Chapter 45: Last Words

Leonardo As I burst into Maya's room, a jolt of shock surged through me as I found it totally empty. The air held lingering traces of her sweet addicting scent, yet the room itself was hauntingly empty without her. My frantic search extended to the bathroom, yielding the same desolate result—nothing but silence and emptiness. Where could she have gone? A pang of worry gripped my heart, intensifying the ache of her absence. I strained to sense her presence, but it was as if she had evaporated into thin air.  Did she…. She couldn't have, not Maya.  If leaving was her intention, she wouldn't have endured everything until now. She would've departed long before this point. "No sign of her?" Maximus's voice, laced with concern, punctuated the stillness as he scanned the room. "It seems... she might have left," I admitted, my voice barely above a whisper. The mere thought of a day without her felt suffocating. I couldn’t fucking lose her. At any cost! She was the basis of my fucking existence