Warning ⚠- Contains sexual content
[Hopeswill Hospital – Maya's Room]
The air was cold inside the hospital room, the room was too quiet.
Adrian stepped in slowly, his jaw clenched tight as his eyes met Maya's she was on the bed, tucked under white sheets, her face looked pale like she hadn't slept in days, her eyes were red, rimmed with swollen lashes. She didn't look up when the door opened, but the corners of her mouth twitched.
"Adrian," she whispered, her voice barely audible
He rushed to her bedside quickly. "Why didn't you call me?"
"I didn't know how to," she said, her voice shaky. "Everything just… everything happened so fast."
She reached for his hands with trembling fingers and he caught her hand, she gripped him like she was drowning slowly.
"I lost the baby," she whispered again,
repeating it would to make it real. "I lost our baby."
Adrian felt like something heavy crashed into his chest.
He sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his arms. "No no no... Maya."
She buried her head into his shoulder. "I was just sitting at home, then I felt the pain... so much pain Adrian and before I knew i was bleeding."
His eyes welled up and his voice cracked. "Why didn't you tell me earlier... damn it Maya....that was our child... Mine."
"I'm sorry," she whimpered, letting out a sob. "I feel like it's my fault."
He cupped her face. "You didn't do anything wrong, okay. You didn't. I should've been there, I should've protected you both."
Maya cried harder and Adrian kissed her forehead.
"I wanted this baby," he said quietly. "Even if the world didn't make sense... that child made sense to me."
She clung tighter, not saying a word.
He looked at her again, swallowing hard. "This is all Ethan's fault... it's him right? Something happened?"
Maya looked away. "He... he doesn't believe it was his anyway, He barely even paid any attention to me. He was here but he left."
Adrian clenched his jaw. "I swear if it wasn't for him... if it wasn't for the stress he put you through... I might still have a child right now."
Maya kept her face buried in his chest. Her fake pain had turned real from how deeply Adrian believed it.
Later That Evening
A soft knock came on the door, Lara was on the couch reading emails when security buzzed her. Her brows furrowed when she heard the name.
"Ethan Vale."
She paused for a sec, she slowly got up to unlock the door.
He was standing at her door less than a minute later, his eyes were tired and his suit jacket was wrinkled his tie was even missing. His shoulders sagged like they were carrying the weight of a whole damn world.
Lara opened the door slowly, He didn't say anything at first.
She crossed her arms. "If this isn't about work..."
"I didn't know where else to go," he said quietly. "I just… I didn't."
Her arms dropped to her side. She stepped back and let him in.
Ethan walked inside like he had no bones left, He didn't sit, he just stood in the middle of the room like a lost boy.
"I lost the baby," he said quietly.
Lara's chest tightened but she didn't speak, she just watched him.
"She said she felt a sharp pain and the next thing she knew… she was bleeding and the doctor confirmed she lost the baby." He let out a dry laugh. "I wasn't even ready to be a father. But it still hurts."
She moved closer cautiously, but silently.
"I kept thinking of what kind of father I would've been. What kind of life it could've had. If maybe I was going to be a good dad, but I guess it's too late. Or everything was just... a mistake."
He collapsed into her couch.
"I've made so many bad decisions, I've hurt too many people."
Still, she didn't say a word, she walked to the side table and poured him a glass of water and handed it to him. He took it with shaking hands.
"You're not going to say anything?" he asked.
"No," she said softly. "Sometimes words don't help."
She sat beside him and he looked at her and there it was again that broken look in his eyes. The one that used to make her heart ache and it still did.
"I'm sorry," he said after a long moment. "I don't even know what I'm doing here."
"You're here because no one else would understand," she said, almost in a whisper.
Her fingers brushed his hand and he looked down at them. Lara swallowed the lump in her throat, Her inner voice screamed for her to back away, but her heart whispered something different.
"He was mine before he was taken away from me" She thought quietly.
She reached up slowly and wiped the tears from his cheek with her palm, her hand lingered on his face longer and he didn't pull back.
She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his chin slowly until she got closer to his lips.
Ethan didn't stop her, he seemed rather surprised but he clearly didn't want her to stop.
She kissed him with everything she had, Her hands trembled slightly as she cupped his face. He responded like he had been waiting, like he needed this just as much.
When his hands slid around her waist she let out a soft moan against his mouth. It caught her by surprise. She broke the kiss for a second and stared at him.
He didn't speak. He just looked at her like she was the only thing keeping him from breaking into a thousand pieces.
She swallowed hard Her fingers traced the side of his jaw and her thumb grazed the curve of his lips.
"I shouldn't do this"
"You're not doing anything I am" He said and leaned back in.
Their mouths crashed together again.... Desperate....Needy, her back hit the cushions as he hovered over her, kissing her like the world went still and she was the only thing that mattered.
Lara's inner voice whispered for her to stop but it was as if her body had a mind of its own. Her fingers tangled in his hair as his lips kissed her neck, her collarbone every kiss making her arch toward him.
She moaned softly and he paused just to look at her, Her eyes were half-lidded and her lips parted, she was so damn beautiful.
"Tell me to stop and I will" he whispered against her skin
She didn't answer with words, she pulled him back to her instead their mouths crashing again this time with fire behind it.
His hands slid beneath her top, his fingertips grazed her skin as if asking for permission, she gasped and tugged her shirt over her head tossing it aside
"I hate that I still want you this much" she said breathing heavily.
He kissed her again slower this time letting his hands explore every part of her like he was trying to memorize her all over again.
He unbuttoned her jeans and she let him, She didn't overthink it....not tonight She needed this, she needed to feel something real even if it would break her later.
When he finally pressed against her both of them still half clothed she whispered his name like it hurt.
He looked into her eyes
"You were always mine Lara"
"And you let me go"
"I'm not letting go again"
He removed his trousers tossing it aside, she couldn't wait, she pulled down his short quickly. This time when their bodies met there was no hesitation, he slowly entered her and she let out a moan, he started slowly and gradually the tension between them escalated.
She wrapped her legs around him and pulled him closer Her back arched and her fingers dug into his shoulders as he thurst faster when she whispered his name again it sounded like forgiveness.
Afterward they lay down, tangled together. Her head was on his chest and his fingers were tracing slow circles on her bare back.
For a long time neither of them said anything. Then she whispered
"This doesn't change anything"
"No? But maybe it means something"
Lara didn't respond She just closed her eyes letting herself rest in the one place she promised she'd never return to....His arms.