Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

When the morning arrived, Hazel blinked her eyes and took a yawn. Her body felt sore that a frown formed on her lips when the events of last night was flooded in her eyes. Her eyes widened and her hands instinctively moved to her lips.  His warmth was still there in her lips. She had rewind it all night in her dreams. She should have been furious at him, yet every time she thought of that kiss, all she felt was heat rising on her cheeks. 

Her eyes bowed down and her heart skipped a beat when she heard that she was called by Leo. but she adjusted her facial expression. She could not let him know that she loved being kissed by him! No! She froze and then shook her head. Enjoy! The word was enjoyed. 

It might be that she was so excited because it was her first kiss. She suppressed the strange feelings in her heart and forced her mind to believe it.

On the whole way from her room to his, she kept on chanting that the kiss was nothing special for him so she should not behave too excited about what happened. It was just an accident! An accident.

She knocked on the door when she reached there, but the knight standing on the door opened it for her without asking for permission. Though surprised, she entered silently. 

Leo was still on his office desk and looking at some parchments in his hands. He was lost in thought since his strong senses did not notice her presence yet.

Her eyes admired the looks of the ungodly man who was sitting there like a majestic being! How could just sitting silently look so pleasing to the eyes?

The faint light that had been falling from the windows was creating a halo around him and his features were looking more defined. Her eyes instinctively fell on his lips. There was still a bite mark on it. His swollen lips were looking only more attractive.

She gulped, as her mouth suddenly felt dry. When did she become this pervert??? She shook her head to get the flashes of his lips out of her mind when his voice rang in the silent room, 

"Do you have another fit of your craziness!??" she froze and then slowly opened her eyes only to see him staring at her as if he would penetrate her soul.

"I.. I was deciding whether to disturb or leave quietly since you were busy." her face still turned red when she looked at him. Would she ever be normal around him again! She lamented in her heart as she took slow steps and walked in.

She knew that Leo did not love her. He only supported her from time to time because she was chosen by his father and any insult of hers would affect the dignity of his father.

And aunt Gabriella was trying to force her to marry Aurora that was why he had protected her. He just wanted her as his cover yet her heart did not stop to do somersaults in her ribcage.

No! Evan! Come back to your senses. He was a cruel duke with that stunning face to lure the victims!!

There was a demon right in front of her!

"If I had called you then there must be a reason. It could not be that I wanted you to drool while looking at me." her hands instinctively moved to her mouth to wipe the drool when she felt that her lips were dry. 

He had tricked her! But when she glared at him, his frosty eyes were enough to dissipate her anger and she turned into a docile kitten. 

'Let it be. I will not take offence since I was ogling his good looks. So I would be kinder and forgive him.' she muttered under her breath.

She walked and sat on the other side of the table and looked at him.

"My lord, you wanted to talk to me in private?" by adding the word private, she lamented. Why did she feel like the whole sentence had turned more ambiguous now!

"Don't you think that you have to explain a lot of things to me?" he finally let go of the parchments in his hands and stared deep into her eyes.

Though he was only looking at her, his whole aura was pressurising and his eyes were piercing deep into her soul. 

What was he talking about! A look of confusion passed in her bright eyes when she remembered the words Aurora had said last night, "it was Evangeline who had mixed something in the drink and now she was blaming me so that you did not like me and she can marry you. She is coveting over your wealth and status. Or else how did she know that something was wrong and came here to save you personally when i did not realise while standing in the room with you." 

She had thought that he did not believe Aurora since he had thrown her out of the room. But who knew that he was still investigating the matter! Her cheeks puffed up and her eyes turned aggrieved in an instant when she thought that he still did not trust her!

"What is there to explain? I have never left the palace alone. Then how would I get the aphrodisiac or that kind of medicine… i have only.." she had only started explaining but when she looked at him, she felt the pressure was only increasing. He was narrowing his eyes at her like a hawk who was keeping an eye on his prey. Had he really decided that she was the culprit here?

Her whole body trembled with anger and she stopped explaining herself. She was about to curse him again when he raised his hands in the air as if reading her thoughts, "I am talking about the black box that you have!"

"Oh, so you want the reward back too. Only over my dead body!!!"