Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"You! Are coming with me and I will be the one to decide what we have to do in this situation."

Evan had not expected Leo to drag her like she was a sack. She was not able to match his long legs and speed and had a hard time walking.

"My lord, what are you doing? Let me go." She tried to reason with him but the man was not listening. He was half dragging her with his force and letting her walk a bit.

Everyone around was looking at them with stunned expressions. Leo had never taken the initiative to touch a woman, all this time Evan had come closer to her, but this time it was him who was holding her wrist possessively.

"At least let me descend the stairs myself or I will fall!!" She pleaded again, confused at what happened to him and why he was behaving so strangely.

Leo took a deep breath trying to subside his anger a bit. His speed decreased when they started to descend the stairs but he did not let her hand go.

Evan looked at Leo to ask him to leave her hand again but she was taken aback by the looks on his face. He was looking furious, but she did not understand why!

"Are you furious with Aurora?" no matter how much she raked her brain, she could only think of this reason.

He gave a side glance to her but did not respond to his question and she did not ask again as she did not want to infuriate him further. She only pursued her lips as she tried to match his speed so that she did not fall.

"Creak" 

Hearing the sound of the door, everyone's eyes instinctively moved towards the door. A smile formed on their lips when they saw Leo entering the room but it froze on their faces when Evan followed. 

'They were coming together! Was Aurora telling the truth?' a look of bewilderment filled their faces which was soon replaced by shock. 

While Aurora clenched her hands into a fist. Her eyes were blazing fire. She could not bear it anymore as she lunged towards Evan with an intention to slap her.

"You! You still have the audacity to hold his hand and stick to him!!" In her angry state she even forgot the fear she had for Leo. she could not bear that she had lost everything while coming this closer and all because of this wench!

"........" Evan snorted, by which eyes did she see that she was holding his hand and sticking to him. He was the one who was not letting her go.

When Aurora was just a few inches away from slapping Evan, Leo stood in front of her. His aura was dark and imposing. Only by looking at her dark eyes, she shivered.

"Were you saying anything?" he asked in a tone colder than blizzard.

His menacing eyes swept in the room and looked into the eyes of all the members. Eli and Eve bowed their heads as they felt guilty. 

They did not believe the words of their aunt, yet they could deny her when she called for a meeting. But standing there with the aunt was making them equally guilty for the ordeal.

He gave one last look to Aurora who staggered a few steps backward and walked into the room.

With one hand holding the wrist of Evan and the other hand was lazily placed in his pocket. He walked towards the sofa and sat on it while leaning on the backrest.

Evan whose hands were still in his tight hold were pulled down by him when he sat there leisurely. She landed on the seat beside him as he had chosen a love seat to sit.

She felt like she was sitting on pins and needles when she felt the infuriating gazes of everyone pinning her. But she also knew that he would not let her go. So, she better act confidently rather than calling a sack which was dragged by him at his own whim.

So, though her heart was running like a headless chicken in fear, her eyes turned calm and her face formed a haughty smirk that increased the blood pressure of the matriarch and infuriated Aurora beyond bounds. 

She gritted her teeth and ran towards them but Gabriella held her hands this time and shook her head. Though she was infuriated  too, she knew that it would not let them anywhere to be physical and argue like fools.

The staff was stunned when they saw Leo forcing Evan to sit with him. Was it a declaration that he had accepted her as his wife? They both had similar cold expressions on their faces. They were looking like a perfect couple while sitting beside each other to the eyes of the spectator. 

"What is the meaning of all this? Evan is sitting while we all are standing. Are you challenging our authority?" The demanding and loud voice of Gabriella broke the deafening silence.

Many shivered looking at her furious face, but Leo just tilted his head and smirked,

"I thought you knew who had the right to sit during meetings and who did not?" 

"......." her eyes widened and her lips parted but she did not say a word. She was looking dumbfounded and everyone else was confused by looking at her expressions. How did the woman who was about to thrash Evan turn so shocked just by a word!

It is the rule of every noble house that only the head and his wife, that is the duke and the duchess had the right to sit as they preside over the meeting while everyone else stood and presented their viewpoints.

By mentioning the decorum was he announcing that she was the new duchess of the house of Thwayne! Her eyes narrowed at the girl who was sitting there with arrogance.

'Did it really mean that they had spent the last night together?'