#A_CRAZY_LOVE_2
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 102
Victor was busy talking to Rose and Nicole when he felt a peircing glare being thrown at him. He turned back, only to find the owner of this gaze, still looking at him with the intent of boring a hole in his body.
Even Nicole turned to look towards the direction where Victor was looking, only to feel like crying instantly.
She could clearly see the amount of animosity grandpa’s eyes held for Victor, and it wasn’t hard to deduce that grandpa had already recognised that it was Victor for whom she was crazy in love.
She instantly started walking away from Victor, worried that she might leave him in trouble. But guess it was already too late as grandpa himself started walking towards Victor’s direction.
She quickly turned her direction, arriving exactly in front of grandpa, with Victor behind her.
“Hehe grandpa, I forgot to compliment you. You look really very nice today.” Nicole said with an awkward smile.
“Thank you.” Grandpa said in a monotonous voice, looking straight at Victor, as if he was trying to bore a hole in his body.
“Ohh I forgot! I haven’t greeted grandma yet. Why don’t you accompany me to meet her.” Nicole asked, scratching her head.
But this time, lady luck had definitely decided to ditch her.
“You are Victor, right?” Grandpa asked Victor directly, ignoring Nicole who was standing right in front of him.
Victor nodded his head before speaking.
“Yes Mr. Evans, I am Victor.” He replied in a firm tone.
“If you don’t mind, can we have some talk? Maybe in the garden?” Grandpa said, his tone still emotionless.
“Yeah, sure.” Victor said while Nicole turned to look at him, wide eyed.
‘You could have said no and rejected grandpa? Are you that eager to court death? No wait a minute, he will definitely tell the truth to grandpa. Which means I am dead, not him. God!! Why do you always go against me? Are you avenging me for deeds from my last life?!!’ Nicole thought while crying internally.
“Grandpa, wait. You can not take him away without asking me. This is pure cheating!” Nicole exclaimed, unfortunately drawing attention from all the members present.
‘Why am I so dumb? Grandpa and Victor were talking in low voices so none of them were paying attention. Why the hell did I shout?! Nicole, you deserve to be punished, idiot!!’ Nicole literally cursed herself for her foolishness.
Victor simply looked at Nicole, as if waiting for her to clear up the mess she had created.
“Hehe everyone, please carry on with your conversations. I was merely having a friendly chat with grandpa. Please don’t mind us.” Nicole said in a flustered tone while waving her hands, an action which was seen by Victor.
He had felt a weird emotion when she had done the same in office, but now he understood why this was happening.
This was how Anna used to act when she would be utterly embarrassed, speaking in a meaningless tone with her flushed cheeks while waving her hands in a no sign.
He now understood why he had felt that foreign yet similar feeling after watching Nicole.
“Friendly chat? Blaming me saying that I cheated is definitely not how someone sane would describe as friendly chat.” Grandpa said, not letting go of the chance to lecture Nicole.
“Grandpa, I didn’t mean it that way. Sorry for speaking like that. It’s just that things between me and Victor are still complicated. Thus I don’t want others to get involved in our drama. That’s it.” Nicole said honestly, trying to clear the situation.
“But he has already agreed to talk with me. Why are you stopping us then? If he doesn’t have any problem with talking to me, why do you interfere?” Grandpa asked.
“This isn’t fair grandpa. You are definitely going to talk about me with him. So I definitely have the right to stop you two.” Nicole said, her tone a little complaining.
“What do you think, Victor?” Grandpa said, directly asking Victor for his opinion.
“Let’s have a talk Mr. Evans. I actually need to talk with you.” Victor said.
Nicole instantly turned back again, not believing what Victor had said. She literally joined her hands, begging for Victor to not go with grandpa while her eyes couldn’t look any more pleading.
“Let’s go then.” Grandpa said while turning around, ignoring his granddaughter, while Victor just expressionlessly looked at Nicole before following behind grandpa.
‘Maybe I was born with all the bad luck this world had to present. Dear ground, isn’t it time for you to open up and suck me whole inside so that I can preserve my remaining dignity? What will grandpa and grandma think of me after this? And what about Victor? God, can you not just once, literally once be on my side? Please give some brains to Victor so that he won’t completely embarrass me in front of grandpa. Let him tell the truth but in some professional way. Please please please god!! I will treat him to a luxurious meal, but please let him be a little subtle while making my complaints and revealing the truth.’ Nicole literally thought all this while watching the two men leave the hall.
“Nicole.” Suddenly Nicole heard someone call her, and she turned around.
She felt glad to see that it was none other than Kizy, her saviour.
“Kizy this time I am totally done for!” Nicole exclaimed after finding a source to lament.
“What exactly happened right now?” Kizy asked, knowing something huge was about to happen.
She had heard Nicole exclaim, and was about to walk right here when suddenly Mary had asked her to bring a few things from their room.
And by the time she came back, she only saw grandpa leaving the hall, with a ramrod straight Victor following behind him.
“I am doomed!!” Nicole exclaimed.
“First tell me what happened.” Kizy said, wanting to know the exact problem so that she could.solve it.
“Grandpa recognised Victor while we were talking. He directly came over and asked if he could go out with him to talk. And guess what? Victor agreed!” Nicole said, still cursing her bad luck.
“Wait a minute. You said Victor agreed?” Kizy asked again.
“Yeah. That means grandpa will know the truth and then it’s over. God what should I… No wait. No no wait a minute. Kizy, grandpa will scold you as well! $h|t $h|t what to do. Jesus!! I will take all the blame and say that you didn’t know the truth. I lied to you as well. So don’t worry. I will protect you. You chill-” Nicole was still blabbering when Kizy stopped her midway.
“Nicole!! At least breathe once. And now listen to me carefully.” Kizy said and paused, succeeding in shutting Nicole up.
“Ok good girl. So the thing is Victor is not the one to mind others’ business. Which means if it was about our grandpa finding the truth, then Victor will definitely not be the one to go and tell it to him personally. He will wait on the sidelines and let grandpa figure everything out on his own.
He does not interfere in others lives unnecessarily, even when he doesn’t approve of the things that are happening in front of him. So I am sure that he won’t tell grandpa anything about our lie.” Kizy explained.
“You mean Victor won’t say anything about our fake story? But what if grandpa asks him? I mean though he doesn’t like to interfere in my matters, but if grandpa is asking him, won’t he tell everything. Like not interfering and not telling are two different things. Of course he won’t lie to grandpa if grandpa is asking him about the love story.” Nicole said, her mind not settling at all.
“Then he would have refused to go with grandpa. He usually doesn’t likes to tangle himself in such matters.” Kizy answered Nicole.
“But he himself said that he had something to discuss with grandpa.” Nicole pointed out the only statement that was scaring her the most.
“What if it is business related?” Kizy asked back.
“No no. I don’t feel that way. It was definitely related to me. Ugghhh. Let it be. I have mentally prepared myself for all the scoldings. And don’t you worry, I will take all the blame. Dare you tell them the truth about your involvement.” Nicole said while taking a deep breath, as if she was about to face a major turn of her life.
“Nicole, calm down. I don’t think it will be this serious. You relax.” Kizy said, patting her head.
“Yes yes. I am totally relaxed. Nothing can bother me now.” Nicole said, her body language speaking the other way though. Nicole seemed more like she was about to go for a battle instead of relaxing herself down.
*GARDEN, MARKUS’s HOUSE*
Grandpa led Victor towards the corner sofa which was sheltered with a huge umbrella, shielding the sofa from the sun.
“Have a seat.” Grandpa said while he settled down himself.
Victor paused in his tracks and let grandpa sit first, before he joined him too.
“So what is it that you wanted to talk about?” Grandpa started the conversation in a business-like tone.
“Mr. Evans, you can ask the questions first. Maybe half of the things that I want to talk about will be explained while answering you.” Victor said, not being intimidated by grandpa’s aura and putting up a strong front.
“Okay as you wish.” Grandpa said, while Victor simply nodded.
“Are you playing with my granddaughter?” Grandpa directly asked the question.
“No.” Victor replied, curtly and confidently.
“Then what do you want?” Grandpa asked again.
“Nothing.” Victor replied again.
“What are you doing in this house?” Grandpa asked.
“I am a member of BLACK COMMAND. We were selected by Mr. Markus to protect Diamond when he was not around.” Victor answered, speaking more than one word for the first time after coming out in the garden.
“But Nicole told me that she knew you before this.” Grandpa said, waiting for Victor to explain it.
“Yes.” Victor replied, once again giving the one word answer.
“How? When did you meet before this?” Grandpa asked, getting a little impatient by Victor’s lack of interest in explaining things.
“I was an undercover teacher. And you know about Nicole’s love for teaching students. For a mission, I was sent to another school, the school where she had been teaching. That’s how we met.” Victor explained briefly.
He wasn’t aware of all these things earlier, but after his office incident with Nicole, he had asked her details to Rose.
Luckily, he was able to use those details to answer grandpa right now.
“Then why are you two not together?” Grandpa asked, feeling angry as Victor had still not accepted Nicole, his precious granddaughter.
“I didn’t love her.” Victor answered.
“Then why are you living in the same house with her? Shouldn’t you go away if you are not interested in someone? Why keep them hanging on loose hopes?” Grandpa asked, getting all riled up.
“Mr. Evans, first of all I had explained to Nicole that I have no feelings for her. It was she who kept following me. Secondly, I am here for my second sister, not Nicole. Lastly, due to Nicole’s continuous persistence, I decided to give her a chance. I am not giving her any false hopes.” Victor answered, still all calm and collected.
“That better be the case. Nicole is the granddaughter of Evans, and she has a long line of men lined up behind her. Don’t think that you could ever play with her just because she loves you.” Grandpa warned.
“I won’t.” Victor answered.
“So what do you feel about her right now? I guess you have been living under the same roof for almost a month now. If you are giving her a chance, that means you do consider her as something, right?” Grandpa asked.
“I like her.” Victor said confidently.
“Like, not love? Tell me one thing. Is love seriously that important? Many a times people get married and then fall in love. If you already like her, why not accept her already then? I feel a little sad to see my granddaughter worrying over a man endlessly. I had seen her eyes shine while looking at you every single time during your advertisement. And today, I know that the gift you gave to Kizy had some special meaning behind it, cause I saw her crying. She seriously loves you from the bottom of her heart. Till how long will you be waiting? And most importantly, will you truly accept her at the end? Do you promise to not leave her heartbroken and go away?” Grandpa asked, his tone gentler than previous times.