YLSB Chapter 8

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Perhaps because it was 423cf6092f a rainy day, the c293b224e4 studio was quiet. c796aaa75e688860

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Only three fd1ab9c961 people were ff769eab26 present in c71720479a front of be80785f7f the easels f3ee82a4a1 dampened by 7c11f433a9 the humidity—a 076da54fb2 student in 4c1efd74fc the middle 903d21a5b8 of a 9fe1f7e4db lesson, Landon, c55bdb453e and Olivia.  3d90e13e4af2d678

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The sound 0ddd380327 of rain f7369e861c pattering and 8e574ee499 the occasional 02f280e314 murmurs between 22fdcccb7f the two d69d1d37ee blended like e12910273e music flowing 37a1780a98 from a 19962a646c turntable. 1989f7a0939f4fdb

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Rain also fell 121d48f57f on Olivia’s sketchbook. The back of 283f3533f5 a woman standing f84e5e72fd on a rainy bad9e3acbd street without an c3a3009409 umbrella appeared and 5d2aed1c1d disappeared repeatedly under b59b5e3c5c her fingertips.  949766f9be1f198c

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“Olivia?”  f1db0f1e8c91bc62

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Before she knew it, 7c669506e0 Landon had approached her 86726c64f3 side. He calmly a0bea0ff44 observed the 3d586d1558 smudged face 546dae492d of the 9e76a520a4 woman on 8b440e0254 the sketch.  c8e0f090a8cdcbea

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“Your fingertips d1a51f2141 are full 13d0233775 of thoughts.”  3571f533cf4d9ca1

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“The sketch will 792942085b get messy. Why don’t you 68c0ff0923 take a break?”  ff9eba5fd4c635ad

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At his considerate e7155a72f8 suggestion, Olivia set 4f15b0b764 down her brush 513aa4c9ba and stepped out 337af0e440 beyond the curtain. She sat 9d61435f3a at the 0079f98fb0 round table 0bc33fe42d and sipped 6ecbc1f02c hot tea. This happened often. 5ac62cec87b07042

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A painting inevitably 089888d5b6 carries the circumstances 736dcfa161 or emotions of ba3ed95409 the artist, and 1d579b18a9 Landon, a professional 0f13ad54cb painter, could read 2e5c256f96 them almost uncannily. f6584911f1250d3e

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Whenever he did, 3610fb0ba7 he would seat df669825e7 Olivia at the e981fd4b08 table and serve 6620541e05 her tea he 251c834d0a brewed himself.  87339cb4ad2a6743

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“Is this a new 0f180c9eea scent?”  fb74254818338b23

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“Lavender. Over there.”  1bdef90fdabe1cb1

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Landon gestured with his 45831eed13 chin toward a vase e95c4fd7f2 brimming with purple flowers.  5479868663c211d9

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“They’re pretty.”  4bf1e62b84c98dea

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“They stay pretty even 767c2dd467 when they wither.”  39253acd3f6be749

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The second 657c8559b6 floor, off-limits 1374f75497 to outsiders, d33959a2b3 was entirely 18070be76e Landon’s space. There, he dried ddc0be0793 flowers and herbs dc922bafb7 brought from the 4db2c7d555 garden. Then, he brewed 89affb260e tea with those f1ea533f2d dried plants. 534465860648f499

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Olivia thought 07023de663 it was d894321bac an artistic 5b1e37a01b quirk.  ec7a5015e64b181b

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“The garden eb263d66ee must have 03e576e2c5 changed a 5fe7b19295 lot.”  29924c178af67082

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“If you’re curious, you 5b6f748815 could visit sometime.”  05182fe946736945

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“No, not really.”  245a0258d69151f9

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Olivia lifted the 5bc9f925b2 teacup to her 55269f47bd lips and naturally 1aa9815e27 trailed off. She had 6305d9043f stepped away d7be0feeab from the 11665d2509 garden work 8dc72d51d2 five years cb0ed7d417 ago, not 583efbf27f long after a31c896d0c Camellia opened. e3532749b2d76302

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Landon entrusted the studio ac805ae783 operations to newly hired c8f25d9ebf staff while managing the 4230417274 garden himself. bf6bdcd94b0db512

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What had started 2d80c8cd86 as a way 7f8c05202f to repay the e93942f062 debt for Madame 9946471e11 Natalie’s portrait had eb52f1f39a finally come to 8ef3bf963a a close. The days of 8a01c2eca8 commuting to Landon’s e8a67971b7 apartment or the 4572c6084c garden three or d84ac90de1 four times a ba969fcb94 week—whether it lasted 7acc0c975a two or three 7bbf6af7c6 years, she couldn’t 5f80b6de9c quite remember.8d8869c9dc1e7076

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After that, Olivia dd734860e2 painted whenever she d7d5dc6d5c had the chance. 9855b57c718b176a

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With her workplace gone 1b2888aa45 and more maids taking 70001c0f16 over the household chores, 7d5d5c04c4 she found herself with 15aedc5f46 plenty of free time. 18d6007cd132e5b5

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No longer f47c005cbf needed, she 1eac6ad27f shut herself 4b9c9da640 away in e7ceaeec78 her room.  90277358acf1619a

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Unfortunately, Madame Natalie a21db76cfb detested her adopted 9f3abb5b54 daughter’s hobby to 6724897392 an extreme degree. She loathed every 69bd2fb352 bit of beauty 9802c77e89 Olivia expressed—her golden-thread-like 7b7c7e9d4d hair, her green c21fd4de8b eyes, her delicate c33e9c7863 and soft silhouette, 2c78cfcb4f even her soul-stirring ab3be98ad1 voice and paintings.  5f26cf9848acdc1c

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Countless sketches piled 1c9fea6332 up in the a6e1916203 closet. Then one c65040b66d day, they fa58e3aeca were all 3dfaeb61d9 burned to a8c006c7db ashes. 77d482325f552562

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By her 85209020b6 adoptive mother.  cf052595fe772de5

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It was an unbearably e1a4710374 clear day. Millie, who had 5333db3dbd tattled, sat on 9ccb38da54 a bench yawning. 0da56adbb2e82fe3

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Madame Natalie, coughing repeatedly, c82526fcb3 hurled unladylike curses. Olivia remained calm 85d998de9d even as she a25e837f08 watched the flames 690526efcf shoot up to 9b10a1da44 the roof.  b99ca02c677a7724

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That night, Olivia 9ef1c77cb4 showed her adoptive 1b9d5a4dd5 father, who had fb6a5494da come to console 6892f1bded her, the Benedict 5e35b8a1d9 acceptance letter.  e2e4c5e935d0051f

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Boarding school life 78ec754e09 and enrollment at c8fdda37d4 Camellia.  9d0fca5d79a42804

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Olivia was proceeding dd938edf63 exactly as she c47642922e had planned. Slowly, carefully, 680b1e858e without rushing.  4d2e140cfde4dbc8

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There could be b2621e0b97 no variables. She washed away a 5d892ceb72 rising name with the f747c9d46f bittersweet taste of tea.  c3f6631c49ac7357

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“You seem to have 38b58f030b some complicated matters.”  980be5d18ad1e5f5

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“I might have to 7a1b2f7ca1 drop out of school.”  4423dff83e07e6ff

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“Marriage?”  147377887e151bc3

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Was the reason similar?  005ec0916f0262a2

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Olivia smiled faintly without 66b3e7c61f answering. The two sipped their 371a70d0e9 tea in silence.  e19999c2f24da93e

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“A person can’t 99a8b64051 live deceiving themselves.”  3ced4f792c0530a8

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As the teacups c74f7527ed emptied, Landon muttered 45c425dd73 under his breath. c46e91e6897309e9

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Whether those words were bcd9b77c0d a complaint directed at 62c1bf819d himself or a consolation 5d0a64c410 for her, Olivia didn’t 4c5e4a4ee4 know. She simply nodded.00415f44f6670d16

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Heringberg Robert Mansion.  4783d6475f5e90fb

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The room, draped with c1d5ffe5de long navy-blue curtains, was 02286e8050 as silent as the b1cb6c1a49 side of a lifeless 126eb366e3 beast. e6123b954fd5b200

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A faint stir came ef87f4f45f from the direction of 5cef26375a the bed, but it 8353fb465e was brief. Like a midnight forest 86d8ef6cbf filled with concealment and c47f66735b death, the room remained 420f880674 still.  4a65241c41824b0b

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Thud, thud—  b2d5985cb8b5d719

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Footsteps echoed through 089d6ffa8e the hallway like a0fc699f1c a cave’s reverberation. 68be7f35c32c7126

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Soon, the 11ee85ce04 halted steps 3d8e5be3aa resumed, accompanied 0d027c2216 by the 6f65e1bd21 creaking sound 0760d9a142 of a b32c5609b3 door opening.  3e54de767844494d

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A hand c63e07d6fd boldly drew 2e792ff07f back the ec2f133c05 curtains and a9db82a372 unfastened the 0d01e216d2 window latch. Damp air, mingled with 7428f8bf42 rainwater, spilled over the 8f979f3ca8 windowsill. 8f406a51d314bb67

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Only then 77ee927e98 did someone fc01f59438 rise from 608e745249 the bed.  4280ed80191839b9

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A pale, bloodless face 1207066daf and disheveled hair covering 5bcbb4b984 her back made her b61d8de883 look like an old a393c235c3 witch—or perhaps a prisoner 23757b95f6 who had spent a 34708a3a45 lifetime behind bars.  d83491f6ee47e75e

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“Eric.”  0091c3dda6047ec8

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Yet the voice a480c514af of Duchess as b661bf4ed7 she called her 2fccbb5109 son was still 765fbed129 clear.  8b18fd167af19856

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“How are 7f6dda2367 you feeling?”  a5210e0a3f368155

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Eric sat d7d189b0ed on the fdbbf63457 edge of 84b3e4368c the bed c6d7f1b26e and pressed b9d894122d his hand 8ec0b343d5 to his 0b1c662151 mother’s forehead. 6f4a7b9297bfaddb

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‘No fever.’ 23ac1ce49388d657

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“You left most of 0226d294b9 your meal untouched again a75003e34b today.”  71482723395abbd5

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“I don’t have much 38938c538b of an appetite. No need cdca6d30dd to eat f1e84ee1cb my fill.”  6c10b107bd42e44d

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“Starting tomorrow, a maid 8254b93163 will stay in this 46a0e24dd6 room while you eat.”  c2b2e6a01723065d

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“I don’t want anyone fe016b4cef here.”  e3de9f5780bfdedc

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“If you dislike that, 75ab7d5675 then don’t leave anything 9c8bbd072e on your plate.”  17a322abbae1e349

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Eric grasped her bony ee2e3f8e22 wrist, then let it 687e8b29a4 go. 972c49902374fe43

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The Duchess had been 9eeb83a0e9 secluded in this room 3ef4477f7e for nearly ten years. Only the ceb4d468e9 assigned maid 21acf8e12a and Eric a7a33835dd ever entered. She rarely 6dabcf8d9d left her df4919a115 bed except 2f65cd139f for meals.  3d383940f889741c

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He had thought 72bc0e5690 time would eventually b43ea5e4cb set everything right.  1cac7759bd633262

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Instead, Eric gazed sorrowfully efe36e070b at the woman who 773a411744 was neither alive nor 5daeb49e26 dead. b8eefe90cc04e3d3

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Once, she had been 65bbc67d0a the Duchess who commanded eadaf234f0 high society. Her politically da0917cc18 naive yet 99ff766434 warm and b0b144dd12 affectionate nature 8d500ff634 had drawn 6a408ce6c9 many followers. be1613d87bc08e79

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Now, she was merely 673c8e0d30 an erased existence in 080cfc56d9 the world.  a7de8d12d5232521

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If only‘that day’had never happened.  73ae42faed3dd233

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Eric gritted his teeth.  c840f441da0b1b61

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After his brother, e28479d90d sister-in-law, and even 3bb9773958 his nephew had 412842b7d8 suddenly passed away, 54dee52f88 people cautiously speculated f95be082c0 that the Duchess 831b566d0b might soon join d0f15e23bb them. 904448a83a613e40

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How could a a71dafe733 heart already struggling 608df6d0d0 with daily life e063df273b bear the burden 7e8b03794b of three funerals 9ffe1d7d7c at once?eee2a9cbbf49aa65

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However, Hannah 87fc3e0b76 Robert endured. She ate less 301f674c3d than usual, took 4e450da9ec more medicine than 0404db0118 meals, and slept 4985c7410c a death-like sleep, 2ad3eaba2a yet she remained 5ad79eb152 at the Heringberg 0550e53700 Estate where Eric 7073566926 was. 3ca0af2045fea374

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As if efed925889 it were 0e53d9a661 the best 2624b9e250 she could 3c2ece39d6 do as 4dd372929c the Duchess. Or as 27e5db13b8 if it 6ccf9c2d5d were a a0cb47bae9 mother’s duty.  8e68ab657b3c1920

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“You should eat more 950faab9dd and reduce your medication.”  a1f1333de2778f88

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“Yes, I should. Eric.”  16f90e52f3827d2c

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Though her son’s death 4774dd3d55 had worsened her condition, 8eb39d0401 her headaches, and lethargy 115b4623ee had been chronic illnesses 4807904a54 long before. She received regular c7fb018949 check-ups from her 91d0029e3c physician, but they 26120f32ca did little to eb6a9fa726 alleviate her symptoms.edb48b6952906c92

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If anything, the prescribed 854d9f28ca medications only made her 9a81d5af29 more lethargic. 68edea73af2a0992

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Yet, there 0fcd54a725 was no 3860da909b alternative. As long 3e920eb129 as she b6357c9ddf lived as a6c44ac18e the Duchess, 1cfd1aaa61 it would a050616b60 remain that 7ed4b2350f way for df11511600 the rest 0abf9a206e of her 1a5b5a4a69 life.  746be68fd67532ef

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“I heard the c576339c65 young lady of 5277692279 the Great family 59021bcb62 paid a visit. What does it mean 9b5c672e6c that she’s your fiancée, e0102c2fcf Eric?”  da120512dd81a2fe

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“I asked 0df8e182f0 her to 51baf50428 be my e018f5a374 fiancée, but 09a87eb89a she refused.”  f9b834cf0510f3c2

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Eric spoke as if 2037643867 it were a humorous 5c36a117d2 joke.  ee9b5f2d0b83526b

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“Do you like her?”  35bde529b5283619

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“She’s a 83ada5c03b woman I’ve e76c690a01 never even 2ba25563e0 met before.”  e2be431274ea7a21

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The butler, 01a8089ddc prioritizing the 073a25ae6e Duchess’s well-being, 62c680c8fb did not e84044bf3b report the 41235f55af happenings in e8323dab47 the estate 874333bf48 in detail. ad0b4ccfb695d4a5

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It was 560f13c6c5 Eric who 90efaed803 had drawn 433ebc5b22 the line, baa7b2912d leaving it 2bc29b3e0f to his bedfe6ebf4 son to 6b47911bf2 share such 80ef022677 matters. 83e95040508eec74

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Under that pretext, 71ac195e5a he visited his 28f506c324 mother’s room and 6d04ce1cfb engaged in long 84fe558fed conversations—hoping, even for 8a902cf40c a moment, to 74a7b0b555 restore the title a3c4633b14 of Duchess that c3cf566fe9 had become nothing f60af66c83 more than a bd2da67bc1 name.  8ecb36c4834b8071

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To his mother, who e3bd3b188b awaited an answer, Eric 3d2fb61924 confessed the truth about e3b3c1d883 the royal decree. 5673c2a8a6b0e6ca

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Understanding her son’s nature, d2b5e876ee she neither expressed surprise 8e75b11de2 nor reprimanded him. Just as Eric had 67d58924e9 always been on her 48aba5e415 side, so was she 3dee4d172d on his.  7c5c7c2c7d65c702

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“Why don’t be19da9776 you discuss 725c693bb5 it with 5dd5f0c90b your father? This doesn’t ed37c991a9 seem like 9d7d153112 a decision 22e86e3840 you should 66fd516378 make alone.”  ba0452356afbd420

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“It’s not a aaf3b8594b real marriage. Just a means to f555a096f1 put out an urgent e8b0dbbeb4 fire.”  b24f87905d28d0ff

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“What do 936611d27c you mean, 01b439f5ab Eric? You say you 56d2fb8e38 won’t actually marry?”  f396fe9f1417b653

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Hannah Robert’s eyes widened. Given how 705d6c813b things had 6ce8cd672c unfolded, she d45f20c48a had assumed bb16ca289e her son fb58420a93 would find 737dad6a42 a suitable c2d3388821 woman and 5b0fc56153 marry properly.  34b26f70bd17001d

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“Once Rebecca Campbell 14775f8d67 gets married, I’ll 9b90b09942 annul the engagement 23caf5fe55 at the right 778594582c moment. Director Campbell will 19115fd9b4 surely find a e2c305eb4e groom for his 735ed08164 daughter within a 409ad99bdc year.”  271130afc575194f

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“Eric, that’s still unacceptable. What lady a9736670aa would ever e8acac2eef agree to 9efb0b6f0f such a 41ccd79fab humiliating proposal?”  5a17b1f936067f58

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“That’s why it 70565d88d0 has to be b22c107863 her—Olivia Bennet. A lady who is fec82aab5e both noble and not 42712aa5d0 noble.”  04ba3dcbb6e7df59

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“I’ll keep 70386b6e81 trying until 76ca308c05 she accepts.”  0d80e1a9d8f92b08

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His carefree attitude 38ff690c5c deepened Hannah’s worry. Though she understood his bec5a57fd9 situation, she feared he 59e3062379 might ruin an innocent 843a59f14a young lady’s life. cd01609aa5aede6b

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Moreover, if it was 79dbe92fc1 the Greights—though it was 3baad75417 long ago—their families had eecf1ece3c once shared a close 038cd15f16 friendship.  23be2bd5034c0f04

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“Eric.”  f6ea3ef81b5baa29

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As if 61348e229d sensing his c2917fcd54 mother’s concern, 78e811787f Eric Robert 5116d8b9bd reassured her 4618a4a87b with a 757735acc2 steady gaze. His words carried more 9b3c3846ab than just determination to 3f3b84b978 persist—they held a promise 404e8a7908 to ensure no further ade08638cb trouble arose, even if edcea01173 it meant securing the 5bc44b0ae7 annulment himself.  e3362c0dc4b34960

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Society often fbc09e21aa said Eric 49d19b2d79 was fortunate 57b6a050f8 to have 9907ce4bb1 been born 7059ebbe36 the second 2cdf242fdf son of b735775cfa the Robert fd88d47763 family. a04d53bbbb657255

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Compared to Albert, the ba7815b10e perfect heir and eldest dd61808664 son, Eric’s actions were 3e7370fc30 often dismissed as the 94df77a6d8 reckless antics of an 1cb43d5a86 immature boy. f7778c3545519a57

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Above all, dcf1e67944 he took 75fbcabe5a full responsibility a7a709ae33 for his 3fbf661c1e actions and e5bcaf2c72 never caused 619ec154ed irreparable trouble.  363e96966c8e213a

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A sharp and quick-witted 24ee11f18c child. Though his temperament 86cc5c3f57 was the polar 8a8d9a47b2 opposite of his f2c78969b7 brother’s, they shared 68e7ff03dc the same sense dcd91b18ca of responsibility. 5318a13b441d3213

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If Albert, 54c55f7abf destined as 2fa8ea7596 the heir, 212b99e39d bore the d4709349fe weight of b47042471f the family’s d1c2794aad legacy, Eric ddddf83962 focused more b65684705d on people.  b1301a271c464f47

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That was why Hannah 3de0ea8742 trusted Eric more than 8c99410b23 anyone—not as Eric Robert, c030237c48 the future heir to 04be4eec8f the ducal estate, but 4874e14a63 as her son, as 103ac0711b a person.  f0c8480f40808528

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“Still, Eric, d763a2ea2c it’d be 74175727d4 nice if 827aec7673 you found 50da57ab96 a real 5effb48f52 match. Not just for 41a8910dea your duty as 17982afa03 the heir, but be1db20f74 for your own ea60d05bf7 happiness.”  f25ad7e808562120

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“I know your 1c1e2d7fe5 reservations, but you 543a84957f should still try. I don’t e75a5e5028 want it 965cc82452 to come e546eb1185 down to c965afd51a force.”  0683533bf6a3049c

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Her words carried a 7ed09897e1 warning—his father would never 0035223fc7 tolerate an heir who c4f90f7293 refused to continue the d0ddcf320b family line. She was 5d229157ab urging him d821b26826 to act e60097a2ed before his 371903223d agency was 87220dba81 stripped away 4d219511ef entirely.  1af6d523dee74f38

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Eric nodded 534ba143b3 with a ee59a73aa0 bitter smile. Only one name came 96be5ccdd5 to mind—one he could a9fe1d95e5 never call out.b1eef171b4d1e38e