Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"You know the destination, right?" asked Eli as the coachman opened the door for her.

In the past, there were more than half a dozen knights and two maids following her everywhere but the family of count is not that responsive towards her.

Only one knight was assigned to her and her only maid was often taken by Jane. so, she was alone in the carriage.

"Yes, his highness has explained it to me well." she nodded and soon the door of the carriage was closed.

The carriage started and she looked out of the window. The route did not lead to the ruby palace or any palace.

But that still brings a smile to her face. She was taken to a small town where the kids were staring at the fancy carriage while playing in the meadows.

The women were chatting in the corner of streets and many tended to look at the carriage but soon continued.

In the past, it was rare to even see luxurious carriages stopping in this small town.

But since Evan had returned with her husband and father in law, it was a daily event that one or other noble visited them.

The townsmen were curious at first but when they saw the cold personality of Leo, they started ignoring it. But that did not mean that their curiosity was quenched.

The carriage stopped in front of a small house with a large garden.

When Eli looked at the fruits and vegetables instead of flowers, she laughed.

She still remembered Evan had asked her once why they did not grow cabbage in their garden, at that time, she had felt that it was a joke only to realize that the girl was too serious about it.

As she pulled the rope, the doorbell rang and soon the door was opened.

"Eli! It has been a long time." Evan hugged the girl with a warm look on her face which Eli returned with the same compassion.

She held Eli's arms and dragged her in the house.

Leo was wearing his coat and getting ready. Eli could see the amount of daggers inside the coat. It looked like the whole dagger was attached to it.

He tilted his head and his cold face warmed a bit.

"Is the carriage waiting outside?" he asked in a soft voice yet she felt a strange suffocation as she nodded her head.

"Then I will meet you in the evening. I am sure you both have a lot of fun but I do hope that you both do not forget to keep some food for me too." he chuckled as he walked forward and hugged Eli.

Patting her shoulders, he let her go and kiss the forehead of Evan,

"Reynold will be here soon! And I have heard Olivia might visit too. You can close the door and act deaf if she is too much of a nuisance." she puffed up her cheeks as she punched his chest,

"I can see you still have the audacity to joke. Aren't you going on a serious mission? Just leave already!" she pushed him towards the door when he raised a brow and acted hurt.

"Hey, when other men leave for the mission, their wife cry over and pray for their success again and again and here you are beating me and throwing me away.

Are you not worried about my life at all?" he placed his hands on his chest as if he was heartbroken by her act but she just rolled her eyes.

"That is for normal men. You are not one. It is for your enemies that I should pray that you do not kill them all at once!

Now leave or the enemy would be suspicious. It has been a long time since Eli left her home." she waved her hands as she asked him to leave when he sighed and shook his head as if he had accepted defeat.

"What can I do if my wife did not pay any attention to me now. I wonder what will happen to me when my daughter comes out!" his blabbering brought a bright smile on the face of Eli who was having a hard time muffling her laughter.

It felt so warm in this small house. Who would have thought that they would be living so happily here when they were accustomed to all kinds of luxuries.

Evan looked relieved to see Eli smiling, she had thought that the girl had lost that charm completely.

Just as the door closed, the smile on the face of Eli vanished too. She scanned the small hall when Evan dragged her to the nearest sofa and walked herself to the kitchen.

"I am brewing tea for you. But it will take some time, if you want to go and meet father, his room is the first one on the first floor.

Jenna had gone to the market, she would be back soon, then we would have dinner together." Eli nodded that it had been long since she had met her father.

She stood up and walked to the stairs giving one look to Evan and making sure that she was fine.

She knocked on the door as soon as she reached the first floor.

When she opened the door, her father was already staring at the door as if wanted to say "come in" but he was still having trouble speaking.

"Father!" a nauseous longing filled her chest. She had never realized how much she had missed her father until she was standing in front of him.

"I have missed you a lot." she whispered as she hugged her father when she felt his hands trembling a bit. She kept waiting until he struggled to hug her back.

Who would have thought that she would be happy with such a simple gesture.

"Leo had gone to fight against his majesty with Andrew. While Ethan has collected enough proofs. This could be the end or start of a long awaited war, father!"