#A_CRAZY_LOVE_2
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 103
“Yes. Love is important. You said that many couples fall in love after marriage. But many couples fight to death and eventually divorce as well.” Victor said and took a deep breath, contemplating whether he wanted to reveal anything further or not.
Eventually he decided that some things needed to be cleared up to avoid further misunderstanding.
“I won’t hide my past from you. I have been married before. That too it was a love marriage. My wife was also a teacher at my school. But some gangster took liking in her. When he came to know that she was married, he directly came and shot her dead.” Victor said everything expressionlessly, as if he was narrating someone else’s story.
Grandpa kept quiet, unable to digest that Victor had such a past, and yet he was telling all this unemotionally, which showed how hard and cruel it would have been for him to turn this cold.
“She was pregnant with my child. She had wanted to surprise me with the good news. But before anything could happen, she was gone, along with my baby girl to heaven.” Victor said, thinking that he had explained his past enough.
“So it is difficult for me to settle down with someone without any attachment. I would only end up hurting them. Hence I need to make sure that I am capable of loving Nicole. If I am, then I will definitely accept her. But if not, I won’t waste her time, and if needed, I will be the one to search for a much more deserving man for her than me.” Victor said, finally a little emotion, or more accurately affirmation visible in his voice.
“Sorry for being mean to you. And don’t ever think that I will judge you for your previous marriage or your past. Though I may look old and conservative and paranoid, I am never like that. We are generations apart, and these things are common for you all, so I understand. Plus your wife’s death wasn’t even your fault.
It’s just that out of all my grandchildren, I only care about Markus and Nicole. Markus already found himself a beautiful and understanding wife by bringing Kizy home. Hence only Nicole remains. Plus she is a little immature. I don’t want someone to con her into a fake relationship and leave her maybe for money or fame or wh@ťěver it is. But if your story is true, then I don’t mind giving you time to establish a proper relationship with her. But there is one condition.” Grandpa said everything in a gentle voice, showing that he understood Victor, before becoming stern at the last statement.
Victor nodded in response, indicating that he was listening and grandpa could continue further.
“I can not give you more than three months. If you are still unable to come up with your decision, I will find a better man for her myself. Is that okay?” Grandpa asked.
“Yes, Mr. Evans.” Victor said.
“Good. Also, you can call me grandpa.” Grandpa replied.
“Thank you, grandpa.” Victor said,feeling a little embarrassed while doing so.
“I will be waiting to see you both together, that is if you approve of this relationship. But there is one more thing.” Grandpa said.
Victor just kept looking at grandpa, waiting for him to speak.
“You know how dangerous your profession is. As you have said, you already lost your wife. But I want you to take utmost care of Nicole. Although she has been trained since childhood, the type of world we live are different.
Here, she is the daughter of the Evans family, a successful and rich name. Though many target her, it is easier to save her.
But in your case, your group, your enemies, they are different. ki||ing doesn’t need a second thought. And Nicole is still a novice for such a life. So I hope you will consider all those before you make your decision.” Grandpa said.
“Don’t worry grandpa. I never repeat the same mistake twice.” Victor said.
Only a few words were spoken by him, but it was enough to clear all the doubts that grandpa had about him. Grandpa could clearly see the sincerity Victor had for Nicole.
“Let’s go inside then. You must be starving and others would be waiting for us, especially Nicole. I am sure that my granddaughter would have already thought about all the worst possible situations. So let’s get back before she creates another trouble for herself.” Grandpa said while chuckling a little.
“Sure.” Victor said while the duo returned back to the hall.
Once inside, Victor immediately spotted Nicole who looked as if she had been waiting for him for centuries.
She was about to rush towards him when he signalled her to stop and gave her an understanding smile.
Nicole just awkwardly smiled back at him, her mind not settling even now.
Soon lunch was served and all of them took their seats while having a hearty meal. The environment was lightened up by Rose and Ruth, while Nicole tried to join the conversation occasionally, though her mind was somewhere else.
The elders praised Ruth for her cheerful behaviour. All the Evans members knew the past of this brother and sister. Hence watching her being all bubbly, especially because of Kizy and Nina, made them content.
Soon the hour long lunch came to an end with all the members leaving one by one.
Once everyone was gone, Nicole finally could no longer stand the wait. She instantly went towards Victor. Grandpa’s normal behaviour all the time was instead making her feel anxious. She felt that maybe his silence was calm before the storm.
“Victor, what did you tell grandpa? He asked you about us, right?” Nicole said in a nervous voice.
Victor who was about to head back to his room stopped in track while the rest of the members left him on his own.
“Yeah.” Victor answered plainly.
“What did grandpa say? Is he angry? Will he punish me for lying? Don’t tell me he has decided to forcefully arrange my marriage! What will I do-” Nicole was still speaking when Victor spoke up.
“You only have two options now.” Victor said.
“What two options? Please don’t say it is either apologising to grandpa and getting married according to the elder’s will or leaving the Evans family forever!! I can not choose any. If needed I will stop my teaching profession and join business to help dad, but please don’t make me choose between these.” Nicole said, on the verge of crying.
‘Worst possible situation. Grandpa must have thought about this. This girl seriously knows how to imagine the worst situations for herself.’ Victor thought while a slight smile appeared on his face.
“What are you smiling about? I guessed it right? It is these two options, right?” Nicole said, frustrated but sad at the same time.
“No.” Victor said before taking a step ahead, closing in the distance.
But Nicole instead moved back, intimidated by Victor’s presence. Thus she kept on moving backward while Victor continued to take slow steps towards her.
Ultimately Nicole’s back hit the wall. She looked back in shock to realise that Victor had cornered her already.
“What… what are you.. doing?” Nicole said, finding it hard to difficult to even utter words properly.
Victor’s proximity was so confusing to her that she couldn’t think straight. Even now, she was unable to understand what he was doing to her.
His face so close, those piercing eyes looking straight into her soul, sharp nose breathing warm air that was fanning her face and perfect lips that were created to do unimaginable things, how else was Nicole supposed to think properly!
“What am I doing?” Victor asked back, totally liking Nicole’s reaction to his presence.
“Huhh?” Nicole said before shaking her head, as if trying to clear her thoughts.
“Options. Two options.” She reminded Victor while trying to keep herself sane.
Victor closed in the gap between them, both of his hands placed on the wall to trap her in between while Nicole could smell his cologne mixed bodily scent, another wrong factor to make her lose her senses.
“Two options are – either you find yourself a man in three months and tell grandpa that you broke up with me. Or…” Victor paused, bending forward so that his mouth was directly over her ear.
Their bodies were nearly hugging each other, making Nicole feel butterflies in her stomach. She reflexively closed her eyes, not knowing what she was anticipating.
“Or spend the rest of your life turning your lie into reality.” Victor said and paused, taking a deep breath and exhaling, his hot breath sending shivers all over her body while sending her in total confusion.
“Make sure you start falling for me. Real soon.” Victor said in a husky voice, his magnetic voice doing things to her body that she never imagined could happen.
And Victor was content with the effect he had on Nicole before taking a step back as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile Nicole instantly opened her eyes after losing the warmth of Victor, only to witness him looking amusedly at her.
“Choose wisely.” Victor said in a calm voice as if the person moments before was definitely not him.
He looked at her face, especially her flushed reddened cheeks one last time before turning and going away, leaving a confused Nicole behind.
‘What the hell just happened? What was Victor trying to do? Spend the rest of your life turning your lie into reality? What did he mean? Wait wait wait. Did he just say – start falling for me? No no. This can definitely not be true. God I am having hallucinations right now!! He is making me insane!! Nicole tale a deep breath, breath out. Breath in. Breath out.’ Nicole said to herself, the breathing thing helping her to calm down.
But Victor’s magnetic voice was still ringing in her head.
‘Make sure you start falling for me. Real soon.’ She heard that voice, once, twice and on loop until she was sure she hadn’t misheard it.
“God are playing some prank on me?” Nicole asked in a frustrated voice, not believing what was happening with her.
Finally she decided to go back and ask Victor directly instead of overthinking everything.
With that she ran back towards Victor’s room, timely reaching it before he could close the door.
“Wait!” She exclaimed and barged inside, colliding into his firm chest head on.
Victor looked wide eyed at her, not expecting such a turn of events while Nicole turned her face upwards, looking at Victor’s sharp jawline, his lips, nose before finally looking into his eyes, her blush returning back to her face.
She instantly pushed him back out of embarrassment, but used more than necessary power, ultimately ending with Victor hitting his head on the wall beside him.
“Sorry!! Sorry! I didn’t mean to hit you.. sorry.. uhh… are you hurt?” Nicole said, her embarrassment increasing ten folds.
‘$h|t Nicole! What are you doing? How can you push him that strongly?? Stupid girl!! Are you trying to ki|| him!?’ Nicole cursed herself internally for being so rough.
“No.” Victor replied, trying to keep a poker face.
Maybe if he wasn’t shocked by Nicole’s sudden action, it would have been impossible to push him back.
But after getting hit by the wall, Victor couldn’t help but feel mortified because of getting pushed this easily by Nicole. If only Nicole could hear his thoughts, she would have been all smug and laughed at him, instead of feeling embarrassed.
“Why are you here?” Victor asked after composing himself.
“Me? I was here.. because.. yeah because I didn’t understand the two options you gave. Can you repeat them again? I thought I misheard.” Nicole said, awkwardly scratching her head.
“And what did you misheard?” Victor asked purposefully.
“I.. that.. No, I didn’t hear anything. I was zoned out.” Nicole said, feeling shy thinking how she was supposed to repeat his words.
“And why were you zoned out then?” Victor asked, feeling immense pleasure from Nicole’s cute illogical replies.