Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Hmm, I forgot about that. Why don't you try it again and see if it is still locked or not?" he asked as he looked away for her eyes too clear for him to look into and lie.

He felt a pang of guilt in his heart for lying to her and blackmailing her. But it was his last chance to convince her that she was his mister right or he was sure that he would not be able to force her to stay after this week.

Yet whenever he thinks about her leaving! A strong pain filled his heart and he knew that he could not let her go. Not when he knew that she was the one he was waiting for all his life.

"Instead of boring holes into me, why don't you do that to the door?"

She frowned as it was still early in the morning. If it was locked last night, who would come this early and open the door? But she nodded and pressed the knob of the door and tried to open  it.

"See, i have told you that the door is.."

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"See, i have told you that the door is.." before she could even complete her sentence, the door opened like a butter slide making her eyes widened.

She looked at the door with a shock and then closed the door again and opened it! Only then did she realize what mistake she had made!

She turned to look at the man to see if he noticed anything amiss with a guilty face when he raised a brow.

"What happened, are you not leaving!?" His voice was cold and indifferent and when she stared at his soulful eyes, she was not able to fathom what he was thinking!

"Yes, yes, I am leaving! I am leaving!" as if an amnesty was given to her and she ran back with full speed before he could realize that the door was not actually locked but she was too drunk to not be able to open it.

What if he really would strangle her to death then or ask for the compensation for real this time!

She only stopped running when she reached her room and leaned on her door. Taking a deep breath she patted her chest.

Recently she had been too lucky to always escape the calamities. All she had to do was to work that way for a week more than she would be able to leave this place forever.

As the thought crossed her mind, she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart. Her bright eyes dimmed.

Before, the feeling of running away from here felt great. Like a bird looking forward to her freedom, but recently, it makes her heart sink like a person's feelings when they leave their family.

No! She shook her head at those foolish thoughts! Had she forgotten that she was a commoner. Even when they have treated her well, they have only born insults and scorn for that.

She did not belong here! She had to leave so that he could find a girl that is equal to him.

With that thought, she let those lingering feelings go and ran towards the bathroom.

Just then the maid entered the room, and bowed her head in front of Evan who looked like she had seen the god.

"oh you are here. Can you help me with my dress? I have to leave urgently with lord leo!" Evan requested and the maid nodded,

"Of course, my lady. That is why I am here!" she replied in a sweet voice as she nodded and with a smile Evan entered the bathroom to take a quick shower.

Though maids help in taking baths too, Evan never likes it. As a commoner she had grown up doing all her chores by herself so asking a maid for things even a kid could do themselves never crossed her mind.

Just when she turned to leave, the maid who had bowed her head all this time, raised her head and looked above.

Her eyes were so cold and her face was filled with hatred when she looked at the place where Evan had left.

She walked towards the closet and picked up the dress with a smirk as she took out a blade from the small pocket of her apron and then looked around to make sure that no one was looking.

Leo walked to his room with a goofy smile on his face. If anyone would have seen him with that smile they would have been shocked and thought that it was their illusion.

But just when he entered the room, the smile on his face froze,

"What are you doing here?" his voice had turned cold again that could even freeze anone to death.

Arden, who was standing there with a bowed head, flinched. He knew that Leo was going to be angry as he left without telling him but he had never thought that he would be this furips as this was his first half day since he had joined the job.

Not even once had he gone to meet his family at work or asked for a break.

"Master, I apologize for leaving without informing you but it was an emergency. I promise that I would not leave you even once without informing you." he bowed his head further to get his forgiveness but the frown on Leo's face only grew bigger.

"My lord! I promise that I will not leave you even for a minute!" he assured but his face turned darker only.

"I will serve you even at night. Please just let this one matter go!" he pleaded but he did not know what was wrong,

The more he pleaded or offered, the more Leo looked furious at him.

"I will do whatever you want, my lord!" he sighed and replied in a defeated tone as he looked at his boss with a dejected look.

"Take the leave for a week!"