Falling For My Mysterious Saviour

DID SHE KNOW EVERYTHING

Demitry’s P.O.V.

I never thought that I would see the day when I would reach home and someone welcomed me like this. If I say that I was shocked then I would lie. I was beyond shocked when she threw herself on me without any hesitation. It seemed so real and natural as if she was waiting for me when I could clearly see that she was sleeping. When she opened the door, her eyes were still half-closed. I wanted to live that moment with her. I knew that I was becoming greedy day by day when my heart clearly knew that she would go back as soon as she would get her revenge and I would succeed in my mission.

We didn’t have a future together, but still, I craved her. I could see the honesty and longing for me in her eyes. They were there when she was not able to see me and they were still present there when she can see me now. Rehaana was right. She was too innocent to be in my cruel world. In the next two days, Rehaana would give her all the information that she would need to survive here. I was worried for her. The information that I had on her indicated that she was always a shy and confident girl. She was loved by the others around her except those two scheming people besides her. I was not confident about this plan anymore after I got to know her.

“What are you thinking so hard?” I heard Rehaana’s concerned voice. We were sitting in my study right now. Mariam was already sleeping after taking her medicine. “I don’t know, Rehaana what to think now. It was just a coincidence that I was there when she was about to die. With all her information, I assumed that she would seek revenge and so I planned whatever came to my mind. We both know what made me think like this. I was sure then that she would show fear and disgust as soon as she would be able to see again. To my dismay, she proved me wrong every time. What do you think about her?” I asked her in a defeated tone. She pursed her lips while playing with the rim of her wine glass placed on the table. “I am a big fan of her work. You have seen the collection of photos that I have in my room. They are all captured by her”, she told me, and I raised my brows in amazement. She nodded once to confirm what she told me. “I didn’t know that”, I said and sipped at my glass of wine.

“As far as my knowledge of her, she was a good photographer with a good personality. According to the information that I have read on the net about her, she is (she took a deep breath)… she is different. As you already know, she struggled to stand up on her feet on her own as she lost her father at a very tender age. It's remarkable that she still saved her innocence otherwise those b****ds didn't be able to deceive her like this”, she said after giving a thought. “That I know”, I said in a bored tone. She narrowed her eyes on me. “Yeah… that I saw at the noon”, she immediately said mischievously. I glared hard at her and she grinned. “I couldn’t believe that you actually kissed her?”, she said in disbelief, and I knitted my brows on her this time. “I mean.. you never let any woman even come near you and she was”, she paused and I rolled my eyes while looking away in another direction. "As you said before, she is different and yes, I actually kissed her and this was not the first time", I told her with a smirk on my lips and she almost spat the wine that she had in her mouth right now. She coughed hard while looking at me in disbelief. "I thought that you were only pretending", she said while coughing hard.

I took a deep breath and looked in the other direction. "According to the agreement, she will play the role of my wife in front of the rest of the world for the next three years. At first, I thought that it would be hard for her to pretend with (I scoffed at my own thought)... this scarred face. Now, (I looked at her this time)... I felt that I am actually married to her", I admitted without any hesitation. She smiled while looking at me. "I am happy that you have someone in your life right now who is not mean and selfish", she said and I smiled this time. "She actually made me smile, Rehaana and this is now frightening me", I said and gulped down the whole glass in one go.

“Do you really believe that you will let her go when the time comes?” she asked me after a short silence. “I don’t know”, I said absentmindedly. There was again silence in the room. This was the same question that was bothering me all the time. I was now used to her attention and love. I didn't know what I would do when the time actually came in the future. "Let her read the agreement once again in the morning before we start her training. Let me explain to her one more time what she has signed for. Let her decide now what she wants. I am sure that she is not aware of that other clause there or is she?" Rehaana asked me at the end in a concerned tone making me feel more guilty than I was already feeling. I lowered my eyes and then shook my head negatively. Once again, silence spread between us. “Let’s not talk about this anymore. We will cross the bridge together when the time comes”, she said in a dismissal way and stood up. She yawned aloud and then looked at me with tired eyes. “I am going to sleep now. I have to take my medicines too”, she said and I nodded. “Good night, brother”, she waved her hand at me while leaving the study.

I rested my back on the backrest of the chair and put my head on the top edge. Whenever I tried to remain unfazed and cold towards Mariam, I felt more drowned to her. The agreement that we both signed was for three years as I only needed this much to get what I want. After three years, she would go back to her world. This was what we agreed. Did I really wish her to leave me? I didn’t know the answer of this question yet and I didn’t want to find the answer to this question. She was the first woman who made my stone heart beat furiously whenever I got closer to her. She was the first woman who I wanted to kiss and didn’t want to see a single tear in her eyes.

I opened my eyes and then finished my glass of wine. I stood up and then went out of the study. I went straight upstairs towards her. She has already slept but her nightmare was the problem. I wanted to ensure that she was not having any nightmares this time. She was safe here and there was no way that I would let anybody hurt her any other way. Still, I wanted to see her only for my sake. I slowly opened the door and went inside. I smiled when I saw her sleeping soundly. I shook my head when I saw that she had kicked the duvet in her sleep and now had curled up her body to get some warmth.

I went near to the bed and sat down. I covered her body with the duvet and she immediately pulled the duvet till her shoulder when she got the touch of the duvet on her body. She whimpered and I felt her body tremble. I touched her face gently and sighed. She was cold because of no cover on her body. This region of the country become cold at the night. “You are stupid”, I whispered to her and then kissed on her temple. She snuggled into her pillow and tightened her grip on the duvet. I stood up and silently went out of the room. I slowly closed the door as I didn’t want to disturb her sleep.

I went to the next room beside her room which was mine. After stripping my shirt, I went to the balcony and looked at the darkness outside. The darkness inside me was more than what was outside. There were so many stars in the sky to lessen the darkness of the night whereas there was nothing in my heart. From tomorrow onwards there will be so many changes in my life and I was wishing for the best. “Demitry”, I heard her low voice and immediately looked back. I narrowed my eyes when I saw her standing at my door. She had wrapped the blanket all over her body till her head.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her in a gentle tone and went to her. She didn’t come inside and stood at the door. “That room is too cold. Can I sleep here? I promise I will not bother you”, she said in a sleepy tone. I felt that she was still trembling. I pulled her inside my room and closed the door. “Come here”, I said to her, and then took her to bed. When I pulled her in my embrace, I felt that she was trembling hard and her teeth were chattering a little. I put her down on the bed and made her lay down with the blanket around her. “Please put that blanket on me too”, she said with trembling lips. “Okay”, I said and then covered her with the blanket on the bed too.

I raised the temperature of the room. Suddenly I remembered that the window was still open. I stood up from bed and went to the window. I closed the window and pulled the curtains. I came back to her and lay down near her. She scooted near me immediately and hid her face under my body. “It’s too cold”, she murmured, and I smiled. I pulled the blanket over my body and then wrapped my hand around her body. “Sleep now… everything is okay”, I said to her gently. She was cocooned in her blanket and now was covered with another blanket too. I knew that she would be at ease soon. So, I also closed my eyes after she made herself comfortable beside me. Whatever tomorrow brings for us, we will see tomorrow.

I woke up by the alarm and opened my eyes. I closed the alarm and rubbed my eyes gently. I felt cold and it was weird for me. I frowned when I saw that she had kicked the blanket again, leaving me in the cold while she was still inside her cocoon. I pulled the blanket and covered myself to the shoulder. “You are mean”, I said to her and she opened her eyes slowly. “Good morning”, she said in a groggy voice and smiled at me. “Good morning”, I said and then kissed her forehead. She took a deep breath and then smiled widely.

“I am sorry for the last night. It was really cold there”, she said innocently and I knitted my brows on her. “Yeah… I can see that”, I looked at her body and she blushed. She tried to pull her hands out of the blanket. I laughed when she struggled hard because in her sleep, she flipped so many times that she was now tied in the blanket. “Uhhh… help me”, she yelled in frustration and I laughed harder while shaking my head. She was really looking like a worm whose head is out of her cocoon. “Help me”, she yelled in desperation this time. “Okay… wait”, I said in between my laughter and then helped her getting out of the blanket.

She took a few deep breaths after coming out of the blanket as if she was suffocated in that. “Thank you… god… How can I be so reckless?” she muttered to herself and I laughed again. She pouted at me and I laughed more. “Now… go back to your room and freshen up. You need to come down for breakfast”, I told and she nodded obediently. I ruffled her already messed hair and she whined again while slapping my hand away. “You are mean”, she yelled again while pressing her hair and then stood up. “Hey”, I pulled her from her wrist and she landed on me. “Now what”, she spat and I licked my lips mischievously. She blushed this time while lowering her eyes. I was never this playful as I was with her. ”Let me go”, she said shyly and was about to stand up when I pulled her in my embrace again. “Don’t you think.. you miss something?” I asked her mischievously and she moved her eyes all over as if she was thinking something hard.

I cupped her face and pulled her closer to me. She lowered her eyes shyly and bit her lower lip. I was about to kiss her when the door of my room suddenly burst open startling both of us. “Good m…. O my god”, Rehaana screamed in panic and I cursed under my breath. “I am sorry…. I am sorry”, she yelled immediately while looking at us in horror. Mariam blushed harder and hid her face in my chest and I glared at my sister who again ruined my moment.