C O M M A N D

"She is a minor!"
Diana's facial expressions spoke sadness and also she looked like she was quiet done with everything. 

"Her mother is eager to get her married in greed of alliance!" 
There was an obvious hint of sorrow in her voice as Christopher heard it. 

"If she doesn't want to get married yet then maybe you can talk the issue out at the royal dining, they won't be able to ignore your count in front of the whole alliance there, especially for the fact that today is your anniversary." 
Christopher tilted his head while still dancing on the classic rhythm with her as then madam Diana nodded her head. 

Bella's situation was one basic situation every woman faces before marriage, marriage is something which will happen either way. With or without will, women aren't allowed to speak up. 

Christopher can understand that because he can relate, honour dominates everyone. 
He was guided by her strict brother too. 

"Is some serious conversation going on between the two?" 
Right after her brother-in-law's statement ended madam Diana heard another deep voice taking control behind the two. 

Master Andrew spoke with his deep voice making Diana's heart thump with his sudden unexpected arrival. 

Christopher's chuckle responded his strict brother. Taking his hands back, he let his brother take his woman in his arms. 

Right hand wrapped around Diana's waist with authority and rights, as he joined both of their secretive conversation while wearing a hint of mischievousness on. 

Holding her up close, madam Diana reacted slightly in her husband's embrace. "Hmm? You good?" 

Master Andrew asked his woman not getting any reply in return, moving close to her face. 

Diana's hand clenched her black gown as she eyed Christopher who was standing in front of the pair, with her eyes shy. 
Owning a timid personality she becomes very shy to have any intimate contact with her husband in public. 

Even around Christopher. 

Shaking her head slowly with an obvious hint of affection for her husband. She denied his assumption. 

"We were talking about her cousin!" 
Christopher rather replied before chuckling, making the atmosphere playful. 

"Is so?" 
Master Andrew whispered staring at his woman while letting a deep slow chuckle out at her shyness, knowing well how she always gets flustered around him. 

His hand was still on Diana's waist resting freely as her body scent was still beautiful and too captivating for him. 

"I guess, you are missing her." 
Master Andrew uttered out as Diana looked at his face with a hint of shock and confusion. 

Not expecting him to say that. He never cared about such petty stuffs before. 

"Your father said, she will be our guest tonight!" 
Master Andrew threw a look on Christopher's face with a raised brow. 

"Well speaking of her, can you call her?" 
With his deep tone suddenly, master Andrew asked his brother whose eyes widened at his immediate words. 

Not able to utter anything in the current moment of shock the younger brother was caught off guard there. 

"What? Why me?" 
Christopher cross questioned with an offended tone. 

It was so out of nowhere. Why is master Andrew ordering him suddenly when he can obviously tell one of the servers to do so? 

His random demand was unpredictable which created a sense of offence in the air around the two of them. 

Well same happened with madam Diana as her eyes widened. 

"And why not you?" 
Suddenly master Andrew's calm eyes became scary and cold, as he questioned back his brother wearing a sense of arrogance in his tone. 

Master Andrew never liked people questioning his intentions back. 

The sudden change in vibe created a scary aura as both his younger brother and his wife felt the coldness in the air. 

"She is our guest and I want you to invite her here personally from your sister-in-law's behalf, party is still young and is waiting for her!" 

Master Andrew then spoke with his hand was caressing Diana's back in a slow yet calming pace. Drawing circles on her waist, her heart rate started increasing. 

That is one gesture master Andrew always do when he has something planned up in his mind or he was stressing out. 

Diana knew her husband too well by now, only by his ways of touching her she knows what he was thinking or what his actions meant. 

Christopher gulped as he looked at his elder brother, by the looks of it master Andrew seemed serious. 
It was just his guts which was feeling weird to hear master Andrew. 

Christopher's eyes then fell on Diana with a hint of confusion and uneasiness but she was also in moment of shock herself. 

Madam Diana's head rose up then as she looked up at her husband's cold face having no emotions on. 

"Honey but Chris-"
Collecting her guts she tried to talk but master Andrew only cut her off in the middle. 

"Let him go honey, beside of dancing and joking. My little brother should be little productive, don't you think?" 
Master Andrew taunted as his eyes had obvious strictness in them while then the meaning of his rude intentions was understood. 

Master Andrew didn't like the fact that Christopher was dancing with madam Diana! 

Again looking at his brother who seemed to be lost in the moment of ugliness, master Andrew continued darkly. 

"Right?" 
His words sounded like he had multiple meaning of his own said statement. 

Christopher didn't dare to open his mouth again then. Elder brother's personality has always been dominating. 

Master Andrew has always hated the fact that Christopher was too ongoing, way to comfortable with other things when he wasn't like that at work time. 

"Come on now, our guests are waiting! We'll keep our family conversation for later tonight when your cousin sister joins!" 
Master Andrew spoke to Diana as his dark eyes never left his younger brother's face for once. 

"Go now, I and Diana's father have an important announcement for everyone after the party!" 
Christopher nodded his head obediently at his elder brother's arrogant command anyway before looking at his sister-in-law's pitiful eyes with his sad smile. 

Madam Diana finally looked at him with her convincing eyes before walking away, turning around in her husband's embrace.  

Master Andrew leaded her ahead leaving Christopher behind then. 

Weirdly something about his words gave Diana strange chills this time. Her husband sounded pretty confident and weirdly arrogant earlier while ordering his brother around like he was some servant, which insulted Christopher's pride. 

While still walking ahead with him madam Diana became little distracted in her thoughts. 

Since past few weeks master Andrew and her father are contacting each other way too much for reasons unknown and suddenly hearing him saying that made her guts feel weird. 

Her mind was already quite upset while worrying about her cousin and Christopher's matter when her husband's statement added more nervousness in her thoughts. 

What is he planning to announce? 

After a while of meeting guests madam was tired but still maintaining the same smile on her face Diana tagged along with her husband to wherever he took her to meet his guests. 

Everyone complimented and wished them on their day as she silently short times stole faint glances of her husband. 

"You two really suit well!" 
Complemented, one old man with his wife in his embrace. Looking beautiful with one another, to be honest they were the first couple who seemed quite genuine to madam Diana till this date. 

Belonging in such a cruel world where people are forced into marriages without their wills, it was hard to witness such an unique scene. 

Both the elders looked deeply in love with one another, which was one foreign thing in their world. 

Madam Diana's mind couldn't help but only to wonder how would it be like to be this happy? How happy her world would be if master Andrew looked at her the way that elder man looked at his wife. 
Or talk to her this affectionately? 

"Thank you!" 
Madam Diana uttered with a sad smile. 

Obviously, reality is a lot bitter. A person who doesn't even know how to smile how can he be human for her? 

Guests soon started leaving as the royal pair, master Andrew and madam Diana greeted everyone goodbye peacefully. 

As the last guest left Diana and her husband were left alone in the main hall then. 

Taking his arm back off from her waist, master Andrew stretched his neck while his dark eyes got closed feeling the tiredness clouding his body. 

Madam Diana looked at him with crystal clear concern in her eyes, his left hand was on the back of his neck rubbing it. 

Soon a soft touch from his wife caused his tired muscles to lose, Madam Diana massaged master's nape in a slow pace while he took his hand back down, letting her do whatever. 

A sigh of heavy relief escaped from his mouth as eyes was still close, losing to her calm touches. 

She was right, he was not fine earlier. His back muscles were tensed as if he has been sleeping in the armchair lately. 

"You were tremendous tonight!" 
Master Andrew was the first one to talk, eliminating the silence between the two. Madam Diana who was behind him still massaging his back, gulped at his words. 

He was talking about her corporation with him tonight. That's how it has always been! 

Master always praised her for acting good, he always thought madam was picturing a good wife image in front of everyone who audiences both the royal pair but little did he knew her every actions were always genuine. 

Women with rich husbands act around being social and loveable but their image in alone is a lot different.

They bear a lot, they act a lot! 
Before marriage women were their parents's property and after, their lives have been named to their husbands. 

Serving them and pleasing them. 

Women with the happiest image in their society are the most pretentious ones. 
They are not what they picture themselves to be in front of everyone. No one knows what is behind the masks of all those happily wedded wives. 

Madam Diana's mind became unwell as she hummed to his words quietly. 

Another sigh of tiredness left pass master Andrew's lips as she softly kept massaging his nape and shoulders making him comfortable. 

Seeing him calm madam then bit her lips, a moment of pause was needed to deal with all the debates going on in her mind. 

This was the time for her to take advantage as they were alone. Her parents were at dining space along with the whole alliance. Madam Diana wanted to talk about Christopher with her husband. 

"Honey?" Her voice came out to be soft and low as she waited a second for his response. 

His hum gave her the clue to continue, which she did. "I wanted to talk to you!"

She mumbled as his cold eyes finally opened upon hearing her, she took her hands back from him as she now walked in front of him with her eyes determined. 

Blankly staring at his woman, master Andrew noted her serious expressions giving him the clue that she was about to talk about something important. 

Otherwise she wouldn't be so confident yet scared at the very same time. 
Her fingers were fidgeting with one another as she hesitated a bit.

"About Chris!" 
Madam Diana finally spoke as master's blank expressions didn't change a single bit but surely he was amused from inside.