Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"My lady, there is a strange letter for you!"

"Throw it away! I am not in a mood to entertain anyone!" the maid flinched when the voice turned colder.

Though Olivia was angry sometimes, she never forgot her manners and always replied calmly as she cared most about her image!

So, to see her shouting like that, the maid gulped. She loved her job and did not want to lose it. Yet she had to deliver the letter somehow!

"My lady, the person delivering it said that it is related to the young lord of Thwayne!

And it is very important that you see it personally. But if you still did not want to see it, then I shall take my leave!" The maid tried her best to lure the girl as she knew how crazy Olivia was when it comes to Leo.

And as expected, she sat up at once and stared at the letter as if it was the cure of all her problems!

"Give it to me!" with a relieved smile, the maid nodded as she passed the letter to her mistress and left the room with the shine of gold on her face.

Getting a gold coin for a simple task like this! Her luck was really great today.

If only it could happen everyday!

Olivia stared at the letter for a long while with a conflicted look on her face.

"It did not have the address of the sender!" What if it was a joke! Everyone noticed her pathetic state today and the whole empire was aware of her obsession over leo!

With that thought, the girl's hands tightened as she gnashed her teeth. The letter crumpled under the force of her hands and she had to take many deep breaths to control her anger as she tore the envelope violently.

"I have a secret that can break the marriage of Evangeline and Leonardo!

Leonardo, who is getting all the glory of the empire and living a proud life as the son of duke Thawyne is an orphan that was exchanged by the real daughter of the duke Thane to save their duchy!

I know that you did not believe me, but Leonardo already knew the truth!

He is hiding it to save his position and wealth!

If you want to break their marriage, you can deal with him to marry you in exchange for hiding the truth!

Even if you are doubtful, there is nothing wrong in trying. Is it!

If you want to have a deal, meet me in the woods behind your palace after getting what you want!

Wish you luck,

One of your well wishers!" her brows frowned at the absurdity of the matter!

"Tsk! Did they think I had gone crazy! He would imprison me or punish me in another way for tarnishing his name!" a mocking laugh formed on her face as she read the matter of the letter again!

She could not believe that people have that wild imagination!

She was not a fool to go and create a ruckus after what happened! She would not! No! She shook her head so many times as she laid on the bed and closed her eyes again.

"You can force him to marry you!"

"He is not the real son of the duke!"

Though she had thought that she would not go! The matter of the letter kept haunting her and buzzing her mind no matter how many times she tossed and turned into the bed!

"Oh! Stop it!" she covered her ears with both of her hands as she shouted loudly!

She was so sick and tired of all that happened and now this letter was also haunting her! Just how pathetic she had been these days!!!

"Olivia, are you up darling!" she opened her eyes and stared at the door only to find her mother staring at her with eyes full of worry.

A tinge of guilt filled her as she knew how much she was hurting her family in the process! She nodded her head with an embarrassed face when her mother took steps in!

"Olivia, the doctor said that you are very stressed, my child!" Without asking anything, her mother sat on the corner of her bed beside her as she ran a hand in her hair with so much concern in her eyes that Olivia did not have the courage to raise her head.

"Are you still thinking about Leonardo?" With a sigh, the words were more of a worry than a question, so she continued to look at her blanket instead of her mother!

"Olivia, this is not your fault love, it is ours fault! So, do not blame yourself and feel guilty!" her grip on the blanket tight end yet she did not raise her head to look at her mother who did not speak further.

She ran a hand on her cheek with so much love and care that tears started to form in the eyes of Olivia again. Holding her chin, she raised her head with minimal force and finally their eyes met!

"Oli, when you were young and did not even know the meaning of love and marriage, your father used to tell you that you will be the next archduchess by marrying that kid!

Though not intentional, your father incepted the idea in your mind, and with time you started getting obsessed with it!

Though I have seen that you love her one-sidedly and get hurt in the future, I did not stop you because I thought you were going to marry him in the end.

Duke Thawyne always reacted positively when the topic of your marriage was started!

But we should have been careful since Leo never approached you even after so many meetings and social gatherings you have attended together!

That child never loved you. So even if you have gotten married to him, you would have never been happy, Oli!

So, it may sound harsh, but I am glad that you did not end up with him!" her eyes widened and lips parted when she heard the last line of her mother.

Even her father was still upset that they did not end up together and she could not even explain her pain! Yet her mother was telling that she was relieved!

"Mother!!" question marks started to form in her heart but her mother only looked at her with a stern face!

"What mother! That boy never loved you and he would have never cared about you! Do you even know how painful loveless marriage is?

The way you are crying now, you would have cried each night! My lovely daughter would have withered away with time!

Instead of that, I would prefer you marry a noble that did not have as high status as ours. But he loves you dearly!" she hesitated for a second as if she was debating with herself when she took a big sigh and added,

"The boy that brought you today, do you know that he loves you?"

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