My Sister-In-Law Is My Mate!?!

"I will personally take the contract you will design to the royal palace and make sure that his highness will sign her!"

"Oh! That would be perfect. I will give you all the papers in the morning." he nodded as he took the sip of his wine with satisfaction.

Soon the sound of music started filling the ballroom. 

"Oh, it is a beautiful song. Instead of discussing the business matters at your reception, you both should dance together!" said Amelia as she pushed her sister a bit.

She could not beat that hazel was taking all the limelight and her father was only praising hazel all this time while only passing her a glare all this time. 

She wanted some time alone with her father to share her doubt with him.

With that thought, she motivated them to dance with each other.

Richard knew that the girl was not simple, but even was bored with all this conversation and politics.

So, even without asking her, he stood up and tidied his suit. With that he stood in front of the surprised girl and forwarded his hand, 

"May I have the honor to dance with you?" His baritone voice was enough to bring any girl on her knees. Not to forget the way his dark eyes were looking at her.

As if they were the obsidian she had heard of, it was enough to drown her in them. 

The light that was emitting from the candles behind him, was creating a halo behind him that was giving him the look of an angel.

She raised her head and passed an enchanting smile to him as she placed her hand on his extended hand gently.

They both walked towards the dancing floor with hands in hand and all the eyes fell on them.

Even those who hated the couple gritted their teeth in jealousy as they both were looking perfect with each other.

Standing in the center of the ball room, Richard kissed Hazel's hand and Hazel held her dress and gave a formal bow to him.

With that he placed his one hand on her waist and with the other he held her tightly. 

She held his shoulder and other hand and they both started swinging to the tune.

"I apologize for being annoyed with all those conversations. I can see that you did not enjoy politics!" she looked into his eyes that were filled with annoyance all that time even when he was trying to hide it.

His gaze flickered when she said so but shook his head.

"That is not the case! I think I can do this much for you. It is just that I did not like it when humans looked at me with greed and thought only about their benefit!" he snorted and she nodded.

"I understand, I had felt this feeling for a long time. I apologize for dragging you into my mess. But I promise it will be over soon!" She just needed a contract and a chance where Amelia would lose both Jonathan and the favors of the crown prince. Then she would be free from the bondages of the past and start a new life with Richard in his empire.

"You do not need to be so hard on yourself. You think only about revenge these days. While I did not mind that you wanted revenge, I even admired you for your strength. Not being able to enjoy the beauty of moments while burning in the fire of revenge could be tiring according to me.

So, I hope that you can come out of it! And think about other emotions too!" she raised her head and looked at his indifferent face.

His face had always been cold and serene without a hint of emotions, that she had never thought he would say something beautiful to her.

She truly was only thinking about revenge and her better future that she had completely forgotten about her presence. To get reminded by him, she felt embarrassed but nodded her head.

"Then, I shall better enjoy this dance and see how good of a dancer you are!" There was a smile full of mischief on her face as she looked at him with a teasing face.

He raised a brow and smiled when he saw her liveliness again,

"Challenge accepted, my lady!" with that he twirled her and then pulled her towards himself.

Her back leaned on his chest and she closed her eyes as a chuckle escaped her lips. That was not formal dancing at all. 

He swayed his hips slowly while his both hands were on his waist, engulfing her in his arms completely. She moved slowly along with him and started to enjoy the soft tone of the music before he pulled away from his arms and then held her waist and turned her so that her face was facing him again.

With that he smirked and then raised her high into the sky and twirled again with her. She slowly moved back to the floor and it took her a second to balance herself on the floor again when he moved her and twirled her again.

She shook her head as she learnt that not only was he showing her his dancing skills but also showing a new form of dance to her which she was not able to keep up with.

Once back in his arms, she took a deep breath as her chest had started to heave up and down.

"Oh my, I must say that you dance perfectly. I feel like I am a novice in front of you!" she muttered as she raised her head to look at his face.

But her eyes widened when she looked at the man who was holding her tightly in his arms, he chuckled when he looked at her stunned face and parted his lips seductively,

"Why? I have not even started to show my dance skills to you. But I am glad that I have finally found you, my mate!"