Devlin! She almost took him for someone else. Gone was the gangster and messy man she knew! In its place was a mind bogglingly handsome man! His business suit impeccably tailored, his shirt snowy white, his tie meticulously knotted and a Rolex watch on his wrist! His brow went up, “well?”Her face burned as Sarah realised that while she was assessing his body he had been watching her do so. ''I- I,” Sarah stammered, embarrassed. Devlin laughed and took a step forward.''Do tell me how I look,” he interrogated mockingly, buttoning the suit nicely.''I- nice, but where are you going dressed like this?" She suddenly frowned.''A meeting”''Meeting? But you said you don't work with other gangsters...”Sarah’s frown deepened. A dark flush swallowed his face and he looked uncomfortable.''I-um,” he swept his hands distractedly through his hair, messing his well combed hair!''Don't do this!'' Sarah cried in a sharp alarm. When Devlin looked at her as if she’d grown two heads, she explaine
Devlin halted at the red light. He was in a very gloomy, dark mood. The kind of mood which would end his punching bag into a victim. The meeting with the shareholders went well. All of them were very happy and rejoiced to have seen him again. They were all eagerly waiting for him to take over again. But it was all a torture for him. Most of the time, all they talked about were his father and past memories. It tormented him! They were also curious about what had he been doing all this time. However Devlin kept it short and undetailed. He was specially grateful for Jordan’s support by his side. He had filled up the blank when Devlin didn't know what to say. Well, Jordan had to because he knew too well that Devlin was going to decapitate him the next time they meet alone. The green light was on and Devlin started his engine once again. He was sightlessly driving, his mind running with thoughts. All these years, everything had gone according to planned, yet now it felt like the strings
''You are thinking too loud, Sarah,” Devlin drawled, a slight pinch of annoyance in his voice. “ It’s making me hard to concentrate on the movie.” It was one hour after the jaw dropping event. Sarah and Devlin were sitting, by the television as he had offered to watch a movie. Devlin was completely at ease. However it was the contrary for Sarah. She was sitting on the other side of the couch, her knees up, her chin rested on them. She was deep in thoughts. The thoughts in her mind were in the traffic. It was very loud there. She could not stop thinking about how Devlin had behaved earlier. His actions, his words had given birth to a hope in her heart. She still could not understand why he had been like this, yet something was dancing in her chest. However, after this intimate moment, Sarah’s cheeks burned endlessly. She was so ill at ease and embarrassed at her own reaction to his passion.“Oh? Oh, sorry” She glanced in his direction and when she saw his lips twisted in a mockery
''Phew, so many people!'' Sarah exclaimed uncomfortably. Well, there she was, an introvert after all. Devlin chuckled.''Of course Sarah, this is a city, plus today is a festival day, I guess. There is a lot of selling and buying on this day,” he briefly explained.Sarah glanced at him. Today, he wore a plain white shirt with black tight jeans and his dashing sunglasses covering his intense eyes, the hair which reached till his eyebrows was nicely pushed to the side. He was so gorgeous that Sarah’s blood rushed to her head. And she was only looking at him! She swallowed and eased the dryness in her throat. Unconsciously she tightened the hand that he was holding. Devlin glanced at her. His brows met as he noticed her red face.''Tired already?''''Oh- no I mean yes kind of,'' she rambled nervously.''Then, let's get a drink, hmm?''Sarah nodded a smile. As she was glancing leisurely at the mall next to her, something caught her eyes. She halted. She let go of Devlin’s hand and almost
Compared to the other incident in the village, this time Sarah had a strange feeling that this one was not going to be easy to escape! Instead of taking the way to the parking lot, Devlin hurried to the back of the tall buildings and mall. The street was bare of people. It looked like an unused path with bushes, big trees around them. However, few metres away, Sarah glimpsed the parking lot! So, he was going there through the back way. But they didn’t reach there. They couldn’t as a gang of armed people out of no where jumped on their way and surrounded them.Devlin halted. So did Sarah. In front of them, came a tall and scary looking man. He had a long scar across his face. His hair was long and tied in a ponytail. In his right hand, there was a gun. His eyes were wild like a wolf, looking at them murderously. However, soon his gaze changed to a shocked one.''Lucky? Lucky, is this really you?'' He directed his question at Devlin.The latter's grip tightened on Sarah’s hand who’s
Sarah glanced around her as Devlin let go of her wrist to launch on another man. All she saw was blood, people squirming in pain! A shaft of nausea erupted in her stomach. However, the scene of horror was quickly forgotten seconds later. Shivers suddenly invaded her body as a hard, savage voice rang behind her, too close.''Lucky! Stop right now or I’ll shoot her!'' And then a hard iron hand came across Sarah’s shoulder pulling her against a hard body! His elbow across her throat, ready to choke. Worst, there was a gun pointed at the side of her head! Sarah swallowed. She stayed still. Her ability to breathe vanished. Devlin who dropped the half dead man on the ground, turned to face them. He fired a smouldering gaze at Oscar. He took a step toward them but Oscar pushed the gun further in her head. Sarah let out a sudden cry out of terror and lifted both of her hands in surrender. Devlin stopped. He breathed out. ''Don't move!'' Oscar warned Devlin.''Ah, I warned you not to intrud
Devlin let out an unbelievable gasp. His jaw fell down as he slumped on the ground. “Sarah!” He drawled, his expression rich with shock. “Tell me you didn’t think I would kill you!”It was Sarah’s turn to blink. She frowned as the anger hit her again. Was it anger? Was it frustration? Or was it pain? She had no idea. She only knew her heart was heavy and she felt burdened!“What do you want me to expect after I learnt you lie to me!”“What lie are you talking about now?!” It was clear that tension was bringing up a change in their voice. They were both hurt. They were both afraid. But they didn’t know how to react with all these burdens on their chest. “You lied to me! You are not alone. You are with a group! Worst, you are the boss right hand! How- I thought you ar...” Sarah fought back the rush of moisture in her eyes. She bit her bottom lips, “a good person...” Then she cracked down. Why was fate so cruel to her? She asked silently as the tears came back, rolling down her che
Devlin instantly recognised this name. He was a very famous and merciless gangster of the time. He was a drug dealer, he often attacked, threatened big companies to be allowed to use the company name to import drugs in the country. Without any doubt it must have been the same case for his parents, Devlin concluded darkly. Even though he had committed several murders, still until this day nobody had been able to stop him as he never left proofs and evidence. From this day on Devlin’s life took a sharp turn. The smile in his eyes was replaced by a glitter of anger. From the eyes of the society he had suddenly disappeared. Everybody thought that he had gone abroad for further studies but only Jordan knew what he was up to. Jordan had urged him to do the otherwise but the Devlin he knew was lost forever. In front of him was a man with no heart, a man with only one purpose that is vengeance. Thus, Devlin had left his company in Jordan’s care and he had moved away for his vengeance. After
Three years later.The first sign of dawn appeared, the calmness and loneliness around the house near the mountain started to fade away as the few birds started to chirp cheerfully.In an upstairs room, the light was still on, the light which her mum had switched on last night. Silently, the door opened and her mother appeared, a sad smile on her lips. She breathed out a distress then switched off the light to close the door behind her, with a sigh again. She didn't go and disturb her daughter as it was now a usual habit to see her like this every morning, not on her bed but by her table with the diary opened in front of her.For the past three years, no one knew what happened to her during that holiday. She kept on telling them that she couldn't remember, but deep inside, her mother knew that something hurtful had occurred and that each and every night, her daughter's blood turned into ink, writing out the words she couldn't speak aloud.In the room, a broken woman has fallen asleep
searched her face worriedly.''Are you okay?" She frowned.‘You must know that it was never meant for us to meet each other. We just met by pure coincidence. Or maybe our meeting was just a mistake- done by fate.’Devlin's words kept on echoing louder and louder in her mind. It was unbearable. Sarah squirmed away from Maria’s arms and covered her ears with shaky hands. She was in the middle of a nightmare. She covered her ears more tightly, hoping his voice would go away but in vain. It was getting louder and harsher.‘My wish is that you go back to your life and live it as if you never met me! Forget every single day you spent with me. Forget every memory we shared-forget-just forget everything about me.’Sarah screamed fearfully. Tears rolling down her face to dip on her lap. The pain was too deep and too much. She couldn’t bear the burden of it! Why had fate brought me this treasure only to rip it away from me so soon- too soon! She asked in her mind. Why ? Why?! Now her own voic
Jordan let out a heavy sigh this time. He wanted to help Devlin but a more powerful strength was ruling over the events; that is fate. “Then at least, go and visit, one last time.”Devlin shook his head. He lowered his stormy eyes.''Dev, she's still unconscious. Go and see her one last time. Tell her everything that is on your heart. You won’t meet again anyway. So, better to lighten your feelings now than to miss this opportunity forever.” As Jordan’s words hit him, Devlin met his gaze. Jordan gave him a reassuring smile. Only then, he nodded. His heart skipped a beat then started to gallop. His legs felt suddenly weak and his jaw tightened to an extent that it made a sound. His fingers hardened in a tight fists, his rough fingers were piercing his palm, almost bleeding it. His gaze, his gaze was soft but sorrowful. Devlin gulped before he muttered sadly,''Sarah...”On the small bed in front of him, laid a weak and unconscious lady. The lady who met him by coincidence, the lady
“You think you are a genius, huh?! You crept over my skin and pretended to the same as my son, you think I would think twice before killing you! But you are wrong, wrong!” His rage mirroring Devlin’s. They were both breathing sharply, the murderous eyes glued on each other. Cesare sent another punch on his nose and bled it. Devlin’s fury was closed to explosion! He returned the punch back on Cesare’s jaw. The latter didn’t mind the pain as he launched once again on Devlin. He locked his forearm around his neck and squeezed. Devlin clenched his teeth as he started to gasp for air. Cesare dragged him from behind, their limbs struggling against each other. It was like a bull fight!Please, please, make him confess quickly! I don’t have much time! Devlin prayed with his throat tightened and his breath sharpening. Devlin was not weak. In fact, he was better at combat than Cesare was. But he had to control his power! He knew in one blow he could kill Cesare but he could not risk this! Wit
His gaze instantly flickered to hers and they instantly darkened. For a second they stared into each other's eyes, and she heard her own heart beating, fast and loud, echoing in her ears like the sea in a shell. His eyes dark with anguish, hers bright with tears. Devlin is here! Sarah let out a sigh and slumped her shoulders. Within the blink of an eye, the five men raised their firearms towards him and Oscar knelt down, seized her tied wrists and lifted Sarah on her feet again. ''Now that there's no escape from here, why don't you remove this mask?'' Cesar asked as he approached Devlin with an air of arrogance and menace! Devlin lifted his hand without any hesitation, started to take off the scarf. Sarah’s heart stopped! What was he doing?! She shook her head. No! She shouted mentally. When Devlin removed it completely, Cesar stared at him in shock and after some tensed seconds he laughed out, an amused sound. A smile met his eyes.''Wow, my Lucky! You really took me off guard
Why was life always so complicated? So fraught with problems? Like walking on eggshells, you could hear them breaking at every step you took. If only it was easier to see ahead and know the consequences of what choices we made! Devlin moaned inward. Emotion and tension flooded through him as he thought of Sarah. Not sending her away, he admitted, was indeed his greed. He knew it was his greed but he had kept not wanting to hear the reasons why he should send her back. He kept making excuses of how it was okay not to send her. So, something bad really happened!As he broke all speed records, Devlin’s scared heartbeats were whispering only one word, Sarah. Please, don’t let anything happen to her, please. For the first time in his life, Devlin prayed vehemently. Sarah’s head ached. She could feel an unfamiliar bump on her forehead.Slowly she drifted out of her unconsciousness but opened her eyes abruptly when she remembered what had happened!At eight o'clock, she had left Devlin's h
''You're wrong! You're so wrong!” She cried impatiently, certain that she must be in the midst of a living nightmare.Devlin sighed and put an arm around her trembling shoulders.‘'Sarah, you know what kind of life I lived and what kind of man I am. You witness how dangerous- You must go back and resume your life in your world. I promise you, you will find someone to love...” Sarah shook his hand off her shoulder at once.''I-I can't go back to that life, not that I've found you, Devlin.” She cracked and finally sobbed, unable to prevent the hot, frustrated and frightened tears from trickling down her face. ''You don't, you don't understand...”''Of course, I do!''The cold, harsh tone of his voice hit her like a blow as Devlin roughly shook her shoulders. He swore under his breath.'' Can't you see that the time we spent together wasn't real?! It was, ” he swept his hands distractedly through his hair, ''it was an idyll- time out of mind. Surely you can see that it has little to do
“To-tomorrow? You knew my address?" Sarah could not fight it. The feeling of betrayal was back. She was only trying to comfort him! ''Yes, a very long-time ago.”''But why?”Devlin threw her a blank stare, silencing her on the spot. He means what he said! Sarah read it in his eyes. There was no way to change his mind. And...and how could she go away without confessing her love? Her heart in her hands, Sarah ran towards him to once again grab his arm.''Devlin! Don't do this- don't...” She begged breathlessly, her breathing sharpened. Snatching his arm again from her grip, Devlin continued to move away. However the following words escaped from her lipsand unwillingly, Sarah broke her own promise.''But Devlin! I love you!'' The walking man froze. And so did Sarah. She gulped. A thunder stricken Devlin turned to face her. His face was pale, his eyes widened in its saucers. A tensed silence fell. Devlin’s thoughts started to run, breaking speed record. And one by one, all the proo
Devlin instantly recognised this name. He was a very famous and merciless gangster of the time. He was a drug dealer, he often attacked, threatened big companies to be allowed to use the company name to import drugs in the country. Without any doubt it must have been the same case for his parents, Devlin concluded darkly. Even though he had committed several murders, still until this day nobody had been able to stop him as he never left proofs and evidence. From this day on Devlin’s life took a sharp turn. The smile in his eyes was replaced by a glitter of anger. From the eyes of the society he had suddenly disappeared. Everybody thought that he had gone abroad for further studies but only Jordan knew what he was up to. Jordan had urged him to do the otherwise but the Devlin he knew was lost forever. In front of him was a man with no heart, a man with only one purpose that is vengeance. Thus, Devlin had left his company in Jordan’s care and he had moved away for his vengeance. After