Devil POV.
The morning came too quickly, I was excited, scared, and happy about what to come, she’s coming to work today, I was here set up and early. I didn’t go inside the shop yet, I was outside watching, and waiting, the owner came in first, he opened the shop, he’s such a worry cat, he won’t allow anyone but him to open his shop, next came the guy who works with the Irish, the one who knows who I really am, he also would know I’m here for Elle. I knew I had to be careful around him, he can’t see me with her, he’ll get me in troubles with the Irish or whoever he’s working with. I stayed in my place waiting for her to come, she did, but she wasn’t alone, the car that drove her, the guy who had her dropped off work, I knew that guys…she’s with Nikolai now.
I wasn’t jealous, or maybe I am, but I wasn’t mad, at least that girl had a good taste, but Nikolai, how those two crossed road, how did she end up with him, do I stay or do I leave. On second thought I was angry, boiling with anger to be honest, I left but it wasn’t my choice I was forced to go but she still found someone else, someone other than me this quickly, she moved out of my place the same day I was forced to leave. I’ve been going crazy wanting to get back to her, but instead she doesn’t even care, she found someone else to spoil her, I could see it from her clothes, from her hair and make-up, she doesn’t need me anymore that’s why she left me, who am I to think she’s going to wait for me to get back to her.
I was angry, my anger got the best of me, I should really work on my anger issues, but deep down in my head I had all of our future life planned, I was going to quit, I was going to take us somewhere else, I was going to change, start a family with her if she wants me to! But instead I came back to being betrayed, don’t ask me, don’t blame me, but love is blind and so is my jealousy.
I don’t walk right in, I can’t do that, I have to get her out, I need to find a way to talk to her, but if the other guy isn’t leaving anytime soon, that would be a big problem for me, I need him to get out so I can talk to her. I called the cafe, it’s not the perfect plan but it’s the only one I could come up with right on the go.
“Hello?” the owner answered, why is it always him.
“Hi, it’s me again, I’m so sorry to be bothering you, but I need a really big favor” I say with a pouty voice, one that he couldn’t say no to.
“Yes?” he says.
“I really need to talk with the girl who works there, I lost my bracelet last week when I was in there and she was my waitress” I lie through my teeth.
“I assure you lady, we got nothing of that” he says too worried about paying for my bracelet now.
“Can I just talk to her just to be sure” I say begging with him, after some mumbling on his side he does agree and calls Elle on the phone.
“Hello, how can I help you?” she asks in her sweet voice, the one I missed so much, the one she’s using with Nikolai now.
“It’s me, meet me outside in ten, bring a coffee and lose the guy who works with you” I say, I was about to end the call but then remembered the bracelet lie.
“Now say no, I haven’t found it, but I’ll check” I order in a cold voice.
“No, I haven’t found it, but I’ll check” she says after me her voice shaking.
“Good girl, now go back to work, wait ten minutes, take a break, get a cup and walk outside, I’m across the street” I say and end the call, I didn’t have to wait the full ten minutes, seven minutes later she came over to my side of the road, she had her coffee in hand, her hands were trembling, looking around searching for me, I saw her before she saw me.
The cup fell from her hand, her eyes filled with tears, she took a step closer to me, it took her a minute to get it’s me and not someone else, I don’t know what she was expecting? A hug? A kiss? Or maybe a slap on the face, she’s the one who couldn’t wait for me, the one who was real quick to jump over to the first person who showed interest.
“You’re back” she says her voice breaking again, she got closer to me.
“You’re safe” she says, is that what she’s worried about? Me being safe, of course I’m safe.
“Yes I’m safe, but I see you are too, you have someone else to take care of you, someone else other than me. How long did it take you to find him? To fall in love with him?” I ask broken, hurt, her eyes turned to confusion, she knew what happened.
“It wasn’t like that” she says but it’s all too clear, I could see it in her eyes, she was in love, I could tell from her stories.
“What wasn’t like that? I could see it all too clearly Elle! I came back for you, I was worried about you, but you found someone else didn’t you. You whore! You found a new someone to buy you everything you want! Is he your sugar daddy” I accuse her, I was hurt, I knew I shouldn’t have said that, I regret it the second I said them, but I already did.
“I…. I haven’t done any of that Devil” she says her voice breaking again, but I wasn’t hearing her, not anymore, my anger was having the best of me, the anger had me blind.
“Leave Elle, go back to him, forget me” I say but the words were more to me than her, I should have left her, I shouldn’t have come back, I should have just left, but I couldn’t I still want her, I never cry, but look at me crying right now, I’m hurt more than ever now. I heard her calling back to me, but I can’t come back, I’ll hurt her, I have to leave, but I can’t leave, how can I leave her while my heart just laid with her.
I made it back to my hotel room, I had nothing to do now, I just lost her, I couldn’t stay here, but I couldn’t leave yet, I sat on my bed and did the thing I don’t do not ever, I just cried, I kept crying until I had no more tears left.
After I was done with crying, it’s my fault, having a weakness, I should never fall again, I’m the one who had a weakness, what was I thinking just leaving my job for her, I can’t do that, I should just get back to my life, Elle isn’t the one for me, she can’t be part of my life, I just hope Nikolai would treat her well. I had to leave, I turned my laptop on sharing a post about me being back on the market, I’m looking for another job, something to get things off my mind, to move back to the old me. But for now, I just decided to binge watch something, to eat some unhealthy food and maybe cry a little bit more.