Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"That is not true. They are lying. . I mean manipulating the truth." she shook her head as she tried to hold his shirt again but he took a step back.

Heart break and hatred could be seen bubbling in his eyes.

He was boiling with anger. As he met her gaze, his eyes warned her not to challenge him.

"Were you enjoying all this time? I want you to stay in and reflect on your actions all this time and you will not be out unless you realize your mistakes." he said as he walked out of the room and shut the door with a bang again.

"Do not need to give her food again until she asks for it willingly." That was the last noise that fell in her ears.

Her eyes filled with anger and she picked up the vase from the table and threw it on the door.

"Do you think you have the right to keep me in? You are wrong? I am the woman of my free will. I will not bear it!" she continued to shout but no one listened to her.

Her voice was only mocked by the silence of the room.

She kept crying but there was no one to listen to her.

"You are only bearing the fruits of what you have sown, Hannah!" she muttered as she closed her eyes.

Her clothes were in a mess but she felt exhausted. No energy was left in her body.

Ethan ran a hand in his hair. The maids had already fled away from the scene.

He walked to his room and closed the door. He punched his hands on the wall when Evan turned to look at him.

She has been waiting for him since the moment they came back. But she knew that he had gone to meet Hannah, as she did not follow him intentionally.

"Are you sure you are going to let her stay in that room?" she asked as she stood up from her seat and then rubbed his shoulders with a look of worry in her eyes.

"Yes, I am sure that man was not her lover yet she was ready to.." his face turned darker, "what if she was getting blackmailed.

I can not let her go and that knight. Until the matter is solved?" she wanted to ask was there really only this reason?

Was he sure that he did not love him anymore? He was ready to leave everything for her just a day ago.

But she only took an audible sigh and nodded her head.

"I will trust you in this matter. But do tell me when you need help. We are siblings though we have not spent our childhood together, we still are one family one blood." he turned to look at her with a defeated look in his eyes.

He was looking exhausted and mentally drained as he hugged her for a second before letting her go.

"You do not need to worry so much. Eli is going to her real family tomorrow. I will suggest that you go and meet her again once she reaches there.

You can take any decision to support her. I will be with you in that. For now I need to go and investigate that knight." she nodded as she knew that she could not help him much over this matter.

"Leo wrote a letter too. They have found Evelyn but she is already married and shifted to their empire.

She looked happy and had no desire to come back. She promised that she would return during the annual festival of the empire." her face filled with a smile when he raised a brow.

"That mean she did not know about father?" He was sure that if she had known about it, she would have come since she was the most emotional among all of them though she acted on her own will and rebelled, that is all because of her strong emotions.

Evan's face sank instantly as she shook her head, "that is best for her for now. She had recently married to a prince of another empire.

Her being too wilful may be wrong for her image. They would be judging her in each step.

She had to learn to live on her own after her decision to leave this sheltered palace." he could only nod.

"We all have to bear with your decisions. I am just glad that everyone is happy no matter where they are." then he took a pause and then chuckled,

"It also meant that Leo is coming back too. He must be missing his wife and baby badly." she smiled softly as she rubbed her belly.

Even if she wanted to hide it, it was already too late.

Her belly has grown enough to be seen. She had seen maids staring at her belly and then giggling and elbowing each other.

Since everyone had already known, she had called all the staff and families to announce this good news to them.

Now everyone have been more caring towards her.

"Yes, it is already my sixth month ending. It would only be a matter of time when there will be a little baby crying in our house." her eyes with motherly love as she couldn't wait to hold her kid in her arms.

"Yes, and it would be the start of a new life for all of us. I am sure that the baby brings a lot of love and happiness.

He would be the one to join all of our hearts together that I have broken with my harsh words." his eyes dimmed at the last words but he hid the pain and smiled again,

"And I am waiting for Leo to be flustered and lost in words too. Sometimes his perfection is a pain.

It would be nice to see him clueless and behaving like a fool when you ask him to change the nappy of the kids or give the baby a bath!"