Chapter 5

　　"I made it especially for you. I guess I better start taking good care of you now."

　　A large beam appeared on Maya's lips. She wrapped her arm around Cameron with small sobs. Once she pulled away from him she accepted the glass from him.

　　"I don't know what to say. This is so tough for me too."

　　Cameron placed a hand on hers. "Don't worry about all that," He whispered softly as he guided the glass to her lips.

　　He sat there and made sure that she drank the content to the last sip. He collected the empty glass and left the room with the promise of coming back quickly with her breakfast.

　　Twenty minutes later..

　　Maya picked up her phone from the bed staring at the screen. It has been twenty minutes since Cameron left to get breakfast for her. The kitchen wasn't a twenty minutes distance either. So what was keeping him so long?

　　She pulled the duvet off her feet and stepped down from the bed. Suddenly, there was a strong pang of abdominal pain followed by the teeth gritting feeling of being stabbed with a knife.

　　A loud scream left her lips. Her breaths became irregular while her face was covered with her own sweat. She felt a liquid rolling down her legs and when she looked down, her face paled.

　　Blood!

　　Her scream intensified and yet no sign of Cameron anywhere. Maya couldn't take a step forward due to the pain she was going through at the moment. More blood flowed out of her until she felt the world spinning before her eyes.

　　Slowly, she started losing her consciousness. Her body dropped to the ground but before her head could hit the hard ground, a hand held her head up.

　　Maya heard her name being called out by an unfamiliar voice. She couldn't keep her eyes fully open but the image of the person picking her up from the floor was blurry. This wasn't Cameron, the feeling was different at the moment.

　　"Hang in there!"

　　That was the last thing she heard from whoever was holding her until she slipped into the darkness.

　　The sound of the beeping machines followed by the loud voices of the doctors and nurses present in the ICU made a certain figure clench his fist in anger.

　　"Maya!"

　　Kelvin turned on his heels the moment he heard the masculine voice behind him. His pupils dilated as he stared at the man before him. He recognized the man as Maya's husband.

　　Forty minutes ago, he received a call from one of the men that he had stationed outside of Cameron and Maya's home. Cameron was spotted rushing out of the building making a call where he was demanding for an ambulance.

　　If he hasn't made it there on time, who knew what might have happened.

　　His knuckles turned white as he approached Cameron who wasn't prepared for anything. Immediately, a punch was sent to his face knocking him over to the metal bench.

　　"How dare you hurt my baby?!"

　　He picked Cameron up from the bench and attempted to strike again but his men surrounded the two in seconds separating them from each other.

　　"I never did anything but if by any chance that baby dies, then I'll be grateful to the almighty!" Cameron retorted wiping blood dripping from his nose.

　　Maya left him with no other choice. There was absolutely no sane man in the world who would accept another man's kid as theirs. Not now not ever!

　　"If anything happens to her or the baby…you'll wish to be a dead man instead!"

　　One of the guards ran into the building with a phone placed against his ear. He stopped beside his boss with little pants leaving his lips.

　　"Boss. It's Miss Herring. She slipped and fell off the stairs which led to her bleeding. She's currently fighting for her life as we speak."

　　After a hour of being in the ICU, Maya was wheeled out of the ICU by three nurses and a doctor. She was on a blue hospital gown while an IV drip was connected to her wrist. She wasn't awake or conscious of her surroundings. She lay very still on the bed.

　　The moment Kelvin and Cameron spotted Maya on the wheeler, they both stood up to their feet.

　　"Maya-"

　　"Don't!" Kelvin warned sternly. He quickened his pace and caught up with them.

　　"Is she alright? And how is the baby?"

　　The doctor stopped moving. He stopped on his tracks and turned to Kelvin who was panting heavily beside him.

　　"Luckily you brought her here on time. She lost way too much blood and she's currently weak."

　　"And what about the baby? Did she lose it?"

　　Kelvin and the doctor turned their heads to the person who just asked a question. Cameron cleared his throat.

　　"It's kind of a wonder how the foetus survived this. Both mother and child are okay."

　　No one noticed the Cameron's change of expression. His high hopes were dashed before his face. How could the baby survive?

　　"There are some forms that needs to be filled urgently."

　　"I'm her husband. I'll handle it," Cameron took a step forward to the doctor. He was suddenly yanked back to the spot he was standing on earlier.

　　"She's carrying my baby. I'll fill the forms."

　　The doctor was left confused by the two men words. He parted his lips to speak but couldn't find the ability to utter a single word.

　　"Okay. I'll take my leave now."

　　As soon as the doctor was out of their sights, Kelvin gripped Cameron by his collar. With a low deep voice he uttered. "Your role as her husband ends here! She's now my responsibility and you're the Cop's business," He gave a nod to his guards standing at a distance.

　　They were quick to rush forward to Cameron and held him down. He didn't back down without a brawl but he was still overpowered by the guards.

　　"Let me go! I need to see Maya!"