I_am_Creator

His whole life turned into a joke, when Leonardo Thawyne the proud son of Duke William Thawyne, came to know that he was not the real son but a swapped kid. And now to save his inheritance he would have to marry the real heiress.
Evangeline Rossador, a simple music teacher from a town, was content with teaching music to kids and having a garden in her home. But her whole life turned upside down when she was announced as betrothed to infamous cruel duke Leonardo as her father's last wish before dying.
They both were hardly accepting the fact that they were bound in a forced marriage when life played another game and she found herself standing in front of her died father.
Soon more deaths started to occur and they both find themselves standing in mid of many misunderstandings and conflicts.
How would this chaos be solved? And would they be able to find love in this politically enforced marriage?
“I asked what were you doing there?” she glared back at the roaring man who was trying to show his rights to her.
“I was dancing with the Earl Nickolas,” she replied, looking back in his eyes.
“Theodore go and bring the fingers of Earl who has dared to touch what is mine.” came the reply with an evil smirk.
“Now tell me, my dear wife,” he whispered as he came close to her, “which part of your body have he actually touched?

Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"If you are so unsure about my liking. Shall I prove it to you?" his lips were only centimetres away from her face.

His gaze had instinctively from his eyes to her lips when he asked the question. No matter how foolish or dense she was! She could feel what he was aiming for.

She could feel his natural smell colluding her brain and so as his question.

Was he going to kiss her just to prove that he liked women?! His lips were so close that it would not take him even a second if he wanted to do so.

For some reason, instead of feeling repulsed, she felt anxious and nervous. It was their first kiss! First proper kiss! Wait! Why was she thinking like that! He could not kiss her! They were not in that kind of relationship.

But more than that why was he so concerned about proving his sexual preference.

Or more why did he want to prove it to her! It was not like she had the right to judge him or she would say anything in the public! Then why?

[Bonus chapter] First kiss