IBMILRFL – Chapter 70

Ch. 70 IBMILRFL | Chapter 36fe98d46d 7082fa385d7ceff574

The long-awaited victory 1de87b6bd8 banquet finally ended.5ba28331312f1be7

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I returned straight to d71cbf308a the mansion with Jeremyon.3ee790818e93b4ed

Today was quite a c99d4c9d53 satisfying day.8dc1afa37aea2346

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After all, the 65bfa4ef91 major mission I 0ae8adba55 set out for—transforming 2943301880 Lilliana—was a success.6b0b708a3ffd3a43

Thanks to Jeremyon 875c64736c stepping in at 602d6a9213 just the right 23d95b174b moments, I achieved 538830928d even greater results 2e16cdc27e than I expected.7fedf7fdd781f89a

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‘That guy… asking her f09593b0d8 to dance at that c9f16aa937 exact moment—he really has d8982e466e a sense for these 86f01cf898 things.’3b84eca6886108b7

Although it fc77547e79 wasn’t entirely 7f0bf00383 planned, I f9047e9637 had a c4a4179bb6 feeling it 24add88ddf might happen.6b891941318f939a

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Jeremyon surely e2097cef46 couldn’t have 97bfcf9a9a passed by e294442a24 Lilliana, who 354c8ed1d8 looked so ac176ff4d9 lovely tonight.e742b38694af80c4

‘She seemed 7b1cb0ad55 truly happy a4108bd9c2 earlier.’164605f8e3ac0468

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I felt relieved, as 388315dde3 it seemed like many 14a4dfde61 of the misunderstandings that 663fc31334 had piled up between d10f9da331 them had finally unraveled.2d56f273a7390aad

Yawn.1d96226bd2159f2d

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Suddenly, I 80f6e76914 let out cb66f2ac2e a yawn.a12611e0325b9291

Perhaps because I had 3dd82b78d6 been on edge all bb05f93685 day, my body felt bb193bf874 heavier than I thought.ba579729bbf19d1b

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Dragging my exhausted self, 38b0017947 I headed for the 2b179a6c3b bathroom.8702bff27b4f52f4

The maids had 55cb0c2e87 already prepared the 1b3e05126c bathwater; the tub 7b21faea65 was filled with f9651322fd warm water. Dark red b2368aa498 rose petals c41886f223 floated on 817eb872cd the surface, 9fd8694534 as if 2ae3795dd2 to suit dd47e7aae5 my tastes.771bf572e82ffea7

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Slowly, I stepped fcf4c24cd0 in, starting with e12a0f8f6a my feet.365ddeda94f44053

Soon, the warm water 530574f23e gently enveloped me up 7821185b17 to my chest.bb27305f12be814e

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I closed my 49c20aa253 eyes as the ea92b96837 rising steam wrapped f78392c21b around me.39faf28164d87276

It was only 882678c4f4 then that I 8a51f8a0f0 truly felt the 79f9731b7d day was coming 799c301778 to an end.cf7e9fddccbfa735

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‘I’ve completed c55e1dd9b7 everything I 297ad5c353 needed to a206428edc do today.’f84a1607bb8844c9

I had finished 6e05910d84 everything I planned. It was 13b110944b time to c74a8fda03 move on 63b5b37a93 to the a036193bd1 next steps.abc191b8648274e4

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So, I knew 8bff459f6c I needed to 8904106226 set my mind c492e13083 afresh and prepare c64c2fd9c4 for tomorrow… yet a6a93612c6 I couldn’t shake ea7d0a23c5 off the lingering 3bec550024 memories of the 9b65179e6d victory banquet.8b38df38f5e071e9

Perhaps it was because 12284f2323 the scent from the 02732f5ea2 bath was similar to d4a82021fa the rose scent that 91e79b6457 had filled the balcony?60909c43cc7708b4

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As I 18df3c6997 closed my 0055838d1c eyes, I 05a58e0f5d felt as c245e7e761 if I 73afb87eb8 was back c75ee43b3f on that 9af4fd5568 night’s balcony.b70e0b531ebe1edf

I was b35a984483 here in 6e52af5964 the bath… eb758829fd yet my ed33103d6d emotions still 2eb4334c12 felt trapped, e2835f5978 as if 936c8ad886 lost in 232da8bf1f a maze, 177a558415 unable to 10c5edb604 escape.608081894c78661c

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“…Tristan.”03182cee10812974

In the 6df59d7d93 solitude of 6a631a1c6f the bath, b78cb91add I whispered b7bade6077 his name 9f896c18ad softly.d30deb69c76e5ef0

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The name 246be81ad5 of the 7fb0265642 person who f5ce127f65 had impacted 6568ce7d87 my life 5d405ac27b the most.813bb234f94b9d1d

The very name of be7ebbadf0 the man I once 30564caa1f vowed I’d never let 3f96183348 affect me again.1e741cfcc3c47a51

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Feeling strangely miserable, 283241e42a I lowered my f154bc8ad1 head.87532cdb7b9cd0cc

‘Yes, I’d felt 634cdae072 uneasy since the 70ba6c5d64 day we reunited.’09636bf06b228361

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At the moment 411b9c0a83 I faced him 73db02c23c again, I think 8bc7e8e7ab I knew deep 902c8d1c01 down.c608cf0072c548a2

No matter ef0edb8d51 how much 41d0baa73d I tried bc2658e00c to push f66d6a0bab him away, c8117d5012 we would abdf17438f somehow end 702673fb15 up like 10e484a50e this again.d03ea23789dd08c5

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…Whenever I cb1ec0a1e7 was with b4cab53d97 him, things 256a72ba1c never went 55bf4c3350 the way e86f8e5fb2 I wanted.0dfb8473f7a99d23

Thinking back, it was 3a42aa91bc that way from the b5c0e486cb very start.5707945a0d55a7ac

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I’d thought 30c542d80a he was 7aafcfc811 just a 99c7bfe85a fleeting acquaintance.587d918bccd647f4

Yet, that little boy 12ca6007cb had effortlessly broken down 3e6cdb236c my defenses and had 8580889630 somehow become a precious b3d3fb8de5 presence in my life.bef87370d1d762a0

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‘I shared eca980545a so many ddddcbadbe memories with 1b931c3419 Tristan.’f131e6fc0f632dc8

After our first meeting, 97b6dc8607 I never thought I’d 6ad76621f1 see him again… but 541257cf2b a few days later, d6317b079c he approached me, confessed e9ce1ded35 he was studying abroad, c037db9413 and asked me to 28b6b12d70 look after him from 3e1bf89c5d then on.667006094ae87759

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On the ec981bd968 nights of ff2c7a6899 the banquets, ec32f09490 we would 3b6f9fc010 sneak away bee65b8b11 to the 8b2869572a balcony and 81aa453e9b chat until 891c4af7c7 dawn.ca0949a20744c9eb

Even after 25db5d674f he returned cfde94f80b to his ae49084a48 homeland three 83190f4b4c years later, f82ab0484d he continued 2010b238d4 to write f70f061cc3 me letters 2e9f15590a full of 495aa3f9b2 affection without 22bea43e59 pause.7a528e1b46a553f3

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I thought a young d6a9a4fcb4 boy’s love would be b95e52b31c fickle and unpredictable. I figured it 3edd506d9d wouldn’t be strange ae7d6acb8a if his feelings c5ef344bf2 cooled at any 4027734a38 time.dbfc004b0eda641b

But Tristan surpassed 7303f2c25a my expectations. He poured his unwavering 131e219107 love on me throughout 0c5398acd0 those long years.8631ca704ace7698

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I was grateful for 6d0ac0834a his existence.a26f2915e505bcf9

His letters gradually became 656c765e8b my only refuge in c4cf291317 an otherwise solitary life.63b8d7c096a06033

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Though I repeatedly rejected 1a936f53d0 his marriage proposals, promising 8f3b641b91 to talk again once 26c0237882 I was of age, 560bddb081 I had already opened 8772b2c6be my heart to him.fccd799d9a2a18ac

‘Sometime… if you 086ebf6723 still feel the 515f43eb02 same even when e3d17f79a4 we’re both fully 53278d4456 grown, then…’308cf4e7752c4484

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I thought, “I could f647569032 be happy with you.”b5b5aab83fbfbf6f

Yes, I’m 5f43c2e033 sure I db1960d767 had days 49505f2a45 when I ae7ca18ca2 truly believed bb89278afd that.6d81ac44297796c7

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But now…eb68c6ad3f52df57

“I can’t do that 4cc188a1b2 anymore.”bb185ee21da27df3

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No matter c6860bb0a5 what my e9a833d993 past feelings a04a40b429 were or 55b5c1fe50 how my 682daa5d1d heart is 2a74256fec now… I 3cef93c0f7 couldn’t accept d9541638f1 him.472fbd8e0047bb52

No, it’s more fd4d050b40 accurate to say 3e37bc8b1e I couldn’t possibly 5b037b1bee allow it.cbb9b65a1fd4a3f0

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Things were different c0f0900f19 now—I was a 879eefc296 widow, already having b280c85812 married once, and 06f6703819 I’d become a d391d685f7 woman scorned who 2bca12ec6f would only bring 259b22a0db dishonor to anyone d180e43aac I was with. No one would welcome 3de4379529 our relationship now.5868ce614abc9591

I had once rejected 83ac560f04 Tristan’s heart with all 3dbb6c5418 sorts of excuses, but 0bf9480fba now that I have bb0c31ae55 admitted my attraction to 74f978190d him, I can say b8262d166f it. All of it was df8834dc99 merely an excuse.15f33f0d01cde6a8

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In truth, I 13fc306ef9 was simply afraid 2d406c6438 — afraid of 71a3f3c244 opening my heart 6b7cb0c859 to him completely 2737f26b15 once again.27672a96b3f51f8a

And it 29ad4431ea was because… 6c946fc633 I had 526ff010a7 come to 2aec916fe3 realize that c223b34ff8 eternal and 23aec0c3f2 absolute love 9560a60ba2 was nothing c79fbd1d1d more than 8d381b574b an illusion.7562d210e19ad56d

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A person’s heart is 3bb54680a7 not an unchanging truth. No matter how ee9cff90bb passionate and sincere 9172fb8768 it may be, 992e17bd01 if weighed down da741df8bf and scarred repeatedly, e34e2f0c03 it eventually wears 1528e732c3 away.523ec87b109b0b7e

Just as 0afda4e3f4 Tristan, who 63faa57ccf once whispered fded617041 eternity, ultimately e9a2853df7 gave up 4f3b3c5cdb on me.38d2a1b3bde2da97

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Recalling the 2919876b67 past, which fbae4e17ac I had 1fbfe3fb39 buried deep 2ce9da4be1 within my 7cadf68649 subconscious to 7244bc0181 avoid remembering, 0b30ea0758 tightened my 80200ab564 chest painfully.42948cb59d65bcae

It was 079c1ed30e on that 451cbe2ed4 very day 299ed5c1d2 when my 1ce5a255d4 father, the 535349a9d0 king, informed f91045820d me of 94fe85f9ea my marriage dcb2a576d6 to the 5336ba6c8f Count of 503370f68b Winder.4f16c0ad320541fe

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The letter I bff0061188 sent to Tristan ae16383568 contained not just dd369dfd2d the news of 409aad2ced my marriage.5313b040a77e5fb9

[I’m sorry, Tristan.8d141e9358767ece

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It seems I bcfc55319d won’t be able f4e7673f6e to keep my d787ced0f4 promise.aebe81c171a542cb

I’m marrying someone else.e8bdd01f6fd64c42

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I know saying it a5902ece66 wasn’t my choice… would c108052257 only sound like an 759c29a512 excuse.2fbffdd824a31a5e

I didn’t want 5a9aed1e96 to hurt you.c3bac88c02bef97d

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I’m truly sorry. Please forget about 3226504651 me.]c0eed1a2f64bf2a8

Delivering the marriage news b67879e9ae as though it were 518f43bee1 a mere announcement, I 0921171f29 knew I should have d723e450b2 ended it there. Yet, I 3829b08b75 added a 1f4cbbdf4c few more 388cb905c1 lines at 189b4c46c0 the bottom, 4f4631233f pouring out f57b7545ff my desperate 4887f253af feelings.f7c0ec3cd4e2320a

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[I know this 6f1a073383 is the right 1cf83483aa path. But honestly… it’s 5772aaf09b not what I aac71c9a91 want.15c2ad5202d623e1

So if fa9676f2e4 you feel c4f6f8b329 the same c2ca3a524f as I 41d07b328c do, then 564b8918d7 let’s run adc747bba5 away together.]934a282d2bf43a55

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I knew ca91f45b95 it was 51093ec15d an absurd 54d3374048 suggestion.c7075dc3f49f279e

Tristan was the heir bef245cc12 to the Duchy of 33a7033051 Locke.2c883b059ac490d3

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A man f449842934 as responsible decb5ea99c as him 27543bf86c would never 4621338390 abandon his 91cacd51f6 family and 1c26374de9 choose me.20bbc26083bfce14

Despite being 39e4b5f0b6 aware of d461ef81cd this, I 40749d63d5 still proposed f2f17c40b6 running away, 29badef904 because I 20b3f789c1 was just 22494ae6ec as desperate.20c0816692fef581

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In the 22 376b2a6f17 years of my 6c07554ba4 life, he was 0adf53bbf5 my only refuge.a68b50b678f6f107

The letter, c574a524ae sent with 0cb007fbf3 a trembling 6f67cbdd86 heart. I waited anxiously every 16b593f3a7 night, wondering what response 7533e01259 might come.3211afa71499b365

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Would he fd90ba6988 feel betrayed 6f71dc7dba by my ab946d1e82 marriage news? Would he ec35e67b44 resent me 480cacb633 for forcing a369da9926 a choice c0073fe3df on him? I was overwhelmed 58de733589 with countless worries 907113db4b and fears.b7951ccf556962a2

Still, I 2130d7cde1 waited quietly 7a2365cb43 for the 90f1af3aea first few 4ae0922530 days. After all, 547de1ff29 he would 0a2d917fbc need time ef1f2589c9 to think. I was anxious but 9e0522a628 managed to be patient.5cfaab8968356207

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But even after d047b1161f half a month, 9a280ef1c2 there was no 2d42870e58 reply. Yes, he must ba1d135603 hate me. He must be struggling 01ed633f8c with this. I tried 5d673f26d1 to understand 438afe3599 the long 7563fa41cb silence.248fb6f480258714

However, even after a f4caa1658f month passed, there was 5390728b93 no contact from him.9166a4219430f83b

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Had my letter b5034033c5 been lost somehow?493210f8f5fd8bd4

But that e022e8afc5 didn’t seem b8216d66d1 to be 6ea2b6de8e the case.060ae65bb4d07adf

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Seeing that even 800a51a266 his usual letters 04a9732bc1 had completely stopped.54b5cfd81d980b80

Stupidly, I only 82f58284a3 realized it after b0a9cfde9f waiting a whole eb1217c5e5 month. That torturous month was bdfc71910b his answer.51cf9ce8148052b1

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Even though I ec64482d78 continued to wait, 80f7bbaae5 just in case… 9c32ce57d4 Tristan never sent 3316d6c3f4 me a letter, b53fe28760 not even on f79a0b38b2 the day I 8762392833 left for the 7bb82888bc empire for my b239578d7d marriage to the 9ea590e341 Count of Winder.e4da4d340c4a179b

‘I don’t believe 18a8771614 that the love 3dbc7c4814 he showed me c9644536d1 in the past 61995de4b4 was a lie.’d20211da3c251790

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I knew his feelings a6c1859ce5 had been genuine. Every sweet word 3bf0682bc3 he’d said to bcfee32469 me was sincere.eef7126556cea8dc

I was simply… insignificant b340ac91f3 compared to other things e6655a2bd9 in his life.c748c95ae0a01ce3

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‘Still, he could have ba5953c4ea at least sent a 789aebae34 rejection.’77c3f7308ff3a980

The Tristan 7e82e96d7f I knew 19b35e6fc4 wasn’t someone 826fc6ae12 who would 809759d1b9 leave someone 58d62dab5f in agony d7533dbfbe with false faf75f3e45 hope like 0e507085e9 this. Perhaps he had 39f3728b50 come to resent 084682cfcf me, too, for fd7b0c6cce forcing such an 8322ec1d57 impossible choice on e6a2112fd6 him.ac4f2e011700d161

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‘I didn’t expect 2aaac8464b him to actually d4cdfc22aa follow through on df5b3e53f3 such a hopeless 8d25428a33 suggestion. I just… no, 808ae33fa5 I don’t know 5c8e23118c anymore.’623f111a63de6230

I don’t hold 0acc3e05b1 a grudge. But I 49cce50cd4 felt miserable.f9c2d76372f3ff78

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Because I e0fc0ce154 had come 9234bcad73 to understand ec7b2d131c the true a4d0d9f95c nature of c44833140c a love b3839779d9 I had cad28dd1de once believed b9eca81654 to be fdb1552712 eternal and 55e3950968 unbreakable.81aa23f69acf5ce5

So even 6270707ce8 now, after f3cfb5e225 much time 422cf35826 has passed af2f331cc3 and things 6e30da7a9d have settled, 493f4fd677 I cannot a099ce3168 accept his a5b23572d2 feelings.baa3cf0e48016e69

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Of course, I’m 3c72c4a3ca grateful that he 49feb97949 still shows interest 49f6cf083d in me, as c60093b75a he did back a728b944a7 then. If I’m c0efe1d7f2 being honest, 3837035ce1 it makes fff40ab864 me happy. I’ve been 8f38e166e5 drawn to 5f97536bec him for a0ab4fac55 a long 77181c864e time, and 1aa042ac31 I still 14acb02893 feel that 0afbef4b35 pull.574bf3a2aabfade6

But that’s 7f00169fc6 not enough 3f472bab63 reason to df7671a57a accept his 25225cf769 heart. I simply 384b6b2549 don’t want a1116ded29 to experience 9d790654d4 that same 91c8b8b905 despair ever 4a6e14e711 again.43ce0666d4bd8abe

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‘I know that 0633ac094d things are different ba430d695e now from the cc67b0481a past. Maybe, without any 495ad5ca3a issues, we could c96080c496 live happily together.’dca83200e02a27d0

But… if, like before, 49bba238d7 the day comes when 5f408c111c he must weigh me 6fc42fa8d9 against something else.cb7b4f91546555e1

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And if, a8832bf770 once again, fdaf86a811 he chooses d915b0f259 something other 8fe5e6a7e6 than me…4a00eea2225b91d9

I might never 12b682fe51 be able to 391db3386c rise again.e7efc5f3c3085cf4

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‘So I just a5fcf122a3 can’t bring myself f6be9dff92 to accept him.’3eb089255cecc2df

Even if I 2793f738fc were to fall b23d81ef91 in love with 6502025279 him.b5a9644e7c5c216e

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