A CRAZY LOVE - Episode 82
“There is one person who would want him alive
and dead at the same time, someone who
would want to make his life a living hell, but
needs him at the same time.” Kizy said, her
voice unnatural, as if she was saying something
about which she never wanted to talk about.
“Who?” Markus asked, even more confused by
Kizy’s statement.
But Kizy just shaked her head.
“Let’s not talk about unimportant people. And
forget about Aaron for now. Because I feel that
we will get to see him soon.” Kizy said and
stood up.
“I need to make the fourth correction. I will come
back with the edited documents.” Kizy said and
left the office, not wanting to talk about the
topic anymore.
“Guess I’ll need to make an appearance soon.”
Markus thought to himself.
Things were getting way more complicated with
the involvement of three black markets in
between.
Markus was still deep in thought when Joel
entered huffing, without even knocking the door.
“What’s wrong with you?” Markus asked with
his forehead creasing.
“Boss you forgot something important!!” Joel
said, still trying to catch his breath.
“What?!!” Markus asked in an urgent voice,
knowing Joel would never be rash in his actions
unnecessarily.
“It is Young Miss’s birthday next week!!” Joel
exclaimed and suddenly Markus felt like
throwing Joel out of his office.
“That’s it?” He still asked, to confirm his
suspicion.
“Yes boss.” Joel said.
“Is it that urgent?” Markus said, his voice
dropping suddenly.
“Of course boss!! You won’t know, but Young
Miss had made a lot of preparations when I had
told her about your birthday, so that we could
trap Aaron.
And most importantly, Elder Master, Elder
Madam, and Young Madam, all of them had
seen her efforts.
In fact I heard from Lukas that grandpa has
already started selecting gifts for Young Miss.
So if you were to neglect or forget or pay any
less attention to it, you know how your family
would react to it and scold you further.” Joel
said.
Suddenly Markus realised how grave this matter
actually was.
“Do you have any suggestions? What should I
buy for her? Something that would please all
my family members?” Markus asked with a
hopeful voice.
“No boss. But I think you should think about this
seriously. Young Miss had made a lot of gifts
by herself. So you should do something similar
instead of just buying something expensive.”
Joel said, knowing his boss would most
probably think of buying some rich item.
“You mean I should make gifts? Handmade?
And me?” Markus asked in a disbelieving voice.
“That’s what your family members might
expect.” Joel said before leaving quickly,
knowing his boss might ki|| him for any more
words.
“Arghhh!! What the hell is this?” Markus said
frustratedly to himself.
He thought for a minute. He stood up from his
chair and started thinking while walking. He
then went to have a glass of water and sat on
the sofa thinking again.
But after ten minutes of deep thinking, he could
only come up with one solution.
Hence he went back to his chair, took out his
cell phone and dialled a number he had almost
forgotten the existence of.
Just when he thought that nobody would pick
up his call, a voice was heard from the other
side.
“So what made you remember me Mr Markus
Evans?” A female said.
“Do I need any reasons to remember and call my
cousin?” Markus asked.
“Off course. Just check our call log once. You
had called me last time almost two years ago,
that too because you needed my help to
convince aunty and grandma to stop searching
for girls for you!!” The girl exclaimed.
“Hehe.. you are quite smart Nicole. You
remember something that happened two years
ago!!” Markus tried praising his cousin Nicole to
divert the attention but….
“Just cut the crap and come to the point. I know
you definitely need my help and that is why you
have called me.” Nicole said from the other side.
“I want to know what all things can you think of
for gifting your wife?” Markus asked directly,
knowing he could no longer excuse himself.
“Wife.. ummm.. you can gift a pa-” Nicole was
speaking when she suddenly paused.
“Wait. A wife. Your wife. Markus, are you
married?” His cousin asked.
And that is when Markus remembered that
except for his mom, grandpa and grandma,
none of the family members knew about his
marriage with Kizy.
Even at his grandma’s birthday banquet and his
conferences, he had only introduced Kizy as his
girlfriend. Hence nobody was aware about their
true relationship even now.
“Yeah.” He said a little apologetically.
“Is it that girl? The one you are introducing as
your fiance?” Nicole asked in a cheerful voice.
“Yes, she is the one.” Markus said, nodding his
head.
“And when were you going to tell this to me?”
His cousin complained.
“Now.” Markus said monotonously.
“You want my advice for a gift right? Talk to me
nicely then.” Nicole said Ç0ç?ily.
“Yeah yeah. You are the sweetest!!” Markus said
in an exaggerated tone.
“So do you truly love her?” Nicole asked,
curiously.
“Are you out of your mind? When have I ever
loved someone? Not to mention she is the most
stupid woman I have ever seen.” Markus said,
immediately dismissing his cousin’s thoughts.
“Are you sure? Your conferences said
something entirely different.” Nicole said from
the other side.
“That’s what my conferences are meant for. To
make people believe what I say. And I can fall
for anyone but not that woman.” Markus
continued.
“Why though?” Nicole asked.
“You remember I used to tell you about a stupid
girl from my class, my class represantative. She
would always complain about me to teachers
and make my life hell!!” Markus spoke..
“You deserved that though. You were always
bullying your classmates, beating someone up
or troubling your teachers. Any class
representative would go crazy because of your
behaviour. But what has that got to do here?”
Nicole asked confusedly.
“She was Kizy. My current wife.” Markus said.
“What!!!?? Are you for real? How the hell did you
manage to marry each other? And why would
you marry each other in the first place?
I remember you were always complaining to me
over calls that your class representative made
you suffer punishments.
And given your behaviour, I am sure you
wouldn’t have left any efforts to make her life
hell. Then why are you together? Did aunty set
you up or our grandparents forced you into this
marriage?” Nicole asked in a shocked voice.
“No. Actually I forced her into this marriage.
Mom, grandma and grandpa came to know
about it after I was married for a week.” Markus
said a little awkwardly.
“What? You forced her? How?” Nicole was even
more shocked after hearing Markus’s reply.
Hence Markus ended up explaining the whole
story briefly, including how Kate was in a near
death condition, how Kizy approached him, how
he forced her into this marriage and how they
were married without any blessings within a few
hours.
Now that he was recollecting the memories, he
still couldn’t help but laugh at their endless
bickering over the past nine months. Yes it had
been nine months to their marriage!
“Makus, so you forced her into this marriage as
a deal?” Nicole asked.
“Yeah.” Markus said.
“So you were the one who initiated this marriage
thing. Why would you do that though?” Nicole
asked.
“To have my revenge.” Markus said
immediately.
“What revenge?” Nicole asked.
“Revenge for making my school, college and
university life hell.” Markus said nonchalantly.
“And how are you taking revenge? By marrying
her? Like seriously? Isn’t it more of a
punishment for both of you?” Nicole asked.
“No, I am the one punishing and troubling her.
This way I would exact my revenge.” Markus
said.
“So what all troubles and punishments have you
given her as your revenge until now?” Nicole
asked, seriously dying to know what this idiotic
person had done till now.
“Ahem.. *clearing throat*… that’s something
private..” Markus said, not knowing what exactly
he was supposed to say.
He had made her smile for their marriage
certificate photograph when her mother was
lying unconscious in hospital bed, forcefully
kissed her on the very first day for changing
bedrooms without his permission, not just first
but a lot of times, made her sleep on the same
bed with him, force her to have breakfast when
her mom had regained consciousness in
hospital, made her accept her marriage before
giving her the job, he had sent her to Aaron,
hurted her while she had planned his
birthday….
In short he had truly hurted her a lot, and
remembering all of them now made him a little
depressed.
“Don’t tell me that you were physically violent
with her, hitting her-” Nicole was still speaking
when Markus interrupted.
“Nicole, will it hurt your brain to think a little
normally? I am a sane man with a perfectly
functioning brain. On top of it, that stupid
woman isn’t someone who would get beaten by
any man.” Markus said monotonously.
“Then did you force yourself on her??” Nicole
asked, not being able to remain patient
anymore.
Markus paused for a moment, thinking about all
the times he kissed her without her permission.
“You aren’t replying. Did you seriously force
yourself on her? Shame on you Mar-” Nicole
was literally on the way to curse him when
Markus once again cut her off.
“I just kissed her!!” He exclaimed.
“Wait. What? You kissed her as a punishment?”
Nicole asked, more like trying to confirm her
thoughts.
“Yes.” Markus said, in a low embarrassed voice.
“Brother are you truly alright? Isn’t this more like
enjoying yourself than punishment? And you
say you don’t love her.” Nicole said knowingly.
“Of course I don’t love her!!” Markus shouted.
“Okay tell me. If some other man were to take
her away from you, what would you do?” Nicole
asked.
“Why will someone take that idiot away? And
who would dare to take my wife away from
me?” Markus asked.
“What if she goes willingly? Both of them leave
together for each other. What would you do?”
Nicole continued asking.
“I won’t let her leave.” Markus said confidently.
“Why?” Nicole asked.
“Because I want to punish her more. My revenge
isn’t over.” Markus said.
“Oh my poor brother. Why is your EQ so low?
Everything is placed right in front of you. You
just have to join the dots and you will
understand what you are feeling.” Nicole said,
pitying Markus.
“My EQ is as high as my IQ. And I completely
feel my feelings normally.” Markus said, still not
understanding Nicole.
“Leave that. What about her? Does she love
you?” Nicole asked.
“No. She only knows how to get on my nerves.”
Markus said, remembering how Kizy always
went against his decisions.
“Are you both $h00ting some h@?? turned love
drama??” Nicole asked frustratedly.
“What the hell is wrong with you? I already
explained that we both h@?? each other and just
go against each other from time to time. Where
the hell did love arise from?” This time Markus
asked frustratedly.
“I am coming to A city.” Nicole said, knowing her
brother had found himself an equally
emotionally dumb better half.
“You are coming to A city to choose my wife’s
gift? Aren’t you way too busy with your job
usually? Why are you acting like an unemployed
person now?” Markus asked, his eyebrow
raising.
“Anyways I had been planning to come back
this month. Your wife’s birthday gives me the
perfect reason for that. Just one more thing
though.” Nicole said.
“What now?” Markus asked frustratedly.
“Don’t tell your wife about me. I mean don’t tell
her that I am your cousin. Introduce me as your
childhood friend.” Nicole said.
“And why should I do that?” Marlus asked
confusedly.
“To save yourself from wasting your years.”
Nicole said and laughed.
“How are you being my friend instead of a
cousin saving me from wasting my years.”
Markus asked, still not understanding what
Nicole meant.
“Stop asking questions. Just do what I say. You
will definitely thank me later.” Nicole said.
“Fine, we will see. By the way, when are you
coming?” Markus asked.
“I’ll be back next tomorrow. I want you to pick
me up from the airport. Also don’t forget to
bring your wife.” Nicole said and hung up the
call, not giving Markus a chance to refuse.
“Guess I have more trouble on my way.” Markus
said frustratedly.
*5.30 PM, AN UNKNOWN ISLAND*
A man with a pale face was seen sitting on the
floor. His knee was wrapped in a bandage, while
he sat there lifelessly, as if even a single gust of
wind would be enough to take his life away.
The man was looking out of the window,
questioning his entire life.
But suddenly two men arrived, picking him up
from the floor and making him sit on the chair,
even when his leg was in pain.
And the person feeling this immense pain was
none other than Aaron.
It had been a week since he was left on his own,
after the professor had stabbed him in the knee.
He didn’t even know what he did wrong, who
was this professor or why he was torturing him?
But he only understood that he could never
disobey him, no matter what.
Because before this, Aaron had been wishing to
die. But after arriving here, he understood that
the professor wouldn’t let him die. He will give
him a thousand cuts, yet let him live that way,
making sure that even he won’t be able to ki||
himself.
“Oh my poor Aaron!! Are you in pain?” Professor
asked while sitting leisurely on the bed.
The two men next to Aaron quickly bowed and
left the room.
“Answer quickly Aaron. Or else I might think that
your pain isn’t enough.” Professor said in a
creepy voice.
“Yes.” Aaron answered, cold sweat forming on
his forehead.
He had never been intimidated by anyone as
much as the professor intimidated him. Even
Markus at his peak anger was nothing in front
of this madman. How he wished it would have
been better if Markus would have ki||ed him
earlier and these men wouldn’t have captured
him.
“Take care of your body man. I would never
want to see you sick.” The professor said in a
calm voice, as if he truly cared for Aaron.
“Yes.” Aaron replied.
“Oh just look at me. I came here for a task and
forgot after looking at your poor health.” The
professor said.
“Do you know why you are still alive after you
were so violent with Hazel?” Professor
questioned him, his tone changing from that of
calm to menacing.
Aaron didn’t know what he was supposed to
answer and he kept quiet.
“Answer me Aaron. I won’t repeat this again.”
Professor said.
“No professor.” Aaron answered.
“That’s better. So I wanted you to witness how
the love of your life becomes mine while you
help me out in the process.” The professor said
casually, as if talking about some random topic
like weather.