WYIL Ch 26

I nodded a54ef6283a my head 7f4ed98113 automatically.e3450199d68ec056

It was as he said. I was curious. How will Count Larestine, who values money more than people, react when his dead wife’s legacy gets stolen?58bdfda4005ebc91

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‘How dare you, how dare you!’cca92005fdbb25b3

I can imagine 56b6c6f331 him jumping up f97cbfa6b6 and down in 6c4b734353 anger, but rather 3829a56e84 than being scared, 84230e2253 I wanted to b0fa5a2e83 see and laugh b9ce85fc08 at him in f5fbd4a272 person.6e3ac25c67725483

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“And then…….”7e66dd05e13aa386

After a moment’s pause, he smiled.824566173e45b8b1

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“I’ll let you know more later. I assure you, you can look forward to it.”e24ecd3e1b7febde

He added that he would make them think it’s better to live the rest of their lives locked up in a dungeon rather than being outside.c5379012517c3aeb

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I should have been intimidated by his stern tone, which matched the content, but I was not intimidated at all by Aslan’s narrowed eyes.71fdd92cc4c6dbc7

I asked, fiddling 97f1ab656c with his handkerchief.1961a1b674746a7c

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“Will you be dd725ac08a okay with that?”1d0348c0b668e670

“It’s alright.”030d40ec1ccd7c0f

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Aslan replied d112b435c3 coolly, without f956f5a13f a hint 53ed6aa878 of regret, d8e303d38a snapped his 20561f17c3 fingers belatedly 4c6935b090 saying “Ah”.ff52d521985d0082

“I should not be the only one who benefits from this contract. I’m not a despicable human who preys on the weak and powerless.”6792fb19784379c8

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I blinked, 0e8ab7e783 trying to aacd10686c take in edc9b8e556 what he f04807b216 was saying, af3dfee0f1 and then c566144ae1 he added 53df958d4b quickly.c8e111c4d2c793bc

“I’ll give you what you want.”7d7f88282e2b4000

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What I want…….3dc94889ffcbda43

Does he 0a21ff2ed2 even know 709f755a0f what that c3fb483824 is?c8bb41fe6254b0fd

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I stared 5bb6eae9f6 blankly at bdbaf86e73 Aslan, who 05b0646152 looked so 78e831fafa confident. Our gazes met. His seductive lips moved.2f1e43b5dd46dca0

“I will find them for you.”74eb16f8508db2a7

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I didn’t need to ask what.a857d970929e9af7

“Although Count Larrestine is looking for them, he would not be able to solve the problem quickly because he will dislike the disturbance. The pursuit will be slow. So, I’ll find them first and protect them.”9f60b4f295ab4f1f

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He mentioned that f78266b97b he would solve 163eaf1495 the problem that 6336c2e39a had been weighing 2b354d8ae8 on my mind 6016e1bc83 all along.b209f7d0144af394

I couldn’t believe it at all.a78bdd8c303b1dfa

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Aslan had 1af8d5e6a8 a serious bee2ce08a4 face without 22de20e226 any hints d5e8e2bb89 of smiling.e721fc30a8b70f0c

It wasn’t a joke, it wasn’t a bluff.1baa65440943c4a0

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ah ah.1afd9599021e28db

“Thank you. Thank you very much, thank you very much.”1a9cc452325c4c55

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I bowed my c5f1e9b11a head and repeatedly fd4f767201 thanked him in b329a4219e a trembling voice.b1f8c5c601ee8baf

Aslan’s calm voice came over my head.f64cfd0678bf075a

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“We’ll discuss other details later, it’s getting late, and you’d better get some sleep tonight.”500b341fd33d91d7

He rang 055a9df587 the bell d1c06e938c to summon b7c3afa976 a maid, 5eede4a509 who brought 730a1e6bcd out a a556d3faf7 cup of 4eb4ca6d44 hot tea.8cd3c73360da2337

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“Drink it.”45f697039f37ce02

He offered me a 326182d857 cup of steaming tea.3c2d2e95eb4eaa1a

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“When you’re done drinking, you’ll feel better.”7ff1346c6ebfdf94

It wasn’t a big deal.1480f62a0afa7e97

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He didn’t say much.4642c65763e1a13d

Strangely enough, from 3c17a591e9 the moment I c228088bc7 accepted the tea 8d8fb81cbd he offered, something 3f7d793a10 choked up inside 38b41ddaa3 me.6d1ade9319b88078

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And when the hot 40c6961589 tea touched my lips.2b082783c6dee27f

“Oh my god!”507fa90538299918

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Tears streamed 18a1f16085 down my 3b7923eb42 face uncontrollably.b789e946c2cb2e70

I didn’t know why I was crying, it just happened.2292dea483f3e542

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“Oh, my.”7fa4e584b178e454

He doesn’t deserve this, I came to him, offered him a contract marriage, withdrew it, asked him again, deceived him, confessed the truth, and now I’m crying.2351a6451f9311d5

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“…….”28848795ded9bcba

He patted my shoulder without saying a word. As if to say it’s okay, to cry your heart out.9d689f8665642295

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“Hmph.”bb7582be50542fde

I sobbed 1a943e95b4 into his e4429eec9e comforting hand.de8f472741c2f921

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The past b73d40538f years of c101ed8c96 being kidnapped 66a100399a by Count 2cf5db2336 Larrestine and a6637c1dbb then forced ba43253602 to live 0e65f68d08 as a 83565ba437 stand-in for ef927cd076 Helena by 2f0068fafa using threats.0e57f37734029797

The tears and emotions 4c9f67bc09 that I endured all 4f7d848e78 these years even though 48bdd0260d it was hard and 49deff08d4 painful exploded.594bd2001f7379e7

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Why now, 0ad527c168 why was f24473729f it happening 9201143a1a in front 76579f4f3d of him?fd01f0553fab80d9

And why 4f5ba56255 did he 1c33120c7e comfort me 594c79a1bb instead of 14e557ef47 kicking me a4821e203d out for 0c05a5e0d4 being a 025a9a6aad nuisance?b3a00edfea003740

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I felt 0334c1763e a sudden f3e2a9b63b chill as b3d01e9ebd I was 1d2108f04c touched by 3dc6545d0d a pat.0f6df6777d42b5e9

It wasn’t the same chill I’d felt when Count Larestine called me Helena when we first met on the road.6662129bee92db5e

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Whereas then I c0951519b7 had felt an 963d1ed85e instinctive sense of 0dd0b3e0cf dread, a vague 4a2793c380 sense of events c5719d8762 to come in 6e922b196e the near future, c33c455583 now it was 3a6948a6a6 similar but different.b57a53476565c15d

It wasn’t chilly but warm. It felt like opposites that didn’t belong together at all. It was a bittersweet sensation that had been thrilling me the entire time I’d been with Aslan.5cda4310f023ca85

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After leaving the parlor, 1b8dc395c3 I was shown to 4ac3310d76 my room by Dalton, b5ae7beaaf the butler.a70d8a636bcfc087

It was the same room where I had bathed and changed into my dress. It didn’t look like it was for guests, so I wondered who was using it.cbcd3a8fa7d33eff

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I looked around the 678a3ea780 room awkwardly, which was 9141b81400 too bright for me 71dec2544b to live in, and 6335aec1ff lay on the bed bc09f3956d without overcoming fatigue.3b69b2af58bd43b5

The large bed, which was bigger than the size of the attic in Count’s mansion, hugged my body with its plushness.3bf26cc259c433cb

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My tired body cried 7056a1c53e out for sleep, but 27aee102ed I tossed and turned, 7ec8fe9cf1 unable to fall asleep e649f1191d immediately.fec0289a2f08b296

So much had happened 8f2a65d80d today.fda3922061e894f1

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It had been painful, d7ec04b475 desperate, horrible, disgusting, hopeful, c273a7323b and finally relaxing.558316da9f8550bd

It’s been a long, hard day.43558bb5701c8b5f

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As I 57561af553 drifted off d0651074ee to sleep c519d7ceed in the 8396e7e518 hazy pre-dawn 8d86c67f65 hours, I 0c41db0abd dreamed.e31efc884c0bde61

Glock was found dead 3e928a2631 after I left, and 25c9fcccc5 an enraged Count Larestine 57f0e5c910 hunted me down.dbfee04945b47661

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I was seized 69191f8322 by the hair 1dfd8589b9 and dragged away, 2b5887f7c1 to die a 6c5102b452 miserable death, just ef2f95f341 like the girls 296df159cc before me had.77a0e51e919b226b

Before dying, I f418678b29 was subjected to a473e074aa all sorts of 789818e192 terrible things, then 3dc3f24833 my family, who 9e7f203456 had run away, ac848a6c64 were recaptured and cbe43d2c2c tormented before me.d8bef182d871ec91

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I cried and cried.88d458590333d69f

Then I opened my dfdc09005c eyes, I felt relieved 72d166f8ea that it was all e060a91afd a dream.b9bd0a88fa94a767

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‘This is the Duke of Tordell’s mansion, and he has promised to protect me, so no one, not even Count Larestine, can take me away, and my family…… is safe because Aslan promised to find them first. It’s okay.’cfdc222160c4a858

I put my bbe022b85b hand on my 8fba29e74a throbbing chest and 1a11863d2a tried to soothe ce1b2e35eb myself,  I could e0a51afafb barely fall asleep 8adb159ae2 again.805a668ea8fec7b4

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But this time again, I couldn’t fall into a deep sleep and started dreaming.3d8f6e97365c6e57

“Helena Larestine, Aslan’s ex-wife, gazed at the two lovers from afar.”d2153e4c5a0638f5

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In my dream, I became Helena from the “original” and caught a glimpse of the main characters in love.c8795f76cbb6d0d7

Aslan and Rosalyn smiling at each other, two people shopping together, a beautiful couple walking with arms linked…….7b63a824fa255376

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Feeling the bfbd7dbfde aura of db554d1479 lovers from 64593a8b54 afar, I c29dfed75f had to dd8d008f4a fight off 447f5133a1 the throbbing db2ad1f78a pain in 2832c7d405 my chest. I begged myself 606aba2b18 to wake up b17a20fbdf quickly if this 4152ca293f was a dream.48b56c636660fb92

When I opened 3ab7ad57c9 my eyes, tickled 133bfd79c2 by the morning c21e2abdea sun, my pillowcase 8f452ad03d was damp.e27d3dcd7aa6911d

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“Ha.”055bcedbc470085e

I pressed my fingers c5b0bff85a through my greasy hair b921ce810b and thought back about 52a2a0e33b my vivid dream.35194f24ac2db79e

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Dreaming of the original 4c441a902b on the day I 106eee8bcd had decided to marry 443e7b9403 Aslan felt like a db28f9c644 warning.127e96cc1c37fbfc

Don’t forget he has a real partner.f43ed60ccd558b32

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I’m just a role that stays with him for a while and disappears later, and I shouldn’t hope to remain an important part of his life.b245cf982b53bfb7

“Yes, that’s right. I must not covet anything beyond my means.”d1e8a204db0d3e1c

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Marriage to Aslan was ed2979f380 a business that will bd6f6de0c9 leave him with nothing.1f2a80abdeaf46b9

He did say that a86ea7ebd5 he, too, had something f1eb739a78 to gain from the 4d3dbbbdda marriage, but that was 5570f380ee only to reassure me.212a7589f2c5ad24

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It was 4390988188 not a e548660b9a great gain 62fdc9e595 for a a00c5b6248 duke who 5a3d9d80f6 already had 367994136a so much.da35c2094a96a1cd

But I was e2e9727587 different.cbf96677224d2b27

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I got a bc759f4522 new life through 389bc69fd2 this marriage. So it was a 483ae7037f sweet deal.0222bc4273086009

But there was ea3c7178bd something that had 72a516140b to be premised 9529a42f13 on.c3c9b18d47b600b7

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It’s the heart.1d38553e77891c02

I must not give 5e9e9e04f4 him my heart, for 07dd6faec3 him marriage to me 3a51bff4fe is only a contract 4f878495a4 on paper.04a1e21cb3bbd0d9

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I must not beg 49b25b2804 for his love, for 475fdeabe7 that would be a 076eb6ce7d breach of our contract 1e76425a8b and will embarrass him, eb302decb3 who had pitied me a506a696d9 and willingly agreed to 1853e93fe6 the extra bargain.e2350ea6e928a3d2

“So remember, Lyla Violet.”60768ebf5177cc7d

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Just three years.a0ebc373f666514b

Don’t love him, don’t demand love from him.317c7f395cd69db8

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Quietly, dutifully, and 2840f9c9a2 to the best 79177c7f7c of your ability, ebc4fc6103 play the role 4fe3bfd992 of the wife eb048ff1e5 he deserves.fab20d5c609aef03

And then, when the woman of his dreams comes along, you’ll just have to slip away.236887db0317db8b

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Without even opening 15ac28db98 my eyes properly cc4c4c6f41 I made a 1fd1101efd firm commitment.2b199e8ea053f804

….. But stupidly enough I fell head over heels for him.3732a9b450de857c

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In my defense, it wasn’t all my fault. Aslan’s attitude towards me was also to blame.94bb91ceb65f0d92

It would have been better if he was full of thoughts of using me. Even if it wasn’t, it would have been enough if he was indifferent or cold to me.a3daaaafb10ac05b

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Then I would f4015e0d3f have held my 48c97e5723 heart and when f7aba1c9ce the time came, 06f03db489 I would have e66727969c walked away from 46f4d2fcb0 him gracefully.108239b845adbf8a

But Aslan was 59451a6406 too devoted to ea31398d50 a marriage of a269132b7c convenience.43b65601325075a7

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The next afternoon, 80aba570c7 after the night 1fb109e098 I fled to 7103987d3c Tordell Manor.3a797bd7415a8e4d

He was too 191c5845f1 sweet and thoughtful 647178a4ba every time we ed45e10b37 were together.11d8acae0196e679

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He kept acting like he cared about me when he didn’t. No wonder I was falling for him so quickly, like an idiot.7ffb58a049fa6f75