Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"No, I am just glad that my condition healed your mental illness."

"......"  huh?

Looking at her confused face, he felt a strong desire to hold her and kiss those lips again. Since morning, she had turned him crazy. He was going so mad thinking if she had really forgotten him or was she just acting?

So many times the thought of kidnapping her and forcing her to marry him crossed his mind. He could work later on reminding her who he was.

They did not belong to the same empire and he had to return in two or three days. Did she have any idea how precious this time was!

"Oh!" ignoring the plethora of emotions crossing on his face, Eve repeated their whole conversation in her mind only to realize that she had accepted what she was hiding.

"So you did come to help me. Huh! All this time you were just teasing me when I was going berserk about you. Did you have your share of fun, Eve?" his hands wrapped around her waist and he pulled her with a bit of force until her body started touching his.

He pulled her and then took a few steps as he trapped her between him and the wall.

His one hand was wrapped around her waist while his other hand was on the wall beside her neck.

"Since you have finally gained your memory, shall I take out the ring again?" Though his tone was still seductive, a hint of intimidation could be felt in it.

His eyes were raking all over her body as if she was still standing there in her towel. He just could not get rid of that image from her mind.

"Tsk! Just because I helped you did not mean that I would marry you. I wonder how you even connect both things?" she tried to push him away as her both hands punched his chest.

But her small hand touch was just like a tickle for him who did not buzz even an inch. Instead, he leaned closer and took a whiff of her hair.

"Do you know how much I missed this sweet fragrance? I used to recall the moment when we both lay in the grass and stared at the cloud while talking about everything and anything.

I remember how I used to enjoy the soothing fragrance coming out of your body. How i missed you Evelyn. How could you be so cruel to me and refuse to acknowledge all the time we had spent together." she whispered as he used his one finger to curl her hair on it. The soft texture of her hair creates a tickling feeling on his finger.

He was amazed at how tightly they held his finger as if vines held the tree with full force.

Ha! Did he really have the nerve to ask her that? She was the one who helped him when she was suffering. She brought him food, bed while hiding from her family and even made sure that he did not suffer any problem while living in her orchard.

She used to spend time with her just for fun as it felt like a little adventure, her own crazy secret to her. But soon, she started  to enjoy it.

She started to like his company. She didn't remember when she started seeing him like a woman see a man, but she knew that she had feelings for him.

She felt nervous and anxious as she knew that he was not going to stay for long. So, she wanted to make sure that he would never leave her.

That was why she expressed her feelings through her actions. Her every word, small acts of coming closer, lying in the grass closer to him and much more. She tried her best but he.. He was always ignorant.

He did not acknowledge her actions and always behaved as if he could not understand them and in the end, when she told him that she locked him, he took it too casually and told him that she was his friend too.

And then without feeling anything, he left her without a promise to ever come back. For days, she was sad and lost in pain. As if a void had been created, she felt lonesome and hurt.

She even cried for him yet he neve came back. And when she was finally able to give up on him and those strange emotions, he came and demanded her love back.

Was she a puppet that would run on his signals?

"That was old Evelyn, I don't love you. And i do not have any feelings for you. So, it would be better that you look for someone else." she replied in a cold voice, shocking him.

Till now, he took her every action as a joke. He felt like she wanted to tease him, because he had done the same in the past. But Evelyn at this moment was giving him a feeling that she would really leave him if he would let her go.

So, he would not let her go! Not in this life! His hand cupped her cheeks as he raised her head so that she could look back into his eyes.

His eyes were filled with bare emotion for her. He wanted to show her how important she was for his survival.

His touch was so soft that it created a strange sensation in the heart of Evelyn who shuddered but she hid her feelings well. She did not want to get hurt again. What if he was not serious. Their marriage would create another uproar. Was he even ready for that?

"I will accept every punishment you offer me. I will do anything you say, but leaving you was never an option. You are my life, my breath. So, if you want to go, pick and dagger and pierce my heart.

If not then hold my hand and kiss me again. You are the one who is to decide, whether you want to give me death or life."