RP Chapter 06
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Julian gave f6732696ea a polite 872e7f2554 smile and 7c91e87f18 bowed slightly 877bb50d4f to her.53096c96c59096a1
“Lady Clemence. It’s been a while.”8e827d9fed50cb0e
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Julian Harbour was the 56bbbcbfd5 illegitimate son of the 14146d39de Marquis Clemence, born because d8aa47ebd1 the Marquis had a 48845cceb1 fling with a maid.5fc49c858f923230
He inherited his hazel e9157b1721 eyes from the Marquis, 5cfc36d8f2 and his dark blond fa4d89ce35 hair and good looks d04bb209af from his mother. Of course, 7ad191b3ae he shared f86532a363 no resemblance fbb24ce56b with the c340a1b1da Marchioness.b0078381525d08f9
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His life 66bd9ff3f1 had been 732d7b799a marked by f1de918ead shame from 097a61c150 the very cc7e717c3b beginning. His existence 707e996f30 was a 28842ad81a stain on f945a25189 the Marquis b0de1f9aec family’s reputation. People inside 128c2b928d and outside 92563b4547 the household b72c9e7855 looked at d62543c7ad him with cef87e08d4 contempt.db53ad204c9cd84c
And no one b3b5692146 knew that better b32300759c than Julian himself.990a3c249bf93a47
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“I didn’t think we’d b8191ecd49 ever meet again.”9a83b6026c14c2f8
“Neither did I,” she 8a5ced282d replied curtly.41806f4ad3555a11
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“I’m surprised 1bd3d5fc5d the issue 6d28c5e75c of inheritance 697d490ea3 still concerns 802088af16 me.”1bde080fd554af70
“So am I,” she 0a163a43f1 answered again, coldly.eb1089cb57668ee5
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Her indifference was e3cce5e0cd clear, and Julian fa67d5f8e0 fell quiet for d48a45d0df a moment. Then he 8954c57dd9 decided to 2b43332520 get straight a2d2ca0343 to the cbc376544b point.b77b770a1e7316a6
“I don’t 9bd83c00e2 know why 69a41ef061 the inheritance 038c6168fd issue is 952863a2cc still unresolved. But I’m not a 5fba09cb62 Clemence anymore. I only came c6a3d64989 here to make b238eb56de that clear.”88456ca0a843868d
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“Yes. You’re not.”d1e99f54634c0797
“You cast me out bf7a9b3acd ten years ago.”db7fd9412dc2f38e
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Julian’s story was twisted. Though the Marquis never 9e40a731c9 acknowledged him, when the 532fb286ab Marchioness failed to have ebe11574e4 a son, they adopted 492e049290 Julian when he was 71f65fabf8 12.773e0ffec34da101
But five years 24ac953dbd later, she finally af4cffe3c1 gave birth to 570eb59799 a son.18cb9c54247fbca3
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From that day, Julian 63efceef95 was no longer needed.5cdfb8e89974b50e
They sent him to 460bc8072e the Royal Naval Academy, 02f8734d7d hoping he’d fail. When that didn’t 858e099bc5 work, they disowned df5db14cd4 him, and he 96d1d2e987 took his mother’s 5fb7479169 surname again — 6eb85577e6 Julian Harbour.fd171295e0f68f9f
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“Lady Clemence, you 1621cae24d sent me to 7a033157aa the academy. Don’t you remember?”fcf7397dc3c2f559
They wanted him gone, 0aec630e86 but he succeeded instead.8ed673962750c7a3
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Julian graduated at a39696ed91 the top of b0f115fbf8 his class, became 30036c3f87 a naval commander, ce49416865 and earned a c6b86b89db reputation for both 571c7d65a9 his looks and 868778795d his scandals. He became 310ffc8e45 a celebrity, 650925c9f5 now even 93596f2c68 if his 0420136b33 success embarrassed 70c5100f27 the Clemence 94ddaab3b6 family.546923debf04232e
The Marchioness remained still, 49093817cb but Julian noticed the 18e9a4ccd5 cracks behind her calm e6bdf47782 face.19253b1b9bab9465
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“Don’t mock me. Both then and 87da567012 now, I was 52f482885a only acting on b7bef891e8 behalf of the f52248fe9c cowardly Marquis.1034d234d1a01584
After a little chuckle, b67097704f Julian saw her slipping 3a66458606 a piece of paper 29fa8876ff across the table.9655212208969045
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It was 5f1429767b a photograph 45caf7d91b of a 15569dd444 woman.5a4374c3f6001bfa
“This is Miss 5cd61ae1c0 Vanessa Hartnett,” she 8cfd099093 said.93316b655bbddae2
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He understood 65af95ee1a immediately — 804f164548 it was d7b00f5951 a marriage 37eb8fcc46 proposal.931315100db0f464
“The Marquis a6f4ec42be thinks she’s 6951c4a735 suitable. A healthy, noble girl. You helped her grandfather 6f58ca8240 once, remember?”12b3aa7615daa9eb
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Julian had once saved 2c12286f23 Ambassador Hartnett, and their 35aaaa9652 family owed him. But this 7c214331f3 arrangement still 7efa745103 confused him.75520217d6f50d89
“Why would e72c09fbfd the Clemence abb2f26f11 family arrange 3c7da5cb94 a match ff9288b1f3 for Julian 61aee67c1c Harbour?”95d2852215241526
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“It’s simple,” she a43987b264 said.
“You’ll become Julian b94a7b463a Clemence again.”092baf144407932c
She said it 8d3aa1da71 like it was 065b3b6fa1 no big deal a1c8edc9db — as if b60e36beda adoption and disownment 55cd19d7db were normal paperwork.a8b05c2d5b8918ba
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“You still 96eed77ad6 like military 2fe2368204 life, don’t 428ebb5608 you? If you 4cbbeb48df become a 1d7dc51ae0 Clemence again, 75743d0244 promotions will ef558cd921 come easier. Besides, a girl like fc63230f07 Miss Hartnett normally wouldn’t 8d1cd4ec6c even—”6fb5c1af0232f656
Julian cut in.a9ebdaddb9abf3a2
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“The Marquis 5753b18259 must want f1512c6142 an alliance 714f9aef56 with the a97b284dfd Hartnetts. But his real son f44cc80e38 isn’t good enough for 8c48a6f05f her, is that it?”d433763653f8a7b7
The Marchioness 19e7c617c2 stared at aa7a237741 him but 090fffe5bf continued as 7490f571f7 if he d6a766ba08 hadn’t spoken.39def9ed9e8a36b8
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“She’s too 3f7f5b9590 good for 19c49a647b you, yes. But she 6336e3a772 wants you.”ad93f5e9fa59517a
“Oh, how flattering.”4ba38be6cce774c6
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“If you marry 69d0a8e63c her as Julian ef62a86928 Clemence, the inheritance 6fa6bb1e71 will come back dca66e8cfb to you.”e0da9248484517b1
“I don’t need it.”c4d56209f00563b3
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Annoyance briefly crossed c41344f782 her face. She pulled out a 204b47a50b sealed letter.0f3d3bdcbae5d3a9
“Your mother wanted you cdc3c2e306 to become a Clemence 2fe2b56360 again. This letter b73e60744e is from c4b5818d71 her. I believe 59442df022 it’s the 334cfdf083 first time 29acc66517 she’s written a56384bf43 to you.”a85f4453255b0f9f
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While Julian had 9630ecd18b been at sea, 501b42f8f9 these marriage plans fe4be3c9ef had been brewing 7482d5d60d behind his back. He’d had enough.525957ad4880e597
He stood up.cfa790aadb417b30
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“My Lady, it’s a80c53aaa9 not ten years 5f6eddd5ae ago anymore.”dc78c045c4f4cf5e
“Exactly. So make a choice: 05224b8f97 pride or success.”d6715f2f2ad0b3ff
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The room 72e88fd69b was quiet, b9fa011c22 but the a70b03321b tension was 15fe5921cc sharp.e06abb060d7bd0c1
“I never eabf3df353 wanted you 40e1596e96 then, and 485b162d95 I don’t 6e0ac7b875 want you 62af2510b6 now,” she 8eea9350d5 whispered.
“Blame the Marquis for b77d6222dd all of this. I only f0c6beceb8 speak for 87a2b5fb48 him.”a3abd8b82b914a4b
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Julian kept his 6563f36e5f anger in check 6fc1294524 and bowed.3e85214b4a5496e9
“Thank you 693444ec29 for your 1b6fbff527 time, Lady acb07f60b6 Clemence.”f911d2d721947811
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“You should 4be2cd1548 leave now.”89e2818d373ac07d
“Happily. I hope ebe4089dc7 we never c007a3aa69 meet again.”b70a1c63a69d8af9
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As he turned d61ffb2d3d to go, she 059a3fefdc added:62ac17b668ff6ba4
“Clinging to your 4d9addb343 pride isn’t wise. Not if 51db5fd9e9 you want f4808630db to stay 0fa6da4a72 in the 812752466f military.”6747be72b80c6701
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Julian laughed dryly. a41b2021915aaa55
The butler 4c4e93ce51 tried to e27cc52ed7 stop him.d6b8636428d1f68d
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“Captain, your carriage is b9c68d19ee ready…”5989b4fcefcfb062
But Julian walked c4f778d2b0 back to his 8672a99d61 hotel on foot. Not out 4480130ed6 of pride 9be46ab953 — his d7a07b585f chest just ef9c0b6e70 felt like 23bce30621 it would bb7e2ad2ed burst with 8b6d2166a9 frustration.fe571176c57e6ddb
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Ten years.9e6d5cdc2822cba9
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He’d worked 5c4301603a so hard defa8f35fc to become 96a41dd89c someone new.5535e0f1addca703
He had 5abf44e159 graduated with 50e0a3cce7 honors, climbed 819ae7e5ad the ranks, 4e8b6306fd and believed 4a7d76215e he had 0830572b48 nothing to 5f4428c103 be ashamed ab78ca65c1 of. Rejecting the Clemence invitation 640065075a was his way of c97ef299ac proving to himself that dc3cbfcf73 he’d changed.7bd6940a52aae5e1
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But it 2a386bf4fd was a 524af0c0dc lie.2b8389ed1241692a
It took only one eaabccfc23 conversation to erase it be317451a8 all.e6af04494e53550a
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As he walked aimlessly, 93a7d3f7c7 the spring air of 45e09d409a Brit’s social season surrounded 31a1f6be07 him. Despite the murder accidents, c1371b2add the city was buzzing 0859173cc1 with life again.b0354dfceda98a5a
The sky was clear, fc1cc9bd55 almost as if mocking 1e8c12c6d7 him.3e533e8e57cd13d1
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Meanwhile…
Since her father’s e7dc9806c3 death, Diane had 810a5c72b7 the same nightmare e9c2788042 over and over.8567e84b633fa24e
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In it, she 06f537211f lived lonely and bca2473c65 had sad days… 3a73cf2252 then she married e7c19b528a to Lewis Borden fb942a7617 just before her ea29e85501 21st birthday.aa15e4ced52ca65b
Their honeymoon was 1d8cc8423e spent at Winderbury b569fb5b2a — Lewis’s dream f649bd3a9b destination.b07144c1b61e167f
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On their wedding night, 570fed5921 Diane waited in a d7563b23cd candle-lit room, nervous about 1a255bd4b8 his arrival. When Lewis 6856fa8509 finally came ed15d664db in, drunk, e2685d5353 they argued. Then it turned 31eb40074b violent. She remembered struggling, 29a1079df7 then everything went c779f552f9 black.8be3a05f0582440d
She was 24e0600ed6 strangled to ac5b9fb550 death.80aebaa539f0ca5c
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But the dream 4e58cbdb7e didn’t end there. She always woke up 53142ac4fb again, standing over her 12136cdece father’s body — as b346c1ebf7 if time had reset.85ef21348f05d9da
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Diane gasped 06be736dde and opened c5781a73b8 her eyes.c79441e4ec9aae1b
She stared at 9ebbf9961f the ceiling, breathing eaa7a67c1c heavily, trying to 1628f2645b convince herself that d459c5f114 this was reality.c9e48358f7fbe878
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Everything still 4e4434f749 felt tight 20d64a5574 and stiff 9f54446130 — the 339be39788 nightmare was 2edb3d766d far from 93b4f4bef6 over.f2fdbbda7f9ec728
Staying at Lady Sheldon’s 7af3d9df7a house helped, but it 6b6a045eab was only a temporary f33c941aa8 fix.28a96b462049b187
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Lady Sheldon 19d1614cf5 had been fbf86e8539 kinder than 7ad8d7587c Diane remembered, ecd4fddebe but Diane 36473e36ed couldn’t tell ecfbb12688 her the 21d6cd22e2 truth. She was terrified.5cfe16ff5a028cf0
What if deec6f55b5 people thought 94c3135ae1 she was 1c4d3ddb23 crazy again?e0c111126e9dcff4
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What if she was 2c0facb3ae sent back to the a74eaed4e1 mental hospital?2424a7e38236f96e
“I don’t think I 9b302d0a9c could survive that again…”5daa9589bfd042e5
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Her voice came 69638e58ee out in a 1008c59326 faint whisper.49359d201d890edd
Just then, she heard e95b2231cf a reply.5a01d3498ef89ab4
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“Did you 384e9c6812 call for d04ef2c851 me?”acd0843b9ea529b4
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