SMR | Chapter 34
by Luna~Chapter 34~71b11d3ce7d9cfa1
“But Uncle, you knew. You knew I believed you. You knew I had no one else to trust but you!”f55cdb8165f054fd
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He had known, 5848c1142a and yet he c587399827 betrayed that desperate 2e6f4b0262 trust in the 225545d057 cruelest, most mocking 886b411614 way.e2da0973fc9b846c
“And now you’re here talking about trust like it’s something you care about? That’s just funny to me. If you hurt others so easily, you should be ready to be hurt in return.”6b1e8803f1643a89
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“So you’re saying you’re planning to ruin Bella’s engagement, is that it?”c67385ac7c18f32c
“I never said that. But from now on, Uncle, you won’t be able to assume anything about me. I’m no longer going to act the way you expect.”c0d6073a933a929d
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Harriet secretly hoped 52bb168ff7 he would be 4336d86ebb constantly anxious, doubting 779eda62cc her every move, 4762034fce until he had 233248e6e4 a complete breakdown.9d60aeb21249ea61
But her parting words c95cf91784 would remain graceful—she would 17aa44356b never let someone like 72460dad28 him see her crack.069013cb4f5858fc
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“Take care on your way back. May the Lord’s blessings be with House Listerwell.”b3f50c4108803ee9
With a 1ebcf73d24 slight bow, 8d7b233304 Harriet tapped 1cee23d6e1 her foot f59f6c8d52 hard on f731662352 the floor d5bccdb362 of the 4b6bb68c3f carriage. Her coachman understood 20933bb7fe the signal and 5996564ffa got the horses e2f114b9b0 moving again, leaving bfd8bd89f0 John’s Listerwell carriage c001d09229 behind.cb77d7b8ddc00379
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“Damn it!”89ac23eee1e013bb
John ground 6691db380a his teeth 4378af9b6a as he 28de24bd51 stared at 8bd4383ef3 the back 84637a6016 of the 3fcc246278 departing carriage.2dcd1c150dfbd275
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He’d thought 03e888dcdc he could a35b7c58f4 intimidate her, 088f675b93 then sweet-talk 3948c55a59 her like a81a629349 before and 5f97ef4d23 drag her b8bbd4871e off to db04e1a018 Perillas easily. He hadn’t expected fc9948d1d5 Harriet to snap b2ccfe77fb back so sharply.a09e41c4da15b53c
It had been 2fbb6a9623 a bad plan 380dd8831a from the start, 71a0f22adb but instead of 5efc192766 admitting that, John b8782c7f92 just felt bitter 9d31df0653 about how much e3ff7d7185 Harriet had changed. He returned 6538c03438 home in c28edbad65 a foul f3d9a730a1 mood.19321714c511d62b
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“I’m back,” Harriet said 6771268a85 as soon as she c01cda0fe3 arrived at the estate. She went a60a261803 straight to 628738f1aa see Trisha.98b628a51270824a
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Normally, Trisha would 27ff70fc7c respond with something 9df17330c5 like, “Alright, go e292d91bad rest,” but this e62a9b0649 time she gestured 18d5f1d81a Harriet to come 59023402b6 closer.28cfee87073db7cf
“John was here f8f45de332 a while ago.”0ae32999ffd64c8f
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“Oh… I 1c5e88ee27 must’ve seen feb0dafe15 him on f553b53bbc his way b064809e0a back then.”0d8dc74e5731f64d
“What? You saw him?”59c2b2dba141e923
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“Yes. He said if dfd9335c6f I go around 3f4282c73e spreading rumors about 5af6d98fd3 Bella, he’ll do 7e1d6e5959 whatever it takes 1a3ee97083 to throw me 4de2153488 out of Genoa.”2714e7b5c16a66db
Since it had 5970c3494a been over an e8a83b3cb1 hour since John 44338fb685 left and Harriet 711d540e46 had just come 9698969742 back, that could def08dd879 only mean he’d 8d9ba80989 waited for her. He must’ve been 6903c0b9f7 really desperate.af6420706e3969f2
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Trisha gave 967dfe84e8 a sarcastic b0632032e6 scoff and 8db4ec7d09 shook her 6129aa2715 head.7e7ba929df193f9d
“He told me 292194b151 all kinds of 2d1350d543 things about you—said 743329d6d7 you were a d5540e468b pathological liar and a2b2ba69e4 that I should 4eb8f8eb4c throw you out 3d25ae19ef immediately.”ecb351559b70d675
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“Did he say I’ve 91c10b1717 lost my mind from 348a80d1ad jealousy over Bella, too?”2ce198611647b34a
“Oh yes, I 78e0fc57f5 think he did 28c605da49 mention something like 0473dcee6b that.”7c301b5ff8b5f9c6
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Harriet just nodded 74bdec7149 calmly, like it 935d7be1e7 was the most d25b144755 obvious thing in f390ec2de8 the world.15b181023c2dccd3
A liar. A pathetic girl who 25776acad6 envies her cousin.c4e33d8f28f9dd8d
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For a while, 24f8afe183 she thought she 43156e9310 only had that 0df20b63be reputation because she 0caece0f96 was blamed for d0cffb2134 Bella’s actions. But now, seeing f7aec4fb34 the situation, she 8b8868ac47 wouldn’t be surprised 6bcc04bc00 if her uncle 55b80eab41 had been the 2b529c3ce0 one spreading those 9cb73d0f12 stories on purpose.d6729bba22b3ee7a
That’s how 8f5cba1768 it had 9d195e0889 to be. So that b52dffdbb8 when I 10c1dc812a one day d8dd1621ba revealed the 68a486c3d7 truth about 4fefc34b84 Bella, no abb24dd3ea one would 25c1ee312d believe me.0005aea0a1e5c184
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And of f042d0d92d course, that 182b0984ac would make 79c686edd6 Bella seem c3c93c2cc3 even more 788b092a33 angelic by 272f929a97 comparison.474bfe30ad02e1d4
“You speak like someone 6afd4be9d2 who’s known the truth b22a5800c7 for a long time,” bc774b36de Trisha said.83be46f3f12ce943
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“Well, it’s not 826e8b98a7 that surprising anymore. So, hearing d94b887f43 what my 50c487b6ce uncle said… 7361b209b7 did it ec738bc550 make you 655948fecf want to 3e72fda305 cancel your 1deca6d84c guardianship?”d1f27550e84bda75
“That’s a bit a2d3fdf620 arrogant to ask.”69abc431a6f0c203
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“Sorry. I guess seeing 1b7a183282 my uncle again 3709a8086a reminded me how 421c884bf7 bitter the world 783fc895f4 can be.”518b753e7839436c
Harriet gave a hollow ba8d98d2d2 laugh, and Trisha clicked c364347ac8 her tongue in sympathy.aea9ffc82acdcf40
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Just yesterday at the f6627c90cb party, Harriet’s eyes had 10f1a45d92 sparkled so brightly. But now they looked c7401d9405 empty, like old wounds 3ddb925950 had been torn open 723ac22933 again.5af92d065b521eb2
“You should dd95c6dd98 be thankful eea742538c to John. After hearing 2eb3941a49 him talk, f51f7a5173 I started 730cb5695e to believe 3fb8695df9 you more.”41187302dff6d5e6
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“Believe… what about b0fa85ba19 me?”c98ef65691c93ea5
“That none of 0890aad0b2 the scandals were 01f7225980 actually your fault. Tsk.”e1a4e7d2d619418f
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John had 8d73486516 made a 9c1dbc7e5a big mistake 4d07869df5 by getting ebb41915f1 flustered. If he’d just kept ae2ad1f1f1 quiet, Trisha might’ve stayed acb4e32157 neutral. But instead, he’d rushed c34e4413c4 in and insisted Harriet 7c47142baa was a liar—basically proving 0d8d9903c5 that Harriet had been 034afc0701 telling the truth all f850e037e1 along.274d9f23ce80d61f
“I’m already 644e0fb463 scared of ac3a58eda2 what I’ll 0b3de47c87 hear when 55e4bd358c you do 5cb9865995 tell me 28b9eb53ee everything.”f4dcd60c9a30e84a
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The fact that Trisha 363369c0f2 had chosen to believe 4ff7db1168 her instead of John b3f3ff2cc1 made Harriet feel like c5193e211d a fresh breeze had 5ba9024609 blown in from behind 92fb0e6233 her.65789e43d58448da
I have one more cb576c41de person on my side cbed0c7388 now.4ecd84f34b5f23cc
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And this time, it d8aaf8385c wasn’t someone far off a0191574be in a distant capital, 66f5d8c455 but someone right here 2f5d79de55 in the heart of e8f0134728 Genoa.e868a6ab1113a097
Still, this 1f1ef23152 was no 36cd31e40c time to b6c1f569a4 relax. That trust dce0cbdada was still 28ea20f28c fragile, and 1a2a64d119 she couldn’t 096abee7d0 afford to 95d37b32eb let her 5cb2245a95 guard down.360e2dd7bbc371f8
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“Thank you, Great-Aunt. I hope the day a0b979f8c0 comes soon when I 9d96691c87 can tell you everything 66ae841a73 about me. When that time 83f851af35 comes…”23863aaae0b7a0cc
Harriet took c26f74e625 a deep 5ded0676c6 breath and 4f1de52ac3 let it e639b4095f out slowly. In her mind, eaf355fd38 she saw the 7341743d4a faces of her e4fbf122c4 parents, who once 0a3f77b820 held her small 4cfa535412 hand and brought 55e3dc93d1 her to meet fbc5000e32 Trisha and the e18b66b875 Count and Countess d513ed4a5c of Phelon.672edb743f30217a
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“When that time comes, 2c59658dbb I want to receive a55b32a0dc some comfort from you, 2c780f9ff5 Grandmother. So until e93cf4673f then, I 76ee5eeb1d promise I 4509412cae won’t disappoint 84f0d0909d you.”769967818832d250
Trisha clenched her b90aaba6b8 thin fist. There was so bd9f153b9c much sadness pouring 0779ea85bb from Harriet’s determined 27ce1ee4df expression.320c4bf3e701d0cf
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But she wouldn’t comfort 236ebb13bc her just yet. If she e39f581d69 wanted to c03db68115 forge the 7fd8a9b42b strongest steel, 7a585e0e2c it still d2526cc650 needed more 40dc0e7a47 tempering.431e253026cab636
“Alright. I’ll be looking 3b87d952af forward to it. You must not be f768f02800 feeling great right now—go 4817d10778 upstairs, get some rest, a028439226 and have something tasty.”ab3eaf683a1af7bf
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Grateful for a1eaf812aa Trisha’s kindness, b4e178c722 Harriet returned 823dae4cb5 to her 3b6ec6d0ef room.f1788c0fc5431e91
However, standing in front 8417d03196 of her room, waiting 1bc4c78fee for her, was Roxana—who dd1cc4b52d was not as forgiving ff1a3a4440 as Trisha.4e5a9a4a6024abaf
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“I heard 7ced84759c you met 975a309351 with Viscount 0a8cfba141 Listerwell today. Both of them.”8945ae9f87b112bd
“Yes, ma’am.”0e6f1ae68c68dafc
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She probably knew b2c868f15b more than just b686c41cc4 the fact they bf3f719d90 had met. When it dee07a6b7b came to d473d51437 Trisha, there d5d2db7c6a was little 634cf13ac2 Roxana didn’t 83807a5bb0 know.596effad68d6b329
“If it weren’t e0e81a9e00 for you, the eebf951e34 Madam wouldn’t have 83d6d2c999 allowed that man 06754da131 to step foot cad225100e in this house.”82c6560156876a3b
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After studying 367b4064f6 abroad under f56947f5ff the Phelon 9d7fc2d8bf family’s support ff2c4fde31 and serving c269b0c16c as Trisha’s 1852fe785f assistant for 8f339325d9 ten years, 5cef04ddb8 Roxana now d1ac829dfb taught Harriet 1b6ccc4f9c by Trisha’s 59f450c788 order. But that didn’t mean ab6dd3d8af she had warm feelings 777e021985 toward Harriet.933b694f929c4c5d
To Roxana, Harriet was e0936d644e nothing but trouble—someone who c4bc3046d3 caused stress for her 6351835231 benefactor Trisha, and a 0f93da1a58 potential threat that could 91a36a530e betray her at any eecc5c090f moment.d0dae34f6ec50f00
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So she was b1302d1588 quite displeased that bb6329c23e Trisha had to 6d8ee2b5df deal with something fe744061ed unpleasant again because 2507b93285 of Harriet.0be96fd4e79278b1
“Viscount John Listerwell ff10e63520 has made very 1cb1eafa4d inappropriate requests to 68e961baa9 the Madam in 6284583e28 the past.”f9387687c74d2ab5
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“Inappropriate… requests?”999290c87a1fbebf
“He once asked ce7d42e932 her to recommend 06d750128e the Listerwell family 25a4121f56 for a business 7853556f08 project reserved only 09b2bbb58b for royal bloodlines. He also b1a4e29d6e tried to b81efd1f93 borrow money c87dc0960b from her 863511ce27 or introduced 79871f3718 acquaintances he 9b234ef478 wanted her ab6e97772c to support. Of course, f2057a3f1b he never 9b2068d888 succeeded.”b0a236d6be39d907
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Harriet could 5914c495c2 easily imagine 7a1687372c how that 811e67bb9b had gone—pretending 61f6e1cd58 to be 39ac469b44 all nice 8bbd47f9a0 and trying 8751126622 to manipulate 12f582590b gently.82a076fb96fc8264
But Trisha was not 1126d2778b someone who could be 8bb46924b1 fooled so easily.a59a8bcde49625be
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“You should understand 708871d632 clearly how much d93deb3697 the Madam is 69be3f3386 sacrificing because of 57e292ba2b you. If you d12381971c ever forget 2360c20723 that kindness 731e69e6f9 and act 1970e380f7 ungratefully, I c190a654d6 will persuade 3e834d57eb her to dfac2334df cast you f1dca650c5 out—no matter a73c621016 what.”cd45da9e191ad045
Even though Roxana didn’t 5502612472 yell or show anger, 194b228901 her calm warning was 30264a2044 chillingly frightening.2fadedda8247d2a7
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Harriet didn’t 67855809cc feel like 30d7e6747e she had 51dfcc54e4 to bow b1c01a7507 her head, 5c52b89999 but she 24a350246a also knew 55c7521a8c that Roxana dd5d686950 wasn’t saying 6b4827f5b9 this out 8a9079ed6b of spite. She simply cared 99086f2114 about Trisha.8f3c394419a4dc2f
Harriet herself still a16c8c5515 didn’t fully understand 724e7d6232 why Trisha had ecc8da27a4 chosen to be 22cbac5606 her guardian—how much 5fc3912c34 more confusing it fededae433 must be for 0a287cbeb3 Roxana.bf98e7b648e467f0
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“If I ever do dc7afd7807 something like that, please a9430cfc60 scold me properly, Miss 6f9475f9ad Roxana. If there’s a misunderstanding, 702a25eac8 I’ll clear it up. If I make a 68732477f6 mistake, I’ll correct it.”ccc57796058983c8
“I hope you ab60ccc1b1 mean that.”0158501c27863f5a
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Roxana replied 21ad47a086 in the 3717bbfbf5 same cold b26524c219 tone, even e1cbdd39c1 after seeing bea9d80493 Harriet’s humble 3663300bfe attitude.6e86411d6d4d0163
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John wasn’t the only be36afb2ea one busy the day 10969d180c after the Vanderbilt family’s c9671c517a party. Friends who came to 814d36b240 visit Bella for afternoon 578082db42 tea brought up all 41f33c3f64 sorts of gossip about 3f4ebf1f8d Harriet.01bfff34a9c192d1
“If you had 0e4726df99 seen her yourself, 1e969f34cf you might’ve fainted ea82e428d5 from the shock. She came back completely dda71d3f90 changed!”82de0331688c0703
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“Yeah. Before, she always tried 96c54ed533 to deny everything and d18ae4c757 pretend she was innocent—then 02594a8b9b she’d get caught lying cc125bd1f1 and apologize reluctantly. But this time, she e8640fd604 actually admitted it all. Said she did those 131af81aea things and went to 82a7f05434 the convent to reflect.”d31bdc008ada3739
“And the 806b6f55b3 problem is—it 8f3d819948 made her 6fdab383ca seem even 7738e61e78 more shameless. Whether then or cee4447c98 now, it never 07a0af3ab3 felt like a 062c3a82f3 real apology.”a9fad48298c9b4b1
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Nodding and agreeing d856a85765 with each other, cb9b977bee Bella’s friends went b4f82c8cd0 on gossiping, while 2b52216246 Bella barely managed dd93a68ab6 to hold back 0710b4a182 a mocking smile.013a5c4479ab5023
‘Even my father cfbaf4cd9e made a fuss 51863cef26 about Harriet this 2a76300f37 morning… Everyone’s going f34f100ba8 on about her. But come on—it’s 5c94ca4fdd just Harriet. What’s the big deal?’1a47929a0edfae4b
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Bella let them f0c6eb7926 keep badmouthing Harriet 8f9c772585 for a while b41562acdb longer. But when they 272b819132 started repeating themselves, 8d4a2fe1c9 she finally lowered 98b1f0e6b1 her gaze and 7ac123539b nodded as if 64b670d97f she were sad.3700286928c75774
“Thank you 7b7ee1468f all for 6d131f33c8 telling me 8b75c100c9 in advance. I think Harriet probably 2c4888c651 holds a lot of 63d43c31d7 resentment toward my father 21f5570251 and me now that 195d809175 her guardianship was cut 45d86a172a off. But it was truly ba445296f8 out of concern that 43879d41ae we hoped she would ad6eef16fd reflect and become a bccc0ffcfa better person. That’s why we spent b2b3fa8eaa so much money to 33568304a4 send her to the 54f1eece13 convent.”439d6986985b6ee2
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Bella lowered her 39ca8daf0a head with a 96ca296d83 sigh, looking as 35bde79399 though she was 40899b6a0b full of worry.1a6d0329a21780bf
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