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Maya's pov:

We were sitting in his luxurious Porche. I swear, when I first saw his garage full of cars, I was stunned. One would find it difficult to differentiate between if it's a garage or a showroom of cars. You name it and he has that car with him.

We were right now going to his office. He said that he had a quick meeting and then, we would proceed towards my parents house. Not that I was scared, but I am a little bit hesitant of taking him there. I know up to what extent my parents can bad mouth someone and because of that I am afraid that they will disrespect Xavier and knowing him certainly, he wouldn't take any.

I came out of my thoughts when the car stopped in front of a building. I remembered my first time when I came here. And, it was the worst day of my life. With all the cheating and the Caroline stuff, I lost my ability to think straight. I took a deep breath and before I could open my side of door, Xavier opened it.

"Xavier you know that I have hands and I can open my own door." I said, shrugging.

He snacked his hand around my waist and lightly closed the door.

"I know that dear. But, I really like doing these things for you. Besides, it's my duty to treat you like a queen." I smiled at his answer and walked ahead.

Before we could enter the building, a thought came to my mind.

"Uh... Xavier! Why don't you go ahead? I'll be back real quick."

He looked unsure and said, "What happened? I can wait for you."

"No. It's fine. You go ahead. I'll be back in a while." I said. He nodded and went ahead.

I crossed the road and went towards the old man who was selling roses.

"Hey. How much are these roses?" I asked him.

He returned my smile and said, "4 dollars each."

"How much will it cost me if I take all?"

His smile widened. "These are 30 roses. But, I can give you a discount if you take all. It will be total of 115 dollars."

"Thank you. I'll take them." I touched my pockets of jeans, only to find embarrassment of not having a single penny with me.

Damn you Xavier! Only if you'd have let me change, I would have taken my purse with me. Ughh!

"Can you just wait here for a moment? I forgot my purse at home. My friend works right here, in this building. I'll quickly get some money from him."

"Sure." He said.

I quickly ran inside the building to borrow some money from Chris. On the way , I heard someone yelling but, didn't bother to look back. If I waste anytime more, that man could go from there.

I hurriedly went to the lift and pressed 20th button.

After a minute the lift opened and I went towards Chris' cabin. Before I could open the knob of the door, someone grabbed my wrist tightly and turned me around.

"What the hell?" I yelled looking at a girl, who just pulled me.

"Exactly! What the hell? How dare to turn deaf to me? I was continuously calling you but, you ran straight to the lift." She yelled at me.

"Listen Miss. I'm sorry that I didn't turn back. But, I didn't know that you were calling me." I said, trying to get out of her hold on my wrist.

"Oh please! I know girls like you who play these types of dramas to meet great personalities. Or I should say to seduce them." She spatted, tightening her hold more. I am pretty sure that it is going to leave a mark.

Despite of my pleadings, she dragged me back to the lift and took me to the main entrance.

"Get out of here before the Boss sees you." She shouted at me.

"Why don't you understand that I know Xavier. I also know Chris. Just let me go and meet them. You can come with me too."

As irrelevant as she seemed, she didn't believe.

She took a deep breath and pushed me out of the door. I stumbled upon the stairs and closed my eyes tightly knowing that I'm gonna kiss the floor, real hard.

Before I could feel any pain, I felt a hand wrapping around my shoulder and holding me firmly.

I looked up to see that it's Chris. He was shooting draggers at the lady. Shit! He shouldn't have seen this.

He helped me to stand back properly and kept his hand firmly around my shoulder. I didn't realise that I was crying until he wiped my tears.

"HOW DARE YOU?" Venom dripping from his tone, Chris yelled at the lady.

She flinched and shrank back in fear. She involuntarily took some steps back as panic flared in her eyes.

By now many people gathered around. Each of them shocked, probably seeing Chris yelling for the first time.

"What is happening here?" A voice that many people dreaded off came. Every eye shifted it's sight to the source.

XAVIER!

Standing at the edge of the entrance with his two bodyguards behind him, he looked dreadful. His cold hearted and ruthless aura was back.

His black Armani suit flexed with each step he took towards me. Chis straightened himself and took my hand lightly in his. He forwarded my bruised hand towards him.

He took off his shades and his blue ocean eyes which make me lost in their depth, had now turned red. His nostrils flared with anger as he touched the skin where that lady's nails dug into my skin making me whince in pain.

No wonder, people call him demon and are so frightened of him. Right now, looking at him, I didn't dare to say a word. Leaving me behind in Chris' protective embrace, he marched forwards towards the lady with slow steps. Just like a lion when he sees his prey.

"Miss Emma Roberts! Kindly speak up." He, dangerously close to her face, spatted.

Still afraid of his reaction, she didn't utter a word.

"Before I forget my sanity and lose my control over myself, explain this." He yelled at the top of his voice.

She flinched at his tone but , having no other option than to speak up, she opened her mouth.

"Sir....she was runn... running towards the lift without even waiting at the reception. I ..... I called her many...a .... times but,she didn't listen. She ran away. When I reached the floor by other lift, she was ..... going to steal from Chris sir's cabin. I caught her. That's why I brought her back to the ground floor. But, she...was being difficult. That's why, she got bruised. But, that was by mistake....I promise that I didn't misbehave.....with her. Instead she started to shout at me....and even tried to hit me."

I was dumbstruck at her accusations. But, I knew that Xavier knows me enough.

"Apologize!" Xavier yelled.

"Huh?" She was confused. "Sir, trust me I am not lying. I know these type of girls. They look all innocent on the outside but, are the biggest bitches one could ever meet. Sir, if I wouldn't have reached at the right time, then who knows she might have even stolen some important documents from Chris sir's cabin."

"Kindly elaborate Miss Roberts, what could she have stolen?" Xavier questioned.

"I don't know Sir. But just look at her outfit. It seems like she has came straight from a garbage can. She doesn't even deserve to stand at such elegant building. Such a dirty whore." She looked at me with disgust.

But before I could react anything, the whole office gasped when suddenly, a table was flipped over from the ground. I looked beside me to see a furious Chris and all the things, probably an expensive vase broken into pieces.

"Just fucking shut up Emma. Dare you a single word and I wouldn't care about anyone here." He yelled and looked towards Xavier. "I am sorry sir if I am overstapping my boundaries but, she has no right to say all these things to Maya." He turned towards that lady again and said, "You should be thankful that I don't raise my hands on women. Otherwise, you would have been dead by now. Just fucking apologize right now. I don't care about anyone when it comes to Maya. Not even the Boss."

He held me by my shoulders and took me near Emma. To say that she was shocked would be an understatement because her open mouth and wide eyes were the proof that she was extremely stunned and scared.

"Apologize!" Chris yelled.

She was still quite, not uttering a word.

"Apologize to Maya right now or you wouldn't leave this office alive." Xavier shouted from the back and came and stood beside me.

"I'm... I'm sorry." She stammered but managed to complete her sentence.

Soon after that, Xavier called the head of his HR department and asked him to prepare the termination letter of Miss Emma. Despite of her pleadings, he didn't pay a heed to her. I felt bad seeing her cry so much in front of everyone. When I tried to intervene in between, his one look was enough to shut me up. In the meanwhile, Chris cleaned and put a bandage over the cut.

After while Xavier brought me back to his cabin and Chris left for his work.

I was silent the entire while after seeing his deathly aura. Not that I was afraid of him but, I was definitely scared of the situation.

He made me sit on the couch and kneeled down on the floor on his knees. He looked at my bandaid and then into my eyes.

"You do realise that whatever happened was none of your fault?" He questioned.

I nodded and that's when he shouted.

"Then why the hell you weren't able to protect yourself? Whatever Chris and I did for you downstairs, should have been done by you. You shouldn't need someone with you to protect you and guard you. Why the hell you didn't speak up Maya?"

I flinched at his loud tone and involuntarily pulled my hands back to me from his hold.

"I'm..I'm.. sorry."

"Maya, this isn't about your sorry. Infact, you were not at fault there. It was Emma. But, you were definitely at fault when she was accusing you of those filthy things and you were quite. You should have been the one who would have spoken up. You could have slapped the hell out of her for accusing you." He explained me.

The care and love was clearly reflecting from his tone. I was unnecessarily scared of him. He wanted me to stand up for myself.

I nodded at him with tears in my eyes and as his nature, he didn't even waste a second in embracing me.

Shit! How could I forget? That old man must be waiting.

I pushed Xavier and asked him, "Where's Chris?"

"In his cabin." He replied.

As soon as he said that, I ran towards his cabin. Despite hearing Xavier calling my name, I didn't bother to turn. Right now, the old man who must be hoping to see me buying all his flowers, must be waiting.

I went to Chris, asked him for the money, ran to the old man and bought the flowers. Only after thanking him for waiting and apologizing for the delay.

I knocked at Xavier's cabin and after hearing a cold Come In I went inside.

I entered to see a few people sitting in front of me, probably in a meeting or serious discussion.

"Sorry for the disturbance." I said and was about to leave when Xavier's voice stopped me.

"Not a problem. Wait here on the couch." And then, he went back to his screen. It felt awkward to sit in a room where a meeting was going on. I could feel few of them staring at me. Deciding to ignore it, I started scrolling Instagram.

After an hour, which definitely felt like an eternity to me, the meeting ended. Everyone left. It was only Xavier and me in his cabin.

"Xavier. Look, what I got for you?" I said forwarding the roses to him.

He looked at it and turned his face again to his laptop. Ahh! That hurts!

"Xavier, what happened? Are you upset?" I said, walking closer to him. He was still quite. I put my hand on his shoulder and he jerked it off.

I was shocked at his actions because he was perfectly fine when I left from here.

I tried to talk to him but, he rejected my every attempt. This was when my eyes started to water.

"Xavier.... please... please don't.... ignore me. I'm scared. Tel....tell me what happened?" I said stammering.

That's when he stopped typing and looked upto me.

He came to me and took me to the couch.

" That hurted, right?" He asked. I nodded.

"Then imagine how badly it must have stabbed in to my heart, when you wanted something and you went to some other person and not to me."

I was confused.

"I saw you going to Chris for money."

"Ohh." I had nothing else to say. I know that I have the first right over him but, asking for money; it was something wierd and awkward.

He pressed his two fingers under my chin and raised my face for my eyes to meet his.

"Listen Maya, I know that I have committed huge sins in the past but, I promise I won't ever do that again. In fact, I will be the happiest if you ask me for something and I could bring that for you.

Earlier, I used to work so hard so that I could give Dan and Mimi, the life they want and now that they have everything, I want you to know that you are the only one motivates me and pushes me forward. I want to keep the world under your feet and that's the reason, I am working so hard. So, it really hurted me a lot when you wanted some money, rather than coming to me, you went to Chris. I agree that he is your friend and honestly, I have no issue with that. But, I want to be the one who fullfils all your demands and all your needs."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know that this small act of mine could hurt you so much. But, I'm really sorry and I promise it won't happen again. Whenever I will need something, I will remember that you will be the first person I will have to come to." I promised him.

Smiling at my reply, he leaned forward. His lips rested on my forehead lingering there for sometime and my eyes closed on their own to absorb his love.

"I love you." His words acted as a catalyst to my already amazing mood.

"I love you too Xavier."

After that, we both went towards my parents house. Every lane and every street we crossed, increased by heartbeat more. I know that it isn't going to be a pleasing experience but, I also know that it wouldn't be easy for them to insult me the way they want. And this is just because, I had my saviour with me, Xavier.

I rang the bell and the door opened, revealing my mother exactly the same she was when I left. Just a few more wrinkles or I should say fine lines added on to her face.

I could see that she was shocked to see Xavier with me but, she moved aside letting us both in. Xavier took my shaking hands into his to give me the hold of protection and I could say that, it worked. I felt a bit relaxed.

After the while, which felt like an eternity of waiting in the living room, my father came.

"Hello Mr. Adams. Nice to see you again." My father broke the profound silence. Xavier replied with just a curt nod and I was definitely sure that, it angered him.

"Thank you so much for bearing her all these months and it was really pleasure to work with you. Now that everything is fine, you can drop back your burden here and enjoy your life just as you were doing before this contract." My father said.

Xavier's pov:

For bearing her! Drop the burden here!

It was just a minute he opened his mouth and I so wish to rip that tongue out of his throat. How could he? How dare he say that? My Maya is not a burden.

My tightened grip on her hand, made Maya realise that I was fuming with anger. She is slightly rubbed the back of my palm and was drawing soothing circles on my wrist by her thumb.

I took a deep breath and forwarded the file towards him.

"What's this?" He asked looking at the file.

"This is the termination of the contract. I have already signed it once you and Maya both sign it, the contract will be over."

He nodded and signed at the bottom of the page and forwarded the file to Maya. She looked at me and I assured her nodding my head. She took the file and signed the paper. It was now over. The contract which binded Maya to me was terminated.