Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"In fact, I have a lot of gold in my carriage. As my repentance, I will give all the gold to you. You have suffered a lot because of me!" the eyes of the knight filled with the shine of gold.

Edward could see that he had already won the race. Why have I not thought about it before?

Aliegore ebomia! The perfect poison to be mixed in anyone's food. It is mostly used as medicine for stomach pain therefore it is easily available but if a large quantity is added then it may increase the pressure of blood which result in instant heart attack.

Even if they call the biggest physician, he would say the death was because of tension and sudden outburst.

All he needed to do was to mix it in their tea and then cause a fight there. The rest would be history.

A smirk formed on his face as he let go of the hands of the knights who had nodded his head.

"Alright, we will take you there. But if his highness did not give you permission to have dinner with them, then it is your luck." the man nodded readily. He had many tricks under his sleeves for that moment.

"Yes, yes, I should be grateful for your generosity!" they took a deep breath as if they were going to face the ire of their master but in the end, their desire to earn gold won.

With each step, Edward could feel the taste of his success in his mouth and his grin was growing wider.

Just as he reached the dining hall, his face turned cold when he saw the duke smiling warmly while his other daughters were serving him meals.

'How could he? I have thought that I have broken his self esteem and confidence completely. He should have been bed ridden but here he was enjoying the meal like nothing happened!' his eyes filled with hatred and jealousy when he saw their love and more than that the luxury they were enjoying.

It was not about the plethora of dishes on the table but the fancy cutlery and silver dishes. Standing on the post of higher noble, when he should be in prison for his sins! The duke was too shameless and arrogant!

Blaming everything on him, Edward's face filled with jealousy.

"What is he doing here? Who has brought him here? Knights! Guards!" hearing the sound of footsteps, William raised his head only to see the menacing expressions on the face of the man whose hatred was leaking from his face.

His face instantly filled with rage and he wanted to stand up and kill Edward from his own hands. Eli stood up instantly to hold her father while glaring at the sudden intrusion of Edward.

It had taken her so much effort to force her father to dine with them since he was not eating well. Who would have thought this crude man would come and ruin everything.

"Master, the man was pleading with us for a long time to give him a chance to come here and apologize to you.

We will take him back once he will beg you for your forgiveness." looking at the situation slipping from their hands, the knights came forward to explain as they glared at Edward who was still standing stiff at his position.

"Hey, what are you waiting for? Didn't you say you are here to apologize to the master?" the knight dragged him towards William hoping he would beg them and cool their anger or he would be in trouble.

Why was Evan not there yet!? Edward had bet all his points on the girl. If she would have been there, she would have melted looking at the tears in his eyes and feeling bad for his condition.

"That.. I was looking for my daughter. Did she not have a meal with you, my lord?" Edward did not dare to raise his voice as he had a task to complete and make sure that he would stay there till then.

"Ha! Who are you calling your daughter? You filthy being? She is not your daughter!" shouted the duke as his whole body trembled with rage that shook the whole table.

"Who said so? I was his daughter and so am I. No one can change this truth!" Just when Edward was thinking that he was going to lose a golden chance, the cold voice of Evan brought new hope on his face.

With glee, he turned back to see Evan passing him a warm smile before looking coldly and the duke.

"Haven't I cleared it already that he is the only father I have and I will not bear if anyone would disrespect him."

"Evan!" She raised her hand to stop any reply coming from the mouth of the duke of Eve and turned to look at her father.

"Did you insult your father. Tell me if you have suffered any grievance, I will make sure that others would suffer twice than that!" tempted by the offer, his eyes gleaned and he was about to say yes when he remembered his main aim to come here.

His hands that were inside the pocket held the bottle tightly as he shook his head in a stiff manner.

"Not at all darling. In fact, I was here to apologize to everyone. Because of me the peace of the family had been lost.

I never wanted to create a feud among all of you. I regret that I told you the truth, my dear daughter but I was worried that you were kept in the dark and were not treated fairly.

When the duke had taken you away, I thought that he would love you and give our position back to you. But that did not happen. Therefore I panicked and made rash decisions.

Please forgive me all of you. And as an apology, I would like to serve all of you tea before leaving the palace forever!"