A_CRAZY_LOVE_2
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 35
“New year will begin in two weeks. Have you
planned anything for the year end celebration?”
Kizy asked, planning to strengthen the bond
between Markus and his employees.
“Yes.” Markus replied.
“What is it?” Kizy asked hopefully, thankful that
at least Markus did something for his
employees.
“Actually it is grandpa’s birthday on the year end
day. So we give a double bonus to our
employees.” Markus replied.
“And?” Kizy asked, her smile fading a little.
“And we give a five days holiday, from 31st to
4th of new year. Work resumes on the 5th.”
Markus said proudly.
“That’s it?” Kizy asked, her hopes disappeared
by now.
“Yeah.” Markus said.
“No no no. This won’t do.” Kizy said, shaking her
head.
“What?” Markus asked.
“We need to change this all.” Kizy said.
“What change?” Markus asked, his brow raised.
“Give me some time. I will present all the plans
for the year end celebration and Grandpa’s
birthday by tomorrow.” Kizy said, her brain
processing everything.
“Okay.” Markus said.
Kizy turned and held the door handle to leave
the office when she suddenly turned behind.
“How do you celebrate grandpa’s birthday every
year?” Kizy asked.
“We hold a banquet like grandma’s birthday this
year. All the eminent personalities are invited.
Mainly some important leaders from the
underworld or more accurately those leaders
along with their grandparents come to wish
grandpa.” Markus explained, remembering how
they celebrate it each year.
“Can we afford holding two banquets?” Kizy
asked after pondering over it for a minute.
Markus giggled before speaking.
“Are you serious? You are the daughter-in-law of
the Evans family. One of the richest in our
country. I guess there’s nothing we can not
afford.” Markus said.
“Okay then. I will give you the proper plan along
with the budget. Also, if possible, ask mother
about the collaboration today. I want to know
her views to decide further.” Kizy said and
finally left the office.
“How many things are going inside that little
brain of yours? How can such a smart brain
forget something after being drunk though. How
I wish you would remember that evening.”
Markus said to himself, remembering the day
they both had confessed to each other.
The day went on normally for Markus, signing a
few docvments, going through some files and
watching new projects and presentations.
But Kizy, on the other hand, was busy. She had
shut herself up in her own office, scribbling
something till Joel came knocking to remind her
to eat her lunch with Markus. Once done with
lunch, she was back at her work.
Finally after the office ended, she rested for
some time during their ride back home.
After changing and freshening up, she made
Markus sit with her.
“Can you tell me the people attending grandpa’s
birthday banquet every year?” Kizy asked.
“Yeah sure. I have the invitation list from last
year. We send invitation cards to all of them.”
Markus said while calling Joel from his phone.
Joel picked it up on the second ring itself.
“Good evening boss.” Joel said in an energetic
voice.
“Send me the list of people who are invited for
grandpa’s birthday banquet.” Markus went
directly to the point.
“Okay boss. I will send it immediately.” Joel
said, instantly turning his laptop on to search
the name.
“Hmmm.” Markus nodded and ended the call.
And the next minute, Joel had sent him the
docvment including the name, designation and
age of people invited along with their family
members who attended the banquet.
The list consisted of more than a thousand
people.
Markus showed the list to Kizy.
“Uhh Uhh. Could you do me a favour?” Kizy
asked.
“What do you want, little lamb?” Markus asked
in a dramatic voice.
“Separate the names between common people
and the ones from the underworld. The
common ones will include all the business
professionals, celebrities and other prominent
figures. As for the underworld, you already
understand that.” Kizy said.
“Okay. Will give it to you tomorrow wifey.”
Markus said, without questioning her even once.
“Also, what about the family members?” Kizy
asked.
“What about them?” Markus asked, confusedly.
“Do you invite all of them?” Kizy asked,
remembering how huge the Evans family truly
was.
Grandpa was the eldest member in the family,
followed by his two brothers and one sister.
Grandpa and grandma only had one son, who
was Markus’s father.
His second brother further had two sons, while
the third brother only had a daughter. His sister
had one son and one daughter.
Nicole was the third brother’s only daughter.
Their entire family was involved in the
underworld, controlling particular areas. But
people from the new generation, like Nicole,
were trying to enter fields other than this.
Though all of them were trained fighters, not all
of them were involved in the family gang.
Whereas grandma only had a younger brother
who had decided to remain unmarried for his
entire life. Thus grandma had no one other than
her brother.
But overall their family was huge, plus everyone
respected grandpa a lot. The family had
remained united for three generations, all of
them completely loyal to the family.
“Yes we invite them all. Though some of the
members do not work for the underworld, they
all are acquainted with people from the
underworld.” Markus said.
“Can we invite them personally?” Kizy asked.
“Yeah, individual invites are sent to all of them
as well.” Markus said.
“No, not like that. What if we meet them
individually and invite them personally for the
banquet?” Kizy asked.
“Why should we do that?” Markus asked, not
understanding why Kizy was asking him to
waste so much of energy and time when he
could simply send the invitations as usual.
Every year they send invitation to all the people
including their family and others. But Kizy not
only asked him to separate others between
normal and underworld people, now she was to
personally meet and invite them, which was
confusing him as he felt no logic in doing it.
“We don’t need to reason out things when it
comes to family. Just because they are our
family, we should never take them for granted.
In fact we should try to reach out to them from
time to time, show them that we love and care
for them.
Though all these things are seen from our
actions, we should take time to remind them
that we are there for them.
This makes them believe that no matter even if
the world opposes them, they will always have
their family.” Kizy said, remembering how she
used to wish for a huge joint family since
childhood.
She was an only child for her parents who didn’t
have any siblings. Thus they were a happy
small family of three. But she always felt that
loneliness whenever she was invited to her
friend’s birthday parties where all the family
members would be gathered together.
Therefore she always wanted a joint family, and
thankfully she was blessed with one.
“So you want me to go and invite them
personally?” Markus asked once again,
confirming his suspicion.
“No. We both would go and invite them.” Kizy
said with a smile.
“Fine.” Markus said, thinking it won’t hurt him to
meet family members. Anyways it had been
long since he met his cousins. Especially after
grandma’s birthday banquet, he hadn’t seen
most of them.
And even at the banquet, he wasn’t able to chat
much with others because of the cake incident.
Thus he thought it would only be good to
personally meet them all.
His cousins usually had get-togethers and
parties. But usually he never joined them,
mostly because he was busy, and secondly he
didn’t want to risk their lives.
Though they all were trained, he preferred to
maintain distance from people to not harm their
lives.
“I had one more doubt.” Kizy said.
“Speak.” Markus replied.
“Do you know a good perfume brand? Maybe
someone good enough who could be a great
partner in future.” Kizy asked.
“Yeah.” Markus said, remembering his own
perfume brand.
He had met the CEO who was an old down to
earth man in his seventies. He had two
daughters, but unfortunately none of them were
interested in continuing their family legacy,
resulting in their sales going downhill for the
past decade.
But Markus loved the perfume, and never left
using it.
“Who?” Kizy asked with a grin.
“It’s ‘Eternity’. I have been using their perfume
for a long time now, and trust me they are the
best. Though most people nowadays are not
buying it anymore.” Markus said.
“Then we will definitely go for it. We exactly
need someone who is good at it but knows only
to opt for hard work and not shortcuts. Even
after being in decline for the past decade, they
are still producing good perfumes, which means
they are constant. Anyways I will need you to
visit them with me once we are done sorting our
guest lists.” Kizy said.
“Okay. I don’t have an issue.” Markus replied.
“Also, let’s visit ‘Aurum’ on saturday.” Kizy said.
“Why that now?” Markus asked, not knowing
why Kizy wanted to visit a jewellery shop.
“You’ll know that soon.” Kizy said with a smirk.
“Fine.” Markus said, making a pout.
Soon the dinner was served and the couple
finished it with their usual bickering.
*NEXT MORNING, SOME UNKNOWN ISLAND*
Aaron was seen sparring with a bald man,
almost twice his size. They were fighting inside
a circle while six men were surrounding the
circle, watching the fight silently.
The man kicked him in the abdomen, making
Aaron move a little back while holding his
abdomen.
But the next second, Aaron ran ahead, jumping
in the air before punching his nose before
landing.
The man was still dazed when Aaron ran behind
the man and kicked his knee, making the man
kneel down.
Aaron didn’t give the man any time before
choking him from behind.
The man struggled a lot, making Aaron lose his
balance a little, but he didn’t loosened his grip.
Finally the man tapped on Aaron’s elbow,
making Aaron stop the choke while catching his
own breath.
“You have improved!” One of the men standing
on the boundary said, a hint of pride visible in it.
But Aaron didn’t say even a single word and
stood up. He wiped the blood flowing from the
corner of his lips, walking away from the
fighting ring.
For the past ten days, he was being trained to
fight like a maniac.
In the beginning, his opponents were somehow
similar or even smaller and weaker than him.
But after three days, his opponents started
becoming stronger.
And the Professor had assigned five men to
train him for these fights. He had warned Aaron
that if he were to lose even a single fight for the
thirty days, he would experience hell.
But if he were to win all the matches
continuously, Professor promised to never
torture him again unnecessarily.
Today he had barely managed to win the
match, but he knew, tomorrow would be even
worse.
After the matches, he was given a half an hour
break, after which the five assigned men would
train him alternately in different aspects of
fighting.
And the only better part he felt about this was
that those five men treated him nicely. Even
though their training was harsh, they would take
care of him.
The one who had praised him just now was
training him for agility. Thus Aaron felt a little
relieved after hearing praise for the first time in
the past ten days.
But unfortunately, he wasn’t in the condition to
reply to the man, as he knew that the kick from
the bald man had left him with some severe
internal injury which was painful.
Thus he immediately left the fighting ring, to go
and see the doctor, who would give him an
everyday checkup.
He would receive numerous injuries through
these everyday fights and training, but luckily a
doctor was assigned to him, who would tend to
his injuries and try to lessen the pain as much
as he could.
“You don’t look good today.” A voice said from
behind which creeped the hell out of Aaron.
