Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"I think we should leave, the sky is getting dark and it might rain!" Evan turned to look at the sky, though it did look dark and cold but it was because the sun had already set a long time ago.

There was no sign of rain or storm. He was making an excuse to leave the place!

She looked at him with an aggrieved face as she muttered with puffed cheeks, 

"My lord, even if you are trying to find an excuse, it should be more realistic!" Since the sky was clear, who would believe his foretelling of rain. Definitely not her!

He tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at her, but she continued without a fear, "i was about to deny aunt, but you are the one who had accepted her invitation and now you are the one who is trying to run away with it. 

Have you ever thought she could be waiting for us till late night and would be heartbroken when she would realise we went away without informing her!" her chest felt stuffy just by thinking about it and her eyes turned dim.

She looked at him with such accusing eyes as if he had killed a whole army and should be hanged to death.

Raking her mind more for possible results, when he still did not say anything, she continued, "do you have any idea how sick she was! She could not even see clearly and.." 

"Alright, stop it. Why don't you just say that you would go there no matter what!" He cut her in between before she would announce him as a heartless man who broke heart every now and then.

He pinched the space between his eyebrows to control himself. He was not sure how he would end up beating her if he did not calm himself down. 

If it would be in her hands, she would have announced him as black hearted long ago.

Evan who was still thinking hard about further accuses, raised her head and blinked her eyes with surprise, 

"Would that have been enough?" She could not help but speak her thoughts out loud. 

Would the man have agreed if she had told him that she wanted to go!? 

"Then i am saying so now, i want to go for dinner there!" She looked at him with a pleading gaze, her eyes sparkled more than the stars that had started to fill the sky that Leo was not able to look away for a second before nodding his head.

There was something stirring in his calm eyes but he knew that he had lost the battle with her already.

"Yes! Then let us go together! We have a carriage there!" her eyes shone brighter and her face looked like a cat who had received the milk after asking for it for a long time. Only the wagging tail was left. 

He could see her jumping with happiness and clapping her hands as she navigated them towards the carriage.

"Wow! Evangi is that yours too? I can not believe you are living such a luxurious life!" Carl could not help but look at the carriage of eight horses with widened eyes. His face had that amazed look as if he was looking at the pegasus. 

"Can I touch them, Evangi! For once?" he asked with pleading eyes and pouty lips that Evan chuckled and nodded her head.

"Of course, they are very friendly, you know i even had rode a horse in the estate.'' She even adjusted the collar of her dress with pride when she showed off but the boy looked more ecstatic hearing that.

"Wow! I knew that my Evangi was so cool! Now no one would be able to make fun of you or tease you!" He moved his trembling hands towards the horses and touched them with so much precaution as if he was afraid that the horses would not like him.

But his confidence increased when the horses did not give abrupt reactions and he started to stand on his tiptoes to reach higher and touch their faces but he was still smaller.

Martin shook his head and moved behind him. Taking him in his arms, he stood closer to the horses so that Carl could touch them, but the horses shook their head, 

"Neigh" "Neigh" 

Their loud voices filled the valley that Martin took a step back instinctively with the fear to irk them further.

Leo, who had a dark face that they forgot about his presence once again, felt better. At least, their horses still remembered him and knew that he did not like this man at all.

They were not ungrateful like the girl who did not take a few seconds to forget about him when she had pleaded with him with such eyes.

"Oh, I have never seen horses reacting like that before. Maybe you are stranger for them that's why. Give Carl to me, I will help him by touching their faces.`` Though confused, she did not find any other reason for horses to react that way.

She walked closer to them as she did not want to see the dim eyes of Carl that was looking so excited just a moment ago!

When Leo saw the proximity that they were standing in, his eyes turned darker instantly.

"Wait!" He took hasty steps towards them as he asked them to stop right there.

"You will not be able to carry him with your height and weight. What if you could not carry him and he fell down. Let me take him!" with that he pulled her behind him and forwarded his arms for the kid to come in his arms.

"......." did he just call her fat and short again! Evan bit her lips to stop herself from cursing him aloud.

Carl looked reluctant but when he saw the horses, he nodded and extended his hands to be carried by this cold man who had been only passing cold glares to Evan.

'May your wife not only be spendthrift but even have the shortest height in the whole empire!!'