The Devil's Sweetheart

Chapter 140 - Her Soul Touching Portrait

Every cell in his body screams her name and she is the only thought he gets in his mind throughout the day yet he couldn't efface her insecurities. Her simple assumption could crumble and make their relationship fall if he is not careful and it's not healthy when they are still in the starting stage of the relationship. He wants to be transparent with her. It's now or never.

"What made you think that I have liked someone in the past?" Devin grew serious momentarily. He neither talked inappropriately nor behaved intimately with any other woman he felt that Leena knows it already, but still, she has barked up the wrong tree. There is no smoke without fire. Either she has put a wrong interpretation on him or someone must have poisoned her mind. He couldn't fathom who has the gall to put such a false idea on her brain. At the moment, there was none he could suspect.

"I just feel that you did. Who is she? Did you meet her during your university days? How long did you date her?" She interrogated him again. Even if he had liked or loved someone in the past, Leena did not mind, but her wretched heart monopolized her. The mere thought of some other woman in his arms was enough for her blood to boil but she hides the pain with solace, after all, she is in no position to feel green-eyed when she was in a relationship in the past. Ethan was a black dot in her simple life, crashing into her life to ruin her entirely. It took her years to lift herself up and now that she has found her happiness, he has appeared in her life again as his cousin. She doesn't know how Devin would react if he knows that she has dated his cousin in the past.

"Forget about dating, did you see me with any other woman before?" He asked again in all seriousness. His dating history included only one woman in the past and it was not even a day, he broke up with her since his heart was longing for his soulmate alone. He doesn't even remember on what circumstances he has agreed to a date that woman. There are times, he thinks, he forgets the most important things effortlessly.

"I did not see it. But I heard you talking with her over the phone." Guilt passed when she remembered the day she peeped into his mobile. "I_I unintentionally peeked into your phone on the day you got a call from Lovely Eve." To keep a name intimately, he must have to hold it dear to his heart, at least in the past, and now that he likes me, he forgot to change the contact name. This was the only logic Leena could come up with at the moment.

'Was it one-sided or did he break up with her? If so, why?' Her brain started thinking endlessly again of the possible outcomes while Devin was in another hex.

Lovely Eve! It's my mom! Devin recalled the day he got a call when they were strolling in the park. Until he gets Leena's consent, he didn't want to reveal her, so he did not attempt to talk with his mom in front of Leena. But never he thought, this crazy girl has peeked into his mobile. If she has declared Jasper and Drew in a relationship just by her assumptions, it was no wonder that she has concluded that Devin liked someone in the past.

"Now that you knew the truth, I will be honest with you. Yes, I liked someone dearly. But, it doesn't matter now. All I have is you." Devin suppressed the smile that was threatening to come out as he watched her mood turned sour. My sweetheart has become a jealous cat.

"Oh! H_ow does she look." Before she could close her mouth, the words escaped out of her lips. Leena wanted to slap herself for bringing his past and turning green with envy. However, her heart would be in turmoil if she doesn't know about her. She wanted to see her once, after all, it is concerned to Devin. She always lets herself over the top, but when it comes to him, she throws all the logic out of the window putting her insecurities at the top.

"I have no words to describe her ethereal beauty. Want to meet her?" He always finds a way to annoy her and seeing her flaring in red, he was internally laughing.

"I don't want to meet." Her ugly angel instantly declined although her Lovely Devil was screaming at the top of her lungs to accept the invitation.

"Her beauty is a treasure beyond the price" Devin slowly leaned in and whispered into her ears. "She is more beautiful than you."

If Devin's intuition was right, in jiffies, Leena would accept the invitation. After all, he has hit her bottom line calling some other woman beautiful in her presence.

"Take me to her!" She demanded. That's it. Devin has successfully provoked Leena until she roared.

Dunce idiot. Wanker Idiot. Just know he confessed to me that I am not someone's imposter. Now he is praising some other woman and he dared to call that pig-ignorant woman beautiful in front of me? She must be as thick as two short planks.

Out of blue, Leena jumped from the bed to see that woman personally. While Devin lent her a hand, she jerked it away. But still, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a room with arched bookshelves. The interior was beautifully crafted with gorgeous decor but it holds a trump card. Behind one of the arched bookshelves, there was a secret door that leads to a hidden room and guided her in. She thought he would take her to the place where that woman was residing. But it confused her, even more, when he took her to a secret room.

Did he kill and hide her skeletons in a secret room?

But the instant she walked into the room, the lights turned on automatically in a flicker, and the sight which came into view would be forever etched into her memory.

"Am I dreaming?" She whispered at the beautiful sight.

A large portrait was welded to the wall where a girl was smiling dazzlingly. It was a picture of hers when she was laughing happily. She never knew her smile would be such captivating that she wants to see it over and above. It has affluently captured her soul along with her picture. The picture portrayed all her emotions in a soul touching way. When did he capture this photo? She was amazed to see the room was entirely filled with her pictures alone which were framed and stocked to the walls.

Wrapping his hands around her waist, he gently placed his chin on her shoulders without putting much weight on her body and pointed his eyes towards his treasured photo. "That's my idiot. My only crazy Idiot. Isn't she an ethereal beauty?"

All her shots were captured by Devin alone. Other than his love of basketball, he has many other hobbies and one of them is photography which only a few people knew. He has secretly captured her pictures from the day they she was in Seattle. The portrait which was welded to the wall is his precious treasure which was the best shot he has ever captured until now. He has specially designed the secret room to keep her portraits alone. From the day, she was in Seattle and up until the wedding, everything that was captured in his camera was hanging on the wall.

She has no words to speak. He never stops showing how much she meant to him. Tears tingled in her eyes as she turned around. She couldn't keep her emotions in check now. Although she knew that he liked her, it never hit her brain that he was Topsy turvy for her. The one name which she has seen on his phone has made her jealous to the core and immediately misunderstood him.

But the one he liked was me? I have been envious of myself?

"Why me?"

"Because it's you." With a smile, he pressed a kiss on her eyes.

"I am not a playboy who goes after every woman, Leena. I am a one-woman man and call me a pervert or shameless, it's only for you alone. From the day, I have seen you, you never left my mind. You would appear even if I close my eyes. My heart has no place for anyone except you."

A pearl dropped from her eyes hearing his confession.

"Why are you so cute, Devin. Lift me." She raised her arms surprising him again. Joy dripped from her teary lashes in the form of happiness. Her heart couldn't express the happy tears brimming within her.

Right, when he lifted her to his height, Leena wrapped her legs around his torso steadfastly, and even before he could fathom what's happening around, his face was showered with kisses. She encircled her arms around his neck pressing her lips on every inch of his face. "You are the beautiful cupcake in a world full of muffins."

"Don't you have any other words to compare?" He was surprised when she suddenly started pressing butterfly kisses on his face. So, finally, I have tamed this man-hater?

"I like to compare you uniquely."

"I am glad that you are considering that. To be irreplaceable in your heart, I have to be unique."

"Now tell me, who is Lovely Eve?" Leena asked, curious of the person who has made her jealous to the core.

"Do you believe if I tell you that it's my mom?" He chuckled at her jealous self. Evelyn. You made my sweetheart jealous. I will take care of you once I come back home.

"Mom?" She screamed in fright.

"Yes, sweetheart and you misunderstood me again. Do not make assumptions from now. If you are in doubt, ask me immediately."

"Alright, and stop lecturing me." She pouted.

Leena was internally doing a happy dance.. Did I feel jealous of his mom? Oh my God! You are such a brat, Leena.