Author's pov:

As soon as Xavier entered the room, his world turned upside down. Visuals of Maya falling from the stairs and landing on the floor with a pool of blood around her, were running in this mind. He remembered the day when because of him, Maya was pushed to death. Right now, he was standing at the door of the room in his penthouse where Maya decided to stay. He looked at her condition horrified. Maya was lying down beside the bed and pieces of glass were scattered around her.

He immediately ran to her and started patting her cheeks. Looking at her condition, he was quite sure that she was unconscious at that time. He immediately turned to the bedside table and took some water in his hand and sprinkled it on her face.

"Maya! Maya please get up baby. Please get up."

He was continuously mumbling some incoherent words with his cracking voice and scared face. After some droplets fell on Maya's face, she gained her consciousness and her eyes started to move.

Not able to adjust to the sudden light, her eyes blinking on their own quite a few times before completely opening wide. She looked around to find herself lying on Xavier's lap and he, looking extremely scared and worried.

Maya's pov:

He was looking as if, he lost something that was very precious to him. His extremely scared tone and the frequent cracking in his voice was something I couldn't believe. He got so much worried for me just because I fainted and here, I was accusing of the him of the things he never did. With each passing second, I was drowning more into guilt; when his voice suddenly brought me out of trance.

"I was really scared. What happened? How did you faint? Are you okay? Should I call a doctor? Wait! I'll just call Liam. You don't seem good."

"No wait! Don't call him. He'll, without any reason, get worried and I know for sure that he and Daisy will come back the very next moment. Right now, let them be there and concentrate on their work and we all know that conference is very important to them both. Anyways, I'm just fine. Nothing happened to me."

Before he could say anything, my eyes roamed around to see the position we both were in. My head was on his lap and he was hugging me so tight, as if I am going to run away if he left me. Noticing that I was looking around at our position, he slowly let me go and picked me up gently in bridal style. He slowly made me sit on the bed and adjusted some pillows behind my back.

"You are really not fine. Let me call some other doctor, if not Liam."

Quickly taking out his phone from pocket, he dialled a number. Knowing that he won't listen to me now, I let him do whatever he wanted. There was a complete silence into the room for the next half an hour till a men dressed in white coat entered.

"Hello Mr. Adams." He shook hands with Xavier. After his greetings, he explained him the situation.

"Let me just check." The doctor said and came forward towards me.

"It's the weaknesses that made her lose her consciousness. It seems like she hasn't eaten anything since long. But, there's nothing to worry about. I have prescribed some medicines. Make sure to give them to her on time. Feed her healthy food and lots of fruits and make sure she's hydrated. And, most important, no stress." He told Xavier.

Xavier intently nodded at his words and said, "Thank you so much Doctor for coming at such a short notice."

"No problem Mr. Adams. I'll take your leave now. Call me if there's anything else."

"Sure doctor. Be careful. There are glasses scattered around."

"Yeah sure."

The doctor went and Xavier too went with him. It had been nearly 30 mins Xavier went outside. I started to feel bad.

Did he just leave me like that? Does he not care about me now? Did he go to his work and left me on my own?

Great! Our relationship just reached at a point where my pain and sufferings don't matter to him now. And, I'm responsible for this miracle. Had I not behaved with him like that, he wouldn't have left me here like this.

My trail of thoughts broke when I found a hand wiping the unknown tear on my cheek.

"What happened? Are you okay? Is it paining somewhere?" There stood a worried Xavier.

I felt contended to see him there with me. He didn't go anywhere. He is there with me in my pain. He didn't leave me alone. My happiness knew no bounds and I hugged him tightly, taking him aback with surprise. Even after sometime, I didn't feel his hands around. I understood his state and detached myself from him. It hurts like hell when you hug him and instead of hugging you more tight, he just stays there like a statue and not make any move.

"I thought you left me here, alone." I mumbled slowly, but enough for him to hear.

"I would never leave alone, at least not when you need me." His words were straight but, my ears heard it as a sarcastic comment. But, I'm sure he didn't say it like that.

"I don't have much staff at this penthouse. So, I went to get your medicines." He told.

"Ohh."

"I'll get you something to eat." He said and stood up to leave. I tugged him by his wrist . He kept looking at me and my hand tugging his wrist, frequently.

"I want to talk to you Xavier." I said looking at him.

He averted his gaze and replied, "There's nothing left to talk." He released his hand from my hold and walked ahead.

I sat there, all defeated and broken, hoping to collect the pieces of my broken heart.

He came after sometime and kept the tray of fruits and juice on the other side of the bed.

He sat beside me, his eyes met mine and said, "Your tearful eyes, they always act as a thorn piercing in my eyes. Whatever may be the situation right now, but I cannot deny the fact that you're a part of my life, a beautiful part. Even if you keep on thinking the worst for me, but I'll never think bad about you. Even a smallest pain to you and I come up with bigger hurt. So, please take care of yourself. If not for yourself, at least keep in mind that your pain will always hurt me more than you.

The stunt you pulled now by not eating anything ; what did you think? That I'll appreciate you for your efforts? I'll fall your nonsense, forgive you and everything will be normal again? No Maya. Neglecting your health is something I'll never want you to do. Keep this in mind that after tomorrow I'll not be there with you to scold you or keep a track of your health. You have to do that for yourself."

"Tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I met Lucas today. He told me that tomorrow is our final court hearing. We'll be granted divorce tomorrow."

That was it. My life, my hope, my happiness ; all crashed. Before I could say anything, Xavier interrupted my thoughts.

"No need to think about it anymore. We were ought to get divorced. This fight between us was just a push to the reality. We were so busy in each other that we forgot that ours is a contract, a deal. And, this deal is over Maya.

But, what's important right now is your stupidness. Why did you starve yourself?" His questioning gaze demanded answers. But, my mouth couldn't utter anything more than a sorry.

"I'm... I'm..So..rry." My voice cracked badly and I bursted into tears.

Xavier's pov:

It was painful to see her like this. All I could do was embrace her and let the torrent of her tears to soak through my shirt. I immediately pulled her hands, that covered her face to my neck and wrapped her to me. I could feel her clench her fists, not knowing whether to be mad or to give up hope all together. I could hear her silently screaming, suffocating with each breath she took holding onto her hope. I ran my fingers through her hair, time and time again, in an attempt to calm the silent war within her mind.

After a while she stopped crying and detached herself from me. She looked into my eyes and said, "I'm real.... really sorry." Her sobs mixed with her pleading, were making it difficult for me.

"Don't apologise. It doesn't matter now. Honestly, I have lots of questions to ask you and to keep on talking you about everything. But, it'll only make it harder for me to pass this night. But, I think you know that I'm not a Cheater."

"No! You can never be that." She said.

"I know. I just wish you'd have known it by then." She looked at me all silent and guilty.

"But, there's no point of discussing this now. I guess this was our destiny." She said. Her voice sounded like she lost herself in the battle.

"Have these fruits and juice. Till then, I'll make something for dinner." I told her.

But, she just kept looking at the dish.

"What's the matter? Why aren't you eating?" I asked her.

"I'm not hungry." She said looking down.

"You gotta be kidding me right now. Tell me one very honestly. When did you last eat? And, don't you dare lie to me." I raised my voice a bit.

"At Chris' house. Yesterday afternoon." She replied.

"Are you fucking crazy Maya? This is how you are gonna take care of yourself. You are just unbelievable. It has happened before too. Why don't you fucking understand that not eating food isn't going to bloody solve your problems?" I shouted at the top of my voice.

She flinched at my tone and her eyes watered again. Her sobs made her choke on her own breath.

I immediately picked up the glass of juice and brought it near her mouth. She looked at me for a second before drinking the juice.

"Tell me, why haven't you eaten anything?" She kept quite and her silence was what triggered my anger the most.

"TELL ME."

Se flinched at my tone and said, "I...I..pledged."

"What did you pledge?"

"That...that I'll no...not eat anything...till you fee...feed me by you...your..hands."

I was about to shout at her again when I realised that it'll be the last time I'm seeing her as my wife. I shouldn't raise my voice at her now.

"You know what Maya, I so badly wish to put some sense in your brain right now, but I won't. This is the last time were are sitting like this. I don't want to shout at you. " I said and picked up the plate of fruits.

I took a slice of apple and put it near her mouth.

She looked at me tears welling up in her doe eyes and said, "Why do I matter to you so much? Why does my health and my wellness matter to you? Why don't you behave like you don't fucking care about me? Why don't you hate me till you want me to die after all I did to you?"

I so badly wanted to scream Because I love you so much that you are my world. I can never ever hate you. My love for you is never ending. I wish to die for you if I ever get the chance. You mean so much to me that I fall short of words. I wanted to scream all this so loud that the complete city knows it.

But, the words I chose made her silent.

"You won't understand."

After feeding her the fruits, I cleaned the pieces of the glass.

"It's almost dinner time. What will you eat? I'll order something." I asked her.

"Don't order something. I'll make dinner." She said.

"No need to worry Maya. You're already weak. I'll just order."

"Please. After tomorrow, you can order everything you want. You won't have to eat my food. Let me be your wife. Please. Or you hate me so much that you don't want to eat anything made by me."

I so wanted to tell her that I can never hate her but, the words never left my mouth. "Make dinner." I said and left from there.

Maya's pov:

I kept looking at his retreating figure, as he left the room in hurry. I quickly picked up my plates and got up to make dinner for us both. Having dinner with Xavier, brought back the energy in me.

He came after some time and stood next to me. He was dressed in his t-shirt and shorts. No matter what he wore, he always stands out of the world.

"Can I help you with something?" He asked.

"Umm... it'll be really helpful if you just sit there. I'll do everything." I smiled at him.

"I could help if you want." He insisted.

"It's really okay. I'll manage."

"If you say so." He said and was about to leave.

"Wait." I called him out.

"Yes."

"Why are your eyes red?" I asked him.

He looked everywhere but at me. "It must be some allergy." He replied.

"Even though it doesn't seem like it, still if you say so."

He went and sat on the chair, scrolling something on his mobile. I know we won't have any relationship from tomorrow. But, instead of grieving over our tomorrow, I want to enjoy my today. I want to remember this day with a smile on my face.

I was busy in staring at him, when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my finger.

"Ah!" I shouted as soon as I saw the blood flowing from my finger.

"What happened Maya?" Xavier immediately ran to me after hearing my scream. "Shittt! You are one heck of a careless woman. I told that I'll help you but, no. You have a habit of denying me every single time. See, how much blood is flowing. You could have been careful while cutting vegetables." He started scolding me and took me to the tap water. He washed my wound and immediately tied a band aid around the finger.

"Now just shut up." He yelled at me.

"But, you're the one who's shouting the entire time." I wisphered but, he somehow managed to hear it.

"Shut up I said. Sit there." Like a obidient child, I went and sat on the chair.

Like a hot, professional chef, he tied the appron and started with the remaining food. He, so perfectly, made everything quickly. He is definitely not a messy cook, unlike me.

"Here. Dinner's ready." He called me. He brought everything to the dining table. He served two plates and we ate everything in utter silence. After the food, he went and washed the dishes. I was sitting at the dining table all the time.

"Food was extremely tasty." I told him when he came back.

"Thank you. But, it was you too. You he already prepared half of the items. Anyways, come. I'll clean your wound and apply a proper bandaid."

We went in the living room and I sat on the couch. He took out a first aid kit from the cabinet and started to clean my wound.

"Ah." I whinced in pain as soon as the antiseptic liquid came in contact with my torn skin.

"Sorry. Was I too harsh?" He asked worriedly.

"You can never be harsh to me." I said looking into his eyes.

He looked at me for a moment as if he understood the hidden meaning of my words. He went back to what he was doing.

As my concentration was completely on him and his actions, I felt no pain.

"Don't stare at me like that." He says still looking down at my wound.

I still didn't avert my gaze. He seemed to get conscious by my stare.

"It's done." He said. That's when I noticed that he did my complete dressing and I didn't even realize.

He was about to go when I tugged is wrist and stopped him.

He looked at me, questioning my reason.

"Do you really hate me so much?" I asked him the answer of the question that was continuously bugging my head.

"Why do you ask that?"

"I asked the question first." I replied him.

"I don't hate you Maya. I can never." He said looking into my eyes.

"I thought you hate me." I said looking down. He came and sat near me.

Talking my hand in his, he said, "You know what, at the beginning of this marriage, I never imagined that we will turn out like this. I thought we'll end up on the same note where we started. But, I was completely wrong.

I want to tell you what you mean to me. But, I won't. It'll make things difficult for both of us. But for now, you deserve to know that you mean the world to me. And, I can never ever, even in my dreams, hate you. Get this thing straight."

Hearing his confessing, made my eyes well up with tears. I didn't realize that a tear slipped my eyes, untill he wiped it off.

"Can I ask you something? Will you give it?" He said.

"What can I give you? You have everything." I was confused.

"Don't worry. I won't ask anything that you can't give."

"Okay."

"Don't go back to your parents." He said, shocking me completely. "Don't get me wrong but, they are toxic people. They'll again start troubling you or who knows they might again sacrifice you for a deal. I know they are your parents but, they are not everything. You have a life outside. Work for your dreams, live your life to the fullest. And, all this, I don't think you'll be doing it, if you go back to them.

I'll be constantly worried about your safety, if you stay with them. Please, I'm for the first time, asking you something. Will you give it to me?"