RYL Chapter 01

Chapter 01

Outside the slightly 1b8a5dc0bb open terrace door, b530ec2e87 a couple was 03c310a792 gasping for breath 299f6a11dd as they whispered 0f284bc404 sweet things to ec10254d82 each other.3e6800a4b9ebfef9

I leisurely sipped my 3d7f71d473 wine while watching their 7fb4f4f476 steamy affair—something you wouldn’t b835fd1248 normally get to see d8dc0f82d1 even if you paid 15f12bcca7 for it.cba953d69fe937a4

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So this e8c0b6269f is what 5270196ff6 they call df53a74e93 outdoor play?5041ede4a348744d

How frustrating. How long are 1d6a43ac8c they just going f1e7172ea5 to kiss? Why not d6074a263e just take 75b706c278 it all e0338f0b47 off already?a8cb4d51b51821dd

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Finally, the man buried his face in the woman’s neck and pulled down the strap of her dress from her shoulder.7734c7249bf8f348

Oh? Is it finally starting?c3472d630d8ec08d

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I licked my 2385d034a4 lips in amusement.334fefc441a99b1a

The woman clung 6d2503f817 to him, too 6437edc66f busy moaning to 4e29134af2 care that her fee4b79429 upper body was bdefcd4ce3 now exposed. She grabbed the man’s ddb8959dc7 face, pressing their lips 23966241cd together with a blissful 5301b24c1b expression.fae95df765351881

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At first, the cb282f1af7 man stiffened at 525c2c19a7 her aggressive approach, 4b441aa8f6 but soon, he 775534b4b3 closed his eyes.129bc4d1b5d4c5c2

He looked like 8795cca713 a male version 3adf68a378 of the goddess 88953f3bc9 Aphrodite—perfectly sculpted features, 600054e775 golden hair that ba588ef12e shone like silk, a173b7b337 deep blue eyes 61e030d896 filled with longing, 62909b7a44 playful yet sensual d1d67e39ce lips, a sharp 04673a5b9b nose, and a e973fa2c23 strong jawline.b3ce579c7c504406

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Any woman would d1b73dafb8 fall for him 0eebd7122a at first sight.bacdc38a68316a9d

Well, except for one a4819de576 small detail…11df307973064312

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That “Aphrodite” passionately kissing a woman right now was actually my fiancé.9fdc681bc13205c6

This should be 50a5632874 enough, right?f57bc609c1ac8ea3

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After enjoying the 3c8c34de58 show for a 7a63fc5df5 while, I casually 5c49d1dcc3 pushed open the 8ccee15f86 terrace doors.cb764d722b0f3cde

The woman, who c418005658 was already half-undressed, f026fcb93a let out a 5c96c21333 sharp scream and 4c64570aae quickly covered her 0304fc0e22 chest.fe18054146da1692

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Meanwhile, my so-called fiancé a576317d54 remained completely unfazed.3a0ed35cf11688e9

He simply ran a 5a8c7e113c hand through his hair 940cb3d82d and looked at me, 6c190a1318 his expression full of b6f5177917 annoyance.6168b42f03415723

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“Claire, shouldn’t you at least knock before entering the terrace?”07a62e5f09389246

His sensual lips d5b2dec3f7 curved into a fd33645789 smirk.d62cb8305bf07373

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“No one wants to be caught in such an intimate moment, you know?”659449eb42f28eff

He looked down at e47d20ec94 me coldly, as if 78ecfa77e5 I were nothing more ee05851a55 than an inconvenience.dccaa6ffee1f0cd1

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He probably 7bdc886050 expected me 2373c79a2c to cry 90c10f4325 or get 5c592df102 angry.35074f96f25acedb

Oh, right—I should f37fd291c1 mention that I 3866e69c37 am Claire von 1a9247f3c9 Devonshire, the fiancée ca43745be7 of Mathieu von 334e011004 Laurentino, the infamous a8302aa378 playboy duke’s son.1ea6194535cad90b

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But there was something b916ab8be0 he had overlooked.5674e4b97985a162

TherealClaire—the one who had d6ca10d791 been pathetically in love 9e44d43890 with him since childhood—was 768502d8ad not me.40ba98982f9586f5

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So, there was 869f7016e9 no reason for 006a6c056b me to feel 60d85efce1 hurt by his a79d0e0390 ridiculous behavior.10d56c4a8644edfa

I leisurely looked him 2136c48e65 up and down and ccd2687ae6 at his unbuttoned shirt b760e637dd and his exposed, well-toned 50cbc0f705 chest.b72f18271a0e687d

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His brow db60aa6739 furrowed in 086c1fcd75 irritation at 1ac90b9bf2 my gaze, 458ac785fc which only a054caa05f made me 046544fcaa smile.ca81d11795bc14dd

“Oh? Did I interrupt something? Don’t mind me, go ahead and continue. Ignoring me is what you do best, isn’t it?”fe744cad1ec230d7

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“What…?”35f72091148caa15

He let out 804544d595 a breath, stunned a818ebcfc8 by my calm 7c0aff7b7c response.e671e4a07179aa32

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And just then—b8dd71fda94f4898

A sharp 21a4fee6e5 voice called 20312a84f5 out from 57871b9cce behind me.fac02733127def76

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“Oh my! What is going on here? Isn’t that Duke Laurentino’s son with the daughter of the Viscount of Helsing?”ca9c3dbf8b326204

As soon b2ed79b2dd as that 715fa44938 voice rang 8c627617ec out, people 2b1471bbb0 began gathering 0ef021e36a around the f5e043c78c terrace.5c7f00d0bfc32040

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The half-dressed woman—Viscount 7d307abb07 Helsing’s daughter—turned bright 140aa5b852 red and looked 2609b709f8 utterly mortified.408a51c69b2c0b63

Meanwhile, Mathieu remained relaxed, 38e177d553 as if he had 6f166cbe15 nothing to be embarrassed 0417b01fba about.a006a2b3df6c2ed3

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Then, another 1786e59b0e voice called a6fc14d1f4 out from 59491f5ae6 the garden 0fe95830b3 below.41936d269c8812ee

“Oh my goodness! Look at that! The duke’s son got caught cheating on his fiancée! I knew this would happen sooner or later!”14767ff9c7548dbd

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Dozens of bf7c5ad970 aristocrats, eager e58df07ceb for gossip, 73d2d5c392 turned their 66de7cb819 attention toward d4da0882be the terrace.4abc5a8fab1d4be2

Even the trees surrounding it couldn’t shield Mathieu from their judgmental stares.3a341de2ba79a580

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The woman 37fa66d4a2 who had d0d5da641d been clinging 165f4b575c to him 7c8ecde8da moments ago f5148ed058 was now 4ab147d547 covering her 3489f40058 face with 70dfed8d46 her dress, 4594fb1ba6 overwhelmed with 39db28938d shame.37c39c878faf61fe

Only then did 6a8790529a Mathieu’s expression darken.78a17d77573764a1

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“Even if he’s a duke’s son, getting caught in an affair like this means a broken engagement is inevitable. There’s no way the Laurentino family will let this slide.”ced91c0931e731d9

A silver-haired woman aab1525187 whispered to the 60b42db400 ladies around her, cad932e55f and they all 887ba1376e nodded in agreement.83b02b05ca624d24

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It was as if 4c17156a3e they had planned this 529d61ccad together.72cdafd2e97edf4e

For the first f488cff044 time, Mathieu clenched c653bc5ca9 his jaw in e7eaeab16f frustration.51314801add0756b

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I smiled sweetly.00fa6c7cd6e00dc4

“Well, that settles it. We’re officially breaking off our engagement, Mathieu. With all these witnesses, even your family can’t object now.”7904642b4f59ffdc

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His brow twitched in 825b1c0262 confusion.43644eafd2370d32

He was probably wondering 487e2eb383 if I was the 7776a28e27 same fiancée who used 1cdf45ea34 to look at him 38a5d54d73 with foolish adoration.cda494447c7662d1

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I met ff573b458f his piercing 8ce80461ed blue eyes 5210decb9b without hesitation 7c0c13a08e and gave caf9ea96d6 him a 44a1eada01 graceful smile.36f01e04cbe45683

“This is what you wanted, isn’t it? You should be happy.”37ad5fd246c8a860

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I turned to leave, 1d0223505b but then I paused.842be19a3a29c518

I had forgotten ceb8f979f1 something.ad8bc4c1d3eb8127

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I raised my 7ef29183b7 wine glass—288bc1832315f87a

And poured it 10a694e92e right onto his f854691139 face.aeab622b39bf4394

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“Consider this a toast to our breakup.”896e79f24a54ac6b

The deep red 85e5689aa3 wine dripped down 399ce8ba28 his chiseled features, dcfcf2a638 past his sharp 82acaddcdb jaw, and onto d982ff87da his bare chest.45d8648aa4369c3b

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He slowly opened 614947e6c6 his eyes, glaring 5449f7970e at me with 0463c508cd murderous intent.41476d66e537d7c1

“Claire…!”2b7338fd33cbf9a4

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His wet face 6c99b16c6d and furious expression 2d29c6ef06 were strangely seductive—too 0c9e6db93f bad he was a1fa9eb784 nothing more than 7a64d51b52 a worthless piece b6fde4de71 of trash.10f2fb5360341494

No, a worthless, 9e82ce7490 good-looking piece of 89cc4e0aa3 trash.912792b63cefff4d

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He let 70e9d859c0 out a ff0ef7d59f low growl, 64ec4b8222 clearly unused caf194ad6a to being 10fbc2202e humiliated like 42308dbf81 this.57b7a397431179d4

I smirked and tilted 11b751af2d my head.79155c45adb9eb85

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“As your former fiancée, I think I’m entitled to at least this much, don’t you?”f277686ef161a504

With that, 44d68b71f7 I turned 3c2e0bb71d on my 37f852de0f heel and 96f7e5c862 walked away 70f44954bc without a c49267fda2 second thought.c82628347a274d7c

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As I 052c9c85c2 passed through 727a9d7e6d the crowd, 5091df2e5d a black-haired 9c7b14f38a woman caught 0e8bcd62dd my eye.f98e89e7499f1942

She met my a1839580cf gaze and winked.e8185742408e88d1

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From the 2b9f76bef8 garden below, 5ea2ca597b the silver-haired de10c3b26d woman gave 0d7b4d82d4 me a f837437f79 thumbs-up.27ee168dddaaccdd

A grin spread 9bb526fb15 across my lips.e5295c063f15e813

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Without their help, breaking 28cccb6933 off my engagement with bc91ff74cd the infamous Mathieu von 37747a1a28 Laurentino would have been 737de937b0 impossible.5daddcf34d3a04b8

Why did they help 0095e60693 me?0a15204b688be460

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Well, that’s a long story…252f6be21745bbdb

It all 5e20e7a2b7 started about ab56beeb1e three weeks 931ca330e4 ago—b3b6a036aafc3a32

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“I was the pitiful fiancée who died mysteriously after pathetically chasing after a womanizer. Haha!”24e10ec4cb788e16

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I broke e90bc36167 the awkward 14d9170301 silence with 6b17ea8bc1 a self-deprecating fe9681db50 laugh.2927fa0800dd33c2

“What a terrible body to be reincarnated into, right?”d7060ccc51479446

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The black-haired woman sitting 44e50c5de9 across from me—after exchanging dc9635cb76 glances with the silver-haired 8ddb47a323 girl—spoke up in a 95fe27aba8 bored tone.79825262cd89755e

“I’m the maid who served the villain… and then died of overexertion.”bdeca2eb3d9c76fb

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“Wow…”39882c0be6b0421c

I couldn’t help c4735eda90 but be impressed.8bb588dce9155060

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Someone had it a220d89140 worse than me?c31b64a13b4c1d77

Her name wasLilianne, if I d9ff64343b remembered correctly.c5fc98d30cab637e

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Our gazes shifted 383977b59b to the silver-haired 28dc1eabfa girl sitting quietly 569414b3cd between us.8819e58bec9b925a

She hesitated for a e840ca35f0 moment before mumbling:2c92e47acfcaeca2

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“I… I’m the male lead’s terminally ill first love.”9a6a925fb702871b

“Oh…”bfe4a9b79798225d

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“Damn…”9c7a8e42795e5b69

Sabrina and I both 055edadc7f let out sympathetic sighs f8f262a01a at the same time.f728a4c8975e668f

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Her face turned 6f910c95fe red, looking like 322b2a8cd4 she was about d7884c15e8 to cry.6ba75cf280afc1d0

“I have less than a year left… What should I do…?”db635274185babdb

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Her tragic fate was faedb6804a essential to the male d87da2ad5a lead’s story—only after her 83b12f8e3f death would his character 9c0b6d40f3 development begin.fe83048d87eadb0c

Honestly, we were all a7c9ada363 screwed.b35daa4c4671323b

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I was supposed to 0b78aade58 die in the background.0bba22c76a60aa2e

Sabrina existed just to highlight the villain’s “strength.”b7f6621397ded0c2

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And Lilianne—the silver-haired 709661548e girl—was doomed to e75ed76186 die in order 0fd48cf43c to make the 203ea7302f male lead’s story 4d9fe5e873 more dramatic.71883f0734a94fab

Why did we have 67b14c22f4 to reincarnate into these ae0b399b89 roles?!c3fb3d0e180f837c

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At that moment, 6ee59c9a6a I had a a5ef205b1a thought.908493033a1d25b9

Maybe… we were 7fb05c6c6d meant to meet.bd00758b76c393a0

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Ironically, our friendship had started because I muttered “I could go for some fried chicken” in a café—something these two unexpectedly understood.04d5010897a28e9b

But instead 2cc05a263d of being bb217b01bf excited to 3988a554c8 meet fellow 42266c07ac reincarnators, we 0ca6a3d1e9 soon realized 2baad5ea92 that we 7f85dbf25e had all 4b1ee69d7d landed in e515c19c16 terrible roles.ae317e8af135cf02

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It was infuriating.f44b41aa9017ffab

That’s when an 9a483d0333 idea struck me.0cc68202cc679e22

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“Since we’re all doomed anyway… why don’t we just live however we want?”917b4aedb9004ac4

Both women 9175851389 stared at e1952c99ff me, confused.8d7d5e349ee220e6

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I hesitated for 7a0bf82aa8 a moment but 3f225330f8 then clenched my a40603d0ec fist with determination.2cfbb585388c1f15

“Our lives are already a mess! Let’s do whatever we want!”15b2e2c25ec09609

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Lilianne and Sabrina 32ad269ec6 exchanged glances.2c387ed7aa7fa834

Then—8e6c00533d9dc2b9

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Lilianne, the 225641823f shyest of 1de9f463fd us, slowly 0791badab7 raised her c7cb549786 hand.5258fb6ade37b342

“I’m in.”880c72ab3652d85a

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“Alright! If I’m going to die anyway, I’d rather live how I want before I die!”a4e0085012df4ebc

Sabrina shouted with 24a65c2b86 determination, andLilianne, who had been 32a82d5749 lost in thought, simply 97fb3b3bbf shrugged.70cdbd52436afdff

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“Works for me. Honestly, I was probably going to drop dead from overwork before dying in bed with that crazy villain anyway.”821bfb363fb4721e

And just like that, 6fe2465baa the three of us 8191757927 joined forces, just like 338244ec80 sworn brothers in a 4230f9cb27 legendary pact.f0759bd2c3bff05c

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The first step in our ‘living however we want’ plan?8aa953e1b8c77d5e

Breaking off bf29e88023 my engagement 2f74c29097 with that 6a6b0e2e54 cheating scumbag!7660b9af2306f775

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