Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"What is all this about, Ross?" The man almost jumped on his seat and took a deep breath when he noticed that it was a young lord.

"That.. your highness, had received a few threats of killing him and his family, my lord.

We even have a spy of the criminal in the palace. That is why I am trying to investigate the matter!

Please do not let his highness know that you already have an idea about it!" with a deep frown on his face, leo picked up a letter and scanned the contents!

"I know that you will look for it! Do you think I am a fool to let you know about the person so easily! You are underestimating me, it would be better if you do as I say.. Or I will..!!" there was no way it was a threat but what did the person wanted!

He pondered over it with a grave face as he glanced at the other letters which had the same words written on them.

Suddenly his eyes turned cold and he stared at the aide hard, "then why are we having a marriage ceremony this week! We should wait before the person would be caught!"

"Because I want so! Do you want my grandchild to be born out of wedlock?" The cold and imposing voice was undeniably stronger than normal as Leo turned to see his father with a bow!

"I have yet not punished you for your brazen acts. And you are the one who is questioning us? How shameless!" Leo pursed his lips at the harsh words of his father.

He could feel that he was furious even when he was relieved that they were getting married as per his wishes.

"Father, it was just a misunderstanding, Evan and i.. We have not done anything shameful and she is not pregnant!" how could they even trust those words!

"You have done nothing?"

"She is not pregnant?" even the knight stood up with a shock as they both looked at leo with suspicious eyes who glared back at the knights!

"What do you mean? Of course, she is not! I have not laid my fingers on her! I respect her dignity and the ethics of my family!" ``More important than that, I did not want to scare her away in case she would refuse the marriage!!!" he added in his heart as he looked at their suspicious faces.

"Even so, we will continue with the marriage. So you better go and start helping your sisters in the preparation!" though William was still not sure about the words Leo spouted!

That was not the reason for him to arrange the marriage so hastily in the first place.

"But father, what about the threats?" though they have received threats often, he did not want them to affect Evan or his marriage when the duke chuckled

"Since when has our family worried about these things! You just go and prepare for handling the tantrums of the woman you love in four days. I will handle everything else.'' William waved his hands in the air as he moved and sat on his seat showing the discussion had already ended.

"Then I am taking Evangeline out on a date tomorrow! We will only return later at night! And since it is a date. I will not be taking knights with us!" William raised his head with three deep lines on his forehead!

"Have you not read the letters! How can you think of roaming out in the town alone?" Leo raised a brow and smirked but at the same time it was not a smile when he looked at the gloomy face of his father!

"Haven't you said that as Thawyne's we should not be worried about these empty threats. I am a knight by myself and I am strong enough to protect my own wife!" William shook his head in disbelief but his expressions had softened the way Leo called Evan, his wife dotingly!

"Very well. But if you made a mistake, then I will show you how much strength I still have in my arms. Now go and arrange for a designer for all of us and when in the market, look for a few jewels for the girl! There is no date without gifts!

Why are you still standing here, are you waiting for me to refuse your request huh?" Leo smiled when he heard the dotting voice of his father and shook his head as he bowed.

"Thank you, father!" he turned and left the room with a satisfying smile on his face as his eyes burned with anticipation.

"Master, what if that old man?"  William shook his head as he stared at his aide.

"I want all the old men with a cloak or this feature in the empire to be brought to the underground prison! Even if I have to kill all the old men, I would not think twice before doing it!" William took out a portrait from the cabinet of an old couple and passed it to his knight who stared at the portrait with confusion for a second when his eyes widened and he stared at his master with disbelief!

"But master, the girl in the portrait is lady Evangeline?" shouldn't it mean that the old couple were her parents. What was happening here?

Suddenly he felt like he was ignorant all his life. Had the master brought Evangeline here for some ulterior motives! If that was the case then the girl..

"Since when have you dared to ask questions back? Huh? Do what you are asked to do but if a single word about it got out from this door then your family would be the first to suffer!"

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