My Sister-In-Law Is My Mate!?!

Alcastra was not a fool to not realize that she wanted to use his authority to show her family where she belonged today. The family who had always disrespected her and treated her badly. 

Though he did not like when others tried to ride on his coattails he did not understand why the girl in front of her even needed that? The man sitting with her was too much stronger than him.

He could buy the whole empire if he wanted in the blink of an eye! Or did she not know that she was sitting on a gold mine now?

But that was not his concern now, since she wanted to use his power to abuse his family then let it be. It was not like he had any connection with her family at all.

"Sure, it would be my pleasure to meet your father. After all, he is one lucky man." he smiled warmly as he nodded and looked at the shrewd couple.

"It was late. We need to arrange gifts for her family too. So, see you in the evening then." Richard, who was silent all this time, finally opened his mouth.

His fingers elegantly buttoned his jacket as he looked at the girl for her permission.

Hazel nodded and forwarded her hands that he held in his warm embrace.

Their actions were in sync and so natural as if they were holding hands for a long time. Even Alcastra felt a pang of jealousy at their public display of affection.

"Sure, then I will not keep the couple for long. See you in the evening." even though he wanted to get away from the dog food they were serving her.

They both stood up and left the palace with slow steps.

They both sat in the carriage when Richard looked at the girl whose warm smile was nowhere to be seen. Her face had turned cold and silent. He could feel how bitter she was! Yet he knew that she wanted to do this. 

All he could do was to give her time. 

Hazel looked at the flattering smile of the Alcastra as she walked out of the palace hand in hand with Richard.

These people! They had trampled on her in her past life and this life too. They took away her life again and again and left her to die miserably!

A single tear made its way down her cheeks as she remembered what happened on her wedding day. Clad in a white dress, when she was taken away and killed in the darkest corner of the empire and now! In this life.. They dared to kill her in her very own room as if her life and death did not matter at all.

Now it was her chance! Tonight! Tonight she would show that the meek hazel was nowhere to be found. She was not a prey anymore that could be taken lightly. She was going to return as a predator that would make them her prey.

That was right! Today she will start her hunt!

"So, do you have any plans for tonight?" She has not shared a single word or made a single plan. He did not even know what was going through her mind. 

All he knew was that she had rage and she wanted revenge!

"Of course, as a filial daughter I wanted to bring gifts for my family and have dinner with them." she smiled enchantingly but her eyes had long turned cold.

His lips curled upwards when he heard that and then nodded, "then we should go shopping to greet my father in law and sister in law!." He knocked on the small wooden window that was used as a partition in the carriage.

"Take us to the empire street. We need to buy a few things.'' He instructed the coachman who nodded instantly and pulled the reins to change the path of the carriage.

Hazel looked at the man with gratitude. She did not tell him a single plan yet he was ready to support her with every action. How could he be so kind to her? What had she done to meet him and get his support! She could only promise herself to support him all her life in exchange. 

Soon the carriage reached the empire street and stopped at the corner of the street.

"The carriage can not go further, alpha!" the coachman informed respectfully as he looked at the sheer amount of people shopping there.

Due to the rush on the street and a lot of open shops, the carriage was denied to enter further as there would be chances of an accident then.

Richard frown! But before he could instruct the coachmen to take them somewhere else, Hazel smiled and forwarded her hands towards the man.

"This is the only place I have visited twice. Give me the chance to escort you to the market, my lord!" her face was not cold anymore, nor did it have the scowl that had taken a permanent place on her face. It had a sweet smile and proud impression on her that softened his gaze too.

He nodded and forwarded his hands in hers on which she laughed heartily.

"You have to let go of my hand though if we want to get down off the carriage!" she replied with a smile that even reached her eyes.

When he let go of her hands, she opened the door without waiting for the coachman to do it and walked down. Taking a deep breath in the open air, she smiled. The feeling of suffocation that she had felt in the palace was finally gone. 

She turned only to see him coming out of the carriage too.

"Say, Alpha, are you hungry? I know that you have not eaten anything there." she asked as she looked at the various stalls on the corner. Though she was not sure that a man of his caliber would eat this kind of food or not!

"Richard!" He looked at her with his eyes narrowed and she blinked.

"Pardon!" Why was he telling her his name when all she was asking was if he would like to have some snacks! Of course, she knew that his name was Richard..

"Call me Richard." his voice turned colder when the girl did not get the meaning of his reply. It only meant one thing that the thought of calling him by his name did not even pass her mind once.

"Oh!" He wanted her to call him by his name. Of course, they were acting as a married couple now. This would be normal that she would call him intimately not formally like others.

She nodded her head in understanding. How could she forget such a simple thing?

"Then Richard. Before we invest our time in shopping, shall we have a snack or two?" her animated doe like eyes fluttered as she looked at various meals. Her face started to shine and she licked her lips unconsciously as her gaze fell off the variety of snacks that others were enjoying.

'How did she do that?' to be this cold and this innocent at the same time. Sometimes he did not understand who the real hazel was.

"Hmm? if you are not interested then.'' She finally looked at him when he did not reply for this long but he only nodded and moved towards the stall. Her eyes were lingering without replying to her.

She looked at him with an amused face and then started following him with hasty footsteps.

They both stopped in front of a skewer shop. The food was greasy and full of oils. If it had been anyone else that had asked him to eat here, he would have glared at the man until he turned invisible but when he looked at the girl who was looking around, he felt like the food did not serve that bad.

"Give me two plates of this and two plates of that too. And yes one plate of that pie and two plates of that snack too. And two bowls of soup. Let me have a taste of all this. If we like the food then we will give you an order of our food or else we will go to another shop."

".........." Richard looked at the woman with wonder. And then at her slim and frail waist! She had ordered all this just for taste! Where did all the food go? Did she think that he had such a large diet due to his frame and that he was a wolf?

When the thought crossed his mind that she was worried about him, his gaze softened. He was about to deny her that he did not eat this kind of food much when she finally turned towards him and a surprised look passed her eyes.

"Oh, I forgot that you will eat too. I have not ordered anything for you at all. Tell me what you will eat so that I can order for you too."

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