Break up

Lucas took his time walking towards the door and opened it to see a pissed Maya standing there. She looked like she was ready to kill him, but all Lucas noticed was how beautiful she looked and how much he missed her. 

Only he knew the amount of cold showers he needed in these last 10 days. It was a torture. He was a shower away from catching a cold. Maya looked up at the man standing at the door, he looked unperturbed.  

She wished to punch his handsome face so much. She gritted her teeth and started shouting at him, " What the hell is wrong with you?! Why have you been ignoring me all these days?! You freaking fired me! What was that for? Did you really take my brother's offer ?! You picked your company over me?" Maya asked even though she didn't believe the last two questions herself. She knew he was not such a person but these 10 days raking her mind, she couldn't come up with a logical reason for his behaviour. 

He looked at her as though she had asked him about the weather, no emotions were visible on his chiseled face. This infuriated Maya further. " Can you stop standing there like a stone and freaking answer me! You freaking jerk!" she ranted on. " Do you want to come in and talk like civilised adults or continue ranting at my doorway?" he asked calmly as he invited her in. 

Being on a short fuse, she stomped on his foot as she walked into his house. Lucas flinched in pain but kept quiet. He knew what a spitfire his girlfriend was. Maya turned to him as he closed the front door, " I think we should break up. You don't seem interested to provide me with a response for your behaviour. I don't wish to be with a person who doesn't take my feelings into consideration."

" Is that what you really want?" he asked as he looked her directly in the eyes. She was always a bad liar. She looked away and said yes. Her heart was screaming no. "Liar," said Lucas as he smiled internally, he knew her ticks and her expressions better than she did. " I don't care what you choose to believe but I am ending this relationship, but before I leave I want to know what my brothers talk to you about?" asked Maya as she leaned against the wall. Being angry with Lucas was making her tired, she did not have a good night's rest in the last 2 weeks. 

Lucas remained stoic as he walked towards his sofa and gestured for her to sit down as well. " Your brothers were uncertain about my intentions towards you hence they questioned me. I told them that you were the only woman I would ever marry and that I would marry you in an instant if permitted. Hence they were convinced," he elaborated as he saw the confused expression she had. 

Maya was at a loss for words. He had told his brother he was planning on getting married. They had barely started dating. The last thing on her mind was marriage. There were a lot of things she didn't know about him and vice versa. She still was not satisfied with his answer. 

" How does firing me fit in this situation?" she probed further. Lucas looked down guiltily and spoke, " I fired you because the future wife of the CEO is overqualified to work as a Project Manager in the company." Maya shook her head at the ridiculous reasoning he had given her. 

" What was the purpose of ignoring me or my calls?" she asked him, she was getting more annoyed at the situation. Lucas was quiet for a moment and then he spoke up, " I ignored you to see if you loved me as much as I love you. I know it sounds juvenile. Well if anyone was to be blamed it would be your brothers. They were the ones who gave me such an idea. They said that if I ignored you, you would come looking for me and if you cast your pride aside it would mean that you truly loved me." 

Maya wondered how a grown adult could be so unsure. She looked back and realised he was always the one doing the chasing and the confessing. Until  today she had not confessed her feelings for him or even professed her love for him properly. She tried digging deeper and she realised subconsciously she was holding back her feelings. She did not want to confess until he knew all her shortcomings. She knew that if she poured out her heart and if he left her for some reason she would be devastated. 

Maya stood up and was about to leave when Lucas caught her hand. He pulled her towards him and tipped her face up." Aren't you going to say anything? Do you have nothing to say to me?" he asked as he looked into her eyes expectantly. 

"Do you really love me as much as I love you? Are you a hundred and ten percent sure that I am the guy you would like to spend the rest of your life with?" he continued on.

Eventhough Maya has heard him confess many times before, she was still stunned. She felt like she needed to be honest with him regarding herself and her feelings. She looked up uncertainly and spoke softly, "There is something I need to tell you. Something you need to know about me. Once you know this then you can decide if you want to be with me or not." Lucas nodded as a sign for her to continue.

Maya hesitantly spoke about her past which she has never confided in anyone before, " Last year at my medical check up, the doctors found an abnormality in my uterus. I have a disease called endometriosis and due to this disease I am rendered infertile. I can't bear children. I have not told anyone this before as I didn't want to upset my parents. So if we do get married, I can't give you children. Would you be okay with that?" Maya looked down as she was unable to face him. 

Lucas smiled a little and hugged her closer and spoke, " It doesn't matter to me if we have children or not. All that matters to me is that you be there for the rest of my life with me. We can adopt or even search for fertility treatments all over the globe. Whatever that makes you happy. If at all you don't want children would also be fine for me. I love all of you. There is nothing in the world that would make me love you less." 

Maya hugged him tightly back. She didn't realise the breath she was holding in listening to his answer. She never expected him to be so loving and understanding of her feelings. She didn't realise she was crying till she felt tears on her cheeks. 

He pulled away to look at her face. He frowned at the tears on her face and kissed them away.