Olivia heaved a sigh leaning back to the closed door,
She then looked down at Alice who still looks frightened. Olivia rubbed Alice blonde curls and tries to soothe the little girl,
She took her to the sofa and sat with her,
"Ooh, Alice, your doll is so beautiful," She said pouting trying to divert Alice’s attention,
"Is she?" Alice asked looking at the doll...
"Ok let's give her name,” Olivia demanded taking the doll from Alice's hand,
Alice tapping her small fingers on her chin thinking and glancing at the doll,
"I can't think of any name, I don't know any good girlish name.” Alice angrily stomping her foot on the floor
"Okay okay, don't worry, Mars gave you this doll and I will give her a name, So she will become a mutual gift of your BFFs!"...Olivia soothe her anger, kids are so pure that can be moulded anyways she thought looking at Alice glittering eyes with that idea.
"Hmm. How about Luna...?"
"NO, it's a thorny name!"
"Ammy?"
"No."
"Aubree?"
"No"
"Angel?"
"Yes, Alice and her angel"...She clapped reciting.
"Mars will be happy to know her name", Alice joyfully screams, running out of the room.
Olive smiles heaving a relaxing sigh.
Mars entered Marcus room and closed the door,
Marcus stood leaning his back on the wall and his arms folded close to his chest, Mars standing in front of him with his hands in his pocket,
Both looked into each other eyes,
“Mars, I never thought my own blood will betray me one day,” Marcus agonisingly said breaking the silence
"What are you saying Marcus? be clear with your words,” Mars demanded pulling out his hands from his pocket and stood firmly, He sensed something fishy...
"Ok as you say, brother, Why did you organise a medical camp in Pinewood orphanage last month?" he gave an ironic gaze to Mars.
"Marcus, it none of your business!” Mars exclaimed calmly looking back in his eyes,
"It wouldn't be my business until it was not related to my revenge," Marcus yelled.
"You did than purposely Mars?" He scornfully asked.
"No!” Mars retorted...
"Mars, don't let me lose my temper just tell me, your purpose behind that, I just want to hear the truth, only the truth." He harshly asked punching the table,
"Marcus brother listen to me"... Mars tried to soothe Marcus.
“Try and understand it was a regular medical checkup nothing purposely in that,” he is actually afraid of Marcus anger,
"Oh really? then tell me how did you know that girl Olivia is innocent and how come she belongs to the same orphanage?” Marcus enviously asked leaning back on his chair,
Marcus is looking tired as he didn't sleep for 3 days and 3 nights, he was working all the time in the company trying to ignore Olivia.
"Brother, you look so tired, you better rest, nothing to suspicion about the medical camp. It was merely a coincidence," Mars calmly explained
"You deliberately did this, so that you can be in mom's good books, right?" he asked
This time Mars didn't lie and come up with truth…a half-truth...
"I did to help you, but I am ashamed of myself, that I couldn't find anything to help," Mars pushed back the tears that rolled in his eyes looking at tired Marcus yearning for revenge,
Marcus hurriedly walked to Mars and hugged, "I am so sorry Mars, I didn't mean to hurt you, why did you hide that from me?"
His anger melted looking at Mars glistened eyes, he consoled Mars-like father,
Marcus is five minutes elder than Mars that is why he loved to call himself elder and always loved Mars-like father though they have their sibling rivalry too,
"It is our revenge brother and I will never betray you. Mom will be proud of us together. I am never against you. I am against your technics of revenge. Olivia is an orphan till the time I get to know that, your men already kidnapped her", Mars was gently justifying himself,
"Yes, I get to know that she lived in the life of an orphan but she is not an orphan. She is the heiress of the Crystal kingdom! "...Marcus words echoed in the room.
"What?" Mars was shocked to hear that, “But king Cox and the royal family was killed by the dragons fifteen years ago,” Mars said in shock,
Marcus raised his eyebrows to Mars,
"Mars, I must say, you are not only a medical genius but a brilliant detective too.” his compliment is more like a taunt to Mars
Mars understood what he means but ignored it,
"I knew this long time but unable to collect any piece of evidence to prove so I didn't disclose it to you", Mars disheartened admitting his failure.
"Forget it," Mars,
In future, if you have any information you will first share that with me, we will mutually on this, Marcus trying to manipulate him.
"Yes, of course", Mars submissively nodded,
Both the brothers are too smart to fool each other, both are aware of each others strengths and weaknesses,
"You better rest brother, see you at dinner,” Mars said and left,
Marcus noticed his body language and understand that Mars already have information about the golden box as well, If not then why he didn't ask much about the Crystal kingdom and its heiress?
On the other hand, Mars thought he succeed in fooling Marcus with his tears,
Marcus walked to Olivia's room,
Olivia heard the footsteps and curled up on the bed, pretending to be asleep,
Marcus opened the door, slowly entered the room and sit next to her. Olivia didn't move and tried hard not to open her eyes,
Marcus knew she is not sleeping, he still coldly stares at her face her big trembling eyelashes making her look so cute and fragile,
Marcus licked her hair caressed her like never before,
He slightly moved his fingers from her hairs to her tender cheeks and then to her lips, her face heated up and she immediately stood up,
He deliberately did that to irritate her,
"What do you want?" she screamed.
"Oh, you are not sleeping Sugar candy?” he huffed
"Marcus, don't call me by that slutty name," she yelled
His anger infuriated on hearing his name from her. He grabbed her neck and pushed her back to the bed, "How dare you call my name?" he screamed pushing his hand harder on her neck that almost choked her throat with a force, her pink face turned white.
He looked at her weeping eyes, as she is getting out of her breath. He loosened his grip and threw her on the bed and walked away from her, hit his palm on the wall writhing in the guilt of unknowingly humiliating her again.
Olivia tries to sit, breathing back and rubbing her numb neck. She coughed gasping heavily looking at Marcus holding her plastered wrist as it jerked when he throws her on the bed,
"Master...," He shockingly looked back at her,
"Can we talk?" she submissively asked...
He couldn't resist her tears and again turned back to the wall, his heart twitched looking at her plastered wrist,
"I don't know why you kidnapped me? I lived a miserable life as an orphan. I even don't know who my parents are? I didn't remember anything as I was just five years old when a woman abandoned me at the orphanage. I even couldn't call her mom as I don't remember how my mother looked? I have no memories of my family.” She gasps and tears streaming down her cheeks.
She sighed and continued sitting on the edge of the bed,
"You misunderstood me with some other girl and I am as useless as dead to you,” she burst out in sob “If you still consider, I owe you revenge or this life, then please kill me at once, I can't take it anymore, I want to die," she demanding yelling and sobbing
She was tired of her life because she struggled so hard to get graduated and when the day arrived, she was dragged into this mess.
She has no aim to live, it's better to die than to be assaulted again and again, nobody bothers whether she is alive or dead.
Her last words and mercy for death stabbed Marcus' heart,
He just wants to end this all as soon as possible.
He an old picture book from the table drawer and slammed in front of her on the bed
Olivia looked at that picture book,
“Open the book,” he ruthlessly ordered her,
She wiped her tears and put her plastered wrist on her laps as it is paining like hell,
She slowly turned the book, looked down at the old pictures, a beautiful palace, she amusedly started turning the pages,
She couldn't recognize any of the pictures. She keeps on turning, try to remind something. When she reached the last page, her eyes widened looking at the picture of a young couple in royal attire standing in front of the big palace, the lady in the picture was holding an infant. The lady’s face looked similar to Olivia, the man chocolate brown eyes as same as her,
Are they my parents? She thought and sadly rolled her good hand on the picture and her eyes again fledged.
She is crying in pain looking at the picture and hold her head as she couldn't remember anything,
Marcus, who was continuously looking at her changing expression from amused to sad, snatched the book from her,
She didn't look up and just kept crying,
"Did you recognize anyone in this picture book?" he calmly asked,
She held her chest and tried to control her tears...
“No!”
"Why did you cry looking at the last picture?" he questioned again,
“I cried because the couple resembles like me, I imagined them as my parents and crying is an emotional reaction,”
“You cannot understand the pain of a poor orphan because you are a rich person who can play with anyone life anytime,” she added
"You guessed it right they are your actual parents!" he disdainfully left her weeping,
Her eyes widened in shock hearing that revelation, she couldn't ask more as he already walked out of the room, she keeps on sobbing loud.
Marcus pressed the medical emergency button before leaving the room,
A nurse hurriedly entered her room soon after the master left.