“I am not going to sit idly and wait for him to trap us once again. This time I will be the one to strike first.” Markus said, making Andrew’s jaw drop to the ground.

Andrew opened and closed his mouth several times before he finally found his voice.

“Are you out of your mind?” Andrew asked, not expecting the always calm Markus to speak something so rash.

“No. In fact I plan to do this soon. Professor had sent one of his few best men to capture Kizy and kill me this time.

I had seen their fighting prowess. Even though I was not given much chance to fight as Kizy was being held by his men, I could feel that all their attacks were powerful, at least at my level.

Even Jason fought them with the help of Rose and Harry.” Markus said and took a pause.

“So?” Andrew asked, though knowing what Markus was pointing at.

“I will be increasing the strength of my team, my men. I also plan to widen my network and include more people to the team.

I am taking a little break for now so that I could watch over Kizy to recuperate fully. She would be trained under my personal guidance. She can not rely on guns forever.

After that, I will be attacking the professor in three months.” Markus said.

“Are you sure about this plan? If you can train your men and Kizy within three months, even he can.” Andrew said, pointing out the obvious.

“That’s where the main plan comes. Within the three months, I will be-” Markus was speaking when a running Joel came inside the room to notify Kizy’s arrival.

They immediately stopped talking about this topic and started discussing business.

Kizy entered and saw that the duo was quiet, but she didn’t want to interfere much. Thus she smiled and came before Andrew, who was in a propped up position.

“Your breakfast.” Kizy said cheerfully.

Markus saw that only a single bowl was placed on the bed table.

“What about my breakfast?” Markus asked.

“I already said that I won’t be cooking your breakfast.” Kizy said nonchalantly.

“What about your breakfast?” Markus asked again.

“I don’t feel hungry.” Kizy said.

“You go and maybe take a walk in the garden. I will cook something for both of us.” Markus said while immediately getting up from the bed, trying to be a good husband and making up with Kizy.

“I said I am not hungry.” Kizy said, as she truly wasn’t hungry, or else she would have cooked something for herself.

“I told you to go and have a look around our garden. The garden here is truly beautiful and was made under mom’s guidance. You would definitely like it.

Yesterday you were unable to see the villa properly because of this fool. So go and have some fresh air until I cook breakfast or more specifically our brunch.

Let Jack and Alex accompany you.” Markus said.

“Okay.” Kizy said, not making things more difficult for Markus.

“I see.” Andrew said in an exaggerated tone.

“I will go now.” Markus said, ignoring Andrew and making him mad.

“Let me return to my original health. I will beat you up like the old days.” Andrew shouted from behind while Markus just laughed quietly at his statement.

Kizy took her leave as well, curious to know the garden which was personally grown by Mary.

And true to her expectations, the garden was truly beautiful beyond words. It was filled with various colourful flowers, but even they had a unique pattern which could be seen only after careful observation.

There was a fountain located on both the sides of the garden while the path towards the villa was present in between, lined by orchids.

Fresh breeze was continuously blowing in the garden, carrying the scented smells of various flowers, while playing with Kizy’s wavy hairs, making them dance along the wind.

Kizy started walking around the garden, curiously inspecting the different flower species, while clicking some photos of the flowers in between.

Meanwhile Markus, who had just come out on the balcony to have a look at his little lamb, was mesmerised by the scene that greeted him.

Kizy was directly sitting barefoot on the grass, while a book could be seen in her hand, her eyes appearing slightly closed due to the sunlight. Occasionally she would tuck her hair strands behind her ear, and then resume whatever she was doing with the book and pen.

Markus could only vaguely make out that she was scribbling something.

But his concentration was not on the book, but the person holding the book, who was looking no less than some exquisite piece of art, that stood out from the rest of her colourful surroundings.

Kizy looked no less than a beautiful, blooming flower that refused to blend with the rest of the flowers present in the garden. It was made to shine alone.

Markus immediately took out his phone and started capturing his earth shatteringly beautiful wife through the camera.

“This camera is truly pathetic!” He said dejectedly after looking at the photos which could make any woman go green with envy.

‘Hehe boss, you have got the latest phone model with the best quality camera available for cell phones in the market right now. If this is pathetic, I don’t know what the camera from an ordinary phone is like.’ Joel thought from the behind, not understanding what his boss expected.

Markus was about to click some more photos when his timer beeped, showing that the dish had cooked.

“Time for breakfast. Go and call Kizy inside.” Marmus said, knowing that Joel was standing behind him.

“Yes boss.” Joel said and turned to leave, but suddenly turned back again, facing Markus’s back.

“Uhmm, boss.” He said, trying to clear his throat.

“Yes?” Markus asked, not paying any attention to Joel while still looking at his phone.

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Don’t forget to vote with powerstones and golden tickets. Have a great day ahead!

– Kizy