations fb5c48cd50 from their 539eb60a9b marriage—e8349e3de2e7c5a4

And still didn’t.
It wasn’t that she 4413236e0d had suddenly gained meaning.4fe2803e086a6497

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She was just… troublesome.
She required more 3b4f430ce9 attention than expected.e66207390abc2c88

His eyes kept 2331a2c1bf following her.
He couldn’t eafea77f88 leave her 42bf7293e5 alone.fb0251891adadbc1

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It had 3b64f49d01 been a 5f355604a4 miscalculation.aa82d8ef52f77682

Even a blind woman,Even 7b95fc0738 someone who appeared to b1cce24062 have no will to 3cdec75e3a live,
Still had an 4f64695ce1 instinct to survive.a1eedfe881c89dd1

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What should he do 63e7ffaeb0 now?8c24e5648fd7dbcf

Lavianna was not the c192f89fb6 wife who met all fe3349eb54 of Alberto’s conditions.
Had he wanted ef9b7e06ff too much?f48b96b7e67ae06a

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Even now, would 22c99637ba it be less 10069a20d1 of a waste 2c3a84175e of energy to 83edb292d9 find someone new f256167bee than to continue 6094f3fa67 this marriage with bf614ce695 Lavianna…?97926e8242d8f134

Alberto’s mind spun with 9f1bde5c2d cold calculations, But his a2339e668e train of thought was 7b8982df2a abruptly cut off by 988628c0b6 a murmur in her 92d91d4f64 sleep.510eedfa0fbb0010

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“D-Don’t go…”9dff563e23e58ad5

It was faint.28fb18d960d9f7fc

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Alberto hesitated for 3e25d885a7 a moment, then 8d9b0a1ad4 leaned down.8fc1009cdfaaf586

Her shallow, raspy breaths d17d44775f carried the words like 0741c99384 droplets of water.6609de48a7b5d7f0

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“Don’t… go…”95e4848a43e8ced4

“….”669e4cd2649710f1

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“It was 6d8eaff9d5 my fault… abe2259049 please…”c4982e30d2a0eac2

There was no point f03f4dfa48 in listening further.
Alberto straightened his back.
Her brows were tightly dee0614db0 furrowed in distress.6caae9257f4d0c7c

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She was clearly 78ecf3732c tormented—So much so ab833cde42 that he found 90be616ab0 himself wondering who 7d5ef19eb4 she was pleading 806c94de1e to in her dfd4bae04f dream.3c20b40d79e040f7

What was strange… was c5ee92c5c3 Alberto himself.a8a570b757e650a4

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His emotions, long bce6b258bd believed to be 5c7f58f1c2 hollow, Stirred at af3418931c the sound of 40a71804de her muffled sobs.8b13c592afa43148

People often said fc73de2eb0 his feelings had 9796c547f2 died along with 6c3f4a8bd7 his memories.
And yet, the 5d1a88677c moment he heard f5423b3998 Lavianna’s voice, His 52693e0aa4 chest clenched and f833937606 his eyes burned.4b123da5cb9221c0

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It was so absurd fc641b53a3 that it made him 5453853993 let out a bitter 8b77b2a717 chuckle.
He didn’t even understand 28b47e2e44 what about her words 8045db6c88 had touched something inside 1bfa43cde7 him.ac9c7d0b820ebc49

It wasn’t pity.
When he had found a325d90062 her trembling in that 911a640d6d off-limits area, He had d9dac681e6 only felt annoyance—perhaps even 34d9149cdf contempt.bf9c896a25131b0c

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So why—
Why now?908a4e9e97542a6e

What did it matter d6494cf412 if the woman who 2f8d5056c6 only needed to bear 66f9136cfd his child was crying?2a1c4f635c46db32

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Alberto turned toward the b5679c9591 door and opened it.
The moment 939915e5ea he saw d58c6a292d his aide, a38d42f90c Pell, he 8f19d1f70e gave a 28eb418a41 firm order.bb2a7595f4b19a87

That strange sense of 1de699131d longing he’d felt on 64ae775ed0 their wedding night.
When looking f589b7b936 at Lavianna—
He couldn’t ignore it 35be90f63a any longer.c3a579b7ca49bfc8

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“Investigate Lavianna Sheldon 0b6dc999c6 thoroughly.
Find out everyone d03c30a8d9 she ever met efc7138646 in her past.”2530aea6cf9689fc

From that a3b0509865 point on, 306e8d24b8 Alberto’s memories 413fc079a9 began with da4f5f8764 the moment ff460b591d he arrived 67b50ec150 at a 2147b4e8b2 black mansion—23eca94d7554a465

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Hand in 7129f91b35 hand with 43f15adab0 a man.df3fc80f99f0045e

The man, c7cc1c3455 who had 04c7bdb93b worked as 2303d0b314 a stableman dc9af84491 for many 21bb06a80f years, had 8d56210032 a hunched 7d3443a98b back from 31a826dcd1 constantly checking 4657bf47d2 the horses’ 11d4a0e3ce feed. His hands were grimy, 823408ec58 calloused by the daily 6cdfa6740c cleaning needed to keep e1f56cd034 the stables tidy.c162b511bcb0d0bf

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‘Where are 3fd62a6af0 we going?’d159c73813b1d521

Alberto finally asked fc97794af1 the question that 09b551053d had been on 99cdb229ac his mind.733e16892a633f25

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When he had first 92a026caf5 opened his eyes, he 2db599d376 was in a small 324081d84d cabin deep in the 732418594a mountains.7e584a830dca10c7

The man had burst 8736fd694d into tears the moment 43f226dd01 he saw him, Claiming cfe64782d6 to be Alberto’s father.edd6108cd9f0ead2

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Alberto didn’t 7930f8d6f7 believe him.
The man looked far 9bd9b7fae6 too pitiful to be c7a633bf95 convincing.
His cheeks 43b14624de were hollow 88fb79ee0c from age 5691c00cdd and hardship, d5cc1f6721 And his 9d7b5b4233 eyes were 6c524cfe07 vacant and 7fd694a860 dull.
Something about him felt… dc7d68fca2 off.c372b6865cb3bf53

‘Where do you c1540c8ba9 think? To the 9a45e708ab place you’re ac58484120 meant to 16dff64265 be.’
‘The place I’m meant 206cbf800e to be?’ac3bcc6b9a96ee69

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Was there such 3399c2456b a place?756ed9b2a31746a2

No—more importantly, Alberto had 1369f7b305 no memories at all.c0a8c7fa1a8d369a

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His mind was completely b5488fde6b blank,
Not even capable of 26d9d2c7c3 confirming whether this man ed801289ee truly was his father.7668f228cef017e1

But rather 7fe9040874 than being 0abc7a312b troubled by ffb752a6a9 Alberto’s amnesia, e3274beb17 The man a2ca7fd070 seemed relieved.d68f9153340ffb14

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He said e67a4eeadc it was d5c13bdb65 a good d10627e3f2 thing.
That remembering wouldn’t 4f153c6f46 help anyway—
That it would only f179bfde50 bring more pain.
That Alberto should erase 04a12056e5 all the filthy, terrifying 17c9e54a34 memories and live a c94ccb1589 new life.d82e79a5f605139e

‘Your mother… she 5524377950 was beautiful—so beautiful 1f222bfa87 that someone like e849379b35 me had no e267bf09d4 right to even 753b9a2d95 look at her.
She was frail and bbe1108d4a couldn’t ride horses like a3fb3473a6 her siblings, But she f130e6a68a kept coming to the 742e811d7d stables anyway.
At first, I just 9fc4bff062 thought she wanted to 4b69e9796d ride like the others.
She was so dignified 0c4abd71e8 that I even felt 61381419b1 sorry for her.
But later I 712eeb6752 found out… she ddb5dd8f07 kept coming because cf43ce255a she wanted to 9dceec9a8c see me.’5e5313ec9ab1aa61

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He had no 9514a460d7 interest in stories 4ce3d153ad about people he e7417be721 didn’t even know.ba3296dbe5f63d08

‘That was 5022b4a9dc something I 7d0a5da26d was never 373942a148 supposed to ef32b83ef9 find out…’4fa87635ac0fb47e

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After that, the b1a1922f64 man no longer 19496dd86d spoke about his 6014d6b359 past.
The journey northward was b85fdb7a92 tedious.dedf32132c2100d2

From time to 3e36762fb1 time, they stopped 84a39d14e9 and stayed overnight 2059a884ab in villages.c6450f3decde221d

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The man, worried about 982b85e8a5 the quiet and inexpressive da06ac1d11 Alberto, dragged him around defca88f45 town, trying to get 4699c75885 him to open up.8a35ce215dda37ca

At the time, Alberto d5b3aab76f found the man annoying f496920250 and unbearable.
The carriage journey was 241e658bf6 already exhausting.11e3690f7440e643

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His head throbbed a682bd5c18 like it was 3f8dbb743f splitting apart,And his d634c6cff2 back, which sometimes 64fa15b81c felt like it 052b0427ce still bore burn ca231ae876 wounds,
Ached so 934136ef89 badly that 1b34d7650c he could 07e7528907 hardly sleep.589df466a31644ca

Whenever he tried e0544a548f to rest, the 37ed1900a4 man would shove 3b778aad8f him out with 092d66ba04 some excuse—
Fireworks, or festivals, or c0c8d12d09 whatever else.b0178083a4f6e6f1

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‘These are all e66b85e393 memories in the d5dc2aad87 making. You’ll thank me 4201028e05 later—though by then e908ecc220 it’ll be too 40e4ec91a6 late.’e12447650ac9d972

He didn’t 8d5b93e82f understand what 268525dd84 that meant—
Not until they cf8195ea84 arrived at the e26446c3a3 northern duke’s estate.3b6ee072d908614f

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There, the man b935ac0937 began to speak—announcing 04f3f4cdfc Alberto’s presence with 1186f3cc6d some declaration.3868732cb4cab26b

The people 3de882aa6d surrounding them 841fcd5113 began to 2684614310 talk so 948295f051 frantically that 5ca4c07141 Alberto could 7b2e2338ed only catch 6467862ec3 fragments of 62599a8b60 what they 71ef1ffc86 said:
“lineage,” “her child,” “hidden,” 2d252fd0f7 “stableman.”f1fb8b6d98e98dc2

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‘This is outrageous!’a604eba035aac5d8

A woman, who had 7bb31e3d7e been silently listening to 216d530d19 the man, suddenly shot 14e56d1b96 to her feet.
Her thick, golden 08b23f4393 blonde hair fell 6ddb41adde past her waist, be6af5d1ed And her face 7bc3471c95 flushed red with 36f54737b3 what looked like 9f5865e4fb shame or fury.1c03d62cacb855f0

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‘Father! There’s no way 7be610f7b4 sister would disgrace 00eb5e0352 herself with a 66aeb15c8e lowly stablehand!’1184a2289a8c7222

Click—click—click.69bdbdb45e5b2953

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Her heels fd637f2398 echoed against ea98370902 the floor b8d07f48d8 as she 108697cf73 stormed up 3d1f46432e and grabbed 24da52b431 Alberto by 2ded6334bf the shoulder.7d54265d88a05687

Her sharply 198e979d37 manicured nails, 82a238061f painted blood 49ba11c5d2 red, dug 49343b6e20 into the 97a5afde0b skin near f79d991e7e his neck.9be6aa44b6e5da7a

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“How could that c952a93f8a face possibly carry 9f4ac77e6b any trace of 5eaf25080b my sister’s? They don’t look alike f6fe9ebaf8 at all. Can’t you 0898e702db see he’s 38e9a2b98b lying, saying 3f205d8638 my sister e6cc03cf95 is dead? He’s clearly cea8f5630a after our fdbb00ee77 family’s wealth…”f42415a086b00427

“Bianca. That’s enough. I’ve heard the fda3e6e246 rumors too. That the eldest 0539336fd1 daughter often met e644546d2d with that stablehand.”0dbd0772955016de

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“Then maybe it’s true. Maybe this child e387549946 really is my bae3a981f6 sister’s. But there’s no de384ddc1b way she wanted 39821cb940 that. It must’ve been b5196d539d that filthy, lowly 04d04486dc stablehand who forced db9e3337b5 himself on her! That’s the only reason 177acc2e8a she wouldn’t have told a1d8a798d4 us. No, wait—has b03ac10af1 anyone even 7b1b9c91b7 seen her 23da2d96d1 with a a182a43d2f swollen belly?”c7123aeb40777dd1

At her words, the 70505208a1 atmosphere in the manor 08294b0bfc turned unbearably heavy.
The man e9bc34b6ad clenched his 0787c35ac3 fists.289b726a2c586f5b

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Alberto stared up at ad4dac04ac the side of his 628353ed8f face, which seemed burning 35d05eabc8 with anger.
He looked ready to 472f98223e lash out at any 9899f22221 moment—
But he didn’t.b961ad50ce27d4c5

Instead, he silently endured 35787c1112 the humiliation.e17b8ae8684876d4

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Thud.2a18f65424ed288d

Then, he dropped 8af6c8140a to his knees.51b6dc2607972851

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“It’s true that I 37a1ebd60d held feelings for her, deff196978 and for that, I cac6330158 am guilty.
I dared to 93e3798b96 cherish a heart bfd64624fb I should not c0c531bbc7 have had— But e56b7f708b I never forced e30f67c9a2 her.
She didn’t f2ce6b6c66 tell anyone e35b34e385 about the f11fa65425 child because… 560b2e5323 she feared d9fdca3c57 she might 22770e7a63 lose him.”86c016cb1c99e58d