chapter 10: Never going to leave

Parker's POV

Looking at myself in the mirror, I can feel the change in me not just in physical form but emotionally I'm in stable state. My eyes reflect happiness instead of all the pain I felt until few days ago. Knowing it's because of Kaino and how happy he's making me, I smile before turning of the water tap and dry my hands before leaving the washroom.

But the smile disappears immediately when I find our table empty, the very chair Kaino was sitting when I left is now empty. My heart drops as I search him all over the room with my eyes before finally making my way out as I run out of the room when I don't find him. Running around, I search for him in the hallways, restrooms, lounge and when I fail to find him, I make my way to where our car was parked hoping he would still be there. Like I wished the car is there but Kaino isn't. My heart shutters and I blink my eyes trying not to let the tears flow down.

"Ofcourse, I'll always be by your side." His words ring in my mind and I drop down onto the ground, leaning my back on the car as tears blur my vision but I refuse to let them fall. Pulling my legs, I hug them to myself and bury my head in my knees as I think of why would Kaino leave me when he promised he would stay by me.

At the end, my attempt to stop the tears fails as I sob out in sorrow. My tears sink into the sleeves of the shirt that I wore making it wet while my cries echo in the silent parking lot.

"Parker!" Loud screaming of my name and that too from a very familiar voice makes me look up immediately to find Kaino running to me.

I slowly get up and stand as he reaches me and stands in front of me as he tries to control his breathing. The worried expression in his eyes slowly replaces with relief as he stares at me seriously.

"Why did you leave me without saying anything, Kaino?" I question him while furiously wiping my tears which gets replaced with new set of tears.

"What? Parker, what are you saying? Didn't my colleague tell you? I just went to attend a call from my parents. I told my colleague to inform you the same when you get back from washroom. She didn't tell you?" He explains as he moves forward and gently holds my face as he wipes my tears.

"I didn't ask anyone. When I walked out of the restroom, I didn't see you at the table so I didn't go there. I scanned all around the room but you were no where to be found. I left the room in search of you. I thought you left me because you're getting tired of me and my behaviour." I wail out, even the thought of Kaino thinking something like that is making me feel horrible.

"God! Parker, why will I leave you? Only if you walked to our table and asked my colleague about me, it wouldn't be like this." He sighs with a shake of his head.

It was my mistake to leave the place without asking anyone, I know but at that moment I couldn't think anything. All I wanted was him and I genuinely thought he left me because of the way I behave. I'm always sticking myself to him and being clingy. He might be getting bored and annoyed by me. I feel I'm burdening him, I don't want to be like this. However, with him I feel safe and secure. All the time I spend without him, I'm always in panic and alarmed state.

I cry out feeling lost at my thoughts and Kaino pulls me in a hug before sighing at my stupidity and childish behaviour. I tightly wrap my hands around his waist as he gently rubs my back in a soothing manner.

"Shh, it's okay now. I'm here, don't cry." He whispers slightly swinging us from side to side.

"I'm scared that you think I'm being a burden to you." I mumble, my voice gets muffled in his chest.

"Why do you say that, Parker? I never feel that way. Didn't I promise you on our wedding day that I'll be taking care of you? I'm never going to forget about that and I want you to remember it as well. You're never a burden to me. I never once think of you like that. Understand?" He explains and I nod at his questioning way.

"Do you want to go back to the party or want to go home?" He asks still soothing my back.

"Home." I whisper while moving up my head a little and looking at him.

He nods at me before separating us and wiping my tear stains. He helps me sit in the passenger seat and goes to driver seat as he starts the car and pulls away from the restaurant.

"Is it okay to leave without telling anyone of them?" I query sometime into the drive.

"It's fine," he replies before pulling out his phone and handing it to me, "there's a contact called team lead, just send him a text saying I have to leave because of some emergency. And that I'm sorry for leaving in the middle of the party."

I nod at him and send a text like he said before giving it back to him. Our drive continues peacefully until he suddenly stops in the middle.

"What happened?" I call him as he turn off the engine.

"I'll get some take out. We didn't eat at the party and I feel you're not in a state to cook after going home. Though I'm not much in favour of outside food, I think once in a while it's fine." He replies and I nod as what he spoke is absolutely right.

We didn't eat at the party so we had to cook after going home. I'm literally drained for the day, I could just sleep without even eating. As Kaino doesn't know how to cook, the only option we have left is to buy a take out.

"What happened?" He asks me confused when I hold his wrist as he goes to open the door.

"I'll come with you." I answer and he looks at me for a second before nodding at me.

We both get down the car and walk into the restaurant which I didn't pay attention before. It's beautifully lit with lights and crowded with people. Not going into the dining section, Kaino leads me to the take out section. The small area is occupied with few chairs for people to sit as they wait for their order to arrive.

"Sit here, I'll give the order and come back." Kaino says as he makes me sit on an empty chair while he goes before I could say something.

I sit nervous as I wait for him. Just then a person comes and sit next to the chair where I'm sitting. My nervousness increases by ten fold. Honestly, I was never good with people. As much as possible I always tried to be by myself or surrounded by very few people. That nature of mine became even more worse from the past few months to the point that even a mere sense of other person presence scares me. It's only our parents and Kaino that I'm comfortable with.

Fidgeting in my seat, I finally decide to get up and go to Kaino as I can't bring myself to sit without freaking out. But before I could, I see Kaino walking to me and I sigh in relief when he takes the seat next to me on the other side.

"He said it takes ten minutes." He states regarding the order.

"Okay." I whisper and move further towards him, creating distance between the stranger and me.

Noticing this, Kaino takes a look at the stranger guy who seems kinda weird and throws an hand around my waist. That calms me immediately and I snuggle more into him as we wait for the order to arrive. About ten to fifteen minutes later, a waiter arrives and hands the parcel to us. Without further delay we leave the place and head to our home. It doesn't take much time to reach our house and when we does, the first thing we get greeted by is pup. He literally runs to us and jumps on me.

With a chuckle I catch him and rub his belly as we walk and sit on the couch. Kaino goes to the kitchen and I hear some utilises sound so I assume he's setting the table and I continue to play with pup. His licks my face all over and I groan as I feel sticky but let it go because I anyway needs to clean up. I got so busy in playing with pup that I didn't notice Kaino already went to our room and washed up. I only realise when he stands in front of me in clean and new set of clothes.

"I'll play with him, you go and wash up." He says and takes pup from me.

I get up from the couch and walk into the room to do what he asked me to do. I take a quick bathe and dress up in casual clothes before going back to the living room. By the time pup is already sleeping on his bed and Kaino is no where to find. Thinking maybe he's at the dining table, I make my way to the dining area and as expected I see him sitting in a chair while scrolling through his mobile. Taking few steps further, I pull out the chair and sit beside him.

"Oh! You're here, let's eat." He smiles and keeps his phone aside.

Returning his smile, I serve the food to us and we eat our dinner in the comfortable silence as we do everyday. When we finish eating, we wash the dishes and lock all the doors before going back to our room to sleep.

As we lay on the bed, I decide to talk about the thing that I have been thinking for a while now. I didn't tell Kaino until now because I wanted to tell him only when I'm sure of it. I turn and sleep on my side so that I can face him while talking.

"Kaino." I call out his name and he turns to face me as well.

"What is it? Are you still thinking about the incident that happened at the party?" He questions.

"No," I reply before continuing, "you know right, father has asked me to look after the business and I asked him for more time? I think now I'm ready, not really but now that I'm better than before I think I can manage. Also, there will be co-CEO anyway, so I don't have to worry much."

"That's good to hear, Parker. It would be a great exposure for you and would help you to forget unnecessary things." He responds and I nod as I thought the same.

Working will obviously keep my attention on work and it'll help me in forgetting disturbing thoughts. I thought about it thoroughly before I made this decision and this is the very sole reason of it.

"Yeah, I'll talk to father about this and ask him to arrange a date from when I should be going." I tell him as a yawn escapes my mouth.

"Sure, let's see what to do. For now, let's just sleep." He whispers as he moves towards me before gently laying his hand around my waist.

"Goodnight, Kaino."

"Goodnight, Parker."

That being our last words, we drift of to sleep with a smile on my face while I place my hand on his.