Chapter 36

As I sat back on the bathroom floor, tired and exhausted by the amount of what I literally threw out I could hear faint voice of someone asking me if I was alright. Exhausted I looked up at the person to find him none other than Zachary. His eyes were filled with worry as he crunched down next to me and put the loose strands of my hair away from my face.
My hands automatically reached forward to him and he held me gently helping me stand up on my feet. I flushed the toilet and dragged myself to the sink where Zachary turned the water on and I splashed the cold water on my face multiple times and into my mouth cleaning it in the process. I watched him in the mirror as he walked to the hanger and brought me a towel but the cold water didn't help me to remain conscious as I felt the energy draining out from my body and before I know it everything blacked out and I Iost the control on my body but I did hear a faint voice of someone calling my name.
The moment my I opened my eyes everything came flooding back into my mind as I recalled the incidents and sat back up only to be held down.
"Stay. you need to take some rest now,"
It was Zachary. He was by my side as he held me by shoulder and tried to make me sleep back. But then my eyes fell on the surrounding. It wasn't my apartment. It was some other place. I was on a king sized bed and it was large spacious room. Where was I?
"Where are we?" I found myself asking the question to Zachary.My voice was hoarse and I recalled the time where I ended up puking my guts out and then blanking out.
"What happened to me?" I asked and felt someone touching my right arm. I flinched almost immediately when I felt the person's cold finger touching my skin.
It was a lady in her perhaps late forties as she smiled at me and nodded at me holding my arm. The stethoscope around her neck told me that she was a doctor and I looked back at Zachary questionably.
"Don't tell me I got food poisoned by the diner's food that Alex took me to?" I said and Zachary pursed his lips looking back at the doctor.
"You need to rest now. For a while. If you want Mr. Sullivan, I can give you the best nutritionist and dietitian's details for consulting," the lady said and Zachary gave a nod "That would be nice. Thank you," he said and the lady stood up "Don't work hard now. You need to take care of yourself now and your family alright?" she smiled and I nodded even though I frowned.
Do I not take care of Zachary?
Zachary walked her out and I looked at the prescription that she left behind. Everything seemed to bounce over my head.
"How are you feeling?" Zachary asked from beside me startling me and I put my hand on my chest feeling my heartbeat.
"Did I startle you? I'm sorry." he said and almost immediately my head shot to his direction.
"Sorry?" I repeated his tone.
"Where are we in the first place?" I asked remembering the fact that we were not in my apartment.
"Don't worry. This is where I live. Its rented," he said and I nodded looking around "But did you bring me here? I mean-"
"I couldn't phone the doctor to that apartment. Our identities were at risk," he said and I nodded as it drawn into me "But why did you call the doctor? What happened to me?" I asked and he smiled at my question.
"Juliette..." he spoke and sat on the bed pulling me into his arms before covering me with the duvet. My head was on his chest while we lay down on the bed and his chin over my head, as he wrapped his hands around me, and somehow I felt his possessiveness over me.
"It was not you when you tried to kill Alex,"
"I-" he hushed me and I refrained myself from talking "It was not you. Not my Juliette. The Juliette I know can never harm anyone...not even her enemy. But now I understand what made you do that. In fact, I should be the one who should ask for forgiveness not you. I should be the one who should be sorry. I should've protected you but it was the circumstances and I failed." His voice slowed down at the end and that worried me.
What is he talking about?
Why is he bringing all those topics back?
"But somehow I understand why I failed. I had never promised you anything. Perhaps, I'm the one who is at fault. And certainly I am. I made myself miserable and showed myself miserable before you... that I forgot how much it affected you. I forgot that you loved me and you can't see me in miserable condition like the way I can't see you like that. At the end, you kept it all inside yourself and it was for me. You held that knife for me wanting to protect me," he kissed my head and I could feel the tears forming in my eyes. I had to bite my lip from sobbing.
" A man learns from his mistake and now I won't repeat the same mistake. I will protect you and I promise you I will be strong. Strong enough to protect my family and my love and..." he stopped for a while that made me look up at him in confusion.
"And?" I asked urging him to continue further.
"My...our baby." he finished with a smile while I looked up at him with eyes like saucers.