Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Stupid, dumb!" Evan cussed herself when she realized that she had run away from the room like a fool! He just normally told her that he would like to visit the town but she knew that the sole reason was to help the family, so why was she getting so excited that she would get the chance to show him the town.

Since he was so busy, there might be a chance that he would go straight to the farmers and buy crops and then ask her to leave, without even having one look at her house. Then why was she behaving like she was taking her husband to meet her family. 

She shook her head at the thought that follows. But yet she could not help but feel her heart fluttering as if there were butterflies in the pit of her stomach. She could not help but feel excited and anxious at the same time!

What if he did not like the town? After all, it was an old place that was not developed like this new town! Ha! Who cares.. It depends on him whether he liked it or not, but she knew that it was a wonderful place to be.

She frowned as she decided that she would not listen to him even if he disliked the place, since it had nothing to do with him.

"My lady, is there some problem?" asked the coachman when he could not control his thoughts anymore. 

The girl was giggling for a second and then shaking her head in another and now frowning as if she would beat someone. It was like a movie in the theater, her face was depicting plethora of expressions.

Not to forget the way she was taking rounds of the place with anxiety? Could it be that there might be another argument between the couple as he had witnessed what had happened just a while ago.

Though he knew that Olivia was a noble, he was the old coachman that was serving the family since the duke was young and if the duke had chosen her as the future duchess, then there might be a better reason.

He had complete trust over his master. 

Evan blinked when she heard the sudden voice of the coachman and shook her head,

"No! I am just taking rounds to digest my food while waiting for my lord to come." she replied with a soft smile as she did not know how to express herself properly. 

Though the man was not sure, he nodded but took a breath of relief when he saw his master coming. Even Evan turned back when she heard the sound of footsteps when her eyes fell on the man who was walking towards them with a cold face.

A smile bloomed on her lips, but it went off as soon as it arrived when she saw another knight following him with a lot of file and parchment in his hands.

As she had thought, the man was busy sightseeing in her town with her! Yet she controlled her mood from getting dull! So what if he did not have time, she would get to meet a few of them, only this was enough to lift her mood again.

As Arden had left suddenly too, Leo did not know whom to held responsible for all the paperwork as only two of them usually handle it and one take whole responsibility on the absence of one of them. 

But he had noticed how excited the girl was when they decided to go to her town. He did not want to disappoint her just by taking her to a particular shop and then returning.

Though he was not sure if the problem would be solved there, he had decided that he would spend the rest of the day there so that she would be able to spend time with her friends too. 

That was why he took all the files and decided to check them and study them in the carriage to save time and spend the rest of the time at ease with her. With that thought, he picked up everything and then walked towards the carriage.

"Shall we go?" he asked the girl who nodded and they both walked towards the carriage in silence.

Once the knight had placed everything in the carriage, he stood up with his head bowed, waiting for further commands from his master.

"Take care of the place and ask Raymond to handle it if any sudden problem arrives. I will be back soon." the man nodded and then closed the door of the carriage respectfully as he turned to leave.

If there was still any hope left in the heart of Hazel, it was broken after hearing the words of leo. But she didn't want to ruin her mood, so instead of glaring at him or complaining, she decided to pass the journey by looking out of the carriage in silence.

While oblivious to her thoughts and conclusions, Leo immersed himself in the files one after another to get rid of them as soon as possible so that he did not notice her dim face.

He picked up the file and started studying the matter and then jotting down the important points.

The both did not say a word in the whole journey but as the town came closer the heartbeat of hazel only increased, she could feel the anticipation bubbling again in her heart.

Her grip on her dress tightened when he crossed the open fields and soon the row houses could be seen.

"Can we start walking from here?" she asked a bit anxiously and leo that was still writing on the file raised his head to look at the lost girl.

When she noticed that he was still busy, she felt a bit apologetic, but she really wanted to go down and meet the people she had grown up with.. "then how about you drop me here and meet me closer to my house. You have seen my house, right?"