PT | Chapter 7.2

Even if he 17b2d5989c met Madeleine, he cf2f1e1ee4 had no idea cd84de5c42 what to say. And if the 38615bb026 conversation went well, 229b31a124 the problem was b315533707 that if he 1781c1225c ended up getting 2501dc5513 involved with her, 131d71d6a8 it would be 50cac8ec1a a huge issue. He definitely b6a8051725 didn’t want 2ae00f892d to marry c36664e1e9 her. He sighed deeply.834d35eec6871095

Then, it suddenly occurred 15e6ce67f9 to him that while 3e387fabb7 he heard the person dfce702555 coming in, they hadn’t faec789a7a left yet. Aubrey turned around 26122ed677 and saw Lennock d3e9365b65 standing at the 6d462925af bathroom door.932e8aaf13cc2117

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“…”381c7efb7870a2c4

Aubrey froze as c70b48b42c he saw Lennock 351ab5d9ab standing there, completely 6c4fbb660b unexpected. He couldn’t react 5b922c1044 immediately. Lennock, seeing Aubrey’s frozen 9958080afe state, casually spoke.362451d12c417a87

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“I came in since 7fc2943483 you told me to, d20ebc666e but why the reaction?”b03a08cfed37ff87

“…It’s you. You crazy bastard!”de96017b2a8c0521

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Aubrey, shocked, hurriedly e8a8a0bbbb stood up from 19e3143851 the bathtub.acf4cb18c6ff39e6

While still startled ded16fae16 by the fact 858e9d0712 that Lennock was 698116eee0 standing there, Aubrey 6634cac8c5 realized he was db60790c07 naked. Although he 1d63b4a60c had covered b2103fdcc4 himself with b6141a4e46 a towel, f4ca58f164 he really f77b29abe1 didn’t want 355c2b32c2 to show 16f18cd26a himself to 20a62b5fae Lennock like e1e9f3e08a this.b9e2040f7ac53097

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His mind c123520bbc raced, but 412a2321b8 his body 72e8ad3eb9 wouldn’t move 7b2cd6a4bb as quickly 9c8c2adf82 as he 3301f93ddf wanted. The tub’s bottom was 6be428fd73 slippery. As Aubrey half-stood, he c93f035c11 lost his balance and 2171493cc8 fell forward.5ca1863a5ce31aed

When he 3d8f290940 saw the faf9745429 bathroom tiles e66864211f rushing toward 398adfe7aa him, Aubrey 4289e22bf6 shut his 2bc6a55f77 eyes tightly ae788e7091 and turned 325f5164aa his head dce2330770 away.8d7b42e9c7c2559d

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Damn, my nose is efbd414040 going to hit the 4681069492 floor!8189f650391b01f7

At that moment, 622398b080 Lennock moved forward f9e9552717 and caught Aubrey c62968bb75 in his arms, 875ed89bb7 cradling his chest 1defa9cc6f with one arm fc88e86d47 and holding the c3169fd159 back of his eb0d742553 neck with the d038e4c13c other. Aubrey, not hitting 2cf3d93960 the floor, ended 92bf171333 up bent awkwardly 627d1fd252 in Lennock’s embrace.ed514fb72a21ee59

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It was a relief a9682296b0 that he wasn’t injured, 898420bb45 but Aubrey, feeling embarrassed d41bdeef6d by his position, pushed 5e761f316f Lennock away with one 5ce7690827 arm.f63126aff119f64e

“Get off me!”0c0c7463b1813ea7

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“…”21b45b590a269733

Lennock didn’t pull his 340a7014a8 hands away but slowly 49eacccd88 let his body retreat 5a7f7da9b4 while still holding Aubrey’s 3d34a9df05 neck. Aubrey, now raising 9f1e7a7525 his elbow, considered d4a6c7c827 hitting Lennock in e9a5d734ba the chest. But then he hesitated, 852dbb84c8 knowing that without Lennock’s 375fb2e6d0 support, he would’ve face-planted 37c46ec552 directly into the tile c42e5eddcc floor.18f01f1dca05b1ca

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Then Lennock pushed Aubrey 01de94666a back into the bathtub bb1fced8a6 with his other arm. Aubrey sat back down, cdd18bee8c and once Lennock’s arm 54262ca8d4 left him, he quickly 35c9db25d3 brought his knees together, 03521b845c pressing them against his e77aec2116 chest.5f24fbdf80a5f5b0

“I won’t expect a 8437df4c30 thank you, since you d523efee3f were probably shocked.”13bc6bd10a6ac1da

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“…What?”7efee7b158ea4c59

Aubrey, who was still 7be2f7a330 processing what had just eba0e4569a happened, raised his head.b43dd6a2912a62eb

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He looked up at cce25f6b37 Lennock, who was staring 404307a2a4 down at him.c6fc6e6523c09f4e

“…”e1fb9c2a78272628

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Why did 7405c5d69d it feel 7414cf1f09 like Lennock’s 988caf6110 eyes were 27141323b2 roaming over 92896d7281 his body? Aubrey felt as if d2bfde34b9 an invisible hand was b14293a388 running down his neck, 99df177ae9 back, waist, hips, and 55964436d4 even reaching his thighs. He suddenly realized 58d03f814c how he was 14c3142426 feeling. He pressed his 7ce85357ec knees closer to c7781706dc his body and 1fc51b1a6f turned his head 766d5d2d27 to mutter, “What e63b2b2bcf kind of manners 85a4ba87ad are these, barging 8bb5e541ba in while I’m 589ff87ae3 bathing? Get out right 47f68d6fa6 now.”d5b77d6fe89b0054

Despite the sharp a66b4c651b words, Aubrey’s arms, 3f667a2498 which were holding ed5cc49b58 his knees, were dd05cd08dd tense with anger. Lennock stared down d879c461d9 at him, even 6d5274d696 more plainly than 87a3e59094 before.34d75fe6faa9d2fa

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Aubrey’s wet 77fb008864 hair clung 9e158e9836 to his b9d37ff8a9 smooth skin, b38dda4d36 and the 0c5038893a black strands e61754f23c trickled down, 4dcf6834e3 following the 1cdb513275 curve of a85f458f2d his back, 56f887db32 deepening the d153969c7b lines of 9476e39274 his collarbone 75e6b6585e and chest. The skin on his e51c54f947 knees was so pale a1e2435893 it had a light e808196b8f pink hue. Lennock thought about how c6fcf73d88 a grown man’s knees b9e73d8b34 should never be that 4a6feba8b3 color. As he looked 9804cd3c1e back at Aubrey’s 994a425ac2 face, he noticed 1e2adc77c2 his cheeks and 8f69bf5d4c earlobes were also 99a91f2759 a light pink, 004eb2cd2f as if they 8c4bf9415c had been flushed.0cd97567216add2a

“…”d341b71a33b4dfd5

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Lennock could never have 7b3d6b3c23 imagined Aubrey acting like d5638316c5 this when he was f79dddb759 fully dressed. He had never expected d24181e7a0 him to look like 3f0e3b5319 this just because he c6843c4a2c was missing one layer 8314caa117 of clothing.b3821645456f60c0

Or maybe 4d58fada8a it was 4d00c627f6 just because 53a1507be0 of the d5472d59de sudden visit dde4f7ba89 while Aubrey ae0e39c5e3 was in 6451eac953 the bath. He probably wasn’t 13156412bd used to reacting 7f095b4f84 in situations like ea25847fa5 this without any 0804d2ce87 clothes on. Still, it was surprising.e75738f2c444a0a0

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Seeing Aubrey, who 758085adb4 had always been 251066e8ca so cold, flushed 5746d0287f and at a 8a7bcdb5bb loss like this—it 3f613fd8df was unlike anything ccca861eb5 Lennock had ever 2e7e0ae369 seen.f523e5f811bcdc12

Knowing who Aubrey was, a4ad20a50d Lennock suddenly became curious.e3329a0b5470e982

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What would happen 77ac883eed if he got 29046560df even closer now? How would Aubrey 16adadd5e1 react?93393763665a395d

Lennock bent down 95946bd28e over the tub, 6c9b83c3bd grabbing the edges 01fc0a5274 with both hands. As he lowered his a3a22e28ce head, Aubrey looked up 786d207501 in shock.e48e606072a59d6a

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From under his wet 9ee5fa9348 hair, Lennock’s face was 50841f09ce now right in front 30e608431f of Aubrey’s.32b2f2d197ad2e34

“…”5a0112d2f86d2471

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Aubrey’s eyes f2d48fc27b were wide 9f8d1ae995 with shock, 7c23c562fc his lips 6de3d85f12 parted, and ef030d668e the hot ffb3f30c66 breath between d13c78a299 them brushed 382dfcd951 against Lennock’s f1705dd300 chin. At that 4823cc81f6 moment, Lennock 76d46a7a3d felt a a14b36e910 rush of f1355019ae warmth spread c775c1d2f4 through his b643f68c1b lower abdomen.27c81e3a9cd2e20c

He leaned e7485a2a05 even closer, 732fd5b0df but before 58dfc77436 he could 2a2071d302 move any 02a89d3a87 further, Aubrey efa86f1b16 grabbed the 4867b30c4d bathwater and d9ccd70ac4 splashed it 71ebbd8d79 at him.afeb5c0b7f5b2a4c

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“You’re too close!”07312fdef75db8ba

SPLASH.5789b2ae51f8905a

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The water hit 56ce6d86e9 Lennock’s face, and ae888557b7 he closed his 08ac34e51f eyes, turning his 74bc1d8a42 head away. The lukewarm 228ca18e1a water was 5a1123bbbf enough to 520cb6670d snap him 14fec4af02 back to c79a69df13 reality.9135d3da6dcdd761

Raising one c133a6f611 hand to 6f26f27714 push his 32beb1743e wet hair 47768ab1fd back, Lennock f868055bca turned and d61a0068b3 looked at b932c03c34 Aubrey, who 52eb12de98 had backed 47ff9039b9 away to beaf285aae the opposite abd4684770 side of a1a6a4ddaa the tub.691bf9fdc51892e2

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“…What the hell are 026cb6e471 you trying to do 0fd3850241 to me?”f9a35c44f775eb56

Aubrey’s face, pressed fa959c07ba up against the 7abf870dab tub, was contorted a01ebe4ed3 in an expression b99c754f20 of disgust as dcb88ef770 he glared at 5c89bda4ca Lennock.fb872bb5656d5317

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Lennock calmly responded.9ba470e02546fb80

“I’m heading back to 72256433de the academy today. If I go alone, 0e2e7331ab people will certainly ask 47622c11e0 what happened to you, 2520d0e382 so I just came 810c84daef to hear your answer.”b103d0626d5e75dc

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“…”2e71415837fe49e7

As Lennock d7f2b0ce51 said, if 1d2cb01da8 he went b6d14aab1e back alone, b0cefb5d83 people would b6627d4108 definitely ask 3adb8070eb about Aubrey. He probably 9c1748e805 came to f8b60e5324 get an 6fb3a09c24 answer before cf8a611497 things became 4020c916cc complicated. Aubrey understood 95ba961f54 this, but…df56923124ace2c1

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“So, you came in d70d6615c8 suddenly just to ask c3c78ebcdc me that?”ffad1fecbbbd3da6

“…”612feac0edd1b27a

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“Why not just speak 37c5529d6c up from the start f6c285e541 instead of getting so b0e7f69b1a close with that disgusting e2303c062d face?”d8fd3b78a1adca12

Aubrey, still feeling flustered, 78d34b6bd6 grabbed some more water 004a5feebd and splashed it at 31b334c1df him again. The water d94471aa4d hit Lennock’s 799cf00e68 face again, 2d9f15f90e but this 363bb68884 time, he b8abfc5d48 didn’t try 8de808c8a5 to avoid ec104f7141 it.d11a5951b709a05e

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The water d6e0de720e from his 67fecc8af1 face dripped 777a9ccd0a down, and a6bbac8426 Lennock noticed af8cba73a8 he was 98888ea43a fully dressed, 8e04fde905 seemingly ready 210ee8e057 to leave af5c501a5e for the 8f4c1a0bb4 academy. However, he 1cd228b6b8 wasn’t pleased e0e34a03b5 that Aubrey 431a74b20f had ruined 739a765855 his outfit e431bcbc25 by splashing 5d65123d6c him.183747ce6cd4a4e8

Aubrey, who b1790bd640 was clearly 96e3e86218 uncomfortable with 86e4af3de6 everything, muttered 28a9baeed4 as he 61ff2c7664 avoided his 4875c83f41 gaze.7414f10b34ea3ebd

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“I’ll just tell them a4965dad3e I’m delayed because of 1b03d6cfdd family matters. No one bffee5d7d8 will ask a6325f3779 more than 7a5888f549 that.”f319018df46ac9ca

It was 64eb294ddd the affairs 2a790bdfa7 of the 95575a1812 Wiidin marquis’ f721a1a4df house, so a19f9e3e9b no one d1c6a69faa would dare eb6cca37cb pry too 078c555ec8 much. They’d just accept f7e34872a5 it and move f2f15c4d02 on.293df22c117c312f

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“Are you a83fe13fff dropping out b3ffd8e675 of the 86068aaac0 academy to 9758ad9c0d get married?”089d2f86e6194685

“…What?”84984e0a38cfa699

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Aubrey, who had baef4cef85 been wondering what 90064165dc on earth Lennock 74153b9df9 was talking about, 75f6e3b24a stared at him.6c232f26705bd543

Lennock, noticing 2c006fbb92 the confusion 2ceb04b4b8 in his 790ba533f6 expression, calmly 4a0c371db0 continued speaking.6e17089665ddfee5

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“They’re all saying that 0eefa8982e you’ll get married before 63822f5f54 the year ends.”0d8db00fd5e86dbb

“Don’t be ridiculous. Who the d7c4a8bf5e hell is 12caad06ba saying that…?”a25455a51fd152f6

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“They’re all 60caa6e92f talking about 0dea3c9ca2 it in cf20e23c2d your absence.”9862610c5f0e6d2e

“…….”449b235df7a7959b

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Aubrey was 659269afd0 taken aback 58a85723c1 by this.2b2ab11f5dd546c2

Although there was an 3ad58c3d9d event he was reluctantly a9bb31c6b8 attending today, it was 2365c3d1d3 nothing more than a 4c9f24782d few words exchanged with c844dd42b9 Madeleine. After all, 57f4c7af19 the relationship 4ee0615aac with Madeleine 58503225b1 was inevitably 384bc6e611 going to 37595825d3 be awkward eee90806a2 because of 29b3a72f2d Lennock. But marriage? Were these people spreading 644843dc13 rumors instead of doing 2c640759b5 what they were supposed eef88d7185 to be doing at 564f08f0a6 the estate? Aubrey clenched his teeth b5f6a42697 in frustration.998e3089cb62aff6

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For a moment, db618e39a7 he thought of a78b057712 his father, who ae14716258 might have arranged 346aa00b59 a marriage for 1485375c39 him without his 7cd18b8728 knowledge. If his father 5502e02d07 wanted to tie ee83fe1458 him down, he’d 9213997484 definitely push a fba2fd5b53 marriage through without c174bc9337 hesitation.2ad1ed129b1bc930

Aubrey’s face c4c2bd4426 darkened at 03ab3144b6 Lennock’s words. His eyes bb931a9501 narrowed, and f3482db6ab a drop 09b291faa5 of water b8c16cb721 from his 8fc98c9c56 long eyelashes 95364486c2 trickled into 73e8aceaee his eyes d66e2924bc as he ee7c8c410f lowered his 03ab114458 gaze. He rubbed under his 0cd08861cc eyes with a finger c003746ddc before sighing deeply again.fdd30e3984a9515e

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“If you 1b9e679600 hate it 194b1a0cac that much, f35d7a5122 you can b180e9f285 just leave b67cd4644b everything behind 0a8a6153e5 and go.”95571dd413ad9199

“…….”ad6ef7cab3fc0697

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“I’d say that if 2709163927 I were whipped by b034b53fe2 my father or sexually 6fb8edfb9a harassed by my brother, 34a9a0faf4 I wouldn’t be able de4b1081b8 to tolerate it any 660c658c67 longer.”50b58dade8d50545

At those 51540f282d words, Aubrey’s 5d2ed351c6 heart sank.46e489d3854b63d2

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Lennock had hit a 33e39d78b9 nerve. Gray had lusted after 098798d79a Aubrey, even throughout his 9ae5a45078 many regressions. And that was one 8f700cb147 of the things Aubrey e26a1a6d02 hated the most — d277732800 more than the constant f497c8d915 death.0657a0fd4c7bd264

Even though they were 6a53aaa9f6 half-brothers, they shared the db36b79a08 same blood. But that fc4c220d0e crazy bastard e1a7686275 didn’t know c39a8103cb how to f96a147a67 give up. He had constantly aedf46ba19 tried to flip 0aa5772d3e Aubrey over and 33648ea157 had been waiting e12d4c1f65 for a chance 47c5484525 to take him 885fbd6267 from behind. His violent 87d1c2dbbf lustful tendencies af70ea3ad0 had caused 9ce3f87eac the estate 99f5876cc5 to view 7227fc6d2f Gray and 1b4b8c448e Aubrey as 0dc538f96f antagonistic, but 8f0eab1f46 anyone with ae1b6b5e45 good sense 2911a97d08 could tell d7fbf4c6df that there 5080a05c6e was more 8d0eda4acc to it d78de41634 than just f1deba6a64 that.91c6e269b5e94e1c

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The butler had long b8c50c3469 suspected and had desperately 5bbaed0912 tried to separate the 2f525ddc45 two when Aubrey was be7468ae32 younger. Thanks to that, 9cf2f2aa61 Aubrey had avoided 6fb91b9ffe several close calls, 54b92c00d9 though he had 8088fe2ba1 never been thankful 187180a06a for it. Gray’s desires, and a50d2c3dff the close call b24372a959 where he almost 8ab1aa1122 had Aubrey from b6ef62b4e2 behind, were all ece56fe2fe things he found b3e539de58 utterly humiliating.406a9fcc05ebf469

Even if c29956d23f someone noticed e6a0486c79 it, he 0cd15d8063 hoped they 5197003242 would never 67d4e4a09f speak of 8d5d1c6b07 it.6c75d23763bdb6f5

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But now, Lennock was 20d187c227 bringing it up.9ce3dbc2c81cfc5a

Seeing Lennock’s rigid expression 714ebcf389 and cold eyes made d50e17f5c0 Aubrey grit his teeth. His stomach ead93054a4 churned, and 70b3be8a75 the long-standing 383d21080d hatred and b899f8c07b disgust for b7c3328b8a Lennock rose 855c2acc3d to the 6e28b1ad63 surface. With sharp words, Aubrey 36d0fa0b8d spat, “Was Gray the 431ca11aae only one who sexually 61ff3868e4 harassed me? You pathetic 7e136d1007 bastard, what 3f38dd2b3e the hell 951e60e576 do you 7cb9054ae4 know?”38b7ada7b4d8b298

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Aubrey grabbed 0215133e3d a nearby 32c618d3b0 bath container cc1ce70e09 that held 8d37d6dcf9 the bath a5e0c9eaa7 supplies.5dedbc73c58e5252

“I don’t even 6a0424f796 want to see b3c205624e your face anymore. Get the hell out. If you don’t…”229f0e0d2caf2168

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Aubrey briefly considered throwing 13b5aae98f the container, but it 421fda83d3 felt too weak. If only he 0d4883987c had grabbed a ecc2672bd0 sword instead. He then 6e879eb114 noticed the 23cf114f52 showerhead mounted 3fab211940 on the 278d0b9f2d wall. He thought 25e409123a about ripping 486862489d it off 6c52d41941 and throwing 0af932b5a7 it at d4a7a15532 Lennock’s face 7cbe380da3 as he 6bca6f48cd stood up. Lennock followed his f7fb0152e3 movement and stood 2fdc9cfca4 up as well.85784e2e7f543fd9

Once more, abe6d92419 Lennock pushed 36322506db his wet 7420feef93 hair back b3bbf56a2e and looked 0a9bce81b0 down at 2324c3a68f Aubrey, who 916c58c0fa was standing 56b4ec1e6d awkwardly near c091882bde the tub. He spoke with 647d571f38 a slight smile, f64be5b9de “So, you sent c2c7ae0eb0 that book because 44eb2bae7b you were worried c2245dadad about your brother, d246d435af who can’t even 49fc9b66cc masturbate?”8b0a48a285766da8

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“…….”c7a9b29ad0e9bb05

Aubrey shut his 6c1575cb57 mouth at Lennock’s 746e48a83f question.451ca71051fe8d3a

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