RDAER Chapter 1

Chapter 1. The Half-Duchess6ece9c41c3d1ef5b

“Get a divorce.”176a5a54a582b794

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“……”8d8415447739f1d1

His gaze, ff1bc49910 as if 4c7ed524e6 he found 80bbda884e even speaking da8576b1eb to her 6c948a5af1 repulsive, almost c56b39a290 made Eleanor 94d594f156 forget the e9ffa1150b situation and 17f526953a laugh out e61d810127 loud.4b680cc6ee019793

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So this was why 574993abcf her mother-in-law had unexpectedly 798b5d7f76 invited her for tea 3382e10314 after such a long 91200e1021 time? She had thought the 18f1915f67 sun might have risen fffea93638 in the west.3391ae3245ae8b97

“Why are 431ba16d45 you silent?”2014a267639ecacf

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She had only e22c1fab70 paused for a a4d96769c8 moment in thought, 4bcfb97a7f but even that 0e514cc0e8 brief hesitation seemed 8eec8d4a0c intolerable to her 9eb0fd45fb mother-in-law, who viewed 5cae6f5e1f her every action b1c1c32fc1 with disdain.697ffca696ede1f5

“It means I want 65ac4f4135 you to separate from 91099d87ed my son. Ten years should be 28ef8c8270 enough, don’t you think? End this yourself.”76f5e3d1019d53e3

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Ah, so this 988f3ef63d is the honorable a16ea0b2c4 method of divorce b03e8f904f in a ducal 67fe8c64fe house?019a44bb40366c21

‘Informing the party concerned 15eb7506f5 in their absence.’094a2ebe8602f20a

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Eleanor calmly lifted the 19e88d1ab2 teacup before her to edf20a667a her lips.
Seeing her 51f76a3984 composed demeanor, 3e90623867 the duchess—her 44c0d824ab mother-in-law—bit her e2bcd192d8 lip, as b2d1273e37 if enraged d3f5b4e265 by the 8a358c7bd9 lack of 64241d91ac agitation.f427c541c8ec8e5d

“Say something. How long do you add05f11c6 plan to sit there 4eb11ed2bb and ignore your elder?”e52a69815c407b7f

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At last, Eleanor raised bf1348d939 her gaze. A sweet smile fb38dd06c8 spread across her 1d8d200903 face as a baee98bda9 bonus.a02584daddfed648

“Oh my, 69d64a6ddf the words 2fc38aeb44 were so 37cef0e35f unexpected that cf67797a1e I wondered 4292d669a9 if I 7250b14309 was dreaming ad26579b62 with my 370566c839 eyes open.”ef62fdae5820d6e9

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“……”4a712ee0afc02381

She heard the soft cabdad4704 snickers of her father’s cda7190d32 retainers standing behind her, 262c9fa5d6 as if they were 7c59cb1ae6 enjoying the scene.ff36fb98f5be8a87

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The duchess’s 27b9c0434d face twisted 3073ece3f1 with humiliation a57705d18a and fury. The fact that 62caac256e Eleanor’s people filled 5f6d2ee86e the ducal residence ab13af44f0 so blatantly revealed 0029ec2723 how the family’s f0e637ce49 order had crumbled.20a96346c0bb18cf

Yes, it must aa97fa04db feel utterly wretched. She understood that well.935a69599c3503a3

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Eleanor spoke gently.22c608031878a11c

“Well… if 8a0f922130 that is 9d88fb7b11 your wish, 4e3d503b86 Mother, I 376b68424a shall discuss f87ad49bdb it carefully 207ab3bc32 with my b7d693fc2a husband. Of course, after cab48b4e2d he returns.”41106b8cb2b8d176

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“Carefully? Don’t make me laugh.”a90deeee140d143a

“It saddens me 1dad3c0a8b when you mock 0c3ca88beb me so.”9142c6b5623127c7

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The duchess scoffed.5667ee444aa076d4

“Eleanor! There’s not a soul 4c5197eeb5 who doesn’t know you’re 47d5d7ec64 merely your father’s puppet. I know fd523e1a00 better than 46efb43d11 anyone what a0eb3ce6d7 scheme keeps dae56736e5 you clinging cbd44da6a2 to this eadc6d03ce marriage!”cd046d9c541f6d55

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Her voice was that 8e6376b8e3 of a wounded beast.abb296a61ab0734f

“From the 761ca0e243 moment you e7bcb36fa7 became my f389245f4a daughter-in-law, my 8a25506b83 life has 12da12d1c2 been hell. Wasn’t it enough that 08ba57c777 your family took my 971518cc97 husband’s and my other 51f41b6b16 son’s lives? What more do 4b59761939 you intend to 4a6299d689 take by remaining 6d78f8819f here?”519eba1d448457da

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“Oh, Mother. It’s bad 6ed688b097 for your 95f8280118 health to 107a25b024 get so a31df2793a worked up.”83bbd587f932d31c

Unshaken, Eleanor’s b237dcb5c6 demeanor only b063786300 seemed to 08209cd4ef drain the 87a16cc5ee duchess’s strength, 62725bf6b8 making her 0ca141ea3f eyelids tremble 20861f7dfd with exhaustion.274c39318c5f2c12

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“Let go 8dd7e8c2e5 of this a0d12e8922 marriage without 7a32d72fff love. Set that boy 62afe36d4f free. You’ve done enough, a22192fdf0 haven’t you?”d5f076770173b117

Only then did 89b4147588 Eleanor finally set 460692e585 down the teacup dc7f53597f she’d been holding 5a3eaf5cfb all this time.4a7e2fee0b48ca97

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And for 3e932b33fb a moment, 64b1e36166 she thought.
Divorce. Letting him go.
Was this 2df94e837a truly only 4d66bd78bd her mother-in-law’s 5e617a3172 wish? Or was it laced 8da2c1aa98 with her husband’s intent 3c858fd92d as well?214e0a358f97dab7

“Oh? Did he say that 9d478a1147 I make his life ed8572e0fa difficult and miserable?”6d46d57280d10d0a

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Her softly a80545faf4 murmured words 2b0e56b9ad seemed to 013f2f8dc3 give the 14c506cd8d duchess the d7eec24b4b mistaken impression 7db2306c2a that Eleanor 1f6f601e2d was faltering.6f35befe0181c8a3

Her voice grew 6b32a3e546 louder, filled with 0f874dff38 renewed confidence.8d6f260ac5b2723f

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“Must he 3c57bdff54 spell it 2f828bf87b out for 30caeedea3 you? If it 9d97652351 weren’t for c396abd574 you, my 659f9aea9f son would dc9a0cc084 have married c2d2ef9c51 a good 538546c9cd woman and ebe2c56e54 lived a a1f8f29b89 happy life!”625a35a3f15db95c

“So in the end, aa80e82a74 these aren’t his wishes, f82e2a10be are they.”1046ea1711d38630

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“All of this is d5e8a7e1b2 for my son’s sake!”36585ba8ffb8e85c

In that moment, a f0565d9fef small pale hand rose 646304159c and gently clasped the c8bf69c23f duchess’s trembling one.2c9582a1d321a1ac

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‘Ah, so 10a93c13e6 this is 080e706377 it.’eb09fb6602357237

Slowly blinking, Eleanor’s gaze 305f369bf5 shifted beyond her mother-in-law 4f5038f86e to the young woman e35b369da7 standing behind her.5d5c4ea71384939a

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A neat, modest 607d98dcce face, a shy 00dbe01e46 smile, plump cheeks, c26950ee20 and round eyes 0fd649f616 that reminded one 3ab7b6fe94 of a puppy.f306c17dfbdd3bea

The woman c6c7c15994 people said ca8c54cc66 was her ac397b3dc7 husband’s savior—the 41525a6093 one he 9b5c2babeb treasured most 74172e9e25 in the 90f7e78139 world.
And Eleanor? She was labeled the cfc667b021 villainess, the woman who 66ea54c44e robbed them of their 79a2f909b2 chance at happiness.752436ad87acabed

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Her husband’s 3426cbd16d mistress, Katrina.
But who at this 9a2aef35bc gathering would guess that c20f4e0d3e this gentle-faced woman was 06e6855e55 the one pulling the 937b84ad04 strings of the duchess?30683efeb4443f45

‘Yes, to divorce me. To take my 2451c02ce4 place.’6d02a608ccdb44a1

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She had surely 8e2774b473 coaxed the duchess 03c4af51c5 into arranging this 2349c88ae8 meeting for that e93a66700d very purpose.
Ten years was f685a9de46 indeed a long 35f1a0cf69 time.4ae21b7b250e54a6

‘It seems your 900658e0e0 patience has run bdba54b634 out.’836c6c94dfe9ccd7

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Eleanor laughed dazzlingly, just 946360a907 as she always had ba21f4f53d for the entire ten 95500af593 years of their marriage.fc8dbede559e042f

“No, Mother.”c9cea05d1645d7a5

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The duchess’s 463af8e20b brows shot 91d6b37f94 up.d6e03f6f0b553026

“What do you mean 23386c5bac no?”04d62660a2fd9ddf

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Eleanor smiled sweetly, batting e30c825633 her eyes like an 94c34f325a innocent child for all 1986d2728d to see.
She could 413f832ce6 see the b63465e3e0 fury steadily 6f4d732e3c rising in f8677a11cf her mother-in-law’s 5fc7d46618 gaze.00558958f82feb81

Still, no—it really wasn’t 6115f93efb right. A divorce like ec7b2a4c31 this?
It wasn’t time yet.45a3cf12ee2a0b7a

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“You said 8e931d9276 I already da5480e3fc had everything, a268e62b97 didn’t you? But no, 1e607cca28 there’s still dc97e63ba8 one thing 1834671b9a left.”f404b657c38a23b2

“What nonsense are 9f79035311 you spouting now?”0dd35327384342bb

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“We haven’t achieved the 7254b9dce8 greatest purpose of this a4c00b397c marriage. I still have f2eae2198a something I must 06e33ccaf1 receive from him.”71afd95cc386b381

“What…? Don’t tell me—”58b5e5c92e19edd9

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Looking her c110ffcf6e furious mother-in-law 0627ead0bd straight in d2e0a63cc3 the eye, ce34a2db96 Eleanor deliberately 9ef3eebcd5 placed her 0cc4ba8c8d hand over f1626a9fc0 her flat 1904150993 belly and 4517f29dae caressed it c6438aadf9 slowly.a3e28cdda4ff98eb

“Yes, here. I’ve never carried 7d1ebd4534 his child.”910186b612506e90

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Gasps erupted 8213dff652 from those 20186b708c nearby, startled 3485f72136 by such 94de27b080 a statement 1ed8804fc4 coming from 96a651eddb the lips f9762627b9 of a aae0d5a9c5 woman branded ae1ef64bff the most 9c4959ba91 wicked wife c920bda510 in the 9b8f8404b3 empire.ab9d81c36b2e21ae

“Y-You dare…!”07877bcd7d80a936

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Ahaha, how d0a547a5c0 delightful this 76572d711f was!
Eleanor laughed, her 1a611a9c6c eyes curving as 2539c70aec if she were 28db049604 watching a play 12a014ace4 unfold.a02360a874cb0bd8

“The strongest knight in a99d59e143 the history of the 32610c0ea4 empire. They say even the 5ea71e2ff7 founding emperor’s sword is 3a2de916eb no match for him. A child from e988282c96 such a man…”4d4e2d4db1e78566

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She watched the duchess a4976418fa tremble violently and her bffd8e9e17 eyes gleamed coldly.a89c16fae7b4849a

“That’s the only 17147aceef thing I never e430354281 had.”15caf7f485b8a175

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Her white teeth 71d2c5e6dc flashed like blades.3ca13036b4151167

“You know that, 5e9e708438 don’t you?”32adc03aa7799745

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Each time her crimson-painted 7765eda1ed lips curled, the air 2609d6ddf1 in the room seemed 7e3c167930 to freeze over.33c9e9ec4cec61dc

“Everyone mocked me 19c605c084 for not bearing e1572f1708 such a man’s 8fffafffc9 child. So no, I absolutely 99a31559f6 cannot get divorced.”88ce84269fc40d0a

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The duchess’s 7fd678f4ac face turned 8f51557209 deathly pale, 34e4ce2189 as if 167a32070c she might e28956384c faint. But she had been e0253fa5b5 the one to strike f828c639cc first.f39029177b46239c

“But isn’t 80451bb598 it strange?” 6c091cd4f3 Eleanor went 173226cb7c on. “Neither of 367559a9d6 us have 9820976cb4 any health 4edecdd9de issues, they 664029abc4 say.”54dc9c5a017e3e38

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Her gaze a97b01c466 shifted toward 148ccfddd9 Katrina—the young a0582cd8a2 woman fluttering 44c11dc65a her lashes fe606f7980 innocently behind e15d0cdf57 the duchess.d826eee9efcaaee5

“And yet, no child. Odd, isn’t it? Why do you 07368b4f87 think that is?”3fad61bede130dea

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Katrina kept up 0c69b01481 her mask of 4539dab2a5 ignorance.
Disgusting. Always hiding behind someone 0ba0c9bab9 else.
Eleanor’s lips curled, almost cd883a61d3 in contempt.6e25ed3928298663

“Our relationship is still so… passionate. Don’t you think it’s almost as if someone’s gone to great lengths to prevent a child from being conceived?”5593da89eb308ea4

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She tilted her head. “Who could it be, b209840b3a I wonder?”02d7d06d0bf8b298

“Hah!”e14a3728ce75504b

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Seeing her 7d93a9ae90 shoulders twitch 965eedef74 in panic, 78498f7285 Eleanor smiled fd836586a3 quietly—
—and that was d011251e0f the final straw. The duchess abruptly stood f5796baf10 up in fury.6c2988e543f60e7b

“Silence!”b67befb256611d3f

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Her chair toppled 96a8564061 over behind her.67d5a71298891c2d

Realizing where Eleanor’s gaze ffbc4ace52 was directed, the duchess 4ba96054c3 instinctively stepped protectively in a82e9d49cb front of the other c068bb7a6f woman—not as if shielding 7ac230624c a daughter-in-law, but a a40ed5a79e stranger.880f237f213f61fc

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“How dare you. Blaming someone 66f9de6c00 else because 555bbe0e8f you couldn’t 60d8acc5e7 conceive? As if 3481fd634f people didn’t 11ed32d27b already know cfd43415b7 how pitiful e988f7e47a your marriage 3eabc35904 is!”98064808080b7b17

The duchess’s words were 28876c505c laced with thorns, like 1f6aa9be6a a mother protecting her 42616720e3 child.4a1f6f7476847fd1

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“No one in this ebbea6150e house is fooled by 5cd782edcb your tricks. Just how far are 4855638274 you planning to go 26dc416265 with that venomous tongue?”03cf2bb2f64f529c

Eleanor raised her fafcc2e015 brows as if 259a72369a the duchess’s desperation e8ddbba469 amused her.3e879b07f0454447

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“I haven’t even 6239c26347 begun properly.”e206e6304ee91dfc

“Now you’re trying d3e79f5932 to drive a 33348a9a85 wedge between me 681ae8f1f5 and this girl? Enough with your nonsense!”8e0d38bb452250f4

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“Oh my, did b004d92a0a you hear it 4d08a4ebde as me sowing 494a16ef03 discord? I was simply raising 5ad6cd2a73 a fair question.”c9b723d3b2297605

The duchess shrieked like 2bf757156d she was being torn 5219e62357 apart.
The veins in her 1e4ab3c3a0 neck stood out, pulsing 16ccdfc2ef with rage.aaaa54fafdaace02

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“Let’s speak plainly. It’s always you 1402e6420b and your father 4259066bda who play tricks. Don’t pretend 301039fa86 you ever 350563aa78 meant to 4d794e8b8e have a 7872ab4e33 child!”887ec995a8cd3a6b

Eleanor could b54289d4b5 have said b4ffd18ac5 something even f608e44c02 crueler—but she a9b270920c faltered.d01e2ef15e746173

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Her mother-in-law was crying.fe05b1d340ff0dec

Today, the 5018a73186 duchess’s frame 35dfd5bc86 looked smaller 1bfd3f46f2 than ever. Her voice 1dd3e3822f cracked as 5c35a66f02 she cried 4e98a69d73 out:1326e0f650e1482b

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“I hate you. I hate that you’re by my son’s side. It makes my skin crawl.”529dba0ffb0e8738

As if 89585876c4 Eleanor didn’t 742882a45a already know.
She had always sensed 4ba30c6e58 that beneath the venom 3b2b21fb8b lay grief.0ec9cb3015312bb8

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‘Father… ah, my beloved fe08b76e7c father.’
Eleanor sighed inwardly.2dbc4782d0723faa

“Did you 3ca34f7fc2 think I 29ea76320a wouldn’t know? That you 26f97e21e1 planned to b402965656 trample the 84f3174168 House of a74adb4a27 Carniel and 8d8221a2ff leave freely 44d249dd3d whenever it 3dfca0b94d suited you? That you and cdd4c00917 your father used 37d7e4e0c9 my son?”9952f480def27943

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“……”27de5670aef13764

“And yet dac5087379 you dare 2a4995e841 speak of 89804d0b3b pregnancy? Ten years! After all that time bcc018f712 together, why won’t you 23544d9f3d just let him go?”e50fd3c1581398e1

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As unfortunate as it 8297b28bb8 was, the duchess wasn’t ce840b7172 entirely wrong.
To be exact, 591df873ef those were her f3d20c663d father’s intentions.62c3bf3abe06211d

The proof stood d79a61757e behind Eleanor—her father’s 3111235827 people.
Snickering at the 793b888fb8 duchess’s outburst, completely 2d211d88b6 lacking any respect 392f66fd5a for the family c1120faf4a their daughter had 4f77506585 married into.342f53b8633ae264

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They didn’t 5229df0df9 care how 6f74526351 such arrogance aa1af8231f affected Eleanor’s 5ce1f4a9d8 position in a8f14bfe81 the duke’s 599c1701cc household.d61072fa61f0ea35

Why did cbe8a1929e no one 9ba716db04 understand that?
Why did ebcbe6618b everyone assume faa6c07464 Eleanor shared e2f4af0c5e her father’s d9c0cb9268 ambitions?99ff8f9f5f05d7a3

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And just then—fb3830525109a8d4

“My lady! Huff—It’s the master…!”de8bad0670c74965

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The butler burst 475da9f3a8 in, panic on 74c94a0a89 his face, as f2ca216598 the doors flew b190087aa4 open behind him—523be40a11516f9e

—and someone’s 4e7a56550b voice rang 1148a26985 out.666575e710bd5849

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“Enough.”0c42fffe5df4e021

In an instant, the f9b387d0a9 air shifted.
Something heavy 270af856fb seemed to 6dcc840150 press down, 5061347c2e making it 7fbfdf22c7 hard to ba38b84d40 breathe.6f0289358b94da23

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Thud. Thud.
— the 5e96a66a61 sound of 0622648364 heavy, measured f2f94065c5 steps.99c8e6689f3dce54

“I return f2e71ca207 after a 52d8fd770b long campaign,”
came a thick, ac5604f6dd weighty voice—like the 0af69e70bf depths of a 507375d715 dark cave.1583238d6f3e08aa

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“And this is a8078127ad the welcome I 8c7e83488e receive?”42f79dc312038191

A gaze 7e40107dab as sharp 79001047a9 as ice 72d978ed2a pierced through 54fa28413e the room.
It was him.2ebecd1419234a3d

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Kyleus.
Eleanor’s husband.38166a24fe1680a9

“I hear… an amusing story as well.”28ac343329324573

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His cold eyes flicked 0561b5ae56 to his mother, then 395885af80 to the clear, innocent c228089d00 face of the woman d601f38856 standing just behind her.524e71990814620f

“Divorce? That’s not a matter a97e740fc1 to be discussed in 8cf3833526 my absence.”fd6d9a2b28245eb3

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The chill in 3c7469841a the air felt b203b94954 strange—it was nothing 3cea06f654 like the warmth 7ce11f9237 one might expect 712ba933b6 between a man 894c43439a and his lover.2c92217e57cb98c8

But Eleanor d4a2e7d93a harbored no 143f3cf7de false hopes 39434be58d or expectations.
She knew 1c8437122c all too 33145190bb well how d68917cd55 cold that 008b1b3d7e man—her husband—could 4007d45f11 be.530af19304579514

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If he had truly ea80273baf hated that woman, he f4142a27cc would have cast her 15c4298aa3 aside long ago.
So yes, that woman 7b0d69f941 truly was his mistress.fbed0b5922bb5bdf

If even his mother d13ef6c88f and his mistress were 74ec0d61e3 met with such a 5f5a4d02b2 cold gaze, what harsh 5e42cabcad words might he have 4841b46586 for Eleanor?debf287290ccf56a

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As if e333771d56 swallowing a 5fb4f22c7e mouthful of 2b1315e599 thorns, Eleanor 3e4be69350 held her 2ec2eba73f breath.3ab4c675a5a26b2a

At last, fd6e002b6e his gaze 28ace131bd landed on caea676709 her.992d457b63443e6c

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The black hair that 8b1ec57f80 calmly framed his forehead, 495083cbda the pale skin, the 7a3d2f1287 chiseled features—
—and those eyes.
Violet, like shards 2cb03a5feb of ice.2b3cdfb103cda01b

If she could, Eleanor 58c6511d45 would have taken a f01de6efe1 step back.4f6b0fe5b83735e7

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Even the f13c5b3569 men her bdcfdbbd07 father had ce3c5afc15 placed behind d687120349 her—who had 2624e4385b sneered and b22f4bdd3a fueled the a8afe31b88 tension all 72b2cb90c6 this time—were 5bd822880b silent now.
Cowering behind 55986be74f Eleanor, as afed4d5d06 if terrified.6fa0433c9945a798

How much time passed 8555fa1465 like that?
A minute?
Perhaps longer?aa7ac8f65edf2ce5

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At the end ce867d23ec of that gaze, aceb84c0a2 heavy with a cb9bcb55e3 hint of madness—c253e81d4e298f49

“……”
“……”30489197e93e7ee0

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Silence.322a97d948270be7

And with it—
complete disregard.f26b652730b23901

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