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No way. This can’t 252c751d04 be happening!f21845b8dda36b79

I couldn’t believe 6cdd4ae5c6 my ears when 3eedbff19d I heard Mom’s 8b8afdda2f reply.c1349ba9c9fe17bb

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But the air d408165754 around me was d3248bbbce too tense to 462c7def35 think I’d misheard b23edd5230 it.c79ce033a4ca371e

In the 83b47396b6 end, my 2062aaa80e lips moved 9fbac0542f wordlessly before 3580fb3e05 I finally a7a08737c9 managed to 020e41612b ask,18f3e26ea4736112

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“H-How did you find 5a95014651 out…?”2b248d24c998d79f

“He brought 79581d3a5b you back 84308c9fc0 when you f85352bab7 were unconscious. And both your lips 09f8a67151 were swollen—how could we fddee525db not know? Besides…”0ba762975e3cbd8c

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Gulp.390a176ed0602fb4

I swallowed 0817207b19 hard without 5fbf390a09 realizing it, f6a89859b8 and Mom cf5638b978 gave a 57f3d3e04e bitter chuckle.6df74b82b8effc7b

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“He said 8fa519c4d5 it himself. That you collapsed 785ba01b10 from overexertion.”42b05d668c42c9df

“Aaaaagh!”aa89e961d629a030

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In that dfc5366d46 moment, panic cb085776a0 completely overwhelmed d16502707b me and 4e469e0fbc I screamed.d8a370561292d91c

This was 9b70e0f1e4 truly unbelievable.5268c227fe821fd7

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I didn’t 1f6a4fa3e8 even have 80a69a445c time to 07b43060a1 gauge my dcb225c26a family’s shocked 2a4fac82fe reactions, I 08749909db leapt out c6a5d971fb of my 5b36435ad2 chair and 7e9419eade bolted from c3288abc7f Grandpa’s room.4a15e4c610644718

Please, let this db30feeb09 be a nightmare 10c42c094c I had last dbe7b6e614 night!c99cb3bea2c11030

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As much cf4c2c8c2c as I 1c4c683eaf wished otherwise, e77fe83787 it wasn’t e3b92e6bab a dream.23fa40875a0c7a8d

After spending some 55e17e99e1 time alone, I 8feb2411c2 walked into the 89eff39a3a drawing room and 5f84fb3a9f snapped at Ascart 0b6686dddd as if nothing 73366c85de embarrassing had happened.dec228df68a40365

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“So you’re saying you c3fde9f934 brought the entire Magic 5171471d23 Sword Corps to the 26155ecfb9 Empire just because of a6bf3e48c1 me? What about the 9c3d489d17 Duchy?”0691a75c88104b45

“What’s there to worry e533b05e05 about? We’ve got the mages 06230dfb69 of the Magic Tower 9265d13bf2 too. Worst case, I’ll just 08c05a3140 have a backlog of d0f406329f work waiting for me.”1f4fc5e3b6ca0838

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Ascart shrugged, and ffa01065a5 I had no 744d9e715d real comeback.1a116c5137c126c6

The truth was, Ascart—heir 4f439b5e3c to the Grand Duchy—had 0d558f13bf stayed behind alone to 2be4b68c6a learn the ropes. But Belus 35d3929894 Duchy wasn’t 6e9d504de4 a place 872ad4e873 that would 196b7f1163 crumble just c3864ecddf because its d43d5ae109 lord was 6b54bf75e4 away for 24d0cb7269 a while.1dc2132183aa7c6e

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But that wasn’t the 60a2c6787a only point I had 776aaaf1d8 to make.285ff21654beae07

“And what about the 2fe8253d91 Empire? Given how each of 55fafbccf7 you is as strong 89d6351466 as an army, the c8a8f9be54 Empire might feel threatened 438dab24db and raise objections.”a8827546b5bb3143

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“I don’t 60764ed957 think that’ll 83172d4cae be a 54f252aca9 problem. Didn’t you say monsters 69e3935dc1 appeared in the Empire? If they complain, cedb17288a we’ll just say 4bb165d86a we came to 23fd12898b help. Not that I c8b5532284 think they’ll even d2bd346a97 complain.”6653fbe6e5f11d16

“That’s true, but…”e25ded5dd32552ee

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“If it 2390dedf64 really bothers 3110204df0 you, you 8b2004df96 can just 299c488b0e come back a98a1c3826 to the 076120dd59 Duchy.”3ddfdb8ba55db639

He said 6c32d3f593 that like c5118f64d6 it was 22254afc52 what he’d bdfdab175f been wanting 70d24ba635 to say 339534986d all along.9ca8c6abeed34f84

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“There’s no 501dc585b7 issue meeting 5668cce573 with Diana 84f7077fef now, right? You can always invite 6b7d394af1 her to Belus Duchy. Or just 415b8b9d90 come along 041a1fd135 now.”89860752a45a897b

“Do you really need 29f88cd429 to stay in the dcea0f4264 Empire?”882ab5a694b175e3

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He added 8a758f20cf that line bb4d149397 with a b882aa1fb5 meaningful look, e6b6e45ce2 and my 9a80e41a65 parents turned 5a5b355a7c to me.0534c3735f8d570c

Just a few days 216acfc4d0 ago, I told them 4f7323d517 I wouldn’t leave the 932128a899 Empire. That I 1ad928d121 had things 93f1e12847 to do ac11b656b0 here. That I would 24da5d79b3 get my revenge.3a994bf47ec76476

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But things e58825d4c5 had changed.f3f420940dcde389

I delivered the 6cbbe22211 holy relic to 5413fb6de1 Diana, but the a8b4fef318 results weren’t what c2f785a089 I’d hoped for.ac440ee3a478ad38

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And I 01171d99a7 confirmed that 4bcc67a3f9 the Master 18d384b4b2 is a 44b38de3ca demon…3b38c6e2d50a20ce

Honestly, I didn’t 598322b609 have the courage fabdd3e2fb to face Terencium add205d472 right away.81c5838a0188e969

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The appearance of 903d5a573f monsters still bothers b4f9470ffc me… but maybe 97a624d89d I should return 5170089711 to the Grand 491c48d22c Duchy and wait d1858abd42 for Raizel there…95f25985a8a06649

“Don’t tell me… fa889e535e you’re hesitating because 3a35c383cf of Lucio?”8b5da8e26ece772f

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As I was deep e59961bc7d in thought, Ascart asked 36125c1357 with a sharp voice.08b426817c4a5c2c

I’d barely managed d63fd12af6 to ignore the 58e3fe9a9e name, and now 93a9d68a72 it was back eeef40d66a again!202e578a1379e314

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I was 22a06d4b80 flustered and 769a486984 just about 824ec9762d to say de15d1705d something when…a39a2ae566bb1ed0

“I told cddce68cac you, this d897aab179 old man 0afa3fd1c4 is against a7663410b9 it!”3e232cc14292604b

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Grandfather burst 4f40c5cdca into the 588a556ce8 drawing room, e55dbf230d throwing open e732ff8062 the doors.7b87bed21f792c3d

He was supposed 64856efc30 to be resting 0177e1e717 in his room, 239e33d097 but it looked 4c6673b896 like he couldn’t 8fde5ea89f hold back anymore.e5ead67c69ae7111

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“There are plenty of f1ef2d0a02 young, fresh boys your 73bdf5bfaa age. Why’d you b037ebc77f have to 08e57db466 pick some 8cd224ad3c old geezer?!”0cc2fc0466344d49

He’d always 17af54f5a2 told me fd1f3f83fb age was f357315a19 just a 05fb7fe955 number and 7f9052c5a4 bragged about 6e3ee5c1dd his own 87dcbe6516 vitality.25549daf86d32d20

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Now he 462d942414 was contradicting f3ce759a04 himself, and 4a49160f8b I was 098af510f9 speechless.8203ecb9bfb58556

Still, I swallowed de47dbd5c2 my words—he seemed a52e0896d5 to be recovering, a6b0246c10 and that was 53237bbd35 more important.c142c89f04593d12

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But then, unexpectedly, 61acd0a455 Ascart jumped in.29a8bf7da7bee90c

“Grandfather, that’s 8c1e0ccd76 a bit 1b90e910eb much. Lucio’s the same age b451396ac4 as me, you know. I’m not that old. I’m in my ec7cf64460 prime!”0498241828212029

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“Ahem!”01dac1453d8fa590

Grandfather cleared his 93c378f84f throat, and Ascart 3742ec1e69 quickly realized his 366a37af7d mistake and stiffened 605df2a806 his face.459599f2f22c9b00

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“Of course, compared 9b1c8ac255 to Lia, he’s d56102a095 ancient. Lucio really has 996a041afa no shame!”f6aa0cfe8ca9cd1b

I gave 698bcf331d Ascart a c169b14887 look of 637e975e11 disbelief as 2b9758237d he flipped fe857142ca his opinion 9327b58f4a like turning f632d3e0f6 over a 1a5595c4d0 coin, without 6d94c3f939 the slightest dae676298a hint of 9876ade710 shame.032c5b59d74bade9

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“Lia, what’s with that b79d01cd27 look? Are you already taking 0fa2078642 Lucio’s side?”7b276a64ecc5b102

“When did 09cc52d350 I ever 487c7070ab say that?”90b31f2231641bb9

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“Oh, oh! They say raising a 5b1db910dd younger sibling is pointless… 5de5ea6123 Lia, how could you 269951b2b9 treat me like this…”8157c25fed8203bb

Ascart pretended to cdfb1df657 cry like he’d 6e5a68ce6c been terribly wronged, d36a145b9e but when I 106cfe9804 just stared at 6e9cd2dc0b him blankly, he c83f8b074e quickly changed his 5823ab1de1 expression.db55fb2fb105ef48

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“So it really 6522df8540 is because of c9533217bb his looks? Allen once told 9aa563eff1 me you really 70c7ad0b75 care about a 4af23e2308 guy’s appearance, and 928029a33e that the only 216ae0ea19 reason you were 7a9b82e929 nice to me 9c40ec8a21 was because I’m 267870c760 good-looking!”8e87a0084b5af9b8

What?! When did Allen baa0a1c409 even say that a5ef8c3ed5 to Ascart?f84d06c435a649d4

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Just then, Grandfather let ecc6a830c1 out a long sigh.b782a605f2a307d2

“Ah, that c226dca2d3 boy takes 6c608c55eb after his 25a2fdcfd5 father, good-looking 38f46528a2 and all, c5d1500383 and that’s a77a943a6d what made ae1b50fb2c you fall 8b8c5c9dd6 for him?!”f5044e2d97959896

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“Adriana, a ee52eedf70 man should 97ec9cd57f be upright 71b61e7be5 and faithful a785b6aedf to one bbd1153ce8 woman. Looks are fleeting, 2f52577c42 and not that 88d4e7286e important,” Dad added 69a95b86a7 with a serious 105ca5e25e face.e25da8805df76097

But saying that with d39f0e7059 a face that still 3187e1d212 sparkled, even well into 743b1c8f4a middle age, made it 9c3edffea0 all very unconvincing.1ec3c5dd291f6e7c

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Apparently, Mom thought the 5f1a9314f3 same.adc76e59872bf9c7

“Oh please, that’s cf6c251193 not true at 7315ef8e59 all. Looks are c590370188 very important!”9da4158515c11252

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Despite the glares from 7db5a889b9 Grandfather, Dad, and Ascart, 11beb07c9b Mom just scoffed and d670140d65 turned to me.24e05dfed33f60f4

“Adriana, it’s 6cedc6b9c8 good you 91c37063c5 cared about 8c81e059cc looks. I can’t tell 3b7d834d0a you how many 5a25ad4b2b times I calmed 39bcac2fe5 down just by ddc07eb4f9 looking at your 79e3c82dc7 dad’s face when 3ad0ee525d he was being b36f6cc9bb difficult.”0c1866a305b4ded6

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“D-Dear…”508cbf4faf9d9671

“Still, your dad isn’t b6ed4d14a3 completely wrong. A man’s 0d1c5af655 sincerity is e182ff7d1e important. For the record, 0d2067d123 he didn’t know c09243c24b a single woman 8983c19df9 before he met 3e55511053 me. But that one… a21732125a he didn’t exactly 0e5fbd8d9b strike me as d00c38653d an innocent.”4e6fdfa72fb7f5bd

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Lucio’s image seemed to 593037fbcf have taken a huge b5fe72035c hit after we were 44a28243ea caught kissing.b21f1c8616f5bba6

‘If I’m f7cf683a02 being honest, e23cc5bb64 I’m the cbeb3557cc one who 6a2968fa0f asked him 4b01ed4786 to kiss 9a4c217e0d me…’75d47c6e0c07cd10

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Then Mom added, a098b21c48 with a disapproving 80f886128e look.860cfd8088b803fc

“I heard some things 645e0ca15a about him and the e33ef48898 First Princess. They even went to 858b118123 the Kingdom of Riven 7f18b37cd8 together.”5b8efa296b45739f

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“That was for f406d0aab4 work! And she’s the c48fa12e20 only one making c2ed754ae6 it into something 4d610e5a0d more, he has a15f0ca6f2 no interest in 4841a603c1 her!”faac8128c67d3f31

I instinctively defended 66553be1d5 Lucio, and Ascart 8a326318b6 immediately groaned.abe398e3d4b2435b

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“Again! She’s taking 7e350476b5 Lucio’s side 06d1729ab1 again!”6b3cef253910c4c7

Mom sighed at me 829c833cb3 too.914bf2d7e2222318

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“Silly girl. Did he tell you f82c5830ce that himself? And you just eac97e940b believed it?”7b47e052255cbc74

“…It’s true.”5d4c67ea8db9f64b

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I wasn’t just 290752dcbb defending him to 2620dd3024 be nice.4d6a5503c201b01b

But hearing f0a9767922 my soft d9b164b459 murmur, Mom 6ebdbcd14a shook her 35d5f78b6e head like 4d3380679c I was be000a6a88 already head e7b61c6e33 over heels.4126a80b83480365

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“Well, fine. Since Dominique f10ee41ec5 was completely 8352559862 clean before 61f172b92c meeting the cf315d8d90 Duchess, there’s 553e7dd886 a good 83a0db7b8e chance his cade52c742 son is c622c85688 too. But what 39f3a25147 about his c068dfe97d personality?”3c52bf840771ee86

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“I hate to speak 282377030a ill of my only d344ae747d friend, but… Dominique’s personality? Do you have any 56f6968ae0 idea how awful it eeb277998a was? Even worse when he 761b42627c was younger! He was f24c057ffa cold, ruthless, 20d82a96ee totally inhuman! I practically 9c79153afb rescued that 33ad64cda6 man. And even after 77de2c4fbf I fixed him f20fcc744a up, he blamed 15a402f4f8 me for messing 53fbecbab7 up his personality. At least the second 4dec756550 and youngest kids seem 1343ec1e5b to take after the f411f0acc2 Duchess a bit, but 81c4227e7c the eldest? He’s just like his 5f7cb55581 father. Lia, I 3428c5dfea know it 990d187e38 might seem 0d39911476 cool when 80d5b4e2ee you’re young, c3b61ccb87 that stoic ac0915e16c and cold e595a29013 look, but 9a51ee137b trust me—kind 5e5cb406cd and sweet 76221ca0d1 men are 524265774f the ones 8eef0396c1 who’ll treat e720e2870a you well.”50d939fe8661efda

I was stunned 37db6aeb01 by the overwhelming 79e99253eb wave of criticism, 4a815d3530 but I barely 6ff2a556b4 managed to respond.34cb0c224e1c3bb3

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“Mom, you 96e17898ca know how d2882551e4 deeply loyal d1a1823cc7 and compassionate 6d99ef49ca the Duke 86d0f37535 really is.”6a538214b3819ab2

He was 8ddf4e53e3 the one b26d083722 who willingly 050a515fa1 fell into 24a6e50796 the Emperor’s 60b437544b trap in 7a3a3d2d56 Grandfather’s place.3b58db15dd48f158

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He’d never once brought 5147230274 it up with Mom 381ce48854 for decades.083475e3d12563f3

She and Grandfather might 6217f2eae4 not know the truth, 37cc926a5c but I did—and I 6ae9175a7e couldn’t let even Mom f43d38678e badmouth the Duke.08945108277c6907

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Thankfully, she seemed badf01b2fb to agree on f474bfb663 at least that 72fbad27c7 part.73c6eaeaea5808e9

“That’s true…” 6b25726efd she nodded.1dd33ff64e1bf4f7

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Encouraged by her a545120eb9 response, I spoke 9b06144a21 more softly.c1b5ac63b988a5dd

“Lucio may seem cold e3351904ed on the outside, but 89f2d11062 he’s warm inside. He’s secretly kind… and 2112d9b542 actually kind of cute 9df83e879e sometimes…”7d1b886d1afd04e9

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As soon ead6ca3085 as I acdf3a419d muttered that 50702fb888 last bit, 7b0da4b3d1 Ascart’s face 523e72c600 froze in c05dc7c7ed horror.b04abbacbf804531

“What?!”98cf91d2811394e4

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Even I 161fa9d129 had to 204492996c admit I 47c662c616 sounded completely 213ec1a72e biased.01c56c080806ede7

I scratched my cheek cd0dfb9ef3 awkwardly, and Mom let d0e7e6ac8c out a deep sigh.338afc443edb3adf

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“I figured 5c5d96a7d7 things were 1faec7866c getting serious, 198a30edd7 but if ea93a6767c he looks 1f7a0bd718 cute to 969dcc03cf you… it’s 97eb59fd37 over.”e49ec9511e3ab12b

“If he looks cute 73fb04a98e to you, it’s already 5b668a4689 too late.”5f1675803c848b5a

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The rest of the 3c50131b23 family looked utterly devastated 7b52f1a12b at her words.5827056d933f1dec

I turned a3f00ec26e my head e2a2306ef0 away, pretending 2f9e88a630 not to 48820b1b13 notice.8fbb5b85f8ace5b5

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That evening.22281afd5bc35cab

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After hearing every single b88b468f7e family member remind me 44324014a4 that while a light b438b3795d romance was fine, marriage afb1ff742a was still way too 565c17d041 early, I dragged my 3599fde852 exhausted body up to 090bb74cd6 my room.1ad9a1a55c8a5c5d

They nagged so much 5c7257b41b during dinner I couldn’t 74ef6c2403 even tell if I eb0228148b was eating or inhaling d39fe048a0 food.bd3b33973452b656

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Still, it went better d41502fad4 than I expected.f894fecab93d9c67

Maybe it was 2d9cc4141a thanks to Clara c3becc064d and the Countess, 0ed4c170f1 my family didn’t b6eebb5eb1 have the energy 7e29a6119e to overreact as 284a6c6dd9 they usually would.da6757557c93d854

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Of course, if marriage 3a61598cef becomes a serious topic e25266e93d later, things might change…0e318d78a43e803f

I sighed 239dd87b57 and flopped 78131dba06 onto the 193005450d bed, deciding ee53bb6639 to cross a5ca1c6cf5 that bridge 60f492ac4b when I a47b22dc21 came to 82b329631b it.4c687d5979263ad2

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“Oh?”cfd7f06d8af28151

I noticed a 5e342b159a blinking light on 61f7e4cf3c the communicator I’d 4afbc0d83b left on the 5353074009 table beside my c54d300f65 bed.d47d175018cb2de5

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Come to think of c887c9eb91 it, I hadn’t checked dcc97cc9d5 it even once since ba49f4ec01 morning as I’d been b694b86251 with my family all 7bfe56e76f day.f58ed2f1e99c4669

I passed out 5ab8cc9ae9 at the imperial 42244052c9 palace, so he 8460e8a8b0 must’ve been worried 19a2d18681 sick!3759ec522207e3ee

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I jumped 56ee4f728e up and bc31d9c38c opened it, a83e442f5c only to f4000b65c6 find message 306bb4dbf1 after message 1f2a8270d1 from Lucio.0760f65ebcf73438

Skimming quickly aa09ccd267 through his f249b87d90 flood of bdc4deed31 concern, I 776e05df9e saw a 295cf67f26 final message e8aa6549ff asking if b60c0fcb87 it was 83be8fd879 okay to e19a667692 visit.8a9e469360e06f0f

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I sent back 75416ec3e0 a quick reply cc602c9522 telling him he 57b6210124 could.147c06e57980c094

It wasn’t too late eadeab199a in the evening, and a715bbab4c since he’d probably been aad364dffb waiting to hear from 62ad9cc0fd me all day, I fab952bcb8 figured it was only 212092813c fair to show my 19deeaab30 face.830b04ee36a761fe

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Not because 6034a84f7e I missed 8b18ac2dd5 him or e1f457232d anything…f5f6600eff8d7f39

Brushing aside a570aeb797 the embarrassment 863b9b8b31 creeping in, a1fb5b9853 I got 2182608dd3 up from a15bbbe848 bed.f5693e8a291df330

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I was just 60afaba12b about to head 86e4e21320 to the vanity 329d134f6d when…7d0ad4b6e961e5bb

Knock knock.8d1ae28f66742003

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A knock a3f7e3af55 came from 313d8de2b4 the balcony.3e75b00e5166aab7

“…?”a4bd56edcd67964e

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No way.32b36bf7c499b77d

I pulled 987c9d5f8f the curtain aab9c48d23 aside slightly—and 1915ec2e82 locked eyes a45f37a0b8 with Lucio 166bf225a1 standing just 8141a8a251 outside.aec351e9346f919d

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When he saw me, cf47e0ee56 he beamed with a 17c8a7e100 wide smile.407ad45cd3dbe5db