Chapter 71 - Apologize.

"What the hell did you do with my sister? Let her go!!" Melisa ran to help Madeline but no matter how much pressure she put, she was not able to move her even a bit.

"Madeline!!" Madeline's face had turned white and it felt like she would lose consciousness any second but no matter how much Melisa panicked the result did not change. Madeline was withering with pain and soon blood started to drip from her lips, while her face turned white.

"Please, help me! Please!" her arrogance and demanding attitude was nowhere to be seen. She was crying like a frail girl that could gain pity from anyone. But not even once Richard turned to look at them.

Hazel was looking at them with cold eyes. Though she felt bad for the siblings, she was not a saint to fight with Richard for them. They were the ones who had insulted her and tried to pick up fights again and again. If she would let go this time, then there would be another time soon.

"Hazel! What have you done to my sister!?" her eyes had turned red when she looked at Hazel as if she would pounce on hazel and beat her.

Hazel raised a brow and a cold smirk formed on her face. The small amount of pity she was feeling for the siblings, was gone too when she blamed her even when she had no proof.

"How am I responsible for the condition of your sister? Do you think I have supernatural powers?" her cold words were full of mockery but there was no way that Melisa could retort! 

All she could do was glare. Even she was not sure how Hazel was doing it, but all she knew was that her sister fell and rolled in pain when she was insulting hazel. 

"I think we shall go!" Hazel looked back at Richard but his eyes were glued to the girl whose face had distorted.

"Apologise!" his cold voice was so threatening, as if it came straight from the depths of hell. His eyes glowed like a demon came straight from hell to take everyone's life.

Not only the siblings but the whole crowd trembled when they looked at his cold face. They all felt terror stricken. 

"I.. i.. Why.." Melisa was not even able to form a coherent sentence as she looked at him. She fell on the ground too on the ass as she looked at the face of the man.

"Apologise right now." The intensity was more and it felt like this was the last time he was asking for it. There would not be next time. 

Sweat started to form on her forehead while she felt a cold shiver on her back as if someone had blown cold air over her neck.

"I.. I apologise, lady hazel. I was a fool to not understand how great you are!" Melisa mumbled and Madeline, who was not even able to speak, just bowed her head further, afraid that she would be further tormented if she would not apologise to the girl.

Her face had already tormented and her eyes had turned red as if blood would drip out of her at any moment.

Though both girls had apologised, Richard was still not able to calm down. He was agitated about the bravery of girls that had continued to insult hazel, only to end up speaking about her character. If only he had punished them earlier this would not have happened! He wanted to crush them to set an example for others.

But before he could increase the pressure, Hazel held her hand. This was the first time when the girl had taken the initiative to hold him obsessively. His anger that would have only ended after soaking himself in blood, dissipated the moment, his cold body felt her warm touch. He blinked and the frost in his eyes melted. 

But when he felt that she wanted him to ask for their lives, the anger returned. How could she be soft to her enemy? It would only cost her, her life in the long run.

He turned to look at her with cold eyes and she shook her head, "I want them to see my revenge. I want all of them to beg me for death. Only then would it be peaceful for me." her eyes were colder and he sighed.

He knew that she was stubborn enough to not listen to her and he could only concede for NOW. but that would not mean that she would let the girls go unscathed.

"Let us go!" she pleased and he nodded nonchalantly.

"Sure honey!" with that he turned and walked towards the street but his hands were still clenched into a tight fist. He only loosened them when they had walked a certain distance.

Melisa took a breath of relief when she was both of them walking away. The pressure of his presence was too much for her to handle. She looked at her sister with relief, thinking that she would be fine to stand up too but her white face and dripping blood did not tell the same story.

"Please help me!" she continued to beg but nothing worked.

In the end, she sat there, losing all her hopes for her sister. So, she was surprised when her sister took a deep breath as if she was under water for a long time and panted.

Her chest heaved up and down in a rhythm and after a few minutes her breathing turned normal. 

"What happened?" she asked as she looked at her sister with confusion. As if she had woken up after a long nightmare, her eyes had turned blurry and her mind was disoriented.

Though Melisa was too selfish and spoiled, she loved her sister dearly. Her heart had crumbled when she had looked at her sister's condition. So, her happiness knew no bounds when she saw her sister waking up when she woke up.

"Oh sister, I can not explain how scared I was!" She held her sister in her arms and cried for a while while a confused Madeline held her back.

She remembered that she was feeling extreme pain as if someone was crushing her under his feet. But she did not remember what it was. She could still feel the pain in her back, yet she did not know how the pain appeared and disappeared.

"Come on, we need to go back. I am scared, sister." the other nodded and both of them held each other and stood with each other's help and walked towards their carriage.

"Sister, I think we should stay away from Hazel and her affairs from now on." Madeline did not want to face the same situation again. It felt like all the bones of her body were crushing under the weight. It was a scary experience. Not to forget that they were insulted in the public.

"Ha! So you believe that she was behind it too? How could that be? She did not have any supernatural powers to do so. She was just trying to scare us by taking the benefit of your condition.

But if we would forget the incident then she would think that we are easy to bully. I will not let that happen!" her words were filled with malice as her eyes burned with the desire to take revenge.

Madeline bit her lips. Even she was sure that Hazel did not have any powers. But something about her had changed. Not only her appearance but her way of looking and talking.. As if she was not the hazel they knew since childhood. And the man with her! Was he really just a messenger? She could not believe it. 

His eyes were so cold as if he could crush her just by looking at her. She trembled even with the thought of it.

"Coachman, take us to the mansion of count. We have to meet Amelia and tell her about this wonderful accident." Melisa mumbled and Madeline sighed. She knew that if her sister had decided over something, she would not listen no matter how much argument she would make.

All she could do was pray that hazel was not the reason behind the pain she had suffered today.

"But if you feel that you are suffering from the same pain I had faced today then do not forget to apologize to her even if you have to bow your head." was all Madeline pleased with her sister who just snorted and glared at her.

"How could you be afraid of her? Let me tell you, she is still the foolish girl who knew nothing but to read books and look at Jonathan foolishly. When the man with her came to know about her love for Jonathan, even he would leave her.. Then we will see where she goes and cry! I will make sure that she would beg but no one would listen to her."