Falling For My Mysterious Saviour

SHE IS SMART

Mariam’s P.O.V.

“What do you think about the plan?” Dexter asked me and I smiled. “I think, there should be some changes according to the original structure of my house. I have marked some changes in the plan. You can discuss them with the designer”, I told him and he nodded. “I am sure that you already has got a call from Mr Davenport, right?” he asked me in a gentle tone and I huffed. “Yeah… he is not coming back today”, I said in a flat tone but he could clearly sense my disappointment. “You know.. I am very happy for you two”, he said in a calm tone and I looked at him in confusion. He cleared his throat and then took my hand in his hand that I didn’t mind. I always took care of my like a sister or should I say I was like his own daughter. She was only two years older than me but he was a father figure for me.

“You two complete each other in every way. In my time with Mr Davenport, I never saw him smiling until you came. You made him smile again and I was glad that he was there at that time. He not only saved you but he saved himself too”, he said in an honest tone and I smiled widely this time. “I am lucky that I have him, Dexter. I am glad that Valerie and Warrick did that to me and I found the love of my life. I can do anything for him and I know that he also can do anything to make me smile”, I said in a proud tone and he smiled widely this time. He patted my hand and took a deep breath. “Now you two have to take the next step of your lives. You know well what I mean”, he gave me a knowing look and I sighed this time. “Do you think that I don’t want to consummate our marriage?” I looked at him questioningly and he immediately shook his head negatively.

“I know that you want to give him all the happiness of his life. It’s just…. Time is not with you two…. But”, he paused and squeezed my hand a little. “I am sure that soon you will be on your feet. I know you. I have seen you fighting for your life. Your will to stay alive is stronger than anything else in this world”, he tried to boost my spirit with all those encouraging words. “Thanks, Dexter… thanks for entrusting your faith in me”, I said truthfully and he waved his hand in the air. “Ahhhh.. it’s nothing.. I only want to see you two happy and content”, he said with a broad smile on his lips making me smile again.

He suddenly became serious that made me raised my brows. “What happened?” I asked him in a concerned tone. “I told you that Warrick and Valerie are in the city, right?” he looked at me to confirm and I nodded in response. “Warrick came to the company yesterday and made a fuss there. He is desperate to meet you. Someone is blackmailing him. I don’t know how but the blackmailer knows about the incident back then. I am not sure but I think… he has some evidence against Warrick”, I chewed my internal cheeks while listening to Dexter. “Who can be that blackmailer?” I asked him in a calm tone. He sighed and shrugged his shoulders. “We are still investigating him but he is so cunning that he doesn’t leave hint behind him”, he told me and now it was my turn to go cold.

Dexter looked at us with a confused gaze and Layla went to the washroom. “I was doing exercise before that raised the temperature of the body. My body temperature should be normal before taking a bath after the exercise or else I can catch a cold”, I explained to him and he nodded. “O yeah.. you are right… you are right…. We can’t shower right after an intense exercise”, he said in an understanding tone and I nodded. “Okay…. Then I will come back after half an hour with your lunch”, he said and looked at his watch. He had some documents in his hand that he had put on the nightstand. “Bring your lunch too. Let’s eat together”, I said and he nodded while smiling. “Okay”, he said and then looked at Layla who came back with a large basin filled with water. She put down that basin on a stool near the bed that Dexter brought immediately.

Dexter went out of the room and Layla followed him. She locked the door and then came back to the bed. “He is scary”, she complained while pouting and I laughed. “He is not scary… he is very caring”, I said to her and she frowned. None of them except me had seen Dexter smiling. To them, he was as cold as an iceberg. “He is very attached to you”, she said while coming near to me. She gently pulled the t-shirt upwards and pulled it over my head. “He is the big brother that I always dreamed of”, I told her truthfully. She raised her brows in surprise but didn’t say a word. She started wiping my body and I sighed. I wanted to have a proper shower. I didn’t know when was the last time I was under the shower. I decided to ask Demitry to give me a proper bath once he comes back. He could think about the way to fulfill my this wish.

“What are you thinking so hard?” Layla asked me in a casual tone while wiping me on the waist. “Uhhh…. Nothing… I just want to have a proper bath”, I said with a sigh. There was no harm in telling her because she was my nurse and was responsible for me in Demitry’s absence. “You can ask sir. He can arrange for you”, she said the same thing that I was thinking. I smiled and shook my head a little. “What?” she asked me while pulling the duvet downwards. “I was thinking the same”, I told her and this time, she also smiled. “Uhhh…. Mariam”, she called me after wiping both my legs cautiously. “Yeah”, I replied without any delay. She came back to my side and put down the towel inside the basin. She dried her hands and then took my underwear first. She put that on to me very cautiously without making me feel any pain.

“I have a question in my mind for a long time that I want to ask you”, she looked at me while taking the t-shirt in her hands. “Then ask me”, I said in a casual tone. “You knew about the drawbacks of the operation yet you agreed…. Why?” she asked me while pulling down the t-shirt from my head. “Because I love Rehaana and I couldn’t watch her die when I could save her”, I answered her without even thinking once. “You are really something, Mariam. Why are you so selfless?” she asked me with a chuckle and I smiled. “I am not a selfless person, Layla. Rehaana is like a sister to me. She…. She did everything to make me smile when I was sad. She even refused to let me donate bone marrow to her because she was scared for my life. That was why Dem and others didn’t tell me about her condition. So, I chose to donate because I want to see my sister growing old with me. I am very selfish, you know. She chose death only to keep me safe and happy. How could I let her die when she was going to sacrifice herself for me, huh?” I asked her in a calm tone.

She had paused somewhere in the middle while dressing me and was looking at me dumbfounded. I smiled and then looked at myself. She immediately came out of her stance and looked at me apologetically. She finished dressing me and then took the basin from the stool and went to the washroom. I pulled the duvet up to my chest. I was now really very hungry. I looked at the time and it was almost the time that he would have to return with my lunch. Layla came back to me and then sat down beside me. “I heard that you are going to your hometown?” she asked me and I nodded. “If I am not wrong, you are also going with me, right?” I asked her and she took a deep breath. “I am afraid that I can’t be able to go with you. Dr Reynolds told us that they are trying to hire someone local there for you”, she told me and I raised my brows in confusion.

“This will not work. I am not going to let anyone else than you or Demitry touch my body”, I said in an annoying tone and she looked at me helplessly. “I will talk to Demitry. You are going with me there”, I said and she took a deep breath. “Do you have a boyfriend?” I asked her suddenly taking her off guard, as she immediately blushed. “No… I am very much single”, she said while blushing and I smiled widely. “Then there is no problem. You are going with me”, I said and she pouted. “Okay… let’s talk about this later”, she said and I nodded because we heard the knock on the door. She stood up and then went to open the door.

Dexter came inside with a food trolley with him. “You came just on time. I am starving now”, I said while rubbing my belly. Layla came back to me and then put down two more pillows behind my back after lifting my upper body a little up cautiously. She was excellent at her work and I didn’t think that anyone else could take good care of me like her. Dexter dragged the trolley to the bed and Layla went out of the room. Dexter already had asked her to go and have her lunch. He prepared a plate for me first and gave it to me. I immediately took the plate for him. I was really starving now. I didn’t know after how much time I felt so hungry. Dexter smiled when I started eating without waiting for him to start eating. “I am hungry”, I said while having food in my mouth and he laughed while waving a finger in the air.

He also started eating his food and I moaned softly while savouring the taste of the food. “I brought the modification plan of your house for your review”, he told me after a while and I nodded. “What kind of modification did Demitry want?” I asked him after gulping down the food. “He wants to extend the house so that we can have more rooms”, he told me and I knitted my brows now. Both my neighbours were old couples and were living in the neighbourhood for the past few generations. I didn’t think that they would agree to sell their properties. “You are thinking right here”, I looked at Dexter who commented. “Then how are you going to expand?” I asked him in a calm tone.

“You won’t believe but we paid almost four times the present cost of their property”, I dropped the spoon when I heard him. He chuckled at my reaction and I looked at him with wide eyes in horror. “You can’t be serious”, I said in a shocked tone and he just shrugged his shoulders. “He can’t do this. He should talk to me before making this decision”, I was now pissed on Demitry. “He talked with your mother before purchasing those properties. She didn’t have any problem as she already has named that property to Sir”, he told me and I jerked my head backwards. “What?” I almost yelled this time and he flinched.