Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"What did you ask for?" asked Raymond as he threw his own coin in the water. He did not know why, but he felt like the image of her throwing in the coin was too enchanting.

Her closed eyes and soft muttering with a frown, as if she was fighting with god to fulfil her wish or she would beat them! It was so different from the girl he knew who did not even open her mouth to give her opinion as if they were no more than the mannequin doll.

Evan brows furrowed into a thin line when she heard him and then shook her head, "wishes are not told! They are kept secret until they are fulfilled." with that she looked back towards the building.

"Shall we go in now?" Raymond blinked but then nodded his head with the same warm smile on his face. He just wanted to know if there was something he could do to fulfil her wishes to create faith in her, but it looked like the god had to do his work by himself.

When Evan turned, the first thing she saw was Leo's frosty glare and blinked. Why was he furious this time! She did not remember even uttering a word, yet he was looking at her as if she owed him gold!

"Yes, I am hungry too. Sir Raymond, why don't you go and book two private rooms?" Olivia hinted to Raymond. 

She could not go against Leo when he asked her about sharing a room but it did not mean that she would sit on the same table and eat with two commoners.

"That is not needed, I have already booked a large private room for all of us." understanding her hint too well, Leo cut her short and replied icily so she could only nod.

The building was not only beautiful from outside but the inner walls of the building were filled with deviant art and paintings that gave it an exclusive look. Even the room they entered had a large painting that was almost covering another side of the wall.

The painting had a lot of men fighting from the demigods instead of humans. A lot of blood and gore could be seen at the sides, yet it had a feeling of glory as how humans did not give up but on first sight the painting looked rather pessimistic.

Evan had crossed her arms and surveyed it without sitting on the table like others. 

Leo's gaze had always been on Evan, flickered as he looked at her lost self. He stood from the seat and stood behind her as he noticed that her hands were tracing the coroners of the painting,

"What do you see in it?" she patted her chest as she got suddenly surprised by his voice just behind her and only took a breath of relief after a few seconds.

Olivia, who was already snorting when she saw Evan acting like a scholar, could not bear it anymore. She stood up and walked towards them and interrupted Leo,

"I know that this painting is the imitation of the most popular work of Caprio, but a commoner like Evangeline could not know about it.

Are you trying to make fun of her by asking so? My lord, should only ask question by looking at the upbringing of the person!" though she used a complaining tone as if she felt bad that Leo was asking something Evan could not reply about.

  But in reality she was reminding both of them that Evan was nothing but a commoner and not much expectations should be kept from her.

Raymond did not like the tone Olivia was using. Though they did not go to royal academies and got education like them, he was proud of his skills and never felt that he was any lesser than them due to their higher status.

He could not accept when Leo did not say a word to Olivia who was trying to insult his future wife.

"My lady, though we do not have much knowledge about painting and art. We do know how to live happily and run our houses. We know all the skills needed to live a life without dependency! 

And it is just information that Lady Evangeline could achieve any time if given proper guidance!'' Olivia gritted her teeth when she saw another man taking her side and supporting her unconditionally!.

Her eyes turned sharp as she looked at Leo first before opening her mouth, but when she noticed that his gaze was blank and he was silent, her confidence increased.

"Of course, i understand that. I was only saying that Leo should not ask these kinds of questions to Evan publicaly when he knew that she might not have seen a single painting all her life except a few that the commoners made to decorate their house!'' Her eyes narrowed on Raymond then Evan who did not say a word.

'Ha! So she was still trying to gain the attention of Leo by her face acting? She was just a commoner who had spent all her life in the kitchen and doing manual chores. She only knew singing and dancing because she used to teach that!

It was only a coincidence that she won last time because of lack of investigation by Olivia. But this time she was sure that Evan had never learned painting and she had no idea about it. And this was one of the famous painting that she had studied a lot about. there was no way that she would lose from Evan in this field.

She was just pretending to gain the attention of both men! But Olivia would not accept it! She would show what is the difference between a noble blood and filthy one!

Now it was her chance to show her where she belonged. With a bright smile, she looked at Evan and asked sweetly,

"I am only telling the truth. Right Evangeline?"

"............"