She Belongs To The Devil

Adeline's anger and jealousy were starting to make her heartache a little. But she remembered her connection with Theodore's heart. He would instantly know that she was watching them if she would allow her heart to ache.

So she dug her nails on her palms and tried to focus on the physical pain rather than the pain in her heart. She tried her best to divert her mind from the two of them chatting about something in the dark, under the moonlight.

"Does he always do this? Has he been lying to me saying that he has never even touched another woman? Am I really the only woman in his life?"

Adeline was unable to hear the exact conversation that the two of them were having and the expression that each of them had on their faces. And thus, she easily misunderstood what was going on between them and began to question everything that Theodore had ever told to her till now.. Her eyes were making it hard for her to not doubt Theodore.

She tried her best to look away from the two of them. But she could not tear off her glare from Theodore and that man-stealer.

Even under that dim moonlight, Adeline could tell that Theodore was looking up and down that 'horny' woman's busty body. Her grip on her sword tightened when she saw that. Her rage was getting the better of her. She wanted to sneak at the two of them and hit them with the hilt of her sword.

But still, she controlled her urge to do so and kept on glaring at the two of them. She then noticed that even though the woman wanted to leave, Theodore was stopping her time and again and kept on saying some things to her.

That was the last straw for her. She walked as quietly as she could and stood behind Theodore.

When that succubus saw Adeline, she was so startled that she jumped a step back. She was very familiar with that face and it brought very bad memories to her. Memories of being stabbed in the gut when she had borrowed the face of that girl in front of her.

And that reaction from that succubus didn't go unnoticed by Adeline. Rather it confirmed her theory that Theodore was indeed seeing that woman behind her back.

Without giving it any thought and without any hesitation, Adeline drew her sword and pointed it at Theodore's neck.

Then she forcefully asked in a voice that was quivering because of anger, "Theo... what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Then she swiftly pointed her sword at that succubus and asked, "And who is she?"

Adeline took both of them by surprise with her little stunt.

But instead of showing any signs of nervousness when 'caught in the act', Theodore stared at Adeline with even more loving eyes and began to smile charmingly.

The succubus's eyes were wide open when she saw the Devil smiling like a real enchanter. Never in her dream had she thought that the Devil even knew how to smile.

"Relax, Adeline." Theodore slowly lifted his hand and then pinched the tip of Adeline's sword. Then he gently pushed the sword away from that succubus and gave his explanation about who the succubus was, "She is someone who is indebted to me so I was asking her to do me a favor as a way to pay me back."

The succubus was paying attention to the conversation happening in front of her and thought to herself, "Adeline? She must be that woman's daughter then. They look so alike!"

Theodore spoke so melodiously that Adeline felt as though his words were caressing her. She wanted to forget everything that she just saw and drag him to the bed already. But she mentally pulled her hair to bring her senses back and interrogated again.

"How is she indebted to you?" Adeline gave a piercing side-eyed look to the succubus and continued, "And why is the Devil asking a favor from someone else?"

The succubus couldn't help but wonder, "She knows that he is the Devil? Why isn't she afraid of him then? And how could a human point a sword at the Devil's neck and still live?"

Theodore didn't want to reveal what favor he had asked of that succubus. Because if he answered that one question then he would have to answer all the other questions that would follow. So instead he just said, "I cannot give you the full details but it's not what you think. She is just another being from hell who had to pay me."

Theodore was not a fool to not see that apparent jealousy on Adeline's face. He knew what was going through her mind so he further added, "I am not fascinated by the beings from Hell because most of them, including her, are beneath me. I am their Prince and I would love to maintain my reputation in Hell."

But that didn't do anything to calm Adeline down. She still wanted to break the horns of that woman and she also wanted to at least poke Theodore with the tip of her sword.

"He wouldn't sneak like this if what he is saying was really true. And he wouldn't definitely meet a woman in the middle of the night if it was really something work-related." Adeline kept on thinking this and her anger was building up even more.

"He is just lying to me, isn't he?" Adeline concluded to herself. And she felt a sharp sting in her heart. She tried to control her pain but no matter how hard she dug her nails in her palm, she was now unable to do so.

She wanted the Earth to swallow her whole right there and then because she didn't think that she would be able to hold her tears any longer.

Theodore also felt a burning sensation in his heart. And he knew that Adeline was hurt by his actions. It was not like he had done anything wrong but he couldn't quite make Adeline believe otherwise when she had seen him talking with another woman, alone.

Theodore turned his glance at the succubus. She was still standing by their side unable to decide whether she should wait for the Devil Prince's order or she should just leave.

And he ordered her in a stern voice, "You should leave."

The succubus gladly did so because she was afraid that she would end up getting hurt if she had stayed there any longer.

Theodore then towered over Adeline and said in a voice as soft as silk, "My love, let's go back to sleep."