"Make her realise her feelings the way you did for me." Markus answered immediately.

"Umm.. this is tough. I already hurt her at that time. I can't do that again." Nicole replied after a minute.

"Of course you are not supposed to hurt her at all. Just make her realise her feelings in some or other way." Markud said almost immediately.

"Okay okay cool down. I will think of something." Nicole said before turning back, about to go inside the house.

Markus just nodded, wishing Kizy would soon accept her feelings and would not run away from them.

If Kizy never had any feelings for him, he would have not minded and continued to love her in his own ways.

But he knew what she felt, and thus he wanted her to understand and accept that feeling.

"Wait!!" Suddenly Nicole who was about to head back in the house turned again, looking with a grin at Markus.

"What happened?" Markus asked, not knowing the cause of her sudden outburst.

"Isn't 'Glitter' trying to form a partnership with your company?" Nicole asked.

She had been working with grandpa in 'Stardust' for almost a month now. Thus she already knew about all the offers that were being proposed to them.

"Yeah." Markus said, not knowing what Nicole meant from this.

"Accept their proposal." Nicole said.

"And why should I? I mean I don't have any problem with the company, in fact they are doing well. But the CEO is a complete crack. I don't want to work with her." Markus said, remembering the crazy female CEO who was pathetically clinging to him in one of the business dinners.

"Just trust me and accept the collaboration. Also you will personally handle all the procedures for this partnership." Nicole said.historical

"No no no. That lady is nuts. She is so thick skinned that she won't stop clinging to me even after I spelled the word GO AWAY! So I can accept the partnership but not the condition about personally handling this deal." Markus said.

"Come on bro. Just this once. Plus this time you will get to see how protective your wife could be." Nicole said with a grin.

"Are you sure?" Markus asked after thinking for a minute.

"Yes. For sure this will happen. You just continue doing your normal business." Nicole said.

"Uhhmm. Okay then." Markus said, nodding his head.

"Fine. I'll take my leave now. I want to spend quality time with Kizy." With that Nicole went running inside the house.

'Why is everyone so eager to talk with my little lamb? Can't they see how angry I am? Should I do something to shoo them away?' Markus started thinking, knowing that these people will remain sticking to his wife for the entire day.

*NIGHT TIME, MARKUS's HOUSE*

"Finally I have you for myself!" Markus exclaimed once Kizy arrived in the bedroom.

"Why were you so mean to grandpa? Anyone could see that you were desperately trying to send your family away." Kizy said, remembering how childish Markus was behaving the whole day.

"Yet none of them even budged a centimetre. They are getting thick skinned day by day." Markus said, nodding to himself.

"And you are getting more black bellied day by day." Kizy said before making a teasing face at Markus.

"If it is for my wife, yes I will." Markus said shamelessly.

"Ok. I want to know something." Kizy said, her tone getting serious.

Markus just nodded his head, thinking that Kizy would speak something about her past or the Professor.

"Where were you in the time period where you were framed about being a womaniser? You said that you can not gather evidence of those times. Why is that so?" Kizy asked, completely taking Markus by surprise.

"You still remember that? Weren't you in a coma? How is your brain still working this efficiently?" Markus asked in a surprised tone.

"Arrrghhh! Markus I was just in a coma for a few days because I injured my brain. But I am completely fine with a completely normal working brain. Stop treating me like some patient who has lost his memory." Kizy said in an irritated voice.

"Fine, fine. Cool down wifey! No need to get riled up! It isn't good for your health." Markus said, gesturing to her to come and sit next to him on bed.

"Then just cut the crap and come straight to the point." Kizy said, sitting beside him.

"Ok." Markus said in a serious tone before clearing his voice, as if he was about to open a past chapter, a chapter he didn't want to read again.

*THREE YEARS AGO, EVANS MANSION*

Markus ran out of the gates, his face tear stained, while the heavy rain drenched him entirely in a couple of seconds.

He had lost his support, his pillar forever - His Dad.

He, as usual, had gone to college, bunking his lectures and wasting time in the canteen when he received a call from the Evans mansion, asking him to return back as soon as possible.

He had asked the reason for this sudden call, but grandpa hung up on him, leaving him no option but to return back immediately.

But the moment he stepped inside the gate, a huge crowd welcomed him, but with teary eyes. All of them were giving him a sympathetic look, something he was hating a lot.

He ignored all of them, and denied his own heart, which was telling him that he was about to face something bad, something cruel.

And finally, he stepped inside the mansion hall, a coffin present in the centre, making his breath stop for a moment.

Next his eyes went searching for all his family members, who were surrounding the body on ground and crying like madmen.

Even his best friends were present, crying, their cries intensifying after watching him.

Finally he rested his gaze on his mom. She looked at him, her face tear stained.

"Your.. your dad!!" She said and cried loudly.

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- Kizy