#A_CRAZY_LOVE_2
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 68
“Excuse me Miss, wait a minute.” Suddenly a strange voice was heard from the other side.
“Who are you?” Kizy replied, her voice sounding fully alert.
“I was just passing by and found this phone ringing on the ground, so I picked it up.” The man replied.
“Where are you?” Kizy asked, even more troubled by the man’s reply as she knew that Markus wouldn’t be this careless, especially when it came to his phone.
“I am near the All Star Mall.” The man replied impatiently.
Kizy paused for a moment, remembering that All Star Mall was one of the malls owned by Markus. But what made her confused was why would he visit it so late.
“Will you please mind waiting there for ten minutes? I will be there to retrieve the phone.” Kizy asked, already rushing towards the door after hearing the impatience in his voice.
Of course this wasn’t a wise move, but she didn’t want to think about anything else and just go and watch everything by herself before coming to a conclusion.
“Okay. But not more than that, I have to go somewhere urgently.” The man said, his voice complaining.
“Yeah yeah. I will be there in ten minutes.” Kizy said and hung up.
She immediately ran outside the house, asking the driver to take out the car.
“Lady boss, you are going somewhere?” Suddenly Jack who was standing near the gate came ahead.
“Yeah.” Kizy said and was about to climb inside when she suddenly paused.
“Where is Alex?” She asked.
“He will be nearby.” Jack said, confusion written all over his face.
“Call him immediately. We have to go somewhere right now.” Kizy said.
She was about to go alone to the mall when she suddenly thought it was better to take Jack and Alex along as backup.
She didn’t know if the man talking on the phone was honest or not. What if this was another trap? Thus to be on the safer side, she made the last moment decision to take Jack and Alex together with her.
And Jack didn’t need to be told twice. Thus he instantly called Alex and both of them along with Kizy rushed to the All Star Mall.
She was still halfway when she received a call from Joel.
“Young Miss, I checked the CCTVs. Boss was seen going towards the Main highway.” Joel replied in a hurry.
‘Main highway. Does that mean he really came to All Star Mall?’ Kizy thought, knowing that this route was the which they needed to take if they were going to All Star Mall from the company.
“Joel can you please check CCTV near the All Star Mall? I am already headed in the same direction. Some person found Markus’s phone lying there near the mall.” Kizy said.
“What?!!” Joel exclaimed before immediately realising how he reacted.
“Sorry young miss. I will check that immediately and let you know.” Joel said and Kizy ended the call.
Soon they reached the All Star Mall. Kizy was about to climb out of the car when Alex stopped her.
“Wait Lady boss. Let us check the surroundings first.” Alex said.
“No wait. Just give me the gun. I will go by myself. I just hope that the man wouldn’t have left.” Kizy said.
Alex and Jack looked at each other before giving a gun to Kizy and climbing out of the car along with her.
They had already heard wh@ťěver Kizy said to Joel, thus they were protecting Kizy completely.
Kizy called Markus’s number once again after arriving in front of the mall, hoping that everything would be alright and nothing bad would happen, plus wished that the man would be patient enough to wait for her.
“Hello.” The man answered on the second ring.
“I have reached the mall. Where are you?” Kizy asked.
“I am standing in front of the second entrance. Can you please arrive faster. I have to go.” The man said, his voice sincerely urgent.
“Yes. I will be there in a moment.” Kizy said while walking towards the second entrance, signalling Joel and Alex to quitely follow behind at a distance.
“Okay.” The man said without hanging up, hoping Kizy would arrive soon and take the phone away.
Kizy kept her right hand on her jacket pocket, ready to remove the gun when required while she was holding the phone with her left hand.
She took a right turn and saw a man looking at his wrist watch while talking on the phone.
“Are you wearing white shirt?” Kizy said while waving her hand towards the man.
“Yes.” The man said while turning to look towards both sides and found Kizy waving.
He too walked towards her, already in a rush to leave.
“Thank you for picking this phone.” Kizy said, sincerely thanking the man for picking the phone and waiting this long.
“Yeah. I will leave now.” The man said, already turning to leave.
“Ummm.. excuse me.” Kizy said a little hesitantly.
“Anything else?” The man said, frowning a little.
“Was there no one else when you picked up this phone?” Kizy asked, and though she wanted to mask her emotions, it came out hopefully.
“No. No one.” The man said, shaking his head.
“Oh okay. Thank you.” Kizy said, hoping that at least Joel would find something through CCTV.
The man nodded and instantly left, rushing towards the opposite direction.
Kizy looked at him for some more time, before looking at the phone he had given.
It was Markus’s phone. She was about to unlock it when she suddenly frowned looking at one of the corners of the phone cover.
“What happened, lady boss?” Jack immediately came forward, looking at Kizy frowning.
Kizy looked at the phone corner carefully, where bloodstains could be seen.
“Blood.” Kizy said in a low voice, before unlocking it, knowing Markus’s password.
There were countless missed calls and messages from her and Joel but nothing looked suspicious.
She was about to open his locked folders when she received a call from Joel on her phone.
“Hello Joel, did you see the CCTV? I-” She was still speaking when Joel shouted from outside.
“Young Miss, watch your back!!” Joel exclaimed, making Kizy remove her gun and turn back while pointing it, high on alert.
But the moment she turned back, she was blinded by the sudden lights that were turned on, making her close her eyes and protect her face with the other hand.
She slightly opened her eyes, and could barely see a man whosè face was unclear due to the bright lights behind his back.
Kizy instantly pointed the gun back at the man, trying hard to open her eyes completely, while the man kept walking towards her, taking one step at a time.
And finally after a moment, she was able to see the man clearly.
The man who she had been worrying about for more than two hours – Markus.
Markus came walking forward, his steps large and steady, while an amused smile could be seen on his face, especially after Kizy had pointed a gun towards him.
He shook his head, knowing that his ‘stupid woman’ would never fail to surprise him.
Kizy just looked at him flabbergasted, not understanding what was happening.
First he wasn’t picking up her call. Then suddenly a random man picked it up, saying he found the phone near the mall. Even Joel had seen everything on CCTV. There was even a blood stain on his phone.
And now suddenly, Markus appeared when she was least expecting him!
“Keep the gun inside, someone might see that.” Markus whispered in her ear, making Kizy realise that he had already covered the distance between them and was only inches away.
She looked down towards the gun, her head spinning from all the confusing events, but alas she kept the gun back into jacket, obediently listening to what Markus said.
,m “What?? How??” Kizy asked confusedly, but her voice sounded cute to Markus.
But instead of answering her, he looked down at his watch and then looked back at Kizy, a genuine smile pasted on his face.
He then held her shoulders before turning her towards the opposite way so that her back was touching his chest, making her feel his erratically beating heart.
And the next second, the dark night sky was filled with lighting, forming a rainbow with all seven colours.
Kizy felt Markus take out some remote like thing and press the button and the next minute the rainbow was gone.
Things were flying randomly in the sky, making her unable to see clearly before they finally settled into a heart shape, all the lighting red in colour.
Kizy was left stunned by the beautiful heart formed in the night sky, shining brightly.
Finally she heard a beep and the heart was gone, but before she could understand anything, firecrackers were seen and the previous lighting was rearranged forming the letters ‘I LOVE YOU KIZY’ in the sky.
This time Markus turned her back again, making her face him.
He properly kneeled down on one knee, taking out a beautifully carved box out from his blazer pocket and opening it in front of Kizy.
And suddenly many glittering diamonds, arranged irregularly but beautifully came into view. A shimmering crescent moon, filled in vivid shades of blue, purple and galaxy colours sat in the middle, surrounded by twisting vines and tendrils having delicate small diamonds attached to them.
“I love you.” Markus said, a cute yet foolish smile pasted on his face as he was doing something like this for the first time, that too in public.
He was nervous, hesitant, excited, happy, tense, hopeful, all at the same time, his hands literally shaking and sweating profusely.
And finally something bloomed in Kizy’s heart, something she had been ignoring and avoiding, something she wasn’t ready to face yet.
But this time the intensity was at its peak. Those feelings were nudging her, asking her to accept everything the way it was. To not run away anymore and stay where she was.
Markus let Kizy understand what he was doing, giving her a minute to realise what was happening before speaking again.
“Happy marriage anniversary my little lamb!!” He said, this time his excitement but nervousness was clear in his voice.
“Anniver… oh $h|t!! Today is our anniversary, right? How can I forget!!” Kizy exclaimed while slapping her forehead, literally cursing herself for forgetting the important day.
It wasn’t that she had forgotten it. Even yesterday, she had it in her mind that it would be their first anniversary, and even had something planned for the same.
But the events from evening made her forget the entire anniversary thing as she was hella worried about Markus.
“Fool. Don’t worry, I promise to remember and cherish all our days, no matter if you remember them or not.” Markus said, relaxing and even giggling a little after watching Kizy’s reaction.
“Did you just call me a fool, Mr. Devil?” Kizy asked while crossing her hands and pouting.
“Is that important? Why don’t you pay attention to the main part?” Markus asked, not knowing how could someone who was as bold and smart as handling guns, making plans and ki||ing people would be this stupid but cute at the same time.
“Sorry. And…” Kizy said, hesitating a little.
“And?” Markus asked, confused why there was a sudden change in her expression and tone.
“I…” Kizy said but paused again, not knowing what she was supposed to do.
“You?” Markus asked, still kneeling with the ring in his hand.
Finally Kizy closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
“I love you!!” She exclaimed with her eyes closed before instantly opening them and kneeling down in front of Markus, making him stunned speechless.
But before he could process everything, Kizy bent forward and gave him a peck on the lips, truly shocking him to the core.
Though the kiss was very small, Markus knew that it was real, and even what she said was true, but he just couldn’t believe what was happening.
“At least say something!! You are scaring the $h|t out of me!!” Kizy repeated the same lines that Markus had said days ago while confessing his feelings in hospital.