Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Ohhh" she did not know what to answer. For a second she had thought that they were her real parents.

She felt disappointed but could not bring herself to scold him when he had gone this far to help her.

But did she want another fake family that did not belong to her.

Her eyes turned dim as she looked away from him. Leaving the file on the corner of the bed, she collected the dishes and brought them back to the kitchenette without saying a word to him.

"Eli!" she felt him following her waiting for her to answer but she did not have any.

What was he thinking when he thought of giving her another family that was not hers!

The couple might not say anything in front of the power but their eyes would be wary of her.

The twins might not be hostile towards her openly but they would never accept her as their sister.

And what about the duke, her current father, would he just let her go to a family he did not know anything about.

She felt like she was in a swamp where she was drowning more and more every time she struggled to come out.

"Eli, I know you might think that I am a coward but if I want you to be my wife then there are only two ways.

Either you have to stay as a noble or I have to descend as a commoner. There is no other way, Eli.

The couple are good people, if you want, I can set up a meeting for you where you tell them the truth and your condition. I am sure they would understand, and it is just a matter of a few weeks.

I will arrange our marriage as soon as you are taken there.

But if you are against it, then i can leave my title and follow you too." he held her waist and leaned his body on her back while kissing her hair softly,

"We will do gardening and farming. I will start a small shop in the town. Where we both will work together and spend all the time together.

We will cook together and then sleep under the starry night!"

"No! You are not cooking. You will clean, I will be the one to cook." he chuckled but nodded his head when he felt her stern tone.

"Alright, I will clean the house and do the dishes, my lady. I will even cut wood for the night. So that our house stays warm during the night. But then you will have to take care of the kids." he added when she nodded,

"Of course, I will teach Ashton how to write." she shook her head as she picked up the dishes and started cleaning.

He was amused to see how comfortable she was with the hug now and the way she was cleaning dishes when he cooked food, as if they are already married and living like a couple.

The warm and fuzzy feeling makes him feel like he is flying into clouds. But wait Ashton?

"Who is Ashton? I do not want a bickering boy who will be a troublemaker. I want a cute little girl who will have two ponytails and smile whenever I come home.

If you want, you can teach Amber, she would have amber eyes like me and blonde hair like you.

And.."

"No! I want a boy that is! He would be a great knight like Leo and wise like father. He would.." great! Not only would she have a boy but it would also go on with his family. Then what about his genes?

And was he a fool? She could have said something wise like my husband! He felt his nerve popping up as he fumbled over things leaving her waist.

"Tsk! Think whatever you want, I am sure of my skills. I will only make you birth a cute little girl." he smirked as he finally found a clean cloth and started wiping the dishes to arrange them.

"What do you mean by your skills, I am giving birth here? My body is responsible for the gender of the child!" placing the last dish on the corner, she glared at him. "If I said I would have a son, then we are having a son."

"No! A daughter!"

"A son"

"A daughter!!!"

"Hmph! A son!!!"

Both of them did not realize when their hands reached their waist and hips as they started glaring at each other.

Eli could already see a young boy with a sword in his hands. While he saw a little girl plucking flowers with a beautiful smile on her face. She was so adorable that he wanted to hold her in his arms.

If he had to fight for her even with Eli, he was ready to do that. He would not let her go from bed until he had that girl in his arms.

"Eli! Do not be stubborn, give me one Amber, then you can have as many Ashton as you want! It is not like I will spare you after having one girl." he harrumphed as he threw the cloth on the kitchen counter and decided to end the topic right there.

"........." she was stunned speechless.. What did he think? She was a pig or a hoe! How many children was she going to give birth to? But she was too embarrassed to say that out loud.

Her face turned crimson just with the thought of it but her eyes were softened and she did not make herself angry to shout at him.

"Knock knock!"

"What is it?" With a hint of annoyance he shouted from there and did not move an inch to open the door as he was still fuming over the fact that she was not giving him a girl!

"My lord, I have brought all the necessary things you have asked for.

And.. I even received a letter from the family of the lady, everyone is searching for her all over the empire.

His highness, the duke.. He had even challenged the royal army for a siege if his daughter did not return home."