Falling For My Mysterious Saviour

ITS DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE

Mariam’s P.O.V.

“This is your room. Have a look and tell if you need any change or anything else that you need”, Dexter told me while dragging the curtains. The sunlight filled the room making things clear and visible. I looked around and my eyes widened in surprise. “Am I going to live here?” I asked him in shock while looking around. It was a huge room with a queen-size bed in the middle covered with a peach colour bedsheet with floral print. There was a small study table with a comfortable chair near the bed. There was a big couch with a centre table. At one corner was a big bookshelf filled with so many books. There was a huge TV hanging on the wall in front of the bed.

“Wow…. This is huge”, I exclaimed while taking in the whole room. There were two doors at one side. I went towards them. Dexter was behind me now. “One of them is of the bathroom and another one is of the closet”, he told me and just nodded in amazement. This could be a dream room for anyone that had a small room before. “Mr Davenport said that you will stay here until your eyes get completely healed and then after a closed ceremony, you will shift into his room”, he informed me and I nodded. I came back to the bed and sat down on the soft mattress. After spending so much time on the hospital bed, this could be compared to heaven.

“If you don’t need anything right now, then I will take your leave and will send you lunch after half an hour”, he said and I nodded again. He then left me in the room and I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes after removing the dark black glasses. Now, I could see the room clearly. The doctor asked me to wear those glasses for a few more days because the bright light can harm my eyes. I felt a bit exhausted when I did nothing but stay inside the car all the way here and then came here by taking some stairs. My legs and my body were still not able to take the stress right now.

I heard a knock on the door and sat up. I put the glasses back on my eyes. I stood up and lazily went towards the door. I opened the door and found a beautiful girl standing there with a pleasant smile on her face. I smiled back while opening the door widely. “Hi… I am Rehaana… Demitry’s baby sister”, she raised her hand and I immediately took her hand for shaking. “Hi… I am Mariam…. Please come in”, I welcomed her inside with a wide grin on my face. This was the first time that I was meeting someone known to Demitry other than Dexter.

“Why did you have these thick glasses in your eyes?” she suddenly asked me the question with a frown on her face. I looked towards her and removed the glasses. “Actually my eyes were operated on a few days ago. So, the doctor suggested keeping these glasses on so that the bright light can’t harm my eyes”, I explained her immediately. We both went towards the couch and sat down. “O… is that so?” she said with a curious gaze and I immediately nodded. “So put them back. I don’t want any harm to your beautiful eyes. They are really beautiful”, she praised my eyes and I blushed harder. I immediately put the glasses once again. It was not easy to look through them but I was used to now.

“So… Mariam.. what are your hobbies?” she asked me after making her comfortable at the couch. “I … well… I am a wildlife photographer and that’s my hobby too”, I said truthfully and she narrowed her eyes on me in confusion. “Can I have your phone?” I asked her and she raised her phone towards me with a curious look. I removed the glasses again and then typed my name on the search engine. She was looking at her screen also.

“See”, I showed my work to them. “You are actually Mariam Lockhard?” she suddenly exclaimed aloud and I jumped on my place a bit. “Y… yeah”, I stuttered while looking at her suspiciously. “Did I say something wrong? “O My God…. I am your big fan”, she suddenly exclaimed and put me in her embrace, taking me off guard. “Oooooo… I am so happy… I never thought that I will meet you”, she was laughing while rocking my body in her embrace. For a few seconds, my heart stopped beating but when I heard that she was a fan of my work, I took a breath of relief.

She released me from her grip after a while and then sat down beside me happily. “You know whenever I heard that your photographs are on auction, I always went there and I have so many photographs of yours”, she said and I actually smile this time. “I am glad that I have a friend like you”, I said with a genuine smile on my face. “I am happy that it’s you in my big brother’s life”, she said and I blushed this time. “O My…. Someone is blushing”, she laughed harder turning me crimson red.

“You don’t know, Mariam, how happy I am today… your photographs always give me a sense of happiness and I felt content. Now, you are in his life showing him the actual colour of happiness… I am really happy”, she said in a gentle tone and I could see happy tears in her eyes. “It’s your brother who brought me back into life, Rehaana. I don’t know how I will repay him. He not only saved me but also did everything to keep me safe”, I said with honesty in my tone.

“Mariam… I know that we belong to a different world and it’s not easy to adjust here with no previous experience. Due to … (she gulped hard).. due to that scar… my brother never goes public and I am his public face for a long period. Now… (her tone became serious)… you will be his public face. I will train you. I know it will be difficult for you because it’s a completely opposite world from what you had before. It’s difficult but not impossible”, she finished and I nodded. “I know what I have signed for, Rehaana and trust me, I am going to do everything to make things easier for your brother”, I gave her an assuring smile.

She smiled back and then took my hand in her. “Your training will start from tomorrow. After two days, you have to go with Demitry to our grandfather’s birthday party as his female companion. There is a lot for you to learn and keep them in your memories. Our family”, she paused and took a deep breath. All this time, she had a serious expression on her face that was enough to say that it was a serious matter. “Our family is not a simple family. The relationships here are look normal on the surface but deep down”, she lowered her head after pausing again.

“So… you want to say that I can meet the wolves in the skin of sheep here too?” I asked her in straight words and she looked at me this time. She smiled faintly and then nodded. “Yeah.. you can say like this. All of them are wolves in the skin of sheep. Forget about them today. Have a good rest and we will meet at dinner today”, suddenly she looked at her watch and stood up. “I have a meeting in office in the next hour. I will take my leave first. And”, she paused again and cupped my face. “Thanks for accepting Demitry”, she said with a genuine smile at her lips. I blushed but smiled back.

After that, she went out of the room. I saw her retreating figure. She was beautiful and had grace in her walk. She had a model figure and with minimal makeup on her face, she was looking like a diva. I came inside the room and then closed the door again. I went straight to the bed and lay down. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I have seen so much wildlife in my career but never thought that I have to deal with the hidden animals in society. Two of them almost killed me and according to Rehaana, there were several others around us.

I heard a knock on the door again and opened my eyes lazily. The light in the room went dim indicating that it was almost evening. I assumed that I fell asleep. I yawned and stood up from the bed. I heard the knock again. “I am coming”, I yelled and almost ran towards the door. I opened the door and a smile immediately appeared on my lips. I threw myself on him in a tight embrace as I wrapped my hands around his neck. “Hey… you are still recovering”, he scolded me but held me tight in his embrace. “So what… I am happy to see you”, I said without lifting my head from his shoulder. “Okay…. Let’s go inside”, he said and then pulled me upwards. I immediately wrapped my hands around his waist. He laughed and then slapped on my butt making me wince.

“Hey… this is not fair”, I yelled, but giggled. He closed the door by his leg and then went towards the bed. “Did you like your room?” he asked me while putting me on the bed. I was now standing up on the bed. I leaned on him still wrapping my hands around his neck and his hands around my waist. “This is nice. I like this. This is way bigger than my room at my house”, I confessed honestly and he smiled. “So where is my reward?” he asked while giving me a mischievous look. I looked up as if I was thinking about something very hard. “Ummmm…. What about later”, I said and tried to push away but he immediately pulled me closer. “Now”, he said and before I could say something more, he put his hand on the back of my head and pushed my face towards him and kissed me. I giggled while kissing him back. “O My …. I am sorry”, we both immediately broke the kiss when we heard someone yelling behind us.

I blushed harder when I saw Rehaana standing behind us with a horror expression on her face. Her eyes were widened in shock and her mouth was hung open. "You always kill the fun, Rehaana", Demitry yelled in frustration. "Hey", I glared at him but looked away as I didn't know how to face Rehaana. "I will wait for you downstairs..... you carry on", she suddenly retreated back and before I could say anything to her, she ran out of the room as if there was a hungry lion chasing her.

"You are really mean. She is your sister", I punched him on his chest playfully. "So what... she always came on the wrong time", he frowned and I smiled. We were still standing in the same position. "Give me my reward first", he demanded again and before I could retreat back, he again pulled me towards him and kissed me furiously. I felt myself melting in his embrace as I responded to his with the same passion. I didn't love him still it felt so good and better. "Demitry.... you.... oh no", we broke our kiss again and Demitry groaned angrily while I hid my face in his neck in embarrassment.