AN: I am back. Now... A big THANK YOU for the followers and reviewers and who favourited! I am glad. Now, on one note I was saying that yes I know that Harry's blood must boil when someone says that he did not know about Pureblood ethics. But all I am saying that you can't you have to maintain a calm demeanor in front of everyone else and not blow up.


Chapter 2

Harry Potter was not a happy guy when he stepped out of Gringotts Bank. He had arranged for a meeting with his Account Manager and had found out the contract did exist and was covered up by his then Magical Guardian Dumbledore. His faith and trust had been shaking on Dumbledore since he died leaving him to follow a path which he knew ended in death. He knew Harry was supposed to die but still hid things from him. In a nutshell, Albus Dumbledore had manipulated and controlled his life till the limits of manipulations. But enforcing him in a betrothal contract with Ginny Weasley knowing that if he did not marry Daphne Greengrass and repressing the existence of both the contracts was the limit. And with that Harry has realized he might have been called the hero but was a pawn in a chess game controlled by Albus Dumbledore.

Daphne Greengrass was the eldest child to Iris and Hugo Greengrass. Ice Princess of Slytherin house as she was known to all but her closest confidantes. She had learnt on her seventeenth birthday that the ancient betrothal contract between her and then assumed extinct Black family had been revived and she had to marry the new magically claimed Lord Black, Harry Potter. She had been devastated but returned to Hogwarts in a hope that she and Potter could talk about it and become at least friends before they had to marry three years later that is before she turned twenty. But fate had other plans, the chosen one did not return to Hogwarts and the next she saw him was snogging Weaslette. That was it. Since then Daphne had worked in trying to find a loop hole, a way out in the betrothal contract in the course learning a lot about Ancient Magic but not finding any loophole in the old contract. She had two weeks... Two weeks to either find a way out or marry a guy whom she has never talked to and who is dating some other girl. Even with the rumors she was sure that he had not married Weasley because if he had it would be forfeit of the contract and she would have known because the contract stated that she needed to be the first wife not necessarily the only wife. She shuddered, two marriages were common but she did not like the idea of sharing her husband with anyone.

She was awoken from her stupor by a sharp 'pop', the tiny house-elf informed her that her father asked her to meet him urgently. Daphne got up and made her way towards her father's study.

"Father, you asked me to meet you?" Daphne asked as she entered after being permitted.

"I went to meet Lord Potter-Black today."

"Why would you do that?" Daphne said her demeanour calm and cool, "I am doing perfectly fine with my research."

"Yes you are and now you have earned a good job in the Department of Ancient Magical Research but you are not even close to finding a loophole in the betrothal contract. I am not blaming you but I would rather want you alive, Daphne."

"Harry Potter made it clear what he thought of the contract publicly dating Ginny Weasley." Daphne said icily, her calm conduct falling.

"Daphne, he did not know about the contract and I believe him." Hugo added at the disbelieving look Daphne sent his way.

"How would he not know?" Daphne wondered.

"Two words for you then, Albus Dumbledore." Hugo said. He did not need to be a genius to realize that Albus Dumbledore was manipulating the life of Boy Who Lived for others.

Daphne hummed thoughtfully and finally looked at her father as he coughed, "Lord Potter has asked to meet you and discuss some things with you." He stated in a no-nonsense tone.

Daphne looked at his father for a long moment and like many of the times before they had an entire conversation looking at each other.

"Fine, ask him to meet me tonight at Latino tonight." She said.

"I suggest you send a letter to him" He said and Daphne frowned but nodded none the less and got up to leave. "And Daphne" Hugo said as she reached the door, "please don't freeze him, he is the Wizarding world saviour after all." Daphne sent a dirty look towards his father. Astoria and Hugo had taken quite a liking in teasing her about her icy conduct.

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Daphne fidgeted with her dress as she looked in the mirror. The purple dress fitted her just fine. It was tight from the upper part and flowed from below her waist till her knees.

Honestly speaking she did not know what was making her nervous. And if we are being honest she did not even know why it had hurt her so much when Potter was dating Weasley. Maybe it might have been the fact that she had accepted her fate but never again. She sighed again and then apparated right from her room to the entrance of Latino.

She went towards the door, she was about to enter when a voice said behind her, "I thought you were not coming." She turned to come face to face with Harry Potter.

"Potter." Daphne greeted coldly.

"Still the Ice Princess, I see." Harry said. He did not know from where this was coming from but looking at Daphne Greengrass in that dress, her caramel hair reaching her waist and her posture stoic showing no nervousness.

"Still the insufferable Gryffindor Golden Boy, I see." Daphne retorted.

Harry's lips twitched in a smile and he said, "Let's get in, I have made reservations. There is something you should know."

Daphne nodded and they entered the restaurant and were shown to their tables by the attendant, "Let's get to the point, Potter." Daphne said as they were alone.

"Daphne, I must tell you that I was in a relationship with Ginny Weasley..."

"That is no big surprise..." Daphne cut through.

"And I have one year old son." Harry said.

"But you did not marry." Daphne said after a long stunned silence.

"How did... Okay, leave it, yes we didn't she was not ready for marriage but I was not going to kill my unborn child." Harry said.

"But you must know that you are supposed to marry me." Daphne said as matter-of-factly, her heart broke once again, she was going to be the second woman, or was she supposed to live a life of neglect while Potter and Weasley and their son lived as a family?

"I know. That is why I am telling you this... Ginny, whom I thought to be the love of my life was actually force-feeding me love potions." Harry said.

Daphne's calm demeanour vanished and she looked dumb-founded at Harry. "Are you serious, Potter?"

"My life is already a mess, I don't want your life to be a mess too..." Harry said but Daphne cut through, "You are not going to abandon the child are you?"

"No!" Harry said indignantly, "He might have been born due to a lie, but James is my life!"

Daphne looked contemplative for a long moment and they ate in silence as their food came. After eating and paying for the food, Daphne finally broke the silence by saying, "Can I meet him? Can I meet James?"