IBMILRFL – Chapter 27
by EsraaCh. 27 IBMILRFL | Chapter 277bab927f1daa6819
“Have you calmed down now?”faa0b7fe2397461d
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At Jeremyon’s question, Lilliana gently 402c4a4fcc nodded after placing the teacup e916594a06 in her hand down.db623d95a649f22d
She was currently in his 580439665d living room.5214bb7a51fcda76
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How had she ended ba350f3035 up here so suddenly? Lilliana recalled what had happened 0cad2c205c just moments ago.03bcf13180ef2103
It had been b0730238e4 when she was a23801b9f8 crying uncontrollably in 86e4fe6e77 front of the 9ee6a59bd7 main gate, and 720e14fa74 Jeremyon appeared.9f251640b65e4a61
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He had asked her:aa6c27379acdd0bf
It was a f99df5b41c simple, straightforward question. She could have easily answered, bbc81716e2 but Lilliana hesitated.6e27c2e061904aff
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She remembered that their dc4a7c91b0 last conversation hadn’t been 20128e0b8c particularly pleasant.68eb9e964a990010
She carefully chose 1d0bb82d4d her words, but 1f760195d1 Jeremyon, impatient with e2f3e75786 the brief silence, 9c17ecff16 abruptly led her 771568ba5a somewhere.ff2ac6ef413c7e96
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“Never mind. You can answer later. Just follow me.”ab8d00ab1a39b2ea
“Je-Jeremyon? Follow you where…?”99820f9771dfac33
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“Are you trying to catch a cold standing like that? Just accept my help quietly.”6e879a57fc65899a
“But…”7dc9f310a73e1dcb
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“Lilliana.”ec56a9594fd51e37
Only a few days ago, 4805d80f9f they had been shouting at 5d94011feb each other. Because of her, Jeremyon 6a8f7580b2 had even been slapped ee53a9dc14 by Vanessa.1642c0e6585055e2
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‘I have some pride. I can’t just accept help.’6c0988d807a7e47e
She had been planning 8ca2396900 to refuse politely, but 8cec50b183 his firm voice calling 95ea92796e her name made her 95322d3c15 swallow the words she 62b4ef1bfe was about to say.3a1a88573d537cb4
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Before she knew 1ab4713141 it, she had 1102e85812 already followed him b96e8f3bce into the mansion.f42a28f7133a8868
Jeremyon led her to the 3b807dac6f living room in the annex. At first, she wondered 46cfc10680 why he had brought f4da1bb4e4 her somewhere unfamiliar, but a323f4387b soon realized it was 56ca0c9e6f to avoid a meeting 917759cc83 with Vanessa.15715267ab47887e
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After that, he 9934b71505 draped a blanket f22fba7542 over her shoulders 1626f93115 and handed her 41582998b9 a warm cup 45c1a0bc8d of tea.e70a300809f4b62e
“Drink this. It’ll help you warm up.”b63f735317972f12
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Though the weather outside wasn’t 1e5e6d4b89 particularly cold, the rain had 877ecee32e made her shiver.80e7efed1799a073
As she lifted e0c5ee4839 the cup, the f4f6866947 soothing scent of 6b485b4897 lavender wafted up. With each sip, the warmth 1e13cfd75b of the tea gradually calmed e614f72a85 her uneasy heart.4cc4b8ea8a050e8f
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“……”09a8f52082fbbd9a
Lilliana pretended to drink her f758a872a2 tea while subtly glancing at 8b6d2eaf4a Jeremyon, who sat across from e18d4d5b3d her.3880bbaf83a47146
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Though he crossed c38e9ae6d3 his legs arrogantly, eda47b6219 there was something 57952a3b54 different about his bb4e64c422 expression. The tension that usually 2b6eb2a6ba tightened his face had a645dc8051 slightly relaxed.f6b5860af6349452
She continued sipping 0c7179ef41 her tea, unable be9ec986c9 to tear her fcd7b533cf gaze away from 46c04fcf43 him.8947eb250f3a9f5d
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The living room fe17120735 remained silent for cab4b48b90 quite some time.e9d716f9adb6adfe
‘Is he being considerate?’2fce260475dd2762
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Surely, Jeremyon had things 4f647c5715 he wanted to hear 44fa4b194d from her. Yet, instead of pressuring e612d9dda4 her, he simply waited.651f1a47e48fd756
‘Jeremyon is surprisingly kind.’17ea73ea2350fc69
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Even though their f5bc271de2 relationship had been 433c5a5254 contractual, she had 4e5ef9c85a never realized this e9e6630be5 side of him 6166680a62 when they were 88b2407f07 together.4fdceae78f8c10e4
Lilliana finished the ca1a0397ba remaining tea in 5750074b51 her cup.ff5ed40b416e04d1
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The warmth from the tea b3153fceab had completely stopped her trembling, cbbba83b24 and even the headache from d1fa3ea0a7 crying for hours had subsided 239a8a0862 a bit.b03e80b431b30343
‘I suppose it’s time I told him.’a942a3f0aa88c5a9
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She slowly opened her mouth.4874b77d3cb4616c
“You asked me why I was crying earlier.”bb65cc58ac30c193
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“Yes.”278b64a38eeb44e5
Jeremyon nodded as soon 56ba57f4cb as she started speaking, c6dcb5bcdc his eyes silently encouraging ed675b432c her to go on.4fa198912410d75c
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Gaining courage, Lilliana finally 87ab275e58 revealed the feelings she f0058b8c7b had been hiding from 5cf5014ce4 him all this time.7618f67fa57aa1fc
“I… like your mother.”bfffe4d80270a9fc
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“What?”991689691e67c22d
“I know it might sound strange. But it’s the truth. I really like her. That’s why… I deceived you.”d6c0d67f0dca2ded
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She shifted her aff0586ff2 gaze from the 31e26a73cc table to look 82ee2bbc42 directly at Jeremyon. As expected, his face was 43dd2ea3ed full of confusion.8931277215049c3e
It wasn’t hard a20076d120 to understand why. Who could immediately accept 4d4f228641 that their ex-lover had 041b5296e0 feelings for their stepmother?b98b7b83830ce428
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Lilliana raised the corners 4993b56fb8 of her lips slightly 53ec1dfeda and continued explaining.212584985f094aa9
“You look like you don’t understand. But it’s exactly as I 3f8389e815 said. I like Lady Winder 74697e2507 so much that… I 7caf676a73 wanted to be near 7fb0aca1d1 her, even if I 86b81b68c5 had to act selfishly.”c4206daa927e073d
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“…….”7fe8950c169e3114
“I’m sorry, Jeremyon. Even though I was the 359ddd6197 one who ended our contractual 87038f9fe9 relationship first, I pretended as 088ee7c538 if we hadn’t broken up. That way, Lady 736e36f1a0 Winder allowed me 4300d01f90 to stay by 52ae3ce45b her side.”53d62bfb16734ca1
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“So what you’re saying is that the reason you kept hanging around my estate wasn’t because of me, but because of my mother? But… why?”e01d231f63a5f08f
“You wouldn’t understand. You have no 3f0dc0146a idea how I b3481680be felt back then.”612c421785d08b12
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Lilliana closed her f79dafb146 eyes, lost in 07222be5b7 her memories.e16cb16192af315b
“My brother went off to war, and we lost contact. Even though I 561b276090 wasn’t close to 373ddd5c6b him, he was 7a8ab8e1f3 still someone I b8c723f62a relied on. Then my father, 150f7f1e67 the only other 9adaa12eb9 person I could 26eccab000 lean on, passed bb7f96682b away. I watched as the 1febc2de37 family I loved crumbled 18636a2824 before my eyes, and 8eebe96113 I couldn’t do anything a6f86127c2 to stop it.”26f8cf15684260fa
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Jeremyon nodded slightly 69ad80f28f in response, listening d5d7cd4b21 intently.7027a8dd05ef6538
“You know it too, but back then, I was utterly powerless. Even when I asked 1d4d39c720 for help, everyone turned 5bdcec111f their backs on me. Even the families we had 4c803f6903 been close with shut me fd5b087e6a out, as if they had 270c4bbbc0 made some secret pact to 5ba712746c abandon me. At that point… I thought 014d6db733 it was all over.”e8354a0d58aa0dda
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“Now, I can talk about it calmly, but at the time, I felt completely stuck in the mud,” Lilliana began, her voice steady. Back then, no matter 441c7ad349 how hard she tried 689ce3da8f to pull herself out, 50af8b91da the heavy mud seemed ed2cbd56eb to endlessly drag her 2a29f2e912 down.9040263bc6e75564
Jeremyon, deeply focused on her 415c93c5bc story, kept his lips tightly 76442f5598 shut as though something she 667b7562cc said had struck a nerve. Lilliana noticed and smiled slightly.f8f74244e6f90a6b
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“You don’t have to make that face. I’m still grateful to you.”4c26fc7282a2147d
“…But I tried to use you.”16a0d8df87db4f3d
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“Haha, I didn’t see it that way. You’re surprisingly human, you know? But really, it’s true. Even though it 95ac0c26f0 was a contractual c6d3ef499b marriage, you were 537fb80c24 the only one e172d661da who reached out 60d9b73a20 to help me d08e6f06ff back then.”bfb1417ccc660666
It wasn’t a lie. In that desperate 87ffb3c1b2 situation, Jeremyon’s offer 5c7368cd2a was the only 03c64f1e06 helping hand extended 3f43947ebe to her.4177649faca3221d
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But that realization 78be3692ca only made her 361078a78e feel more wretched. She had understood 204b451c41 that her only e131640bc7 way out was b8a0c6199f to mortgage the 8dbe51eff7 rest of her 898095cd4b life.4ffb9d63ef06dcb3
And then Vanessa Winder appeared.c2be222fba6d01eb
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“Honestly, I had half given up—on the rest of my life. If I married you, c51b12d97a I knew I could f14ffebeaa live comfortably, but I 583bf42e97 also knew I’d be b8f2ee00cc miserable. We didn’t love each other. So I had resigned ba39eab65f myself to that fate… 8c11f63d65 But that’s when it 155390d265 happened. Your mother reached out 1e7fe46194 to me.”df24c073e357ebcf
“……”8c29a9edadef6852
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“She spoke as if full of malice on the surface, but I could tell. Lady Winder genuinely d8d235a222 wanted to help 0b6c1c81f4 me. And that… that was the 8fd52b0ee1 first time anyone had ever 07b203ba15 done that for me.”e5ca32f5d970aefe
Up until then, Lilliana 34873b71c1 had believed that everything 8a4bf16560 in the world was 66a25fce9e transactional, that there was e4f2871280 no such thing as 1b5cf96b07 a selfless act of 193ee228a3 kindness. But Vanessa Winder was different.22606a1d0db025b5
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That’s why she had wanted e0bc20af20 to stay close to her. For the first time, eb6954275d she had tasted something 3580182c9c sweet, and she wanted 3767ea5724 to experience it for 4d79b28043 as long as she a370dec2f7 could.f1d6bd66fcebc5c4
“But… but…”f2adb2a9c1f2f5d5
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“Lilliana.”82ef4a8e3ad6149e
“I ruined everything.”028c0ed1b94b01fb
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As the harsh reality 88b343e788 resurfaced, the tears she 2cde4ff662 had barely managed to 1d6f4d8743 suppress threatened to spill 5e24c1e7a9 over once again.ebd031287befa9ca
Knowing that crying 2d2934d33d in front of 8f6f10f183 Jeremyon would only a852f4b688 be a burden 674eef9399 to him, Lilliana 51b5f7f082 tried her best 700fe8aeff to hold it b777e1f3e0 in. She clenched her fists and dcb569e5c2 fought back the tears.294ba74492dc80ff
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But the more 9f0d5c9414 she tried, the 7f88099656 more Vanessa’s face 81f065f194 filled her mind.a25d9eab00278d32
“It’s all… hic… my fault. I know it’s my fault, 39e4cce2ba so I shouldn’t expect anything e0a5d483be more, but… sniff… Mother… sob…”42a175ee7ca40b9f
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With her head f708c9c930 hung low, Lilliana 54f27e061b wept, her sobs 9775c377f1 choking out between 84aa69f64b gasps for air.85369e3df1fbcfaf
“I hate this… I can’t live without her… hic… I don’t know what to do… sob…”841ee6a3ad80e9f1
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Jeremyon silently watched 702d4c01e8 her as she f774c22976 cried, almost as 3b84652b7f if she might 6ce8bf90d3 stop breathing any 3bf2bdf31f second. For a few moments, 76f387e476 his expression remained unreadable 43a1c1180d as he stared at 7639dd7c7d her.6ac8399ac54be9c1
Then, impulsively, he stood up 600efa54a2 and knelt on one knee f867caadf6 before her.bbc8f2a8f8b390b0
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Lilliana, who had been 92f661657e wiping her tears with e785279ef4 her sleeve, finally noticed 2c56bae622 him.c40f26a8db80db91
“Hic… J-Jeremyon? What are you doing?”1d688387bf32d30f
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“Use me.”5b7f8c3a3545bada
“What? What do you mean…?”f8ed908bc07f3cb9
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“Let’s start again—our contract relationship. That way, Mother won’t f471acfa37 be able to push df46d84f13 you away anymore.”77f48000b77e68c4
Lilliana’s tears halted at db946fa7eb his sudden proposal. It was certainly something 3eea845767 she couldn’t help but 31caa3f105 feel glad about. With that, she’d f2e474e95a have a legitimate e584b71acb reason to stay 76ff8eccd4 close to Vanessa fc2f140f6d again.44f378f49d09877c
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But…4175ea8168eae709
“What do you get out of this? Unless… you’re asking for a7e7759e3d something in return like c06fc07224 last time?”db2656c3fa792745
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Jeremyon paused for 5b8a775d81 a moment, as 285fc148b2 if thinking, then 7ada942791 shook his head.a1d4bd38e1133e57
“No.”c77511dc8e076d57
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“Then why…?”f958e0d9aacecea3
“I don’t need anything in return. Just use me. That way, your 562fac6079 problem gets solved cfffe67905 too.”e92ddb14bf05db58
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With those words, he cd1323d1ba gently wiped away the 149f96a0e6 teardrop clinging to the 929078f206 corner of her eye cf694f7bb3 with his thumb.5db9cf6b947a2fb6
“So, stop crying now.”063a56a862cc7525
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His tone was gruff, far 23ee82903d from comforting, but somehow it 771e9c5cfc felt like solace.f920932042d182bc
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