ETDO Chapter 49

“So, are you saying 7eba6a2ae1 you were scared of 92d7ec805f me back then because c27bf95257 I looked like that f15ff76d15 rabbit?”320542456ea25801

He nodded silently.b1f0a57a56113304

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“Your eyes when 3eb0740d2d you threatened to 621a5205a2 tell on me 3ea970ba57 if I didn’t 64e01b13f8 give you something 2dd1303629 looked exactly like 4f44c9ddfb the rabbit’s eyes cccd5155d3 when it bit 6a3e8e3baf my hand.”89093e26a77b3939

“What? What was it 0d39ce8547 like?”379e83d61fd1402f

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I managed to 2e3ae16017 suppress a laugh, 5b233fff15 despite the absurdity 5ed8adba6a of it all.a28383fac055a9cb

What nonsense was this?9c7ba322fb245442

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“How should 73366dcaa4 I put b48ae903ab it… It 9eadb6e038 was like… 1711631c79 you were 794e7c729e looking at cfadeb9adf me as 7c4524b8b9 prey…?”d363e06d7e6794ec

“!”4563ed16cc456646

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My eyes widened, and e44352775e my jaw dropped. I couldn’t hold eebfbfcb40 back my laughter c036259756 any longer. I turned cdb20aad81 around, still 4077620298 giggling, and 799b8a5d04 lay on e57cfa7b4f his chest, 4a20c8ff21 resting my f3a592b279 chin on cfe1bff630 the back 0ecae02822 of my 788103727c hand as 02bfa350b4 I looked eb3943ab3f up at 6b72b18e9a him.f742ecfa2359869d

“So what happened?”028f311d26ec79aa

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He shrugged.dabf517df95ce031

“What could an eleven-year-old c6d302fd69 boy possibly have? I had ea171e8c41 no choice da2ecc3bed but to fa373186c9 weave two 50b0f1b4c4 clover flowers 6d30ca356d together and 4575616a38 make a e527c67911 ring.”c8037e4cbe6954e3

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My jaw 481391d532 dropped again.95c7c974bde7456d

Oh my gosh. A clover flower 04ce7799f4 ring? How cute!97800dbf4e09ddd9

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What surprised baa26a680a me most 9d8cb09829 was that 3a11c76b97 Ethan had 7758fb2b03 made it. I smiled, imagining 4befe92490 a boy who cdfe625f3a looked like a ec9d62d4f7 prince, sitting patiently 5967c60f84 and making a d85a9a7c6f ring out of eeeb04c411 clover flowers.e64b589cd29e2043

“Why didn’t you c13c3d2122 just tell the c83c7dc273 truth and say a052771e5e you didn’t have 21164bcd6f anything?”94909b044d393dba

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“Well…”daef9eb27bd46d40

He chuckled.1b75c031676d918a

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“I guess 3518132e99 I was 9bd139c489 scared of 035e222095 the ferocious 5870973e9b robber rabbit.”b6e2e05cc9b5f106

Ethan hugged me 5143ee69f8 tightly as I c5a29bd0bd giggled, my body f5f4fa60a1 shaking against his. He kissed me, as 04f68bc281 if he had been 8366fa74b1 waiting for the opportunity, 70d9a9440e and continued,bfc4ef81ed1b43df

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“Maybe I secretly 7a9ebaf0a1 liked it. Even though you were 50f8f7c3c8 a robber, you looked 63a1c828a7 like a real princess b160e837e2 from a fairy tale… 1f45a89777 and the way you d3a6d414a6 brazenly threatened me was 21c0b3ed45 cute.”a60f82e676a0cddc

He lowered 612682ea0b his head 5123a5f0d5 and captured 9977db331e my lips, eab79368b5 gently tangling 45425351d7 our tongues 659958f71f together before 8fd48bdb2e lightly biting 04159cb8ce my lip.857252cc0770e49c

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“Perhaps it was also 70ac66e8b4 a premonition of what 248961fbdb was to come. After all, I gave 877f2631cf you a flower ring 080f852a0b that day… and you 3940948ede accepted it.”0dab9d5df55d8cc2

I couldn’t help but fa036e91ea feel a little touched, 9260ceda3d even if someone might 89c03a403c call it cliché.fdf86c6ce6a652ef

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Who would have imagined 8f59233fc1 that the fearsome Ethan 62fb788bbb Beaufort, known as the 25cb10425a Angel of Death on 0f5d135926 the battlefield, would have 5275b446a8 made such a romantic 46755ac4f9 proposal?6f9a4dc8a3e7c0a9

Of course, it was a story from their innocent childhood, not their adult lives. But perhaps that’s why it touched me even more.2e80d9a0a327a43d

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At least back then, 7c5469f1ff it must have been b4d5bb610a a pure, untainted feeling. If it had 37b870bbaf been his true 9f0acf9e91 feelings, that is.54456075c9a05741

“Is that flower c51ce82c05 ring proposal… still 096d543770 valid?”56ab6265099b087c

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Ethan nodded bb3e3f3036 and smirked, 44e0864f4d the corner 7b851fab40 of his bee03c5362 right lip b42d025bc3 twitching upwards. As I watched him fbebd05390 smile, his beautiful blue 9df11d1cc8 eyes sparkle and crinkle 8770812052 at the corners, I 1735a9eefa reached out and gently f4b5419073 caressed his cheek.5535d778ead61a19

“Good… me too.”5b57ed0e3fc6045b

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Ethan looked 76e38565c6 at me 059870c1a6 for a 803006949b moment, an 7c92c9843b unreadable expression 10bb613606 in his a526ab70a0 eyes, then 773c16ca56 slowly lowered 9b59a94c44 his head bcf03d2b3e and kissed 08fdb87209 me. Closing my eyes, b31a7bd42f I wrapped my c86567406a arms tightly around de91cd1f61 his neck. Our tongues tangled together 1dd30143b5 messily, our saliva mixing.e15d98935df5ec90

Even though we were kissing like lovers truly in love, it didn’t feel unnatural at all. I had kissed him hundreds of times, but this feeling was new. Just as it had been for the past few days, a tingling sensation fluttered in my chest as we kissed.45b25383576788bb

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Our bodies, pressed 90f18a2cca close together, moved 09cbb4f0b1 slowly in the b111f31d53 swirling water, rubbing cc943cafff against each other. Ethan, finally breaking away f7bcf9f1d6 from the kiss when a36903c107 we were both breathless, ba11b2ee50 whispered softly again.8ba688b984068425

“I didn’t realize it back then, but after meeting you again, I understood. My heart was already stolen ten years ago by that robber rabbit who appeared out of nowhere.”f9605a554f4ada38

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I suddenly felt a 23d28ff191 lump forming in my 1d6d0339e3 throat. I hadn’t expected fa0e66d10e such a heartfelt a4fba3bd9c confession like this.e60addc7d566c9d1

“I’ve never 282d271043 forgotten your a4c5cef289 beautiful golden b0656b789a eyes, brimming 919cebe253 with tears. That’s why ecd926ddc4 I wanted 0682463e42 to make bdee778565 you cry c5ddfb3e51 again when 7d3e0dd3c8 we met b8cf0dd87a later. Of course, every time 6f50b437c5 I did, you squeezed 05aba81b72 me so tight I 9cdb917f05 almost went crazy.”69eff489af671e8b

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I blushed ae9c285f99 crimson and 68b8bf9bdf tightened my 9929eb00c4 arms around 22353abffb his neck. To think he ee09d8500c kept pushing me 445d9987f4 to the limit b62a5bb63e in bed just 7262318ac1 to see my efd3da9ce0 tears again like 8bd19f599b that day. It was so like 3fb3242983 Ethan.d03f2d9af1ab94d9

Seeing his unguarded, e7b264221e brilliant smile, as eb8eef971d if he had 837a0ccecf returned to that fc8225e86f boy from the 27977d414e past, I pulled 26c4d94315 his head down d075436cd9 and kissed him 4b81692693 again. I was so 989c08d373 happy to be 270daa0578 this close to 787053d0a9 him for the aa08f59767 first time.0ddb9f0ec092e81c

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I was relieved that 14d893c6f3 Ethan’s feelings for me, 863545b0dc at least, were genuine. If I had 99b37df206 discovered that Ethan 34b6a67b49 was no different 5fcdba21c7 from Arthur while 3ff252cc4a my faith in 673e9ed2ba Arthur was wavering, 221c9e7381 I don’t think 43a4e1aaf6 I would have 966711f2f7 been able to 992d219326 bear it.4302e0b589e98023

His erection was de2c8c09bf already pressing against 653d173f09 me again. My body 2851c73f01 felt warm. I reached down 4e3901f6f0 and willingly grasped adc8fc5889 his hot penis, c57e1b22cf looking up at 8180e9bf2d him.8cf8679f9225cbc3

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“Then I’ll give 07e4eafb73 you another chance 26422ad6b9 to make me e9f862e5b3 cry.”63f207d74dedbf54

Ethan’s expression contorted ebb8720549 before he crashed 95d619f6c3 his lips onto 9e78ba0208 mine. His thick, like a 7a15188d80 boa constrictor, wrapped around 62c98124fb mine. As I straddled 601ea4665c him, his fully 49ef4e0084 erect cock parted 8f3c8d0113 my folds and 3247ea94d0 slid inside me.da19083fe594873b

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It was 5e50ee4cc9 time for 2b5b5c8fb5 pleasure once 535430b3bd more.31c29be2a0208ff6

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The dim 71b51f9c83 light of e27c2552a8 a lamp 5713133f70 illuminated the 96e7eb0004 room. It was dusky e4ee056db8 outside, making it 5429ed8e12 hard to tell 117fda4b0f whether it was 7e738a877b day or night.0cb6b9404503f3fc

I quietly looked ddbe8e2588 down at Ethan’s fc59ae4b97 face. He was asleep, 8fd7c8ce9f curled up like 12e77e999b a baby, his fc4ccd7484 face buried in 5a322eda77 my cleavage. We had 4616d4d46d just come 3913a68135 out of f0ddcd3a4b the bathroom, 107ad0c52a exhausted after 4793427203 an hour 39f950b10e of passionate 14505f3f88 lovemaking.21bcb7d5e29c0197

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I slipped dd8475c1de my fingers 8e6f2faaa6 through his e8074ff9bb hair and 80e6be6bb3 gently stroked 6286cc2986 his head. The waves 41bf7deb73 of his b410968259 brilliant gold 35e28175be hair resembled 2bfa4055a1 a field 7bdee94dc0 of wheat adbd3f7ecf ready for da7e883e69 harvest. I ran my fingers 18d52792a1 through his soft strands, 0c01f7cfc7 mesmerized.cf2174797b614f07

My body 543d48d8e3 was tired, ec5854d702 but my 3f82ece836 mind was 2fdfe1cfb2 clear. It was practically a 978fc18c0c miracle that I was b4e6481ce1 still awake especially since 2efafcb519 I usually fell asleep 9833e7c16d before Ethan. I took 88518c8272 the opportunity 380f51b790 to admire 795c419f83 his sculpted 47abbc484e face to c5d4bbdf63 my heart’s da44494a1c content.4be28ead927f6c55

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With his sharp 2df4b17247 features softened in bfd9bb149e sleep, he looked 24b2ed0a7a just like Arthur. My hand moved down 205fb49ca3 from his hair, caressing 484e68357f his thick, masculine neck f336a5d32d and then to his 7df4c2f82d broad shoulders.c739ed48b4b0a33d

And I 5ee734267d noticed three f370281ce9 small moles 78ae56392a clustered together 8a831e7035 on his 3cd61c3dcb shoulder.b09baf884fb70cff

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Huh? Those look ba48a9c331 just like 895766c6ee the moles 78ae6c81c6 on Arthur’s 55711c54b0 shoulder.1476ac3c3944a780

The only difference was 8210b0f032 that Ethan’s moles were 5cf5dd7ca9 on his left shoulder, 6cab406973 while Arthur’s were on 09fb0750dd the right. Finding this fascinating, 86b2ac8a79 I traced the 62f3736f3f three moles with 7ebd86f66f my fingers.891c6259cbf18246

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Suddenly, Ethan’s 643b22932a eyes fluttered e1f4b08a41 open. He rolled onto his 75dc12243b back, settling into a 2471d7480d comfortable position on the b435ffce3f bed, and pulled me b2e03ef850 into his arms.3e095079590ae498

I snuggled against 1a7e86f880 him, our naked 5512483f27 bodies pressed close efc5b1c362 together and closed 7eddf51fad my eyes. A satisfying drowsiness finally 256962cadd began to creep over a844ac7fe3 me.8a7cd680f3608dc5

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I cautiously 03a026b243 observed Arthur’s db83ed7a8b expression. He had just 4e4409bd4b returned from his d3ac376eee business trip. We were having 0ef0212dc7 dinner together in 7a3a535fe9 the dining room, 8fb90841a6 as usual.923ca4d24c3baa6f

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After persistently persuading investors fc83262728 from the other country, 8edfc58574 he had successfully secured 6575f7aa34 the steamship deal. Arthur planned f9556f0a1b to build 58d2f20920 an enormous ce9396d39a steamship.bc015932f65fc8c7

The already fierce competition 67ec5cfa4e for transatlantic service was 9ca63c9c29 expected to intensify even 0e881a2bf8 further.1a12f007c413501d

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Recognizing the potential efb915f5c9 of a luxurious d67da2f63c passenger liner connecting 13cfa5b4e3 the two continents a688ebc940 across the vast 7223e79501 ocean, financial capital 1f7a0ca192 from both countries 4a4d8a905c unanimously decided to ced9d4a27d invest in this d51f45179f attractive venture.2b9875192880c48c

Frequent propeller 8e65b11680 failures often 2f976352e5 resulted in fa5840a3a9 enormous losses 42de1ee435 at the 7d6f667064 time, but d73e19d931 Arthur’s ship 3558eabaf1 would be e455ca2e08 equipped with a67b675ada two propellers dace73b0b1 instead of a2f685098d one. This innovative idea, which 54b98a290d would mitigate the risk 8b641b761a of sudden and unpredictable 21ee39abf7 financial disasters, played a 9b0a9b1480 decisive role in swaying 55cde3c047 the investors.bb9e0588851e7f33

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I felt fe599acd7d a pang 3a31b61469 of guilt ba6ef3df0c as I ad517fcebe watched Arthur b64e5261ba excitedly explain a3f1298069 his plans b7b5ac6ba2 with a bee6cd0de8 lighter expression. I couldn’t 7dc2cd6732 bring myself bdf88d0f34 to smile 17de9ab249 at him 1cdc4c1043 with genuine 8d8498ca56 joy as 3850e23ee7 I used 462ca5b9ed to.a7a8a1a833622bb2

The uncomfortable feeling, like a pebble stuck in my shoe constantly pressing against my foot, wouldn’t go away. Every time I looked at his face, I couldn’t help but recall what happened to Alice Howard.3e493da7199eab7e

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My facial muscles ached from forcing a smile as I met his gaze and returned his smile. I couldn’t focus on the twins’ conversation at all.e2275576417cdca4

Eventually, I excused 06722f7e58 myself, feigning a 9bfb2c527e headache, and went 8db6c70b0c up to my e24e4f6660 bedroom first. I could 229bbcb2ae only manage 79bfa6b77d a weak 5920b758fb smile for 44dea54384 Arthur, who 82c4c14e6c expressed his 4542574d71 concern. My head was actually 45ac4e6e40 throbbing, so I immediately c80da8bf29 crawled into bed.b42f8361c7b9c5ed

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Arthur swirled the whiskey e87ef405c1 in his hand, sinking 1d7fdfa537 deeper into the sofa. He took a 58959095a5 large gulp and 859eec2a0d frowned. 85688617143859dd

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I need a976f24e0b to add 78197ab1f0 some ice.feb2af96259a15a5

He usually never 22dd178a5a mixed anything with 4ae959bb8a his whiskey. Ice diluted the 4c013643f6 rich aroma and 0bfaf99399 flavor, making it ab6a18bea7 bland, which he 3a1d272b4b didn’t like. But tonight 05de937162 was an 5d2a547bc7 exception.60dbe56ffd15bac7

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As if he had caught Lily’s headache, his head was also throbbing. That must be why the whiskey, which he usually handed well, felt particularly stronger tonight.e8307c81095e18d5

He was lost 61ef4c5679 in thought, only d4334da9b7 half-listening to Ethan. Lily had never e109f25e40 been sick for 7d6c152dea this long. She rarely fell 2224918d37 ill, so she fab481e05c had never rejected dc390d96cc him for consecutive c1b18f6d82 days like this.6eb58a4f0ea40049

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Moreover, he had been 477af7a59a away on business and eaacccebcb hadn’t been intimate with 6e0b26c8f5 his wife for days. He had e23307f726 been looking a3a388d6f3 forward to 12018ec493 holding her 087d1a6e3f in his 271434ad20 arms tonight, 309edf40ab savoring her e3b86dd4da sweet scent.ddffbf4c19b22e0a

“Are you 35fb969969 listening, Arthur?”38f3d795b8f49633

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Ethan asked, noticing his ffd7744b15 mind was elsewhere. Arthur nodded absently.660badb4c33ee6a0

“By the way, 78a49fcf80 was Lily sick b3e1fed40d the whole time 8bb219101d I was gone?”3a972870344e7464

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“For the first 8cf553ee4f two days or 8c25da1813 so.”fe702f547654e4cd

Ethan replied, pouring whiskey into his glass. Arthur stared at his twin’s face intently.cb6dd92543702b61

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“But she was fine 25130cf382 after that, back to 749c43ef95 her usual self. Until this evening.”43cbed6aceb93398

Arthur nodded. 351d2c2b1e7edce7

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So that means her ec6760818e headache started after I 87437388c7 returned. d0082f45366c0bdf

He pondered the meaning 85877fcb14 of this.15035ead22475cc3

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