Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Wait! You can not drink wine further!`` Leo, who had always been an alert man, had such a dull reaction that it was impossible. She should have understood it when she saw his posture as she entered the room. She cussed herself but then her eyes filled with the determination to save him.

She once again barged into the room only to receive a glare from Aurora.

"You! How shameless are you! You do not even react to your insults. Wait.. I will call the knights and maids to throw you out this time." Aurora shouted as Evan had finally noticed the wine. 

This time her voice had more panic than anger which brought a smirk on Evan's face. Aurora's enlarged eyes and pale face showed that her doubts were correct.

"Then go and call all the knights of the palace. I am not afraid of any of them but do you really have the courage to do so?" Evan folded her hands and raised her brow as she looked at Aurora with challenging eyes. 

Her confidence was so strong that even Aurora trembled. She could call all the staff and throw her out but what if her plan was caught by others too. She bit her lips as she raked her brain on what to do now.

Taking the benefit of Aurora's distraction, Evan moved closer to Leo and held his wrist in an authoritative way and ordered him, "Leo, you can not drink the wine anymore."

Leo paused briefly. His eyes flashed with something dark when he saw how naturally she had shown her authority over him yet he did not want to push her away like others. In fact, it bubbled something indescribable in his heart. 

A smirk seemed to form on the corner of his mouth when Evan glared at Aurora and stood for him. For the first time in his life he was getting protected by someone and that also a frail girl who often fell into troubles by herself. It was amusing yet a sense of belonging was created in his foggy mind.

"Evangeline you are crossing your line. How could you be so brazen to hold the wrist of my lord? Do you not want to live anymore?" shouted Aurora as she moved closer with an intent to pull Evangeline away from Leo.

But before she could do so, Evan took the glass of wine from the hands of Leo and let go of his wrist. A look of disappointment formed in his eyes when the touch left his hands and he wanted to glare at Aurora but he kept his eyes low.

"Oh! I did not know that holding my wrist was a brazen act! Next time I will open the button of his shirt and message his chest like a shy and respectable maiden!!" replied Evan with a sneer on her face.

"You! You! How dare you?" Aurora felt speechless the way Evan was mocking her. Never had she been suffered by an insult from a noble lower than her and here a commoner was calling her a woman with questionable character. Her face turned red and black as she burned from rage.

"You! Leo, just threw her out of the room as she had forgotten her place. How could she insult me?" She knew that anger would not work on Leo, who was a man of authority. A man like him could only be concerned about those who needed his protection. So, she squeezed out two tears in her eyes as she looked at the man with an aggrieved face.

But Even did not wait for Leo to say anything, according to her, he was not in his senses. So, she sat down beside Leo and leaned her head on his shoulders in a possessive manner.

"You are right, I had forgotten my place as the future wife of Leo. What are you doing in my husband's room at this hour?" she asked in a demanding tone as she looked at Aurora with a look full of authority.

"............." they both were stunned by her sudden claim on the man. When Aurora was touching Leo it was full of hesitation and stiff but when Evan leaned on Leo. It was so natural and smooth as if the place had always belonged to hers. It stunned both people as they were lost in their own thoughts.

Evan looked at Aurora with a smirk on her face. If Aurora could act, then Evan could win the trophy of best actress. There was no way that she would lose this easily.

"You! You! You are not his wife." In the end Aurora was so agitated that was having trouble forming a sentence. She wanted to sit on the other side and hold his other arm but when she looked at his cold eyes, she was scared to do so.

"Of course, we are still waiting for our wedding day to be announced. Do not worry, I will surely send you a wedding card.`` Her replies were on the dot and shot like a machine gun that Aurora was having a hard time dealing with.

"Evangeline, do not forget that you are a mere commoner. you will never be the part of Thawyne family. Who gave you the courage to be so brazen?" Aurora looked at her with sheer hatred as she gnashed her teeth. She wanted to walk closer to her and rip her apart from Leo.

Evan leaned closer to his chest and rubbed her head like a kitten on his chest. Only the sound of purr was left as she acted so sweetly. "You mean, like this?" she asked after a second to the girl whose whole face had turned red, "it is the power of my good looks and exceptional beauty." she flicked her hair with an arrogant face and then she looked at Aurora and added.

"Oh, yes one more thing. I do not stink like others. I smell like honey!"