Sec 9 filed by Husband

Sir, my marriage has done on March 2016 & presently I am residing at my maternal house since Jan 2020 because there was too much involvence from my inlaws in our personal lives and my husband couldn't take stand or support me. So I was gone through depression & to get rid of depression I called my parents to take me back in Jan 2020. My husband didn't take any efforts to talk to me and sort out the things after I left home. Even he didn't want to take care of our child which is now of 1.5yrs old. No monetary help , so, presently I am doing job. After legal notices exchanged, he now files Sec 9 petition , but on whatsapp messages (done earlier) he has already mentioned that he don't want to live with me & want divorce. I haven't filed any case till now. Please suggest shall I file both maintenance & domestic violence petition or one case ? Or shall I only reply to his petition? My advocate suggests for filing maintenance only. ( can I hide my job details in maintenance petition as I don't want to loose my job as my inlaws are of violent nature ) I also don't want to file any case as I want to rejoin with him , shall it effect my case or it will give strength to his case. Please advice.