A CRAZY LOVE - Episode 156
Kizy opened her mouth, intending to speak, when suddenly grandpa interjected in between.
“Don’t tell me you are here because I called Nicole? Isn’t it?” Grandpa asked, or more like confirmed his doubt.
“Ummm.. You can say it that way. But I wanted to explain some things clearly, that is why I am here.” Kizy said.
She, as usual, had left for her office an hour ago. She was working on her laptop when she received a call from Rose.
“Grandpa has called Nicole to their mansion.” This was the only statement Rose had spoken when Kizy understood what would be happening.
“Okay. Thank you for informing, First sister.” Kizy said and hung up the call.
And with that she rushed back to the mansion, only to be welcomed by this scene.
“Okay. Go ahead. I am all ears.” Grandpa said before gesturing to Kizy to take a seat.
“The man you have seen in the advertisement with Nicole is indeed the man she loves.” Kizy said, judging the expression of the older couple before resuming.
“We made him act on one condition, that is, his face as well as identity won’t be revealed. Thus we can’t expose him now.” Kizy said.
But the curious couple wasn’t going to sit back peacefully.
“But I had given her a time limit. And the time period has ended now. Nicole had promised me that she would tell me who the man is after three months.” Grandpa reasoned.
“But grandpa-” Kizy was still trying to speak for Nicole when grandpa cut her off.
“No more buts, Kizy. I want her to settle down and find a perfect man for herself. I want to see her enjoying her married life the way you and Markus do. Is this too much to ask as a grandparent?” Grandpa said, his tone softening, making him seem more sad.
“Grandpa, I understand-” Kizy was still trying to salvage the situation when she was once again cut off, but this time it was Nicole who interrupted her.
“It’s Victor.” Nicole said, her head lowering.
Kizy who was looking at grandpa immediately turned toward Nicole, wide eyed at her sudden disclosure.
Nicole didn’t wanted to do this, but she had already put Kizy into a lot of trouble till now. Thus she thought it was better to take it upon herself instead of making Kizy face the old duo.
On the other hand, Kizy had planned to stretch this act some more, buy some more time for Nicole, most probably till Markus returned, and then sort this out someway.
But Nicole’s sudden act had made her unable to form any proper plan. She never expected her to reveal Victor’s name, especially when she had hidden this entire scene from Victor.
Plus if grandpa or grandma were to visit her house and suddenly know who Victor was, she was sure to land into deep troubles.
Thus she was now racking her brains to come up with something to save both herself and Nicole out of this problem.
“Victor it is. Hmmm. Good that you have kept your promise. But what have you decided now?” Grandpa asked, a satisfied expression replacing his earlier sad one.
“What now? What do you mean grandpa?” Nicole asked, suddenly raising her head.
“Do you love him?” Grandpa asked, now his tone was serious.
“Y.. yes grandpa.” Nicole tried to sound confident, but ended up stuttering.
“So what next? Have you confessed your feelings for him?” This time grandma asked, unable to remain calm like grandpa.
“Hehe grandma.. how can I be so direct? I need some time and preparation to do that.” Nicole said, scratching her head.
“What do you mean? Of course, you are my granddaughter. You have to be direct in courting my grandson in law.” Grandma said proudly.
Nicole literally choked on her own saliva after listening to grandma’s statement.
“Child, have breakfast with us. It’s been a long time since we had a meal together.” Grandma said while turning towards Kizy, who was still thinking hard about the newly developed problem.
“Ummm.. grandma actually I left the office suddenly without notifying anyone. I still have two meetings to attend, one of them scheduled just half an hour later. Maybe I’ll join you all some other time.” Kizy said, not wanting to delay any meeting.
She had already planned her work for upcoming days with no break in between. If she were to postpone even a single meeting or some other work, her entire timetable would be disturbed. Therefore even if she wanted to, she could not do anything.
Grandma felt sad, looking at her granddaughter in law working so hard. She knew that Kizy didn’t have to do anything out of this as ‘Stardust’ was a company built for many years now.
Even if she was to make continuous losses for the company, she would still have a luxurious life ahead.
Yet here she was, working day and night to strive for a position even higher than this.
Grandma turned to look at grandpa, signaling him something with his eyes.
Grandpa nodded before taking out his phone and typing something furiously, knowing that any later and his wife would grant him a death wish.
“If there is nothing else, I’ll take my leave now.” Kizy said, turning towards grandpa.
“No, no. Wait a minute.” Grandpa said while knowing that a certain someone was giving him a death glare.
Finally after a minute, a relieved smile appeared on grandpa’s face.
“Don’t worry about the meeting anymore. I will personally handle the meeting. Now have breakfast with us. No excuses.” Grandpa said, giving a proud expression while looking towards grandma.
Grandma just nodded, giving silent approval to grandpa’s method.
And though Kizy didn’t show anything on her face, her heart felt something, something that she hadn’t felt, or more appropriately something that she was avoiding to feel for the past few days.
“I will personally go and prepare something healthy for her. Just look how pale and thin she is looking.” Grandma said while getting up, walking towards the kitchen.
“Grandma.” Suddenly Kizy called out, making grandpa, grandma and Nicole look towards her.
Kizy took a small step towards grandma, before taking a second and third step, ultimately reaching in front of grandma.
Without saying anything, she just stood there for a moment before hugging grandma, her eyes tearing up.
Grandma, knowing how Kizy must be feeling after bottling up all her emotions, hugged her back, feeling equally sad for Kizy.
She too didn’t say anything, and just rubbed her back as well as head, trying to console Kizy.
Kizy took a deep breath, trying to push down the tears as well as emotions that were about to overflow.
After a moment, finally Kizy stepped back, looking towards grandma with a genuine smile.
“Thank you. Also, you don’t have to prepare anything special. Let’s just have a simple meal together.” Kizy said, the word ‘together’ making her feel warm.
“Okay. As you wish.” Grandma said while rubbing her back, before heading towards the dining hall, hooking her arm with Kizy’s.
Grandpa had a happy expression on his face. He then turned towards Nicole before rubbing her head affectionately.
“Let’s go.” He said, offering his arm.
Nicole happily took his hand and entered the kitchen with a bright smile, happy for both Kizy as well as her grandparents.
And though Kizy had told grandma to not prepare anything, grandma still ended up making some healthy snacks, including fruits.
The family of four had a hearty breakfast, making Kizy return to her original form for sometime.
“I’ll take my leave now. Let’s have another such meal soon.” Kizy said while standing at the gate, while Nicole was already sitting inside the car, intending to return to the company with Kizy.
“Sure. In fact you should visit us frequently. And don’t overwork yourself for that company.” Grandpa said.
Kizy just nodded before climbing inside the car, both she and Nicole leaving the old couple behind.
“I feel sorry for her. I feel that we have wronged her a lot.” Grandpa said to grandma while still looking at the disappearing car, his voice hinting at sadness.
“She had suffered. And is still suffering.” Grandma said with a sigh.
Being wife to the mafia king for decades, grandma knew the kind of pressure and tension one faced, something that Kizy was facing right now.
On the other hand, Kizy and Nicole were sitting in the back passenger seat when Nicole finally spoke up.
“Sorry for revealing his name.” Nicole said, knowing she should have at least asked or consulted with Kizy before doing something like that.
“You don’t’ have to be sorry. It’s just that, if first brother ever comes to know about this, I’ll be in great trouble. Especially if grandma or grandpa were to meet him directly, it would be a disaster.” Kizy said, looking out of the car.
“We can just ask him to fake this act for sometime. Later on once I find someone, I’ll tell grandpa and grandma that we broke up.” Nicole said, trying to think of something that would work out.
“He will never fake the act of loving someone.” Kizy said, her voice monotonous.
“Why? Didn’t we $h00t that advertisement just two days ago? He did act over there. So what’s wrong in acting a little more and helping me out?” Nicole asked.
“That’s a completely different thing. Advertising was something professional, something that our company depended on. But this act gives him no reason to do so.
Love has never been fair with the first brother. Thus he has simply stopped believing in it. There is no more space for the term ‘Love’ in his life, even if it is fake.” Kizy said, still looking out at the trees passing by, thinking hard.
“Then what should we do? Should I just go back and confess that I have been lying all this time? Don’t worry, I’ll take the blame and tell grandpa that it was my plan and I was the one who forced you to convince grandpa about this acting.” Nicole said, looking dead serious.
“No no. Grandpa and grandma, both of them will be truly disappointed to know that. It would be better to find a perfect man for you soon and drop this act.” Kizy said, finally turning to look at Nicole.
“Then should I go and ask Victor? I know that this would be too much, but we have no option. If grandpa or grandma were to accidentally meet Victor, or discover that he lives here, then we will have no solution for it.
I am not telling him to act like he loves me, but I would just ask whether he could pretend to accept wh@??ver lie I have told grandpa. He doesn’t have to do anything, but just say that I am the one pursuing him, and he has decided to give me a chance. Not like he has to stay with me forever. We can soon plan a breakup and maybe I’ll say that I am in great sorrow and don’t want to see my other man. What do you think?” Nicole asked Kizy, trying to formulate her own plan.
“Hmmmm. Let’s see.” Kizy replied before facing the window once again.
Soon they reached the company and were once again busy with the company matters.
*11 PM, VICTOR’s ROOM, MARKUS’s HOUSE*
Victor was busy folding his clothes when there was a knock on his door.
He turned to look towards the now half opened door through which Nicole was peeping inside.
“You can simply get inside instead of watching from there that way.” Victor said before resuming his work.
“Woah! You are folding clothes! Never expected a gunman to do such a domestic job.” Nicole exclaimed while walking in after shutting the door behind her.
“Is a gunman supposed to only $h00t all the time then?” Victor asked sarcastically, without even looking at Nicole.
“No, not like that. I thought you would only be doing tough jobs like maybe fixing machines.” Nicole said while scratching her head, embarrassed at her own statement.
Something changed in Victor’s expression, but he didn’t look at Nicole.