A_CRAZY_LOVE
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 45
“Kizy that was just a plan. We didn’t do
anything.” Markus said.
“Nice excuse. But I expected some creative
reasoning from you.” Kizy said with a bitter
laugh.
“Kizy why don’t you listen to me. Or better first
see this.” Markus said before placing his laptop
in front of Kizy.
Immediately a video clip started playing on the
laptop, and the place was none other than
Markus office. The video had a live time and
date mark, which showed it was 11.32 pm the
previous night.
Two men carried an entirely wasted Jia in the
office, and placed her on the office sofa. Jia
was not completely unconscious and was
blurting nonsensical words.
‘Not.. No, only Markus.. I.. I want him… dad
please don’t… don’t punish me… dad I love
him.. him’
The men waited for around ten more minutes
before Jia was completely asleep.
One of the men signalled another one who went
near Jia. He opened the first two buttons of her
shirt and slided her shirt till her chest level,
making her shoulder completely exposed.
The second man made a call by that time. After
another ten minutes, Markus entered the office
and nodded at both the men.
Those two men left his office, leaving Markus
and Jia alone. Markus never glanced at Jia
even once and went near his desk and sat there.
He took out his phone and went to Kizy’s social
media account. The moment he opened her live,
she was already in elevator, floor 29th.
He instantly kept the phone aside before
unbuttoning his shirt. He threw his shirt on the
floor and went inside his bedroom in the office.
He quickly came back with a blanket and lay
down next to Jia on the sofa. Just as he heard
the footsteps outside, he quickly covered both
their bodies with a blanket and wrapped his
hand around Jia, the exact scene that Kizy had
witnessed, and the rest was already known by
Kizy.
“What is this?” Finally Kizy asked, completely
confused at the clip.
“You remember you said that that man wanted
you to be with him?” Markus asked.
“What’s that got to do with this?” Kizy
questioned.
“That’s what I am doing. Sending you to him.”
Markus said.
“You planned our relationship announcement,
those lovey dovey fake acts, and then asked
Joel to deliberately ask me for making those
surprise gifts and lastly this trap to reveal that
you had cheated on me, so I’ll be alone and he
will approach me?” Kizy asked after thinking for
two minutes.
“Yes.” Markus sighed, knowing that Kizy finally
understood his plan.
But the next minute, another slap echoed in the
hall.
“How dare you sla-” Markus shouted angrily.
“Dare you shout at her.” Grandpa warned.
“You could have told me about this earlier
Markus. Was it fun watching me make a fool
out of myself?” Kizy asked in a cold voice.
“I just wanted the act to come out more realistic.
Who would have thought that you would
overreact this much?” Markus said.
“How dare you say she overreacted. If I were in
her place, I would have paid someone to beat
you blue and black.” Grandma spoke.
“Decide whether I am your heir or she is?”
Markus said, annoyed at his grandparent’s
antiques.
“She is.” Both grandpa and grandma answered
simultaneously.
“I could have acted accordingly Markus, you just
wanted to have some fun, to watch me torment
myself, so that you could laugh at me, right?”
Kizy asked, her tone better than last time.
“Tell me Kizy, would you have acted the way
you did, leaving my office with those cold
lifeless eyes, crying on the stairs for another
hour, racing through the highways, ending up at
our school and then slapping me before going
away?
Would you have done all this if I would have
already disclosed the plan? No. It would have
been much simpler. But you know what? He
ain’t as simple as we think he is.
He has hacked all of our CCTVs, has at least
one mole in our company and many more in our
city, and he is watching us closely.
If not for my timely intervention on defence
software, he would have heard the conversation
between you and Joel, giving away that we are
not only a couple but in fact a legal married one
at that, spoiling all our plans. Is that enough for
your explanation?” Markus asked frustratedly.
He knew that he had wronged Kizy, and this
guilt hit him the moment Kizy had left with that
look, but she wasn’t ready to even hear him out
once afterwards.
He had seriously wanted to change the plan and
clear things out in front of the school gate, but
she wasn’t listening at all. Thus he finally had
to approach his family to make Kizy understand
his plan.
Kizy, though feeling a little wronged, understood
what Markus meant. She knew how dangerous
that blue eyed man was, and why Markus was
being so careful.
Just that she felt Markus should have given her
some prior hints about this, at least she
wouldn’t have gone through all those emotions
and hurtful feelings, saving her from an entire
night of crying, depression and loneliness.
“What do we do after this? If he is watching us,
he definitely knows that I entered here to meet
you. Won’t he suspect that?” Kizy asked after
composing her thoughts and focusing on the
matter at hand.
“Just walk out coldly from this place while
exiting. Book a hotel room for yourself and stay
there. My men would be watching you from
afar, guarding you from any danger. Delete all
the posts from your social media account which
are even slightly related to me.” Markus said.
“But how will that help?” Kizy asked.
“All of this would confirm his thoughts about
our breakup. And if my calculation is right, he
should approach you by tomorrow.” Markus
said.
“Okay, even if he was to approach me, what
after that Markus? I go with him? Why? What
would I do there? Why would he trust me?” Kizy
asked.
“Kizy, I know how powerful you are, though I
don’t know your background or identity, I trust
you. You said you were spying on someone that
day. That’s exactly what you have to do.”
Markus said.
“But why will he trust me?” Kizy asked.
“I have already planned everything about that.”
Markus said to Kizy before turning towards his
family members.
“I need to have some personal chat with her.
Can I use your study?” Markus asked grandpa.
Grandpa only hummed in response.
.
Markus and Kizy then went inside the study
while Mary and the elder couple looked at each
other.
“Is this correct? Forgive me for questioning you
father, but is it appropriate to send Kizy to him?”
Mary asked.
“I trust her ski||s, plus she already takes us as
our family. That was the reason she risked her
life to search about Markus’s enemy and your
husband’s culprit.
If she thinks of us as a family, shouldn’t we do
that? It’s only right to include her in everything,
giving her access and rights to our family
issues, no matter how big or small. And most
importantly, I trust her.” Grandpa said.
“As you seem appropriate.” Mary said.
Inside the study, Markus and Kizy sat next to
each other.
“I am sorry.” Markus said once again.
“It’s ok.” Kizy replied.
“You don’t have anything more to say?” Markus
asked seriously.
“What more?” Kizy asked confusedly.
“Something like ‘No I am sorry, I shouldn’t have
slapped you twice. I should have understood
your plan. Sorry for being a fool and idiotically
slapping you twice’. Shouldn’t you apologize
like that?” Markus said dramatically.
“You deserve that.” Kizy said nonchalantly.
“Awww, my poor heart. Please don’t say such
things, I have a sensitive personality.” Markus
said with a fake sad expression.
“I am good, you don’t have to make me smile or
laugh, and you don’t have to feel guilty as well.
You can just directly get to the point Markus.”
Kizy said gently.
She knew Markus usually never cracked jokes or
tried to lighten the environment. He never cared
about others. But this time he was genuinely
feeling guilty, and was trying hard to make sure
that Kizy was fine.
“I am sorry, I never knew you would cry this
much for me.” Markus said.
“That’s fine. I didn’t even know why I was being
such a crybaby and felt so betrayed.” Kizy
confessed.
“Does that mean you love me wifey?” Markus
said Ç0çƙily.
“I never had such bad taste. Anyways, explain
the plan.” Kizy said.
“Ok so once you leave this mansion, try to look
as cold and heartbroken as you were looking
last night.
I will tell you about the hotel, go there and book
yourself a room. After that delete all the posts
about me from your social media account.
That man will approach you soon. At that time
reject him coldly for the first few encounters.
But I am sure that he’ll keep trying. Whenever
you see that the timing is correct, accept him.”
Markus said.
“Still I don’t feel he would trust me.” Kizy said.
“Off course he won’t. I am sure that he would
suspect you even more after you accept him.
But he will definitely present you with
opportunities to prove yourself.” Markus said.
“But I don’t even know what he’ll ask me to do.”
Kizy said.
“Look Kizy, once you leave this mansion, all
your choices will be taken by you solely. You
won’t be able to contact anyone out of us, as he
would be watching both of us closely.
Thus trust yourself and act accordingly. None
of us would be there to guide or advise you, but
everything that happens afterwards depends on
you.” Markus said.
“But Markus this is too risky. Not for me but for
all of you. And have you thought about what if
the plan fails or how we are supposed to
retreat?” Kizy asked.
“Kizy, there’s one thing you should remember
forever. I have never planned a retreat or
thought about failure. Whenever I set my goal, I
only move forward, though I may slow down,
pause for sometime, but I only know how to
move ahead.” Markus said.
Kizy only nodded at his statements, making
sure to memorize every single word.
“But there is one important thing that I forgot to
mention. And this is the most important thing
above all.” Markus said with all seriousness.
“What is it?” Kizy asked.
“The moment you feel that you are in danger, or
something grave might happen, I want you to
call me and escape. I don’t give a $h|t about this
plan then. I just want you to remain protected.
Your safety is first priority in this entire plan.”
Markus said sincerely.
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Kizy said.
“I want you to promise me that you’ll remain
safe. I don’t want to see another incident where
you risked your life to find his identity. So
promise me that you will take care of yourself
and drop the plan the moment you are in
danger.” Markus said.
Kizy paused for a moment before saying two
words slowly.
“I promise.”
“Ok, time for you to leave, it’s been more than
forty minutes. Any longer and he might suspect
us.” Markus said.
“Ok bye.” Kizy said before getting up.
“Go to Gazebo Hotel and book yourself a room
after exiting. And this is your phone. Also your
monthly payment has already been made to
your account, so you will be able to pay for
yourself for at least the next three months.”
Markus said while handing the phone back to
Kizy.
“Hmmm.” Kizy replied and turned to leave.
“Kizy-” Markus called out from behind.
Kizy turned back to look at him questioningly,
but Markus simply stared at her face, as if
trying to memorize every inch of her face.
After a moment, he closed the distance between
two of them and supported Kizy’s nape with one
hand, his thumb stroking her cheek while his
other hand encircled her waist.
He slowly bent down and kissed Kizy. But this
kiss was more gentle and dream like, as if
Markus was treating Kizy as his most precious
treasure.
Kizy felt that Markus was acting a little weird
today. She could see different emotions on his
always stoic and cold godly handsome face.
His kiss, though soft and gentle, felt as if he
was trying to convey his feelings, the feelings
he was not able to express through words.
Markus kissed her for a few seconds and broke
the kiss and looked at her, as if wanting to say
something, but not knowing how to say it.
Finally he only spoke…
“Take care of yourself.” And hugged her gently.
The couple looked like a beautiful serene
painting, wishing that the time would stop and
this peaceful moment would last for eternity.