The Devil's Sweetheart

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Fear that the devil would decide to cancel the agreement which Austin is receiving without any futile attempts, Austin dragged Jennie into her room without heeding to her cursing and cussing.

"Don't touch me, idiot." She yelled pulling her arm away.

"I will guard her till the wedding. I can't let this golden opportunity to miss." Austin snickered when he started imagining his one month honeymoon with Leah in Bora Bora. He has been anticipating their first night since Leah has said yes to his proposal. Very soon they are going to become one.

"You have been speaking to yourself lately. If something is wrong with your brain, better go and check with the doctor for any defects. At least Leah can be saved from the wedding." Watching his stupid smile, she scoffed at him with disinterest.

"You said there is a surprise gift." Austin long got wielded to her sharp remarks. He shamelessly evaded the topic as if he is not bothered by it and started inquiring about the surprise gift.

"I will grant it on your wedding day so that you will remember your friend forever," Saying that, Jennie stepped out of the room in search of Leah without witnessing there was already an amusement in Austin's eyes thinking of the forever gift.

"Did you fight with Leah?" Abruptly halting her footsteps, Jennie came back to inquire about something which was wavering in her mind continuously. After the basketball match, when Jennie was pulled into the house forcefully, her eyes unconsciously scooted on Leah conversing over the phone. Jennie wouldn't have minded if she didn't notice Leah's panic and scared face. She brushed off her imagination thinking that it could be some friend, but when Leah did not show up for a long time, her instincts were telling that she in some kind of trouble.

"No. Why do you ask? Did something happened to my baby?" Worried, Austin asked. Even if he fights with her, they would compromise in an hour.

"Nothing happened. I just played a prank on you to test if you are really serious in the relationship."

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"I am famished. Make a banana smoothie and get it to my room by yourself." Jennie threw him out of her room so that she can go in search of Leah. Judging by Austin's words, Jennie ruled out the possibility that he is not aware of anything and she also did not want to conceal without Leah's permission.

"She acts as if she is Queen Elizabeth. I will not even give water to her." Austin walked out of the room.

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"What transpired Leah suddenly? She always puts up cool front irrespective of the situation." The instant Austin was away, Jennie walked into Leah's room but the woman in question was nowhere to be found. After searching the entire house, garden, and the surroundings, Jennie still could not discover her. She called her, messaged her, but the latter was neither picking nor texting back.

"I will wait in her room until she comes back." Dragging her tired body, she cursed the family for creating such a massive mansion. In the process of searching for Leah, Jennie's energy drained out completely but she could not get the clue.

After entering Leah's room, Jennie started rummaging the closet, vanity table to find anything suspicious, but she could not unearth anything there.

"Where did she go? Even her phone is busy now." Jennie uttered looking at her unanswered phone calls. She tried calling her number again, but there was no response.

Fatigue hit her finally and Jennie slightly dozed off lying on the bed. But her senses were wide awake. After a while, she heard the door unlocked from the other end stirring from the sleep. Hearing the familiar footsteps, waking up, Jennie finally sighed in relief.