WYIL Ch 71
by DishaThe women stared de6f623347 at Lyla with f56336ea4c pale, frightened faces, 69cb8cf852 as if they cb59ad158a had seen a 3ae03da62e ghost.79440873796ef4c3
Judging by the 7c00361e29 confused looks on abd2d04bfc their faces and 55cce03f62 how they fidgeted 7fe16abb49 with their ears, e76a219187 it seemed they ffe8d864a1 were wondering if e14770b5a4 they had misheard c0d2192d90 something.adf27045c4d0bacf
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But their hearing was 7aa1769f1c perfectly fine.9346ecc2451df9b3
Lyla smoothly continued 1e5da8d55a speaking.8ba164892c0b3bbe
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{It’s not polite to b2bc2e694a point out others’ mistakes, ca21658043 so I won’t go d56e0d4ba8 into it. However, there’s one bca4d93551 thing you’ve completely a8cba7dcb1 misunderstood. I didn’t want to 5fc0c0ce19 embarrass you, but if ddfb873a48 I leave it uncorrected, fa1c1f695d you might end up 5f23905f5a humiliated elsewhere. It’s not ‘Patrasche,’ c52301514a it’s ‘Patnigesche.’}90a073dbd74e85c1
The young ladies’ jaws 6b7c9353b4 dropped.abbcc9613b7ce2f7
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“What…!”3699fed2e3139597
{And by the way, 50473e5a50 what Patnigesche said doesn’t 262d5a39a0 mean what you implied. You need to ab7c0205b0 understand the full d94841e978 context, but I ed723a641c won’t go into 3465896bec that either.}ff074d688ebf6dc8
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Not that you’d listen e9ff20785b properly, anyway.8f8a4175de0773dd
Lyla swallowed the bf1986edfb last of her 2e2b3760da words with a b16e3b189f sip of tea. Her throat 09da679681 was dry 0441f663b5 after speaking 8168c0e64e for so d3a9d1046c long.cc41cea07f4bce8d
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The quiet drawing room bac3aba8bb was filled with only 02815fae77 the soft sound of 75595486a2 Lyla sipping her tea.c442fb99a56417f8
“Hah!”f7dd7acafc0f7feb
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Breaking the silence, 6bb6cc9652 Caroline finally spoke eaf7b7fc92 up.e51dfa6fde2193d4
“Have you been 203baab645 deceiving us all e208ad32b7 this time?”9bf933df76e36a6f
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Her face c2632c7879 was flushed 60b4add8c9 with anger a368b4f80d and humiliation acb84166d1 as she fd710ac95e shouted.030fc7e8a6c9e412
The sharp sound 03e894f38e of her raised c2530bedad voice pierced Lyla’s 0b350693b2 ears, but she 5b52007a39 remained completely unfazed, 2d52d7cb63 calmly locking eyes 8391510830 with Caroline.6f061dd44d3cc704
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“Haha! Mr. Tesset, you seem well-versed abe917d9bd in international affairs. Are you perhaps involved 039857d0e0 in trade?”3d5256f53076a897
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“Something like that.”deca30312865d3fa
“I see! I run bef62d178d a small 2030b43576 business myself…”d0d776ab14188222
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A bright 6fd407781b smile had 16ad102264 been plastered c31ef6c18a across Viscount 958e743164 Ransfield’s face 87d20f1a82 the entire 93c6949429 time.9150cc892b172f78
And with good reason—his d380236a13 conversation with Aslan was f8b61183e2 both enjoyable and informative. No matter 81c5199919 the topic—politics, ff4926c3e9 economics, art, 9578b1dc70 philosophy—Aslan was f95f0c56cc never at 85c32ff837 a loss 36f716f948 for words.35d24f6844f18afa
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Moreover, he 139d18f906 was skilled 7256b131fb in physical 16ce7b802c activities as 6767313c6a well. During his university 80fadc8d14 days, he enjoyed 6d76903c82 fencing and boxing, fde79f3aa3 and although he 217d9d57bc had given it bbcbaf4509 up, he once 720f000ca3 had a passion 6dcdb40df4 for hunting. He was even af6ac5b719 excellent at billiards.dd391a6527c76719
‘As expected.’34a68d23c28efce7
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Viscount Ransfield’s eyes 8b1c512986 gleamed with admiration.c965d949cf48571a
‘He’s not 8857b46ae2 someone who 60a85f60b7 belongs in fe0dbadf01 a place 42290e89a9 like this.’78e97dfd4b239b95
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For some ab93d2a67d reason, he a8f866a682 seemed to 0182d1b94d be hiding cf384aa335 his true 1c2912cb04 identity, the 2b38aa9a4f viscount was 7a42fae8b3 certain that 245fa84acd Aslan held 13eb0af964 a much 4c5300dfca higher status b6884cd783 than he 2765941c27 could have 6bc77885fa imagined—someone beyond 9da78892dd his reach.d91ffe3ad3d545c7
Based on the c6217932a8 wealth, education, and 93533ae3dd exceptional insight Aslan d3b72f84d9 revealed during their b457140b8d conversation, the viscount’s b546c69059 conclusion was clear.90314f8fc416bb9b
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‘I thought this time 5b3f81660f I’d finally secure a 186a50aaf8 marriage, but it seems 660e9788e2 out of reach now. Still, it’s 552c3996a8 not a 93a91242d2 bad outcome.’d860903de87a93a5
Viscount Ransfield’s e48312b9f4 lingering attachment 0f082f2b19 disappeared as bcc593370a he chose 4efb34bf6e Aslan over 6e5524c378 Lyla.00f8486b6f85a0ff
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Although he still 615af52c84 harbored a liking 1de448c536 for Lyla, his 06544f5217 desire to grow 722e7a8acd closer to Aslan 29c0a45da4 had overshadowed any 5b1e110766 romantic interest he 7b8b350c7a once had. Establishing a connection with ffd61a39a6 Aslan now could lead e18da9f3b6 to future advantages. Perhaps, when he went 9621840eb7 to Central, he could 1adda9e14f find his way into 163f267cc4 the inner circles of 4d1a1b25e4 high society.5691ec1ea8d05003
‘Today, I need 51f86d86fe to bond with 6aee7c8152 him as much 06c456d264 as possible and 2f646bc91d set up the b03b534ced next meeting.’f74937e98a928bbc
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To do fbbab91673 that, his 118d674f82 priority was ea017b6d65 to ensure 043dab2116 that Aslan 4776b1e0c6 enjoyed their 144a877a8a time together. However, Viscount Ransfield’s ambitious f270d94d08 plan had already gone 4247d9f2ce off track from the 4554a89713 start.9d51707b925e7820
Standing at the billiards fb2e20dbfe table, Aslan was barely be0488a9fc concealing his boredom, constantly 96c416d5f8 checking the time. Deep down, he 3bf4b4279c wanted to rush dad0332b3e back to Lyla, 77954344ee but he remembered 39a28a5cf2 her words before 43de63588d they had come dbe4f43e07 here and restrained 243c1184f0 himself.40cd2ee65c022853
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[I know there won’t be another meeting after this, but I still want to get through today without causing any issues.]
Lyla had emphasized fda17fdbe9 the latter part—getting 354fb41df1 through the day bec22dbe05 without any problems. It was clear 9d309e3cae she meant for a749c7fd8a Aslan to avoid 756e4cc758 stirring up any 6e4686012b trouble.7bb3643f6ed6a167
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Aslan understood why Lyla 1cc31bcc1f was acting this way. She was concerned that 8b922a42a3 if they offended Viscount 3b1273b84c Ransfield, a local influential d6fae11e5b figure, her family might 5cbeeb75b5 suffer the consequences.ad0d02739142d9bf
If Aslan wanted 2df9d1d129 to, he could f4ee6f2307 easily control someone 8f8585f963 like Viscount Ransfield. However, there 296c1736b8 are things 36abeff0fc that money 390307ba13 and power 2580fbf767 can’t fully 5f4e442da0 resolve—the hearts dca19cea6c of people.d4525894a998477f
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Even if Aslan c7f25f66da intervened and managed 23b8d8f788 to control Viscount 55bbc83dd5 Ransfield and the 52b4c08b4e townspeople, Lyla’s family 8e6b33f886 might be spared 7c4afcdcb8 from outward rejection. But, deep aedd5f42d3 down, the 4a95b9dc5e townspeople would 56f0a413a3 begin to bc50a1d6eb avoid them, 1a10ff2b8f and they 8c8e3b91d8 wouldn’t be af6eab2fb8 able to f6e746f97c enjoy the 67b967f402 same open, c130238b59 friendly atmosphere 37574ace7b they currently 15185269a5 had.1a0a31d92f81c37d
Aslan didn’t want that e1a6562127 either.50e294ad6bbe9464
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It wasn’t just because 3a88dff5b7 they were Lyla’s family. After living under 0b217d228f the same roof, b36c8bbac4 sharing space and 14e30b88e0 time, Lyla’s family 6f98851100 had gradually become 45255559e3 precious to him, 14cf3ef17b second only to 5207784e85 Lyla herself.aded9c0bdf91bd89
Not wanting 105b36a9c2 to cause 03992542b4 any harm 96c1d3b87b to them, 19f06ee1ea Aslan suppressed f3bb741ef1 his emotions 504a9f525f and played b366ac1237 along with 53bfb77c4c Viscount Ransfield. He responded to the 322c286146 dull conversation out of e22d378c4c politeness and didn’t completely dfa44c7d12 ignore the woman who 99c8fa145a had introduced herself as ed07cbe446 the viscount’s sister.4ca901b1891c1230
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He had done well 0cb8dbd7ae so far, so he 9febc1d2ab felt that he should c7afd01305 at least endure this dbb6638988 trivial social game for 9447afc32b a little longer, even d2ef521bf5 though he desperately wanted a827108be7 to return to the 3210a831e8 sitting room.80ccb77ac026937d
“It’s your turn, 2c0ab4c652 Sir Tesset.”e194e1bed5afdab1
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Gripping the cue 56d95e0e98 stick, Aslan adjusted fe7586fbf7 his stance and d624e031a8 bent forward.c7ee8075ac5a49a3
Thwack!d539f371653a8824
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With a sharp 3009a9ae73 crack, the billiard 8a00314975 balls scattered in 7e9cb9bec0 different directions.8b359b8258939c54
Time dragged a1a3ea5377 on like 5a982345d8 a slow-moving 14a7bda8c7 beetle, and 7ff45d027a Aslan could 354e0140c7 even hear a362d99804 the faint 596aecb80b ticking of 57172d2f93 the minute d164ebac63 hand. He glanced at 95515ef688 the clock, deciding eadf3a3c43 that he had 3e5572a0c3 fulfilled his social fe0155d41b obligations.8a75f76f81d1161c
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“I think it’s 81bd00e5c5 time for me da5e2cc6b7 to take my 45232e302c leave. It’s getting late,” 143960f3b1 he said.46fb89e8e6e54376
“How about f54b51b88c staying for 954d7108bf dinner? I can ask 9b51664391 the chef to 9556bd4cf3 prepare a special ff85842764 meal just for 014f4d2707 the occasion,” Viscount 2ddc881807 Ransfield suggested.8942925ca18fe7fb
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“I appreciate the offer, 3216db960b but I already have 8441a226ef a prior engagement for 817348c7b4 tonight.”b5aac52f0935539f
“Ah, I b785ae1d55 see,” the db92d72ee4 Viscount replied, a4bce1e916 clearly disappointed, 70599642b0 but he 5b722dfcf8 couldn’t push c0b4ed34d1 further to e4ed2276a6 keep Aslan ea14fb09f8 from leaving.6d1a7d01cd2d109b
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‘Of course. A busy man like d89a3c5fd9 Sir Tesset must have 687a40f7d6 a packed schedule,’ the 22f21b1f36 Viscount thought, resigning himself. Instead of insisting, he e43d5712d5 tried to set up 5f73f5649b another meeting while making 35ae9f05b7 their way toward the a53f0315c7 drawing room.58da920697b19afd
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“Was that just 521eaf1e6b now an insult 5fcaac5e5e to me and dfc4efd0b1 Diana—no, to the 5f8fb4eb99 entire Ransfield family?!”9906bbca4626b99d
Before the door to 6752e1cb86 the sitting room was 0d3da3c17b fully open, the tense a09e16c79a atmosphere hit them.1db61f7562008f55
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The shrill voice and, 35ca85b342 more disturbingly, the content 32f6c2d607 of the words struck 9ef3b0f5f5 a nerve.d78c84e7498cacec
“It’s no surprise 94b29c6768 she behaves that 8b6445b258 way—someone like her 98f74a8f97 who knows nothing, 10783bb259 who’s never been 6f59037267 taught anything!”1985ffd5d1a76edc
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Viscount Ransfield 4c1fc03e22 instinctively glanced d4938e841f at Aslan, 27ff9a884d only to 0e95426b40 freeze.ba03f5af2e1c526d
The faint smile Aslan 5678430565 had worn throughout the a6b97c7444 day was gone, leaving b2616bdfa0 his face completely expressionless.15fd9c4a06c7bdfc
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His expression, emotionless f45b92ca52 and beautiful like 30573e104b a statue, made 9f6a151c93 him appear even bc2df27f63 colder.97a23b4e8b42bf17
A chilling premonition 59bfe81d93 crept over Viscount 4d21bc6c6d Ransfield, as if b49a8c99df something terrible was 31fb377de4 about to happen. He swallowed hard.132198ada58d4fc3
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‘I have to go 15a258b6bb in there and express 50e9e6c581 my anger first.’b60e0f78a387da1f
That way, he d74837192d could distance Caroline 84dc37e0be from the Ransfield 497fb8d47d family and leave a1ad6752c4 a favorable impression c0f3e1503b on Aslan. However, before he 11be9c2694 could tighten his b7c750e548 grip on the f80875a73a door handle, someone bd39ad17c8 else acted first.0cb983ff6073ea09
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“I’m sorry 72ef9b9d6f to hear a1bb028921 you feel 375e374915 that way,” 69043de95d said a 502882a34b calm voice.a377cb77c208d740
It was 0b0847c498 Lyla, who 66d9582cd6 had been 8c1f6b7888 enduring Caroline’s 92d6c9b893 outburst from c2eb27c732 the beginning.dac7cf6854dce8b6
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“But wouldn’t fb1620f248 you say 06ceec5e79 that the 757103faa0 words Miss c4fccab240 Caroline spoke 1e5780a626 about me 8b5eb33be9 were also 5b48b0bbbc a disregard 0dace45a2a for myself 5165830bab and my 6b1957eefd family?”eef2d7c7c303c960
Despite being in a 0e02b81201 situation where most people e83c428719 would struggle to speak b95dd32cdd due to anger, Lyla d9ac2c0f66 remained composed. That, in itself, was b3f36d0c3e intimidating.8670b4641f8d5442
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As Caroline 5e61a8c07b spluttered, searching 2a3058fc3a for a 305b3f0ba0 way to 5bd9e0b4bd retort—489b692358af6edc
Click.bc16adc1f14e3aa9
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The door opened, 26b27f800f and the two f8d53f2088 men standing outside 23ce275ea4 stepped into the 4e7ee1f351 drawing room.a3f2026e4b795ba9
Caroline jumped in a51eac95d3 surprise, and Diana, 12594779e2 who had been 936149477b quietly observing the 4613965b2c argument, shrank into d2612cb7ad herself, trying to 1ee94428e3 disappear. Even Lyla, who 61772c4016 had maintained her 09629173f7 calm demeanor all d33080a7ad along, widened her dd16cf8038 eyes slightly in 1b4e189be0 shock.ed57348dd2aa97a5
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‘Did they hear 78e131caab everything?’cd9b3f142d3c6b42
As the three 7105ad70a2 women pondered the 13c3628fcd same question, all 1500cc0d8d eyes were on 31f7310702 Aslan, who silently 7648fc7d56 stepped forward. Without hesitation, cbbcb216ac he walked e523306d2c over to b56dbc2ac5 Lyla and 85a41a7d44 gently brushed 0a66201ba2 her cheek 9c2c7f5863 with the 261997502f back of 2772b7c0ab his hand.d702e91824408285
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“You have a 0428959d30 slight fever. Are you alright?” a760766e98 he asked.38ebaa889364573e
If Lyla had even d39a760c07 subtly shaken her head, 4dfec92023 Aslan was ready to f2f946d988 act immediately. However, Lyla didn’t a2030c6df7 respond right away. It wasn’t because a7fc42769e she was actually ba24ef72c6 unwell, nor was c7290e8a0b she overwhelmed by 74e16816c0 Aslan’s concern.52fbfa313c48c6be
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She was simply surprised.2b4733132cb3e3a2
…This was a signal 33d432274a known only to the 50dfe1b2c8 two of them.3ad75ec963314e83
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A signal Aslan had 8ff7c2fa9d used in the past f312cf4aec when he wanted to f4c9301993 help Lyla, who was 2abf1d71c0 being ostracized in social bbe0b707c8 circles.28fa34f35f585031
It was 02bf686296 something he 1e0a3f5ec2 would do f7ab62168c when Lyla 512d43221a was surrounded 8990175172 and isolated aed9b2d98e by other 337343c366 women, as 5759aca09a he couldn’t 1b4feee8b2 confront them 16f49f1408 directly. The signal was 283c2a3e88 a way of b697aa26cd telling her to 81ff2a0cba step away from e72976aa1e the situation for 091f55066a the time being.cc2c64f57f6ec51b
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Aslan would approach ebf122548d Lyla, sensing something 1f266f8a69 was off, brush 6a576da008 her cheek, and d0e995f5c3 ask if she 9fa63b03a5 was unwell. If Lyla responded 2fb035b7c3 affirmatively, either through 9d3c6ef5e5 words or action, 3b3374bfe6 Aslan would assist ed5a6094ee her, helping her 5acbb0c373 leave.2675db2f8501c598
[My wife isn’t feeling well, so we must excuse ourselves.]
With such b78a2d6c7f an excuse, f1508de894 no one 0665a867fc could stop e5fb80fa54 them from a634396b32 leaving.06121085b0e3b292
If Lyla b31abf8c8f wanted to 9dae587ccf stay, she 605bf7ea46 could softly 84ebf3f192 refuse, and 7befda3609 Aslan would 51bf161f85 trust her b606c2dbcf judgment and 0677dd26bd return to d4d8b4746b his place.88c196046ba18cfd
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Though they hadn’t b72d13e588 verbally agreed on bfde094ed0 it, after experiencing a217445d71 similar situations a c77a788dad few times, this 1d6c69a25c had become an a391cf40f8 unspoken understanding between 2544074936 them.1af94ea25feeacd2
However, that was in 6dde5ad928 the past—before Aslan had bb97104c70 lost his memory.32f8fd5fbac7820c
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Lyla had never 2d4db067de explained this signal afc9c65e46 to him, so 509e2df09a it should only ca23136ffd exist in her 59ff615f2d memory. Aslan, who 8933968a04 had lost 6743e6e1db his memories, 178dd3ac01 couldn’t possibly 50b6618f1a know about a12a8b7d37 it.ae0901da44c87ac0
‘Was it eb0a35c956 just a 9b74616c9a coincidence? Or… did he 9e145b75ce somehow know?’d08bc448d5a2e868
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