Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Well, thank you Martin. You are looking handsome like always too. And I can see that you are working so diligently!" said the woman who did not even compliment him when he had won a fight with Raymond or had shown him the estate by staying awake all night. What a biased behavior!

"I even went to Martin to ask if he could have a flash marriage with you for that reason only?" Suddenly the words of Aunt Martha ran like alarm bells in his mind and his eyes turned sharp.

A layer of dark clouds covered his charming face as he looked at the pair talking so lovingly with each other while he was standing in the corner like an extra person!

His eyes observed the man closely, as if he was trying to dissect him with his eyes.

The man was looking like a big shy boy with his red face and flustered eyes. There was a genuine bright smile on his warm face and his brown eyes were still on the face of Evan.

Though he had a muscular build, he seemed easy to approach and talk to with that warm smile and friendly personality. 

Did she like this type of man? Even Raymond had this type of personality too. When she was with him, she only glared at him and cussed him but look at her now.

How brightly she was smiling and her face was beaming as if she had won the treasure.

An icy cold piercing gaze fell on the proximity she was sharing with the man. Not even once had she turned to look at him too.

He coughed slightly covering his pale lips as he stared at both of them who had turned their head of look at him finally, 

"Ah, yes! I think you have entered the wrong shop, mister. Please leave or I will call the knights!" His tone was sharp and confident this time as he tried to match the daunting eyes of the man whose eyes had turned darker than before.

"Oh, Martin. This is Lord Leonardo Thawyne, the only son of the Duke Thawne, one of the higher nobles." she introduced both of them formally as she moved closer to him and then whispered so that only two of them could hear, 

"You can not talk to him informally or insult him or you would end up in jail." her words were filled with concern for him and the man blinked and turned to look at her to check if she was serious.

From Leo's point of view they both were looking intimate with whispering sweet nothing in each other's ears and now their face was only inches apart that he could not help but feel betrayed.

Before his mind could process it, he took big strides towards her and held her hand and dragged her away from the man.

"Hey, what are you doing?" asked the girl in a confused manner as she passed a glare to Leo and tried to look past him towards Martin but was not able to. 

His high shoulders were obstructing his view towards both of them.

"Evan! Hey you! Why are you dragging her?" asked Carl as he ran away towards the couple but before he could move further away, he was stopped by Martin, who held his shoulders tightly.

"Brother, can't you see, the man is trying to hurt Evangi." exclaimed the boy as he pointed towards Leo. he had not liked the man since they first met. He was dark and brooding with angry expressions on his face as if the whole world owed him a lot of gold.

Martin's eyes flickered when he heard Carl but did not say a thing. Carl failed to observe, What he was noticing.

Though the man was dragging Evan, she was not only glaring at the man but not asking for help and most importantly, she did not mind his touch.

"Shall I help you! You seem to have sprained your ankle!?"

"Oh, no. I will manage it. My house is nearby anyway." 

"But.." the girl kept stumbling but she did not let me hold her in arms and right now.. 

Martin came out of his memories when his brother tugged his shirt to let him go but Martin shook his head. Now that he looks at their dresses, they look similar. They both were looking like higher nobles and there was a feeling that they both were too close that met the eyes.

"Would you stop it! We need to talk to them!" Evan asked the man again but when he did not respond, she took a deep breath and then glared at him and stomped on his foot, stopping him in his tracks abruptly.

"Did you finally come back to your senses now?" She raised a brow and asked the man with a smirk on his face but when she saw his eyes filled with bloodlust, she shrunk a bit.

"It.. it was you who was not letting me go!" she complained as if he was bullying her and trying to point at the other two men on the sides.

"They are looking at us. So would you stop behaving strangely?" 

"Evangeline! Do you want to die? How did you dare to hit me?" his voice was gloomy and cold as he looked at her with his eyes narrowed on her face.

"Do you really want to know that!?" she asked in a unsure voice as she fidgeted in his arms.

Thinking that she might have realized her mistake and was going to apologize to him, he nodded his head with an intimidating look and the girl sighed.

She looked at him with a bit of fear in her eyes and whispered, 

"It is what you have asked me to do. So do not be angry later, ok?" and when he nodded, 

She nodded back and then with a one swift motion she pressed her heels on both of his feet with more intensity, "this way!"