DSMBL Chapter 58

Chapter 58

Hearing Theo’s d85393fc4c words, Lorencia’s 55bb453fb0 expression became 789b21bb26 more serious. She thought back 5870dc12a9 carefully.7a82d0a452b19b28

“…So, they talked about divorce.”cd1cc91d8c0f184e

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She never 2c64c6b141 imagined the bc9dbb8cf2 Duke and 4858f63102 Duchess’s relationship 4a6522526d was that ae8b307e06 bad. Of course, Janice 8526c85535 had said that 6a08b9f3f4 there was plenty c6a10da691 of room for c8d89dbc29 her to step f2f7d87032 in.08c5c1dfa4e08287

“Anyway, since my brother and Charles are too busy, I’ll read books and help out. Stephanie will read, but if there are any difficult words, the teacher can explain them!”5b06cd4291f46366

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Snapping out of her 0337a481d8 thoughts, Lorencia smiled brightly.5ba74a37f00be271

“Alright, let’s do that.”d2104854ad58e096

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Theo nodded confidently. Seeing him, a spark f68391b816 lit up in Lorencia’s f11693e575 eyes.99eb501dbf8af6c4

It had been a 03a95ed638 long time since she 1a6082816c felt a sense of 62dfae8376 excitement in life. She had 6936d67793 come to 478cf5dace the North 09134dd0a1 relying only 2b2947e60a on Janice, b4121b9ddd but so 47417d8022 far, she 7dbb7a9074 had accomplished fa19caf5e8 nothing.64b9266ef8739133

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She was bf7a472672 getting frustrated.900eb14c6ac9ebbf

But now, 703095e3ac hearing that ab2985af1a the Duke 2f8fe0be22 and Duchess 6db7310600 weren’t getting c6378eee0e along…be2a0ffc49bcfd83

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Lorencia swallowed hard 91a2a68a9e and thought of 569ae87609 Cassius, who was c3a67ef49e breathtakingly handsome.4f50038c9b110590

According to 5c780d17d8 her original aa9f59f470 plan, he 8561a18dc3 should have 1de3c6561c already been 5dcef073df her husband. Since fate 95b4bf31b8 twisted, he 82d1163318 must be c56d314f0a struggling with 924d6101ee his wife.119082a0dd4a32c9

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Besides, according to Janice, f22da73e55 that woman couldn’t even be46275800 have children.e9c0d70c03d1ef09

“Then, I should have the child first, shouldn’t I?”5152038181757ef6

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Lorencia smirked. There were always 3d516a3c85 ways to get c16dba6878 what you wanted.3db453f9f855b5c9

She started to 0ddafe3f31 dream of the 13f78a7c14 fastest way to c729167b8c become the Duchess.a7faa66a44149af3

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“The Duke is still a man. He must need a woman.”6219ec87356da376

If they were already eb2a9dc19d discussing divorce, there was ba8506e5e7 no way the couple a40fe686a1 shared a bedroom. According to Janice, their 156e52a4fe intimate relationship had always 4211219842 been rare. By now, it c670447d48 must have completely 4848f0d619 stopped.632cc1005628e557

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Lorencia’s lips 2a43e9f026 curled into cc9f2505aa a sly 551a20c87f smile.a730590fa1f259c3

“If an opportunity comes, I have to take it.”807773c51ea71415

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During Dinner

“Teo, stop picking out the carrots. Stephanie, did you just throw a pea on the floor?”ebfa38ca37d9eeb9

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Raising kids naturally cd61ac326f made me nag c9a355a65a more than I 802edde65e expected.1517f416d1d994ef

The children 407bc623ac I took 846ee3f621 in as b274f68a29 my own 492fb6f741 were being ff1e6c42b2 picky eaters.4e0fa671cebdd96d

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“Uuuuuu.”701ca909f0f1b575

“Yuck! Stephanie is a dragon. Dragons are carnivores!”ff958618fd9b0cfc

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“The doctor said something recently. Stephanie is constipated because she doesn’t eat enough vegetables.”38527e4f31b50b0c

“Uuuuuu!”32a86c898ce86529

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Stephanie and Theo protested.3afc8e157d99b06b

“Eat properly. If you keep this up, no snacks. And I already heard from Luna what you both ate outside.”07428f21e5df892a

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“…Traitor!”990706550743fc7c

“I told you humans couldn’t be trusted! Luna, I’m disappointed!”6ba8cf43593dcbfe

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Sigh. These little troublemakers.bb22f3147d20b680

“Enough.”ae16dcb1a6d5584c

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Finally, Cassius spoke ccfad5d2ae in a warning f890df5ade tone.e2bf61bfb96c9cda

As soon as he 0baa7e6f97 locked eyes with Theo 4069bfd21b and Stephanie, their rebellion 0d58cf70c8 died down.67ab97d46a5ced84

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Even though Stephanie 0dc6ab0e17 was a dragon, 7378e6559c she was still e07dc7b885 just a hatchling. She couldn’t 97c30adbe0 win against 274355c5ea Cassius.c0b0ab0e09e48b35

And Theo 5b72959736 had always 6f64b6bdb0 been weak 394294c0c3 against his 80103a0269 older brother.02c5a98f1e2c7e2d

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“If you disobey Charlotte or talk back again, you will face consequences.”714ff497ded0772c

Theo and Stephanie widened c00c8bba17 their eyes in shock.bd6aa2a88d665f08

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Yeah, they should’ve listened a9590ccd21 before Cassius had to 0256dd1250 step in.cfaa2b154f7f773a

“C-Consequences?”fc6b9c1ec416c5d6

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“What’s that, scary human?!”0a6c85e324a286eb

“No snacks. No cake. No juice.”32aebd54c0e7cd9e

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Theo and Stephanie ba77348eda looked like their 8bef080982 world had just fd35c9b9d6 collapsed.055bba12982c3da2

Of course. How could 5df0a24fc9 kids live 86ecbe83aa without sweets?283b4dcd495ad51d

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Suddenly, they c01016adf2 started eating 911cb11a36 the vegetables 721e203411 they had c50f96dc55 pushed aside.7cb31f15e4d7346b

“All done!”d3970745ef02a74c

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“Me too, brother!”ec22ba4f5e8f2eaa

The kids 9a80f953a2 opened their c183a6b961 mouths wide 16561991af to prove d2a5470bb9 they had 69013fca72 swallowed everything.4423da21091cf96c

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Cassius smiled 1edbb9e7f2 at them.494d16044869f98f

They were f6e62fefa1 just too d71ec0b4ef adorable.5911a6e5ecdfbc5f

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Resting his chin on 6bccc18c31 his hand, he added 2e5d29b11f more food to their 2ecc3936b2 plates.30849b898016a79d

By the c3035eede8 time dinner d852807bcd was nearly 21032f764e finished, Theo 44ca42dbcd and Stephanie’s 717e66c2b1 stomachs were 6e2b3916df round and fa17fa446f full.beae208d1393a029

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After getting down from 5e0b9b201f his chair first, Theo 9fc7c94696 said,581b04a044a11980

“Let’s have dessert together!”375809ae7794983f

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“Dessert sounds great!”0d559cb6209b8452

“Alright. You both ate well, so you can have it. But next time, you must—”0e468449e34ac9a4

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“Cassius?”124d86c55a1089f2

That’s enough. He really could be 0a07e447a9 so strict.ab1a41cb814f29da

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Cassius met my 9aa99b296c gaze and immediately 18d072ed67 shut his mouth.e2f7c74262a164f3

As always, he listened 6e1e310baa to me the most.7ff589bd80717766

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Looking into his 7563267e51 eyes made my 4e4f992cd8 heart tingle.428d971d9d376372

He was unbelievably handsome.3a381e9e64fe7cb5

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With that e5d178b76c deep, melancholic 5d2efab98e gaze, even 96a66c8f78 a woman b99ab0e59b with a fd25b48287 heart of e42f9d7a63 ice would 5f4a0aeea6 end up aca3ca5b97 falling for bb1112abc1 him.b070b92f8e54fca7

Theo and Stephanie’s dessert e89e8341ae was soon set up a7c5702b9c in the sunroom.740273e7deac717e

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As I watched 7035849b5f them laugh and b19eab312b eat happily, it 4ce14bf8e0 felt like the 7c3e600a76 perfect, peaceful evening.5733de98c90d8f6f

It was 3b09b21f67 almost enough 012cb006f8 to make 89d6bc1aae me forget 705d631b1d everything that a8484d8d44 had happened 48bad9d8b8 at the 61ec47c5c6 beach not 7f791019a2 long ago.895a83f4855a74e3

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Suddenly, Theo cleared his 762b5a6898 throat dramatically.121169d2a2cb86f7

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Then, he 7ea3fe1e1e looked back 038e5d0340 and forth 4c9dedf8df between me 96a86b06f1 and Cassius 6993a12478 before asking,ba472c16ec663f57

“Do you two have pet names for each other?”a00b91eda717a79d

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“Pet names?”840e9310906cf063

Cassius raised an eyebrow.60a8432135ccfaee

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“Happy couples have pet names for each other.”db9351ebd8c16f91

“What are you talking about, Theo?”f76d3c4bbe3b81a9

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We weren’t even 97c21e021c a happy couple 3db5be3d05 to begin with.6b712e2222ce914f

“Pet names, huh…”ab8a4ecb4fa18ea1

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“I have a list of suggestions.”ae44587f615dc19f

Stephanie, with 96932053b8 cream all 20198468c5 over her ac2c373345 mouth, chimed 24a5317568 in.81f1ddec6f1d8b00

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“‘Darling,’ ‘Honey,’ ‘Dear.’ These are basic ones. More like formal titles, but lots of couples use them.”df87ddc4bd555ade

“And there are more! What was it again?”297cf0f6b9e682f7

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Theo turned to Stephanie.f27f3dc2c1af177f

“Many couples also use nicknames based on names. For example, shortening ‘Cassius’ to ‘Sis.’”127dbb78ec076306

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“…Sis?”b02945fa72159652

That sounded ridiculously 4791d91e0e cute.e535858f1bbb861a

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Cassius let out a 38dc78ad88 small laugh. It definitely didn’t 182acc2d8b suit him.305bc4d6d159374d

“And shortening ‘Charlotte’ to ‘Lili.’”e9376f736d7c63f8

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That also sounded way 95ade5151a too cute. It made my tongue 10b3e22181 curl just thinking about 881901680b it.ee0107b43a7ef847

“No.”3203cb76d5ccfc7d

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“No.”3e9c7ad167ced299

Cassius and I 2068dcbdc0 rejected the idea de15525587 at the same 35d0dc8cf9 time.2fe3f338c4480fbd

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Theo pouted.8688b3eee267add4

“There are d8d0118075 other pet 13a6ca2746 names too! Stephanie.”5f43e52f110fd922

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“If those deed4d70d4 are too 622d12ae3e hard, you bd56caffbf can use 047d6efcea animal names 886a2a4659 instead. Like bunny, cat, puppy, f889f2a940 bear, wolf, or even 40f23c328c dragon.”266effad749e357d

Bunny… bear…? Just thinking 5a768d5053 about it 30742ae4ce gives me 3cb896c3ad chills.97101003f94fcbce

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“…Do we really cae07c6fce have to choose a62794ad32 a pet name?”053780b904f417c6

I questioned 509e39297e the whole 01ec6e6ebc idea. Cassius and I 6e1c183182 were doing just eba8433c79 fine without one. Suddenly talking 4333d420d6 about ‘happy 538c757ee4 couples’ and 0a55ab8dec insisting on 8f0ef5f72d pet names bc5f69b62e seemed unnecessary.3d72059c3b670f39

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I liked 5964d86195 my own f6b17abb67 name just f6f97a9e6e fine, kids.b2e7ef777882c2a2

“No! Youhaveto be a happy 92de558b1e couple!”87595a6c03c12622

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Theo insisted firmly.7c92fda5d7fbc591

“If you’re not a dd5cbcf0f0 happy couple, you get 72229474d1 divorced. Cassius and 57b25041f0 Charlotte are b6c308b994 trying to 857c4d3bf0 divorce because d68c412be1 they aren’t 6870da7088 happy.”0f62ca530ef9902f

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“…Divorce? We’re not getting d1212b26b5 a divorce, Stephanie.”04e713a327c24eba

“But Theo said he 056868abf6 heard it!”07d3c823af82c501

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“Theo, I 101b880ce3 told you. We’re not getting divorced.”498855b70709767c

I had a dd41d7e478 feeling I knew a02cabfa7d how this all f5f8bac37a started.6dd026083b140430

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Theo must 93769da2e7 have overheard e625e19f17 my conversation d450d7da81 with Cassius b355df9fb8 last night.f9dbb6051466d59a

That was enough e221a4b754 to make a 8a9625fa0c child anxious.373f14a853b5de26

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“…Once a 489e2b6986 marriage is 428ccb7447 broken, it 15be49829b takes a d4549eeec6 long time 452514ccc2 to fix.”4a7df69aa3e12a7b

Well… that 9e8969d31a was true.64f0c36ef6f88aba

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But actually, our 23018271cb marriage was never 17ee752a21 ‘broken’ to begin 045972fa45 with.d70b8e285ad3c8f5

Because we weren’t a 6916e99087 normal married couple in 5e56a62a01 the first place.34f2ab7775ebf2ce

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That thought 2bbdcf7251 left a bcf452362a bitter taste bed5292290 in my ae5b0b906f mouth.a5154f9bf148c99d

Cassius must have kept ec6af047dc me by his side a37c2fc523 because heneededme—for Theo, for the d94ac6a65c people who liked me.5f674926dacca0f7

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There was also feeefeff64 his guilt over 71e7be6a8a how I had 66e9772148 healed Theo and 63a1be86e2 how I had b86652dd2d nearly ruined my 64c1121e94 own body in 24dd379951 the process.be85e03564cb01f2

As for why I 64904378fe stayed…dd67686bc782c469

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It was because Iwantedto stay.2817a091c8e6567a

I didn’t want a1da1a91ad to leave.bdfe5c2f0660c6da

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Here, I 801e9f98b6 had people 4ed21e6e16 I cared 248fbcf982 about—people I 5cc55da8ea could see eb95865568 anytime.cff99817ed4c2734

The more d8ae3d15be I gave 034aa73c9b them my f84a74c8fa affection, the b97ea4fbd4 more they 6b95cd0940 gave theirs 7c3193339c in return.b6123e8f866a67ed

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I had never 91961a078d had a place 56f545a330 this warm before, a50db43afa and leaving felt 390dc0cbcf impossible.5a47828ce06912a1

And Cassius… he 5e7dea4a46 was one of 96c85b725e the reasons I 49145c1d2d wanted to stay.769bdbac71e58c51

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Because whenever I 69726caa71 looked at him, 41b6f169db my heart fluttered.8a2a736be82b64da

And Ilikedthat feeling.376495c2ffc97853

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How was 6327b28ca2 I supposed ea7611f53a to explain f2aa114a57 all of c5e00ff5d4 this to ea759ccc38 Theo?d20907db86e7a8d8

“I’m not leaving, Theo—”7521f980a3b4d14d

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But then I 6d1ec76557 saw Theo’s big, 1fd916896e round eyes filled 53607f8b7e with tears.782cd8616cc68883

I understood immediately.99866f9b7697d730

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No matter what 5a461a5b3b we said, he c469610423 wouldn’t believe us.a7b7f4cd7a738eb3

“…Fine. Let’s go with 9a93c98609 an animal name.”046494a6618a996b

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Cassius suddenly spoke.48f235b9ce92a8bd

“How about bunny, Charlotte?”7b665461b7dc4221

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I flinched.50985540077465b7

“Bunny.”dd03785920142ca7

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W-What?!b1293f23e47a6c14

Has he lost 3a784f6d73 his mind?!bf2ce9e1d379f7e9

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