Arthur’s Pov:-
“He will come for me,” She whispered while falling unconscious in my arms,
“Davina!” I tried to wake her up but she wasn’t,
“God!” I groaned and lifted her up in my arms and made my way towards the mansion.
I rushed to her room and laid her down on the bed, I ran my fingers through my hair in anxiety while dialling Miss. Kavana’s Number. The state Davina was in looked horrible, she had blood coming out of her knee and she has wounds on her hands as well. Her fingernails had mud in them and her dress was covered in dust and mud.
As She answered the call, I asked her to come over and told her about Davina.
“I’ll be there, Mr. Spencer,” She replied and hung up the call.
I turned back and walked towards her, “Davina?” I called again but there was no response, I sat on the edge of the bed beside her and stared at her beautiful face. My hand automatically moved to her face and pushed the strands of her hair back.
Whatever happened between us earlier flashed in front of my eyes, the way I pushed her in rage made me extremely angry with myself.
What the hell is wrong with you Arthur, Why do you get angry at her all the time and make things difficult for yourself?
You should have let her speak what she had in her mind and should’ve controlled yourself? Her present state is all because of you! You’re the reason behind her misery, Arthur! What if she doesn’t wake up?
What if something bad happened to her like what happened with Olivia?
What if she doesn’t wake up at all? My subconscious yelled inside my head.
No, No, NO, I will not let that happen! She will wake up, She has to! I replied in pure anxiety,
Yes, This is all because of me, If I hadn’t pushed and yelled at her she wouldn’t have gone into the woods and this would have never happened! I thought and tears filled my eyes.
“I’m sorry,” I said while tears rolled my cheek,
The guilt inside me was growing up like a mountain and the pain it’s causing inside was unbearable, a sob burst out of my lips as I held her soft and delicate palm in my hands,
“I’m so sorry,” I cried out.
The agony of hurting her was tearing me inside. In the past moment between us, I thought that flash of anger had protected me from the pain inflicted on me by the name of that bastard from her lips but I never knew that I would see her like this.
“I regret my actions, Davina… I’m sorry,” I cried,
There are times my brain fries up. It’s no excuse I know; I own my behaviour. I try to help, try to be good, and then a trigger is flicked. My emotions turn cold, fearful, anxious. I don’t know how to control my anger and I end up hurting the people around me, I don’t know what to do to not hurt you but I hurt you the most, Davina.
“I’m sorry, Please,” I sobbed, “I promise, I will never do that again,” I said while staring at her with tears streaming down my eyes.
“Please,” I cried while pressing my forehead against the back of her hand and kept sobbing.
“Mr. Spencer,” I heard Miss. Kavana’s Voice behind me, I stopped crying and turned back, she was standing at the door with a worried expression on her face.
“Miss. Kavana” I acknowledged her and got up from the bed, I wiped my tears and gestured for her to come in.
“Please,” I said while turning back and glancing at Davina, Miss. Kavana placed her hand on my shoulder and smiled at me,
“Nothing will happen to her, Don’t worry,” She said, I gave a small smile and walked out of the room.
***
I’ve been pacing back and forth in worry, I can’t just forgive myself if something happens to her. I will do whatever she wants but I just can’t lose her,
“No,” I whispered while shaking my head,
“Nothing will happen to her,” I kept mumbling while I kept facing in front of the closed doors.
As the sound of the doors being opened reached my ears, I turned and rushed to Miss. Kavana,
“What happened? Is she okay?” I asked in impatient,
“She’s fine,” She replied,
“She’s just in shock and will wake up in a few minutes, She must have seen something which scared her…” she added, “When she wakes up, make sure you make her feel safe,” She suggested and walked away.
I strolled inside the room and sat on the edge of the bed, I stared at her and recalled when I saw her in the woods, she said that he’ll come for her! What does she mean by that? Why did she say that? And who will come for her? What did she see in the woods? The actual question is why did she go all alone into the forest?
As the question popped into my head something hit me,
“I’m gonna find him… and kill him… in front of your eyes!” Those words which I said to her rushed to my mind.
“Fuck!” I groaned while fisting my hands in anger.
She must have gone there to find out about him!
That single thought made me clench my jaw and grit my teeth in pure anger, she went there all alone and risked her life for the sake of him. But Why? Does she still love him? I thought while staring at her pretty face.
Why do you have to do this Davina? Why? I sighed and placed my elbows on my knees and stared at my joined hands.
As I heard footsteps, I turned towards the door and saw April standing at the door with a worried face, she had her small hand on the door and was staring at Davina’s unconscious self with tears rolling in her eyes.
I sighed and got up from the bed, I made my way towards her and stood in front of her. She stared up at me with her adorable face, I bent down and lifted her up in my arms.
“What are you doing here?” I asked softly while pushing a strand of hair off her face,
“What happened?” she asked in her cute voice,
Even though I hate kids, I must admit April is cute as a button and her presence does affect people around her. Maybe that’s why I had been taking care of her behind Davina’s back. When she first brought April here I was furious but later on, I informed the authorities about April and made sure of her well being without Davina knowing.
“Nothing, She’s just asleep,” I replied and walked towards the bed, I sat down and laid her on my lap.
We sat there quietly while both staring at Davina, “Do you like her?” She asked all of a sudden,
It took a whole damn minute for my mind to snap out of shock, “Ye-Yeah,” I stuttered,
She nodded her head, “But… She likes me!” She said while staring at Davina,
“No… she likes me more!” I replied,
“No… you always hurt her… she doesn’t like you,” She said while looking at me, “Why do you do that?” She asked, I didn’t know what to say, I stared at her innocent face and a sigh escaped my lips.
“I don’t know!” I replied,
“Say sorry…” She said in her cute voice, “She said that if one says sorry for their mistakes you have to forgive them!”
I smiled at her, “Okay… I will say sorry to her,”
All of sudden, I heard Davina murmuring something in her sleep, I turned to her and stared at her in confusion.
“No…” She whispered with a pained expression on her face,
“Please,” She began sobbing, “Get away from me!” She cried,
“Davina…” I called while putting April down and pressing my hands on with either side of her shoulders,
“No… Leave me!” She cried out,
“Please don’t…” She cried,
“Davina!” I yelled while shaking her, she opened her eyes wide while sweat covering her forehead. She looked extremely scared and was breathing rapidly, she looked around with fear evident in her eyes.
“Davina…You’re safe,” I said while taking her face in my palms, She moved her terrified eyes to me, “I’m here…” I said.
I watched her relaxing slowly and taking deep breaths, her eyes fell on April who was standing there quietly. She glanced at me and quickly moved her face away from my hands, her action hurt me but I chose not to show that on my face.
“Come here,” She said to April while extending her hands towards April. She smiled at her and quickly moved towards her, Davina lifted her up and laid her beside her.
“What are you doing here?” She asked while stroking her hair,
“I came to see you,” April replied, “Are you okay?” she asked,
“Yeah… I’m absolutely fine, Just had a bad dream… that’s it,” Davina replied while smiling at the little girl.
Watching them together always has a warm feeling settling inside me, it feels good to see her smile even though it wasn’t for me. All of a sudden, What she said to me while losing her consciousness rushed back to my mind.
“Davina, I need to talk to you,” I said while staring at her with a serious expression,
“Coop!” I called out, in just a few seconds he appeared at the door.
“Yes, Boss,” he asked,
“Take April and make sure she has her favourite Ice cream,” I said while smiling at April, hearing Ice Cream her face lighted up. He walked inside and took April with him.
As soon as they left the room, I turned to Davina, “Now, tell me… what happened?” I asked,
She looked away from me while forming her lips in a thin line, Clearly, she’s angry at my past behaviour.
“What were you doing in the woods all alone?” I questioned
“It’s none of your business?” She said with an angry expression on her face, “And please… stop acting like you care,” She added,
“Of course, I care goddammit,” I yelled in anger, she flinched at my tone and stared at me with wide eyes.
I took a deep breath and controlled myself, “You have to tell me, Davina!” I said why sighing deeply. She stared at me for a sec and exhaled deeply,
“I saw a dead body… deep in the forest,” She said in a shaky voice and fear evident on her face.
“What?”
Author’s Note:-
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