Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — Guard Down, Página 13
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Lizzie steps in and puts a firm, gentle hand on her mother's shoulder, steering her toward the door with a tight, polite smile as Mrs. Bennet keeps talking. Lizzie: 'Okay — we're going. Now.' For a moment Lizzie glances back over her shoulder toward Darcy, visibly bracing herself, while he watches her quietly.
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Lizzie steers her still-talking mother toward the door with a tight smile; below, she glances back at Darcy, bracing herself, while he watches quietly.
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Still stranded at Netherfield while Jane's fever breaks, Lizzie has to survive days in the cool glass house in yesterday's clothes — trading barbs with Caroline, fielding Darcy's unguarded stares, and puncturing a smug drawing-room debate about what makes a woman a real catch. Then her family descends: Mrs. Bennet sweeps in with Lydia and Kitty to 'rescue' Jane, gushing over the house, sprawling on the designer furniture, and demanding Bingley throw a party — while Lizzie dies of embarrassment and Caroline drinks it in. Bracing for Darcy to confirm every cold thing she believes about him with a verdict on her circus of a family, Lizzie gets the opposite: he sidesteps the insult entirely and quietly tells her that her sister is lucky to have her. It disarms her more than any cruelty could — and her tidy verdict on Mr. Darcy starts to come apart.