Falling For My Mysterious Saviour

CHASING AN INVISIBLE ENEMY

Demitry's P.O.V.

"Just one more", I coaxed Mariam while feeding her the soup. It was already dinner time but she didn't want to eat something. So, I asked the kitchen to prepare some nutritious soup for her. I couldn't let her sleep empty stomach just because she don't want to eat. She was not picky about food, but I noticed that she had started losing her appetite. She was not as cheerful as she was before. Her spirits were high when she came back to her senses after that k********g incident. She was in pain and cried almost all the time when she stayed awake but made jokes often. Now she had a smile on her lips but the sadness in her smile was more evident than her happiness. "I am full, Demitry. I don't want to eat more", she protested and I sighed in defeat. I wanted her to smile genuinely again. I wanted her life spirit to come back to her again but I didn't know what to do. "Okay... tell me when you feel hungry. I will feed you then", I said with a genuine smile on my lips. "Why do you always insist on feeding me, huh? I can eat on my own. My hands are in working condition, you know", she said in a calm tone but I could feel the irritation in her voice.

"I know that you can eat but I want to pamper my wife", I said while lying down beside her. I scooted myself near her and slid my hand under her neck. She snuggled into my shoulder without any hesitation. It made me smile internally. No matter what was going to happen to us in the future, it was clear that I was not going to leave her in this life span. "Don't spoil me so much. You have so many responsibilities to deal with other than me. You often go on business trips for more than a week. If you spoil me so much, then it would be hard for me to deal with the situation then", she said in a low and complaining tone, but it made me feel uneasy. She was right here though but I didn't want to let her feel inferior here. "So what if I have other responsibilities? You are my first priority and you always remain the first", I said while trying to make her understand her importance in my life.

She once again opened her mouth but I immediately spoke again making her stop whatever she wanted to say. "Anyways.... grandpa wants me to go for plastic surgery on my face", I told her and she looked up at me this time in confusion. "Huh?" she said while shrinking her nose in confusion. "He said that I should do this for you", I paused again and the confusion on her face deepened. I smiled and kissed her forehead. "According to grandpa..... I should let my past go and grab the present now. According to him, these scars on my face are symbols of betrayal that I got in my past and you are my present and my future. Only by removing them, I would let my past go and then we both can live happily together", I explained her grandpa's point of view here. She blinked while processing whatever I told her. "He really thinks so?" she asked me in a low voice and I nodded immediately. "I know that you are not afraid of these scars on my face and they don't affect your love for me but", I paused and took a deep breath. "I think, I should do this for you", I said while looking straight into her eyes.

She lowered her head and rubbed her head on my shoulder. "I think.... we should stick with our agreement now", he said in a low tone and my heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean by this, Mariam?" I immediately lowered my body down to her level. She still had her eyes lower and it made me anxious now. "I.... I don't know whether I will be able to even sit up again or not, let alone walk again. I.... I don't want to be a hurdle between you and your happiness, Dem. You deserve to be happy. Y... you already h... have suffered so much and in my present condition", she looked up this time and I felt that someone had stabbed straight into my heart. Her eyes were watery and the pain in her eyes was so unbearable. I immediately put my hand on her mouth to stop her from saying anything more. "The contract has already been terminated by us. You and I both agreed on this earlier and signed our marriage certificate. You are not going away from me, Mariam, and I don't want any argument about this", I raised my voice on the last sentence as she was about to say something again.

"You will come back to your feet soon and I believe that you will definitely will. So... never .... ever you even think about parting away from me, Mariam, just because you are sick now. You only need time to heal properly and we have our whole life together. Tell me one thing here", I asked a question in the end while looking straight into her eyes. She had a pure heart and she couldn't hide her true emotions from me. "If I was in your place, would you think about leaving me?" I asked her in a calm tone even when I knew her answer. "Of course not. I love you so much, Dem, and my love is not based on only physical appearance or performance", she immediately replied in a firm tone and I smiled at her answer. "Still you want me to leave you when I love you so much, huh?" I asked in a hurtful tone this time and she immediately lowered her eyes. I could see the guilt on her face right now. "I have seen you in the worst condition than this, Mariam. At that time, you were not even able to speak properly, let alone move a finger", I spoke again trying to make her understand that we could pass this condition too.

I pulled her upper body towards me carefully and held her by her waist and shoulder in my embrace. She immediately wrapped her hand around my neck and hid her face inside my chest. "Don't think too much... focus on your recovery and stay with me forever", I said while closing my eyes. She didn't say anything but took a deep breath. I knew that she was still thinking negatively but I knew myself too. I knew that I would not let her go away from me. She will find her way to recovery soon. She was not the one who give up easily. I had so many things to deal with but Mariam was still my priority. I remembered what Dexter told me. We were now chasing an invisible enemy who is faking someone else's identity to distract me. He didn't know that I am already chasing him and soon he would be under my gaze.

"Warrick is trying to contact you for the past ten days", I told her after a short pause. "I don't want to talk to him", she said in a sleepy voice this time and I sighed. "I have switched off your phone right after your second surgery because the doctor said it would not be good for you to go under any mental or psychological pressure. It is still switched off but I get the notification from whoever calls you", I told her truthfully and she only hummed. "We will deal with him later. I want to sleep now", she snuggled more into my chest, making my heart go wild. I tightened my grip on her and tried to sleep.

I opened my eyes when I felt something moving on my side. I slowly opened my eyes and heard a sobbing. My eyes immediately opened wide and I looked down on my chest. Mariam was still lying on my chest. Her shoulders moved a bit and I felt a vibration of her chest. She was sobbing. “Mariam…. Hey”, I shook her shoulder but she didn’t respond. She was crying in her dreams. “Mariam…. Wake up”, I gently shook her again but she didn’t open her eyes. She was deep in her dreams and it was now scaring me. I remembered that it happened once after she gained her consciousness back then. The doctors tried hard to wake her up that time but couldn’t and then they sedated her. I didn’t know why did they need to sedate her when she was already sleeping but I didn’t ask because soon her heartbeat calmed down. I didn’t want her to let go through the same thing again and again.

“Mariam…. Wake up”, I put a little pressure on her shoulder this time and she opened her eyes instantly. She gasped for the air as if someone had strangled her neck. “Hey…hey”, I immediately rubbed her chest and she looked at me with her wide open eyes and mouth. Her eyes were blank as if she was still not registering the things. “Everything is okay… that was only a bad dream”, I tried to comfort her while rubbing her chest gently. She was still struggling with her breathing. “D… Dem”, she tried to speak but her voice was so hoarse due to constant weeping in her dreams. “It’s okay… it’s okay… you are fine”, I comforted her and pulled her in my embrace again.

For a good few minutes I said nothing and let her calm down first. “What was the dream about?” I asked her in a low tone while rubbing her arm gently. “I didn’t remember”, she said in a calm tone this time. I furrowed my brows on her response but didn’t say a word again. This is possible for all of us. “It’s okay… you don’t need to think about that anymore”, I said to her and she nodded. I looked at the time and it was almost four in the morning. “You should sleep again”, I said to her and started patting her shoulder gently. “I don’t want to sleep. What if”, she paused but I understood what she wanted to say. “Nothing will happen… trust me”, I coaxed her and she sighed aloud.

After some time, I felt her breathing got even. I sighed internally and slowly put her head down on the pillow. She didn’t protest and soon she snuggled her face in the pillow. I stood up from the bed slowly and tucked her under the sheet carefully. She didn’t move that made me blew a breath in relief. I took my phone from the nightstand and opened the message. I had heard a message tone when I was about to sleep but didn’t look at that time. I smiled coldly after reading the content. I replied him and asked him to meet me in my office today. I looked back at Mariam who was still in deep sleep. I locked the phone again and put down slowly on the night stand and then went to the washroom. It was my routine to wake up early in the morning and do exercises in the gym inside the mansion.

I finished the business in the washroom and came out. I changed my clothes in my training gear and gently closed the door when I went out of the room. “Good morning”, I heard Mrs Lockhart’s voice and immediately moved behind towards her. “Good morning…. Why are you awake so early?” I immediately asked her in concern while walking towards her. She was looking so exhausted and tired. It meant that she didn’t sleep well in night. She had dark circles around her eyes. “I was not able to sleep properly”, she answered me and started walking with me. “Both the girls are suffering so much. They have never harmed anyone in their life span till now. Still they have to suffer so much”, she lowered her head when her voice cracked at the end.

I was speechless for a while. “Did something happen to Mariam in her childhood that caused her nightmares?” I asked her in a low and calm voice. She sighed aloud and looked up this time. “The only thing that caused her nightmare is her father’s death. She was very close to him”, she told me, and I nodded in understanding this time. Now I could understand what she dreamt about every time when she was depressed. “She is still sleeping and I think you should rest also. You are not looking well”, I said to her and she smiled faintly this time. “I am going to prepare breakfast for us”, she said and I nodded. She then went downstairs and I headed towards the gym. I heard a message tone again and took out the phone. I smirked when I got his confirmation message.

I messaged Dexter to put the file with all the information on my invisible enemy at my table in the office. In the past few days, Dexter was trying hard to get any information on that mysterious person but it seemed that he always disappeared into the thin air after contacting Warrick. It was clear that he also had something on Warrick and he was blackmailing him. All I needed to know why Warrick wanted to contact Mariam. There was no way that I would let him harm Mariam in any way now. I was in the middle of my exercise when I heard my phone ringing. Due to Mariam’s condition, I started leaving my phone on ring so that I could take the call on time. My brows furrowed when I saw Mariam’s name on the caller ID. I immediately stopped cycling and picked up the call. “What’s wrong?” I immediately asked but didn’t get any answer. My heart started beating rapidly and I started running towards our room.