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

"Then, I will leave the responsibility of welcoming them and giving them a tour to you, lord Jonathan!" marquis patted the shoulders of lord Jonathan who nodded his head with sincerity.

"Of course, marquis you do not need to worry. I will do my best to serve them!" 'and make sure that they would leave as soon as they would come!' a chuckle escaped his lips as the thought crossed his mind and the man nodded his head.

He gave one last look of pride to the young man before leaving for his office.

"Alright, do your best. I  want everything to be perfect when they have their first visit to our office!

Or do you want to feel embarrassed in front of a lady and a foreigner?" he emphasised on the last point discreetly in the name of warning to create a rift even before they could come and take their post.

The personnel felt angered and annoyed but nodded their heads as they continued their work.

Jonathan smirked when he looked at the staff. Today was his lucky day! Not only would he win the staff and get a chance of promotion today, but he would also win his bride back by pleading in the royal court!

"My lord, do you know who is the new head of the finance department?" asked the aide as he looked at Jonathan with worry. He was too overconfident that he was going to be the new head, without even knowing who was coming to the post.

"Who cares! Every woman is the same. You just have to be a gentleman in front of them and they will start trusting you! 

You do not need to worry. I will handle this matter well!"  he assured the aide who was still looking hesitant but nodded his head in the end.

"My lord, the carriage has arrived!" a knight came running as it saw the carriage which had a strange flag that he had not seen before in the empire.

Jonathan's eyes flickered as if several stars had been descended in them and he smiled,

"All the staff, I want you to stand in two lines in front of the office to greet our new head!" ``Even I want to see who is the girl that has made impossible, possible!" with a sweet and warm smile on his face, he walked towards the door followed by the whole staff of the ministry of finance.

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All the time in the journey, Hazel was looking at the door, her eyes were a bit restless and anxious as she was closer to the last goal. 

But when the carriage finally reached there, there was no sign of nervousness on her face. 

There was a confident smile on her arrogant face as the carriage stopped and two knights opened the door for her.

She walked out of the carriage only to see more than a dozen men waiting for her at the door with bouquets of flowers in their hands.

Most of the heads were already presented in the party last night, so only a few clerks did not know her. Yet everyone's face was filled with astonishment when they looked at her.

They had known that she and her husband have a good relationship with his majesty since they shared the table, but they had never thought that she was the one for whom a duke had been taken away from his post overnight.

In their shocked state, they even forgot to give her a courtesy bow or present her the bouquet even when she was already standing in front of them.

The clerks looked at their heads with confusion and felt embarrassed when the girl looked at them with gentle eyes.

"I think all these flowers are for me?" she asked when no one replied to her and the curse was finally broken.

They nodded their heads and finally moved from their places.

"Yes, we all are here to welcome you, my lady"

"These flowers are our best wishes on your first day, my lady!" 

"I hope you will find an easy place to work, my lady." 

As they finally came back to their senses, each of them came forward and welcomed her as she continued to nod her head.

"Thank you, for all your best wishes. I hope we all work better in each other's company.`` She passed the bouquet of flowers to the maid standing behind her and walked confidently. 

They all bowed and followed her in but just when she had taken a few steps in, the man whom she had come so far, was standing there with a warm smile on his face.

"Lady Hazel, it is my honour to meet you here! I hope we will be great partners!" With that he presented her with a single rose with a charming smile on his face.

Whispers soon started to form looking at his bold behavior. It was not a hidden matter among the social circles that both were paired as a couple since childhood but now the girl had married someone else.

"Thank you, I hope I will be a good commander for you!" She nodded her head but did not take the initiative to take the rose or even asked her maid to take it as she nodded and then started walking in.

Many turned to look at the lord who had a longing and broken smile on his face as if he was suffering a lot.

They all felt pity on him and hated Hazel for her acts. 

"Look at her! Not only have she the audacity to marry someone else, but she even came to the ministry as the new boss of her betrothed!" a few even started passing the snide remarks about her.

"Who cares! We can not go against her! So keep your voice low!" scolded the other callers as he hushed him,

"Do not speak anything against her! It is not Hazel's mistake! I am the one to blame!"