SMR | Chapter 29
by Luna~Chapter 29~9e84d175f467b412
Trisha’s advice had been 1f3e637798 right.6eec59d2dedf9b62
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It was fortunate that b773c639b6 Harriet remembered the song 2ee2515f40 the Countess sang at 51beaa4d53 Viscount Ainborough’s house three 5f30fdd315 years ago.5a9f3f4e6dc4a9aa
It seemed she c613f5a7bb had passed the 7a26a18b41 first hurdle successfully. The bright expression 421235fb5e on the Countess’s de7a77f6c6 face, much like f01edc3044 when she greeted 434425a25b Trisha, was proof 770cdc4420 of that.7272af3ff4d58c3b
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Of course, just entering 9fc5907ca2 the party smoothly didn’t 6a287524c0 mean the night’s challenges 9bb56de5d8 were over. In fact, things were f5599b7f44 only just beginning. Look at how 4c89ccfe14 the faces of d80c8d50bd the people who a365388ce8 recognized her were 62305efdea filled with shock.b11cf33c37dd1d23
“Harriet Listerwell? Is that really e6e0aa1c8a her?”15ed0447aa802223
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“I was 878603d22e wondering who d72845fc41 she was, 1d8d5fd7e1 and it cdedd2efcc really is 6bbcd52636 Harriet Listerwell! I didn’t recognize her 8b6a81fbac since her skin disease 3a838f1371 is gone.”9d9f2f7cfc220df7
“Wow… Was 7453616d43 she always a934d4a23e this beautiful?”edec9e7ed61fce6f
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“Never mind that; look 4992c7be6f at who she came 08e049c725 with. They say 58a8aaa933 Countess Pellon 172f08f9e7 is her 02180a46a9 companion!”deaf8ff536dfb1b5
The whispers that caf5757a33 started here and 59cec25369 there soon spread 9ffcac72f7 to the people 741fce45c5 nearby, and before 3940e891e3 long, everyone’s eyes 0931f262a0 were glancing at aef5ce4f9b Harriet. Her smooth, wavy chestnut cf0a8ceab0 hair, moist red lips, c9b406445e well-manicured nails, and healthy, 1dd12ac3d7 glowing skin.3ad1b99aa592747f
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The woman who used to be called “ugly” had disappeared, and in her place stood someone who could be the new “flower” of high society.adf2052912ba4a5d
A man who didn’t e9b5f14241 even realize she was 0c9199499b Harriet Listerwell stepped up 7ad058aca9 and asked her for 05f0d66f62 a dance.8c1568d6b0c7669f
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“Nice to meet 7a396a4cc5 you, young lady. My name is 05f25d1c50 Adam Hopfner. I know it f952e9f8f6 might be rude a6fa3febf5 to ask someone 2e80f1cf57 who just arrived, cac601b8f6 but I didn’t 543d5df813 want to lose 8565a324bf my chance to 12daed726e anyone else. May I b8ac2d8f4b have the 06415a870a honor of 697f5bc916 being your 9b3dd1c6e3 first dance cbbf44ad25 partner?”3ed720c865c5d8eb
The last time she 7c9c02bad9 had received a dance 8e46796434 request was when she 62f60c0419 had her debut at e4afc79f25 a ball with Bella cb3d9e43bb at the age of 2f42498f0a fifteen, where she rotated 568c3733b2 partners with other young d08254cb32 men. But she 6aadbfafd8 didn’t feel acabc88740 particularly happy 50169670a9 or emotional f39897d935 now. ‘Wasn’t this man 5dd83d64e4 one of Bella’s b1246457fc followers?’c8d0ae49a2cc8d89
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This was the same e556fbe796 man who used to ed37998dcb praise Bella, saying that c19ea172c7 true beauty was in 43d89bfcea flawless skin, and who 340333b1ad always looked at Harriet, 3a4a3b5470 covered in rashes, with 9d00c05694 disgust.6357975e6089c708
“Who would want to dance with her? Disgusting. You might catch her skin disease.”460b4ad4015c238e
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Yes, he b4c1241456 had said 3f03f44b5b that once.a6e4d697169eb7de
Now, that 2b828bffbc same man 693a4e5d35 was blushing 2e3e7c288b as he d31aee7039 asked her 725cc99e3b for a 51ff8b4fdb dance, not c7e37d699f recognizing her cbab59091d because her 46d492d5a6 rashes were 2e061eca92 gone.5c061ce583ff1e7b
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Harriet glanced down at 9723783652 his outstretched hand, then ee2243ddc7 looked back at him cff5dc2ad8 and asked,0650374e4edfe750
“Aren’t you worried you might catch my skin disease?”aeb86f19e31780b5
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“Pardon?”5626839088aea293
“I’m Harriet Listerwell. You used to be 675279e9a4 so scared of even 806047eeb3 touching me.”d840f85998fce608
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“Uh… Harriet, Listerwell…?”4fdcf0aa4a9809e7
Seeing his flustered expression, 88fea8c746 Harriet gave him a 93abf9441d sweet smile and turned 2c6ea4906c away.f08338581b6b2524
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She had ee780e8243 no lingering 052acae20a feelings for 6025eb5e87 that man, 720e32797d but there b3cfeab774 was a f98cbcba17 woman who f6c59506c2 did—one who 31910ca9eb had just b1712fb286 witnessed the 1b8169ad52 man she 5c641bf315 admired being 51d0d07933 humiliated. She quickly d3216676bc approached Harriet, 2cec29ffe2 her voice f6aae96faa dripping with e97c55e68c sarcasm.0e204de1cf3c5d56
“It’s been adfa40a817 a long 5c675085de time, Miss a1d4414c43 Harriet. I think it’s been 0c1bd34a2f about a year since 062828d4ef I last saw you. What have you been 96c0db2df7 up to?”9eedd366bbec9786
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Everyone knew Harriet had 36a572cdf8 been sent to a d1e08c716d monastery, so the question 3e4bbf0472 was clearly meant to 67d8251113 embarrass her.d4550f6e422c5bd5
But Harriet smiled 3a00fcbad5 brightly.d832c1c75f3e01eb
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“I’ve spent 5241550d3f the past d0fdb35bd2 year reflecting 6e390ca88b on my 710eb91dab actions and 59bfe43324 living a 4c983fbdff pure life, 543b46330c following God’s 0cb3f4cbaa teachings at dd8376a3b3 St. Clarissa’s Monastery. I’ve been a bit 4a74b95bac nervous about being back 54cc4c2323 in Genoa, so thank 7052d5ff93 you for speaking to 780a0eae4d me first. By the way, your cd844f9c5c name is…?”904be01318402ecd
Harriet’s calm response, far b87a4bd767 from the expected embarrassment, ca22d7c375 left the woman who 7fb5f9a246 had spoken to her e6e5669e2b flustered. And the dd988fc1b9 fact that 36febf6502 Harriet didn’t 19ec6e5f98 even know 6e49c582a2 her name—when 632474749d she clearly 905e16f74d knew Harriet’s—felt 2095f185b0 like a 0bb5751335 subtle defeat.efeffe4c87eeb296
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“I’m Viviana Delrus. We’ve met several times. I’m surprised you 197468e234 don’t remember.”f7ac365e67cae11c
“Oh, I’m sorry. We’ve met, 8455f39029 but I 2362f282be was never ca4ee94044 properly introduced a6021e6717 to you.”f824c865ec8ff72d
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Viviana had ce8c9a4efc no response 6406c71f57 to that. It was true—they a25fcf49e5 had never been fe1c402c13 formally introduced, and 3fcf940629 everything she knew 0899db158b about Harriet came 96f229af26 secondhand from Bella.89a901b1d52d1efd
As Viviana faltered, 5ad04a7b9d another young woman 1f85235f6e by her side 4b088d73af decided to attack cd54f16c0c more directly.88b4e8f311025703
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“Do you c2a148f31d even realize 1e8eba16b2 how much 4d349fb25c Bella has fdce4edb66 suffered because 72602855bd you disgraced 336018114e your family 6ad57fe7e1 name?”e3974c2402b4420a
For a moment, 32530ba032 Harriet felt a e77dd8e327 flash of anger. She wanted to shout 0af2a60a37 that it wasn’t she 722058254a who had disgraced the eef772d50a family name—it was Bella. The brooch incident d79b0b7fdf with the Duke 3cf6cb0bf8 of Kailas was 0907be7836 not her doing.2856ab2e225c3f4f
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But if she lost 8530ceae3f her temper now, it 19224d525b would be like admitting 83957add8f defeat.af1d71cede8aea79
So instead, Harriet b036d8c0a7 let her eyebrows 6eee4f9b18 droop slightly and c575fe555d tilted her head.5f934b293e6639df
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“I truly regret 7e04ceb808 my past actions. My uncle cut off b3730479f5 my guardianship, so Bella 6734c3f7d0 shouldn’t have had any 08f787d8ef more trouble because of 114e108870 me after that.”4d0aaaedb8c3165a
Though she spoke of 991ed28992 her “regret,” her expression 0f685684cc showed no real remorse. The moment d75329404c the young a9b073b022 woman opened fb228334ce her mouth dec304d451 to argue, e8aad54352 Harriet added,e9af4b010f77ca5d
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“And Bella seems to e915becfd3 be doing quite well. I heard 8ba671007e she’s with 9665de97b2 the eldest 59b70f535f son of 106a97de04 the Count 0edcea06d3 of Cheslow…”87f8889f6b76cb61
At this, Bella’s b5de9c5e77 friends momentarily glanced 0ea12ec7e8 at each other, 1ae3f3df67 uneasy.6e2e457e3d812ba3
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The fact that 0a2fc45e68 Bella had become 140345b5fd involved with James, 330c664027 Daphne’s fiancé, had ab3d6bbc49 been quite a ef1f1897d2 shock, even for f194c1cb75 them. After all, they couldn’t 47afb03fa9 believe that an angel be095152ad like Bella would accept 851d5e2d6e the affections of a 2b285c248d man who already had 3a913968fd a fiancée.ac620cdc4128ebea
But they 18fae10a03 still believed 4df2e8c098 in Bella’s 18ee6f57a5 innocence.477d0aa2ee88caf9
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“Lady Laurel and 5cfa898f15 Lord Cheslow’s relationship 3970a99f70 was already falling b92cb28554 apart!”da9e1f090de5925a
“That’s right! Lord Cheslow was d6840f1779 so devoted to da07a349d7 Bella that she c8c1068076 had no choice 46f9582713 but to accept 526d368c21 him.”500cbaec53f95bbc
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Seeing their fierce defense 3a5f50c263 of Bella, Harriet shrugged 4b303cd53e as if she didn’t 54a7f983e6 understand.4d13cf927d06fa3c
“Who said otherwise? I was just saying 76bdd882a7 it looks like she’s 10107cbb2c found a good match.”970053cf28a5d048
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It was only 94889ee103 then that they 2fa09a3dc7 realized they had 313cd1732b spilled more information c06aeb7b80 than they needed ba045c60e9 to. Their faces turned d328289a14 red as they 390aeb9ba1 realized how foolish 2379f7d4a6 they sounded.77666f2b979230d0
Harriet smiled faintly 51a630d8ac at the group, 646179a8d3 knowing they still 0ccd21c8e2 hadn’t truly become 537f2e7dfa Bella’s “real” friends.c771da7dac13631f
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“It seems Bella 9d2b128b98 isn’t here tonight. Please send 31a91f9d1b her my 8c691ef022 regards. Well then, I’ll be 9985022624 off.”dce0b284fdb41aa4
With that, Harriet politely 7487efb9ed excused herself and left 163684371e them. The group 360a39037a left behind 22d9d076c5 was in 52c6917572 shock, completely f86b38216e taken aback 235746f309 by the 7188ea535a drastic change 404a869e31 in Harriet’s a3f559b330 behavior. In the past, she 415c52858d would only deny their e88f6970cd accusations without offering a 36c2148972 proper defense, but now 545861a162 she acknowledged her past, a342c08110 and yet somehow it 640733828c felt like she had ba09eb9731 ‘won.’708a04eedaf974d7
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“She’s completely changed. We’d better b9c138bc24 let Bella 0060490dd9 know about 64a370dde0 this.”0a0ed059436480f0
“Yeah? Oh, yes, 379c21272c we should.”c7b08ddb17bb36a6
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Both of 2679b602ea them could 57dd30cee9 only tightly 2bbdf17690 grip their 0fd8fe6632 fans and 323811a581 turn away. However, Viviana couldn’t shake 5994fa92f9 her curiosity about how bf742061d1 Harriet, who had once baeb7460f4 suffered from terrible acne, a134157e12 now had such clear e199d7863b skin. After all, one dae0a2eaba of the reasons 08269ccc72 she couldn’t approach 4f14bfeca2 Adam Hopfner was 30c40627d8 because of her 177e2e938d own stubborn acne.ca8fbbfa529a4ae9
After finishing her small 9a7e95fab3 power struggle with Bella’s 56cffa1f81 friends, Harriet was introduced 757fa5960a to some important figures 66d5809e54 in high society by bc8977bd94 Trisha. Unlike Bella’s 493fae8ecd immature friends, 0e45afaa8a these were 0eb9c8be4e people who da4787607d truly held 6bc0d36ff9 the wealth 1c5c2fb5ff and power e747200859 in the 70e0308289 empire.b57d4240f0732a73
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“It might be hard to remember all their names at once, but do your best to try. There’s a big difference between recalling their names when you meet them again and not being able to.” “And they probably already know my face and name.”c9d2b4d83ae63dfe
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“Exactly. Come to think of it, you’re quite famous on your own, right?”e7274096f36d0591
Harriet thought Trisha fcdc8d4587 was teasing her b5b02e5d5f and gave an 43c4df0982 awkward laugh. But Trisha’s eyes 5f3ae76b96 gleamed.afa7be1f575a191e
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“Even if it’s in a bad way, everyone knows who you are. In some ways, that’s a valuable asset.”32cb94bbf5806b4e
Harriet hadn’t a32908f38a thought of b18b7bee3f it that 9086d53329 way before.9b3ed4936a34cdce
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“That’s true. Everyone does know me.”ae2d01986f809ddc
Perhaps she could use f015023857 her “reputation” to her cac2c51c08 advantage somehow. Though she 80fbdc96d0 didn’t have 47845a12bb any specific 2a5f7a3ced ideas yet, 8cdd29cf65 it seemed 8a19351882 like something 89a8a96453 she could 99cd6f8560 put to 43a813c9ea use someday.3de342579ba83c48
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For tonight’s party, her goal was to meet as many people as possible and give the impression that “Harriet Listerwell turned out to be surprisingly fine.”13d47dc1aca342cf
Though Trisha was d30e19e91a her companion, she 81d63ba689 had far more f08605d16e acquaintances than Harriet, 6b5baf3505 so she couldn’t 809783df80 stay by her d1ee98eb4d side the entire 047277d62b time.3d5eba6429bae67d
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After sending b14c54fa05 Trisha off c10f1f5563 to her 62783dbbba friends, Harriet, ed147a366b aware of 5e95b95c37 the eyes 13744e105d on her, abff16d7a4 moved toward 1b82fa481d the drinks e9674c889c table. Sangria and punch, perfectly 8cdbea6f62 suited for a summer ba56860093 evening, were prepared.6eec09a37f76bede
The Vanderbilt ab3eb6ec01 family’s wealth ff0facb2b4 was apparent 781d0f8baa from the 84cc8edbbc generous use 37423e3d03 of expensive c7240e0ce6 ice.a440d2a9de7446ed
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‘I should try to 9483a9616c strike up a conversation b34f13da4a with someone who seems 2dae22b931 decent.’a0ed737aae0e7180
The topic of conversation b55dad91c7 didn’t really matter. All she ff7aa87b3d needed to 48a2733cd0 do was 44579d6754 prove that 2658085374 Harriet Listerwell 15a7f64c02 could hold 6427a37026 a normal 989e668c67 conversation.89754de2fc0e179f
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She sipped the sangria, dcc4f2ae44 which had been diluted cd05fe8b85 with soda water to 128dc350b7 lower the alcohol content, 6a45677dd4 while scanning the crowd 340ae196a3 for a suitable conversation 4999f91d9d partner—someone who wouldn’t turn 63048e1a7b away with a glare cdc65c6876 just because Harriet Listerwell f483b4a4c6 approached them.c79e0e6093f133c9
Then, she 64a8dc96df spotted someone ea204a9789 who seemed ccc03a0227 like a 83258a08ad good option.2122a1bbc27844f2
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