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

"Are you sure it was my mistake, sister?" her cold voice left shivers down the spine of Amelia.

"........"

Amelia held the hands of her father as if she was trying to stop her but in reality she was trying to infuriate her further.

"Sister, do not speak like that! Apologise to father and I am sure he would forgive you with only a slight punishment. 

Do you even know how worried he was when he came to know that you were lost!?" she asked in an aggrieved tone as she looked at her sister.

Hazel raised a brow at the award winning performance and then at her father who was looking furious and raised a brow, "how worried were you, father? Did you check with the knights or asked his majesty to help you in finding me?" her calm tone and simple question left the man dumbfounded.

All he did was to hide the matter so that none of them would question him. How could he be a fool to go and inform others that his daughter has disappeared from the house.

Not to forget that many staff thought that she had been killed in the palace itself.

Would it not be asking them to investigate him!

"Ha! You wanted me to announce to the world that you ran away with a lowly worker? How could I do that? If not for me, I care about your image and respect a lot!" he replied in a righteous tone as if he had only tried to protect her.

"Then did you personally send the guards to look for me? Or did you ask your private knights to search me?" not a bit terrified with the furious tone of her father, she continued to ask with the same smile on her face as if she was asking about the weather or how they had been in the meantime!

But her questions were making them tonguetied. He gritted his teeth as he looked at her smile. It was irritating him up to no end. He wanted to move closer to her and slap her to wipe that smile off his face. Even Amelia was surprised at how she was facing them confidently. 

Should she not have been hiding from them when she came to know that she was poisoned. There was no way that she did not know the truth. And even if she had come here, Hazel should have been shouting and abusing them for killing her.

If that would have been the case, she was prepared with her best act to turn the events. But all Hazel did was standing there and asking about the efforts they had done in finding her, which confused Amelia upto no end.

Her eyes narrowed at her shining face which did not look like it had suffered at all and then at her clothes and luxuries jewels which showed how well she had been living.

"Sister! Are you trying to accuse your father that he did not take good care of you and did not worry about you?" Amelia covered her mouth with both hands as if she was worried about what she had said. "I.. I did not mean to scold you sister, but you should understand the condition of your father too!" her voice was low and soft as if she was worried that she would hurt the sentiments of her sister. But when she casted her head low and hid her head, an evil glint passed through her eyes.

'You should have lived for more years, by staying away sister. But you are a fool that you came here and informed me that you are alive! Now I will make sure to give you more miserable death!!!' 

"You! What right do you have to ask so many questions to us when you are the one who is at fault?" his father took hasty steps towards her with the intention to slap her.

Hazel stood there confidently as George came and stood in front of him.

"You are a disgrace to our family. Even after insulting the whole family you still have the audacity to stand here and argue with us? You are nothing but a mistake I have been making for years. It is better that you die!" He raised his hand to slap her. But before his hand could touch her cheek, his hands were stopped in the mid air.

She continued to look at him with a smirk on her face. There was not an ounce of fear or embarrassment on her face when he insulted her so badly. 

She chuckled instead as she looked at her father, "what have i done?" Her words were enough to anger everyone around her. 

Diana and Amelia looked at her with hatred in her eyes while George was beyond furious the way Richard had held his hands. No matter what he did to get free, the grip did not even loosen a bit.

He glared at the man as an ugly scowl formed on his face. His eyes were shooting daggers at Richard who did not seem even a least bit affected.

Richard was standing there tall and strong like a guard protecting hazel. His aura was strong enough to tremble everyone who tried to come closer.

The knights did not dare to even take a step towards them. They stood rooted at their places as they saw their master suffering to get his hands free.

"I said let me go! You don't know me, but a word from me and you will disappear from the map of the empire!" he shouted in a cold voice but Richard did not even blinked as if he could not hear his father in law at all.

"You! Ask your lover to leave my hand this instant!" When he realised that the man was not paying any heed to his threats, he turned to threaten and ordered his daughter who raised a brow and chuckled.

"Why? Did you not say that he was just a messenger! Do you not have the capacity to get rid of the hold of a mere messenger?" she asked again as she looked at their confused and furious faces, 

"Did you not say that he is not even worth your efforts? Or did you mean that your every effort would not be able to affect him?"

"......" 

"I can see that you have forgotten who you are! Do not worry, I will show you the right place!" He tried to jerk his hand away and get rid of the grip but as if iron claw, no matter what he did, he could not break free.

"Sigh! You have to learn father! The more you insult me, the more my husband will be angry. If you want to get free of his hold, you will have to apologise to me!" she said in a tired tone as she moved and sat on the sofa again.

She looked at her father with a haughty gaze and then picked up the fruits from the table. Crossing her one leg over the other, she ate the grapes lazily while leaning on the sofa.

Her actions made everyone around her furious. They could not believe that the person sitting in front of them was their hazel who even cried when asked a single question.

"What are you trying to do and what do you want?" asked George as he realised that the reason for her coming back was not as simple as he had thought.

She nodded, taking a piece of grapes from the tendril, she popped it in her mouth and then looked at her father.

"Finally, I heard a meaningful question. Or else I had thought that you would continue to shout like crazy!" she shook her head as if she was disappointed in her father that only infuriated him.

He could feel the nerves of his forehead were popping with her arrogant attitude. 

"You! How dare you?" shouted Diana as she moved closer to her. Taking the leverage that the man would not hit a woman, she decided to handle hazel by herself.

But before she could even take a single step towards her, Hazel's cold eyes swept on her.

"Do not even think about that!" she warned in a cold voice and the whole body of Diana turned stiff. 

"What are you doing sister? These are our parents. Even if they scold us, it is for our own benefit." Amelia came forward, confused at why the knights were not intervening. How could a pair control them while they did not even have a single knight with them?

"You are the right sister, they are our parents. And as their child it is my duty to correct them if they choose the wrong path.

All I want to know is.. What had they done to search for me if they were worried about me and why were they not able to find me?"

"It is because you ran away without any trace, sister!"