The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 158
Xavier enters the house in next moment and witnesses the desolate woman embracing her child and Maya standing in the middle of the house…exhausted.
‘What did happen here?! Why does this situation feel something else?’.
Maya didn’t bother to turn towards him and declares looking at the woman “I wish I changed everything this morning. But I could only give you my condolences for your lose. I hope you forgive me..for..everything”.
The woman who almost accepted her death and held her daughter protectively, now stared at Maya without blinking her eyes. Her wide eyes shown how much shocked she was.
She couldn’t believe her eyes and ears at all!
‘Did she … save me from His Highness?!’
Maya turns immediately without further words and walks out of the woman’s house. She didn’t want to be interrupted by anyone when she was doing something! And she doesn’t want any Royals especially!
Xavier stares at Maya’s retreat puzzled and looks back at the woman’s face. He declares sternly “Use her kindness wisely or I will make you”.
He didn’t wait for anything and walks out hurriedly.
The woman gasps holding her daughter tight “It’s Prince Xavier?!”.
Her voice was full of suspicion and disbelief. She really didn’t expect Prince Xavier to arrive for Maya’s rescue!
But she shivered at the thought of The Crown Prince Kalki’s arrival for Maya’s rescue. She couldn’t even think of the consequences and only prays that he didn’t arrive fortunately!
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“What happened there?”.
Xavier is frustrated seeing her ignoring his presence completely. He follows her closely asking her about the incident before. He immediately knew that there was a bad situation before his arrival. He wants to know but she isn’t even acknowledging him!
Maya notices that there was no one near the carriage and turns to face Xavier’s concerned face.
She asks with a frown “Where is Sarah?”.
Xavier states calmy “I sent her back”.
Maya frowns hard to believe his words and asks challenging him to make her believe “And she left?”.
‘Sarah wouldn’t have left me alone here! Unless. .’
Xavier shrugs nonchalantly “She didn’t at first and requested really hard to let her stay. But I ordered her to leave. I told her that I will escort you personally. Took too hard to make her leave, honestly”.
Maya sighs suppressing her anger ‘So he ordered her! How can she not leave if The Prince himself ordered so!’ and states looking away “I don’t need your protection, Sir”.
Xavier asks worriedly “Did that woman do something to you?”.
Maya replies coldly “Not much worse than the execution!”.
He sighs expecting this reaction from her “You should get used to this, My Lady. You are a Royal Queen now-“.
Maya grits her teeth and states staring him “I don’t want to!!”.
He smiles sadly and says “But you don’t have a choice now. You are already one”.
She looks away from him and asks walking towards the carriage “I don’t want to talk about this. Do you want me to walk back?”.
Xavier grabs her wrist without any warning and says faintly “You can talk to me”.
Maya gets stunned for a moment at this contact and gasps trying to pull her hand from his hold.
‘What in the universe is he doing?!’
He speaks staring at her intently “I know you are sad. Please, allow me to hold you”.
Maya gasps and turns to look at him as if he has turned into a ghost.
‘What did he mean by this?! To allow him to hold me?!
She was sad …she is..but she never expected these words from him.
She asks hesitantly as she fears that she misheard his words “What did you say?”.
Xavier pulls her towards him slightly and speaks holding her hands softly “I want you to speak your thoughts. You don’t have to be silent and suffer alone”.
She gulps at their closeness and couldn’t do anything.
Maya couldn’t think anything at this restless moment. Her heart started to beat fast already at their closeness.
Xavier says “You don’t have to be sad for someone else’s crime”.
Maya rebukes him instantly “But the real crime was just committed in my name! How could I not be?!”.
He immediately reacts to her blunt accusations “We didn’t commit any crime by punishing someone for their own deeds, My Lady! He deserves to die for hurting The Queen!”.
Maya whisper yells at him as they were standing in the middle of the street “He didn’t know! He didn’t know that I was His wif-!”.
She stops at once with this sentence and realizes he was still holding her wrist “Let go of my hand”.
Xavier states adamantly “I don’t want to”.
He was dying inside hearing her mentioning herself as Kalki’s wife. He couldn’t stop the burdening feeling in his heart.
‘Did she get used to be his wife already?! Is it too late for me?!’
Maya “…” Heavens! What did happen to him?!
She looks around helplessly as she didn’t know what to do now.
‘This man refuses to leave my hand and also wants to argue in the middle of the street! What would people think if they see him arguing with me publicly?!’.
Xavier looks around the dark street finally predicting her mind and drags her towards the carriage.
He is so furious ‘Is she ashamed to be with me in public now?! Is she afraid that someone will see us together and talk bad?!’.
Maya steps into the carriage following his tensed image. He never broke the contact till he sat beside her in the carriage.
Maya couldn’t help recall how distant it was when she was with Kalki in a carriage this morning. Even though that was too smaller than this one and Kalki seated in front of her the whole time, she felt too distant from that man. Unless this man next to her.
He asks straight looking into her eyes “Does this marriage mean anything to you, Maya?!”.