But the moment she turned back, she was blinded by the sudden lights that were turned on, making her close her eyes and protect her face with the other hand.

She slightly opened her eyes, and could barely see a man whosè face was unclear due to the bright lights behind his back.

Kizy instantly pointed the gun back at the man, trying hard to open her eyes completely, while the man kept walking towards her, taking one step at a time.

And finally after a moment, she was able to see the man clearly.

The man who she had been worrying about for more than two hours – Markus.

Markus came walking forward, his steps large and steady, while an amused smile could be seen on his face, especially after Kizy had pointed a gun towards him.

He shook his head, knowing that his ‘stupid woman’ would never fail to surprise him.

Kizy just looked at him flabbergasted, not understanding what was happening.

First he wasn’t picking up her call. Then suddenly a random man picked it up, saying he found the phone near the mall. Even Joel had seen everything on CCTV. There was even a blood stain on his phone.

And now suddenly, Markus appeared when she was least expecting him!

“Keep the gun inside, someone might see that.” Markus whispered in her ear, making Kizy realise that he had already covered the distance between them and was only inches away.

She looked down towards the gun, her head spinning from all the confusing events, but alas she kept the gun back into jacket, obediently listening to what Markus said.

“What?? How??” Kizy asked confusedly, but her voice sounded cute to Markus.

But instead of answering her, he looked down at his watch and then looked back at Kizy, a genuine smile pasted on his face.

He then held her shoulders before turning her towards the opposite way so that her back was touching his chest, making her feel his erratically beating heart.

And the next second, the dark night sky was filled with lighting, forming a rainbow with all seven colours.

Kizy felt Markus take out some remote like thing and press the button and the next minute the rainbow was gone.

Things were flying randomly in the sky, making her unable to see clearly before they finally settled into a heart shape, all the lighting red in colour.

Kizy was left stunned by the beautiful heart formed in the night sky, shining brightly.

Finally she heard a beep and the heart was gone, but before she could understand anything, firecrackers were seen and the previous lighting was rearranged forming the letters ‘I LOVE YOU KIZY’ in the sky.

This time Markus turned her back again, making her face him.

He properly kneeled down on one knee, taking out a beautifully carved box out from his blazer pocket and opening it in front of Kizy.

And suddenly many glittering diamonds, arranged irregularly but beautifully came into view. A shimmering crescent moon, filled in vivid shades of blue, purple and galaxy colours sat in the middle, surrounded by twisting vines and tendrils having delicate small diamonds attached to them.

“I love you.” Markus said, a cute yet foolish smile pasted on his face as he was doing something like this for the first time, that too in public.

He was nervous, hesitant, excited, happy, tense, hopeful, all at the same time, his hands literally shaking and sweating profusely.

And finally something bloomed in Kizy’s heart, something she had been ignoring and avoiding, something she wasn’t ready to face yet.

But this time the intensity was at its peak. Those feelings were nudging her, asking her to accept everything the way it was. To not run away anymore and stay where she was.

Markus let Kizy understand what he was doing, giving her a minute to realise what was happening before speaking again.

“Happy marriage anniversary my little lamb!!” He said, this time his excitement but nervousness was clear in his voice.

“Anniver… oh **!! Today is our anniversary, right? How can I forget!!” Kizy exclaimed while slapping her forehead, literally cursing herself for forgetting the important day.

It wasn’t that she had forgotten it. Even yesterday, she had it in her mind that it would be their first anniversary, and even had something planned for the same.

But the events from evening made her forget the entire anniversary thing as she was hella worried about Markus.

“Fool. Don’t worry, I promise to remember and cherish all our days, no matter if you remember them or not.” Markus said, relaxing and even giggling a little after watching Kizy’s reaction.

“Did you just call me a fool, Mr. Devil?” Kizy asked while crossing her hands and pouting.

“Is that important? Why don’t you pay attention to the main part?” Markus asked, not knowing how could someone who was as bold and smart as handling guns, making plans and killing people would be this stupid but cute at the same time.

“Sorry. And…” Kizy said, hesitating a little.

“And?” Markus asked, confused why there was a sudden change in her expression and tone.

“I…” Kizy said but paused again, not knowing what she was supposed to do.

“You?” Markus asked, still kneeling with the ring in his hand.

Finally Kizy closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

“I love you!!” She exclaimed with her eyes closed before instantly opening them and kneeling down in front of Markus, making him stunned speechless.

But before he could process everything, Kizy bent forward and gave him a peck on the lips, truly shocking him to the core.

Though the kiss was very small, Markus knew that it was real, and even what she said was true, but he just couldn’t believe what was happening.

“At least say something!! You are scaring the ** out of me!!” Kizy repeated the same lines that Markus had said days ago while confessing his feelings in hospital.

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Thank you for the gifts @hopze21 and @Phae_Orendorf. I am planning to MASS RELEASE CHAPTERS. Let me know your views. Don’t forget to comment and vote. Have a bright day!!

– Kizy