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Chapter 13 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Dull and Gloomy Physician Monica rolled up the sleeves of her forest-green dress, a garment more suited to a grandmother than a young woman. The heat left her no choice. She considered the long, heavy skirt before folding the waistline twice and securing it with pins. Exposing her calves made the temperature slightly more bearable. Still, the sweat would not stop. Fanning herself with one hand, she went to meet Martinel’s physician, a y

Chapter 12 • ────── ✦ ────── • When are You Free? In any case, since she had come this far, she couldn't simply go back. Monica pulled her fist from Garcia's hand and held her palm out flat. It was a silent demand for him to pay for her ruined dress and ribbon. “I spent my entire life savings on those.” Garcia raised his dark golden brows. “What kind of thoughtless young lady spends her entire life savings on a bit of ribbon?” “…I’d been saving up for it!”

Chapter 11 • ────── ✦ ────── • Pay Me Back! Monica glared at him again. Are you actually asking me that? Whether he understood the look or not, Garcia let out a short, hollow laugh and reached out his hand. “Hey, I asked if you were alright.” Monica couldn't find the words. In her heart, she wanted to leap up and grab the collar of this suspicious man who was looking down at her with such a doubtful face. “Just get up for now.” She truly didn't want

Chapter 10 • ────── ✦ ────── • Garcia Even after seeing him twice, he was definitely someone she knew. Louis. The man from the harbour who had guided her to the station when she first arrived in the city. “Um, Louis? Don’t you remember me? You showed me the way at the harbour two days ago…” “...Showed you the way?” There was none of the previous kindness to be found in him. The man glared at her with his blue eyes, looking fierce. “Yes, you did. Back then…”

Chapter 9 • ────── ✦ ────── • Is That You? Despite going to bed early, Monica spent the night with her eyes wide open. It wasn’t because the bed was uncomfortable. In fact, it was the coziest and most comfortable bed she had ever slept in during her twenty-odd years of life. But she found it difficult to get a good night’s sleep. In the end, she rose, while still fatigued, and washed herself again in the bathroom. She turned the tap on and waited a moment before warm water