A.N.: My parents think I am texting my friends non-stop. My friends think I have a secret boyfriend whom I am texting. And the readers know that I am writing the chapters of the fan-fictions. Thanks for the favorites, follows and reviews. The chapter has 1,200 words double the size of prologue. Hope you like it.

Chapter 2

Harry looked up towards the window at the continuous pecking sound and realized the sun had risen. He sighed realizing he had not gotten any sleep all night. He got up a bit lazily and yawned. Again, sighing he went to the window and opened it. A majestic looking eagle owl swooped in and stuck out its leg to him. Harry retrieved the letter or rather a note and the owl flew off without waiting for a reply. Harry went to the kitchen and made some coffee for himself, much to the protests of Winky and Kreacher, who thought it absolutely essential to take care of their master. The smell of coffee made him relax a little and the caffeine inserted in his system refreshed him almost instantly. He sat on an armchair of the living room, with a half filled mug of coffee in his hand and opened the letter.

"Dear Lord Potter,

I wish to discuss some important matters with you which cannot be mentioned in a letter, thus, I request you to accompany me to the breakfast at 9 o'clock today at Le Belle in Hogsmeade.

I apologize for the short notice but it concerns a matter of life and death.

Yours Sincerely,

Lord Greengrass. "

Harry had learnt the hard way that this was the traditional Pureblood way to depict urgency. Knowing that getting a letter from the Lord of Ancient and Noble House, means that the matter was serious. He got off the armchair and got ready for the day. Glancing at the clock he realized he had less than fifteen minutes to meet Lord Greengrass. After quickly requesting Winky to look after James he apparated to Hogsmeade for the meeting. He found the restaurant five minutes to spare and decided to wait at the entrance. Soon, a tall man with blonde hair and aristocratic features in his early forties, whom he recognised as Lord Greengrass from the Wizengamot approached him.

"Ah, Lord Potter I wish I could say a pleasure to meet you but I must say I appreciate the punctuality you showed at the least for the meeting." Harry was taken aback by the statement.

"I am sorry Lord Greengrass but I do not understand the meaning of your statement." Harry replied. Greengrass was one of the Ancient and Noble houses of Europe. Which was similar to the royalty in the Muggle world. Hence, the head of an Ancient and Noble House was designated as Lord. After the war, Harry had visited Gringotts to apologize for the loss and ask about his parents' will. The goblins were obviously angry at him and told him that under these circumstances he would not be able to accept the Lord title. Harry who was clueless about the significance of the title, was unfazed but then the goblins explained the situation in detail. And he had apologized again and asked what could be done to rectify the problem. After many negotiations, Harry got the Lord title not of one but two Noble houses and became the youngest Lord in Europe to manage two Noble houses. This also meant he had two seats in Wizengamot. Though, he didn't need to work he applied to the Auror training program.

Presently, Lord Greengrass looked surprised at Harry's proclamation and told him he would elaborate once inside.

The attendant led them inside the hotel, it was a nice peaceful and dimly lit restaurant with a separate cubicle for each table. This meant that they had complete privacy in the restaurant. Harry instantly liked the prospect as he was hounded by the press wherever he went.

"Lord Potter, I am not going to beat round the bush. So lets just come to the point why have you ignored the marriage contract between you and my daughter? And married some other girl?"

"Marriage contract?" Harry sputtered. "I know nothing of any Betrothal Contracts as such."

Lord Greengrass looked at the raven-haired man disbelievingly but explained him the situation none the less,

"There existed an ancient Marriage Contract between House of Black and House of Greengrass. But there had not been an ideal match since the contract had been created that is since Grindelwald's reign, until now. I know you are not a Black by blood, directly but as Sirius was your godfather and your grandmother was a Black by blood, you became the contender of inheritence and also the fact that Sirius gave the title of Lord to you the vaults, the privileges and even the duties and contracts of both the Houses have been intermingled. Thus, you get two votes in Wizengamot and even have to follow the contract made."

Harry nodded slowly, he had just yesterday kicked out his wife for two years from his life and after the betrayal he did not seemed himself ready for the commitment.

"Why bring this up now?" Harry asked.

"Because Lord Potter there is a catch. The contract is ancient and if you do not marry my daughter before her 20th birthday both of you die."

"And when is her birthday?" Harry asked his voice emotionless.

"Seventh of September." Lord Greengrass said.

"But that is in two weeks!" Harry exclaimed.

Lord Greengrass nodded gravely and finally said, "Lord Potter after learning you married Weasley-"

"We did not marry she used to live with me because she got pregnant. I asked her to marry me but she said she will do it after the baby is born." Harry added at Mr. Greengrass' disapproving look. Lord Greengrass looked contemplating for a moment.

Harry slumped back in the chair and thought about everything that happened in a period of twenty four hours. It all seemed surreal. First, the woman he had thought he loved had betrayed him, by faking the love. He felt like an idiot at that. How could he not realize it? And come to think of it, he had suddenly acquired feelings for Ginny or the 'monster' in his stomach as he told it. But right now he had a one year old toddler, his son to take care of, his business and political status of two houses to manage and a job. And cherry on the cake was he had to marry a girl in two weeks of time. A girl he had never talked to. He needed to tell the poor thing what she was stepping in. Even though there was no out she had to know. Harry then added to Lord Greengrass,

"I will have to talk to your daughter first there is something she needs to know."

Lord Greengrass nodded after a while of thinking, "I will ask her to owl you the time and place." Harry nodded and Lord Greengrass stood up, "Lord Potter, I will see you soon, I suppose but on a parting note I will suggest to check the baskets where you are putting your eggs." And with a shake of hand he left a thoughtful Harry Potter in his wake.

I hope you liked it. I have got an idea for the next few chapters and they are going to be an average of 1500-2000 words length. Hope you liked the chapter. See you next week.