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

Jonathan had a calm smile on his face but from inside he was seething. He never liked Hazel, she had no class. She was a mentally retarded girl who knew nothing. She was not even able to eat demour, let alone be presentable in the social gatherings. When he had come to know that she was going to be his future wife, he had come to meet her a few times.

But she always laughs like a fool and talks about foolish things like their marriage, kids, getting old together, looking at stars and counting them late at night. Whenever he starts talking about politics or etiquette, she turns blank and looks at him as if he was talking about aliens. That was when he had realized that she was nothing but a flower vase. She had no traits except her breathtaking beauty.

That was when he had started scorning her. He could not marry a woman who could not stand by his side and handle the political affairs. If he wanted beauty on his bed, he could always go to a brothel or have mistresses! But as the future duchess of the empire, he could not have a dumb girl for that post.

And when he was returning from there one day, his eyes fell on Amelia who was equal to hazel when it comes to beauty, but she had that elegance and demaour, he was looking for. Soon, he started going to the count palace only to meet Amelia with an excuse of meeting Hazel. But he was still irritated to waste a little time on hazel. She did not even let him kiss her or come closer that left no reason to meet her.

When it had happened more than enough times, he asked Amelia if they could meet out of the palace. In the start, the little girl panicked and denied, telling he was going to be her brother in law. But with his charm and skills he was able to persuade her. And since then they have been meeting regularly.

It had been so many years that he had slowly forgotten about the existence of his so-called fiance until he received a letter from the royal palace today that a messenger from the land of Alienore had come to meet Hazel. They wanted her to get married to the crown prince of their land.

He had laughed so hard after reading the letter that he could not even explain. If it didn't have the seal of the royal palace, then he would have thought that someone had played a prank on him. He happily accepted the arrangement and wrote a letter of acceptance to nullify the marriage.

Then he celebrated the occasion with wine and girls. Finally he was able to get rid of her without even getting his hands dirty. In fact, he had come here personally to see which fool wanted to marry her. He came here to see her making fun of herself once again. When she came, he was sure that she would come running towards him and beg him to not break the marriage.

But when she came, she did not even spare a glance at him. There was something different in the way she looked or talked. Though she cried when she came to know that she had to marry to another empire. But she was not looking upset with the fact that her marriage was breaking apart.

As if he was nothing but an escape goat for her. She was trying hard to keep up the marriage, but when she passed a look to him, it was nothing but cold and hard. There was no warmth or love! There was not the same girl who kept waiting the whole day at the door for his arrival.

He still had thought that she must be shocked, that was why she reacted like that but it had been hours, yet she did not come back to the palace. What were they even talking about for this long? When he could not control himself further, he stood up and came here under the pretence of count. He wanted to see what they were doing.

His ego got satisfied when he saw that she was crying while sitting on the table. Even her tea cup was filled to the brim. Only the messenger had drunk his tea and had some snacks. All she had done was begging and crying to not marry her because she wanted to marry him!

But he hid his expressions of pride when he walked closer to them and covered his face with worried expressions. He did not want to fall off with her as he still wanted to see her beg in front of him too.

But he fumed when he did not receive a single reply from both of them. Should she not come running towards him and listen to his voice? She should be on his feet and beg to not break the marriage, then he might accept her as his mistress!

But she did not move at all. She kept sitting on the seat with her head hung low. And the man.. He turned towards Richard to see what he was doing when he noticed him staring at Hazel without even turning back towards him.

His eyes narrowed! How could a mere messenger be this impudent?

All the pretense of a worried man and a kind man went out of the window when he felt the gaze of Richard was not leaving hazel.

"You..! do not forget that you are just a messenger who came here to pass a message! How dare you look at a princess so brazenly? Do you have any idea you could be killed for your insolence? Keep your eyes low or I will kill you this instant. I am still the fiance and future husband of Hazel.. I will not accept any disrespect towards her."