Water and Desert

39-Feels like heartbreak

Shawn pulled out spare keys from his back pocket to open the door of his apartment. Since Camila started living here, he gave his keys to her. He stepped in quite good mood due to his victory over Louis but didn't know, the new trouble he had to face now. Moving in the living room, he found Camila sitting on a couch, staring at the floor.

"Hey! did you eat something?" He asked smiling as he noticed how tensed she looked. While Camila was going through all the flashbacks, him approaching her, insisting her to date him, telling her that her phone was being hacked, persuading her to come with him, her butterfly clip to now making her to stand against her uncle. Everything was started to make sense to her now.

But the worst thing was that she felt betrayed. All the words he said to her to make her fall in love with him were stinging her like needles. The last men she trusted on earth had deceived her, lied to her and manipulated her. He pitied her, took advantage of her purity. Her trust was broken now, just like the shattered pieces of glass which couldn't be regained. She knew now, why he wasn't confessing his true feelings to her cause they weren't true in first place.

"Hey! I'm talking to you." He said sitting next to her but she didn't say anything, sitting there like a ball of anger which was ready to blast at anytime soon. "Is everything alright?" He asked with a concerned look on his face.

"What is this?" She asked showing him the file laid on her lap without looking at him. He took it, frowning in confusion but his confusion soon turned into anxiousness as he read the cover of the file.

Obviously, he knew what was it. He had read that file for several time to prepare himself for his mission but he didn't know how this file reached there. He made sure to return every document to the office before heading to Miami. It didn't belong here.

"I-" He tried but couldn't find proper words to explain.

"You're a detective and I was the part of your scheme?" She said still staring at floor.

"Look Camila! I can explain." He managed to say but it was too late cause there was no way she would trust his words again.

"What would you explain detective Mendes." She snapped glaring at him. Her eyes red due to crying and anger was radiating with full strength from her face. "That you played me to  fullfil your plan? That you lied to me all the time when I thought you loved me and cared about me?" She spat.

"No it isn't like that, I do care about you." He said reaching out for her hand but she jerked him away, getting up quickly.

"Don't you fuckin touch me and tell me lies cause I'm not gonna believe your fake explanations." She was furious and he could tell from afar that she wouldn't listen or understand him. She ran away from him in his room and locked herself in a washroom so that she could cry her heart out. She didn't want to show her tears to Shawn. She didn't want him to see her weak anymore so lightened up her heart sitting near the bathtub.

Shawn sat there in worry. He didn't know how to handle this but knew the one person who could help him to tackle this situation was Zayn. So he called him with an intention of finding a solution to the problem.

"Zayn I need your help." Shawn said as soon as he picked up the call.

"Calm down man! What happened?" Zayn asked standing in a workshop where he came to repair his bike.

"Did you ever have a fight with Gigi?"

"Well! We fight almost 10 times a day but what's with you..do you have your first fight with your wife....cool!" Zayn said grinning.

"Not that kinda fight...it's very serious Zayn like she's pissed really bad..Did Gigi ever got pissed at you and it was your mistake?"

"One time, I asked her on a date and forgot about it. Unfortunately my phone was also switched off. She had to wait till almost midnight until the hotel management told her to leave cause they had to close the restaurant. She was so pissed at me, you've no idea." Zayn told him.

"Then what did you do?" Shawn asked.

"She didn't talk to me for atleast a week but I didn't lose hope, instead I used to go to her apartment daily with a flower bouquet and sorry card and after my week effort, she finally accepted my apology."

"I don't think so it's gonna work cause my situation is quite complicated than yours." Shawn said moving his one hand in his hair.

"What did you do man to make her that pissed at you. Tell me so I can give you better idea." Zayn asked.

"I can't tell you on phone, it's quite messed up. I'll meet you to talk about it. Ok bye but pray for me cause I don't think she's gonna listen to me."

"Best of luck dude!" Zayn told him and he shut off the call and rushed towards his room.

Camila wasn't in the room but he could heard the sound of opened shower from washroom which Camila did to hid the sound of her sniffles.

"Camila!" He said tapping the door of washroom but she didn't reply.

"Open the door Camila, I know you can hear me." He said softly

"Camila! Please..we need to talk." Shawn pleaded but didn't get any response.

"Open the door or I'll open it myself and I don't care if you're naked in there." He declared now getting in his own very self. His patience was giving up while Camila was trying hard to control her emotions and stop crying but the more she heard Shawn's voice, the more tears sprouted out from her eyes.

"Alright then, I'm opening the door." He announced and looked for his keys in the living room where he left them before running back and unlocking the door, rushing in like a mad man. He saw the floor littered with water as water from the shower was pouring on it and the small figure of Camila sitting in her pyjamas and t-shirt next to bathtub, her head shoved down in her arms, her feet and ass soaked into the pool of water on the floor as she hiccupped again and again while crying.

"Camila!" His voice turned soft as he saw her in that condition. She looked so broken. "I'm sorr-" He grabbed her arms but she pushed him away making him fall on his ass on the floor.

"I said don't touch me." She yelled with the heavy, husky voice.

"Alright! Sorry I won't touch you..I'm sorry." He said regaining his posture trying to calm her down. "Look I know I lied but it was my compulsion, I couldn't tell you the truth. We aren't allowed to tell anyone that we are detectives, even Zayn doesn't know about my real profession."

"Yeah but he's your friend, his life didn't depend on the truth you hid from him but my life does..you can't betray me, make love promises, marry me just for the sake of your job and act all innocent...you ruined my life Shawn Mendes."

"I ruined your life? Really Camila?" He frowned. "I saved your life from that hell in which you were living in...if I wouldn't marry you, your sick uncle would've made you marry that Rob Gomez." Shawn spat as he couldn't remain calm and away from anger for more than five minutes.

"It would be better for me to marry Rob Gomez instead of you. Atleast he would've married me for me not for the sake of his job." Camila said furiously. "And you think living in your apartment is heaven from me..not to mention I fuckin felt like a prisoner, who get transferred from one jail to another..first I was taking Nicholas's orders and now yours."

"Naive of you to think that Rob would gonna marry you for you, he would marry you cause of his business relations with your uncle and for you have the 50 percent share in your uncle's business cause your father was his business partner." Shawn told and Camila's eyes opened and closed like she had heard something strange. She didn't even think about her right over her parent's property all these years. "And what about your parent's revenge? Didn't you want your uncle behind bars?" He asked trying to change her mind while she just stared at him with the same anger in her eyes but her mind was drifted somewhere else.

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