Chapter 162 - Squabble Like A Couple

The whole court ended up in uproar. Even Viscount Ravenshire looked at her with shocked eyes just like others

"I am still waiting for your reply, my lord!"

Even when the whole court was looking at her with scorn and speaking ill about her in a loud voice, she was standing there with a calm face. Not even once had she looked affected by the words of the crowd. 

"What is your final decision, my lord?" Alcastra finally came back to his senses when he heard the voice. 

He raised his head only to see that everyone was shouting. He raised his head high in the air and soon everyone stopped shouting. 

"Is it the royal court or a place where anyone can shout anytime?" his voice was cold and everyone turned silent. They had only raised his voice when they were sure that he was not opposing them.

"Are you sure about it?" he asked as he raised the file in his hands and she nodded.

"Yes! I am more than sure about it, my lord. And to assure you, I take complete responsibility! If anything is found wrong in the report, I would resign from my post and even accept any punishment that you deem fit and even my husband would not interfere in it!" she assured, making the man stunned again.

"That is a very big promise, lady hazel. Think about it again.'' He did not want to be blamed for being cruel later. He would not want to create rift in his relation with Ricasrd but the case she was handling had turned more complex after her report.

"I can give you my resignation before leaving the palace today. If I fail in my words, accept it but if I prove what I am saying then you have to reject it and at the same time give me the due rights I deserve!" she challenged and the man smirked,

"I should have known. The lady is always full of demands! Alright! I accept it and give you time of a week to prove what you have challenged!`` Finally, Hazel, who had been on edge all this time, took a breath of relief. 

Though she had not shown, she was not sure if he would believe her or not.

After all, the proof had been submitted that Viscount Ravenshire had manipulated the accounts and today was only the formalities to give him punishment.

But she remembers from the past life  that once the case would be closed, the man would commit suicide and later his family would be prove innocent by his son in law that was the only one who was left alive because he had the blood of another family. 

A lot of drama had been created but no one was punished since no one took the responsibility. Everyone tried to bury the matter so, the man had even published everything in the parchments and published a book on how they had suffered due to the wrong decisions of Alcastra who had been the emperor till then. He had to bear the stain for a long time.

"Here is the latter!'' The knight passed her the letter of her resignation but she signed it without any hesitation and returned it back to him.

"Alright! The meeting ended right here! We all will discuss the matter one week later on the same day!'' Everyone looked confused with the turn of events but they still bowed their heads and left, passing the last scorn to the girl who had gained all the attention.

"Thank you, my lord.'' She was about to bow and leave when the sound of the knights filled the room.

"You can not enter without permission. Wait! Do not break the rules of the court. Wait!" she frowned and turned to look at the person who have the audacity to break the law and enter forcefully when her eyes widened and her lips parted 

But then her eyes narrowed and the frown only increased on the face of the man!

"Instead of helping me, you are glaring at me? For Christ sake, i am your assistant!" he blamed her as he looked at her with puppy eyes. He was looking like he would cry that instant if she would not help him!

"He is my assistant and is allowed to come. Let him go!" she replied in a stern voice to the knights who looked at Alcastra for taking the decision who nodded his head too.

He was stunned to see Alex behaving like a soft person. If Richard was the cruel one who did not think twice before canceling the deal and breaking the relations.

Then Alex would not think twice before breaking the bones and killing someone. He was a beast that would kill all the knights if they would dare to touch him. Yet look at him now, he was standing there like a boy that had been bullied and was now waiting for his mother to coax him give him a treat.

"You! Even you tried to torment them.!" he complained to her with puffed cheeks but Alcastra only felt goosebumps all over his skin when he saw the beast pouting.

"I did not!" she reported as she looked at him with a frown.

"You did! You could have told them that I am your assistant and they are going to come soon!" he asked in a tone as if he had been betrayed in love.

"I forgot about you, I have so much pressure to handle!" she admitted but the man only looked at her further aggrieved.

"How can you forget about me? I am not cute enough!" he wailed and she frowned,

"You are a man!" she could not believe that he was behaving like a girl whose benefit she had taken and then forgotten about him.

"So! Did it mean that a man can not feel hurt if he was being abandoned?" 

"Have both of you forgotten that you are still in the court?"