Anna's POV:

I take a step down...

Step down to not to go to my room and followed Mark and went to his room even though I am angry at him for his behavior towards my dad...

I take a step down from my ego to support my love...

Because the ego is the greatest enemy to all of us and we can win over it by taking a step down from the ego ladder...

And relationships never die a natural death...

They are always murdered by the ego which shows through our attitude, behavior, and ignorance...

So we have to take the letter E from the word Ego like a kind person to let the situation Go...

So I take a step down from my ego and went to his room to not let the distance take a part in between our relationship...

But I am still low maybe because of his attitude towards my dad, so I went to his balcony to get calm down...

I know Mark is just furious because of Ria's case, and I know how he will take care of my dad when he understands the fact...

Till then I should wait patiently and I know how he cares for a person and I saw with my eyes that how he treated Alex...

After a few minutes, I feel relieved and take one more step down from the ego ladder and opened the door to apologize to him...

But he didn't even change his clothes and lay on the bed and sleeping by keeping one of his hands on his forehead and his face is not peaceful like it always there when he is in sleep...

I slowly went close to him and lay my head on his chest and listening to his heartbeat...

It's really a nice melody for me and heals my pain eternally and feel relieved second by second by hearing to his heartbeat...

But when he pinned me to the bed like he did the same in the movie theatre I relieved more that he didn't angry at me anymore so I immediately pulled him towards me, and started kissing him by expressing my love towards him...

After a few minutes of my deep kiss, I slowly stopped my kiss and looked at his eyes...

Mark: What happened?

(I didn't say anything and wrapped my hands around his neck and hugged him like a thank you to him for his love and caring towards me...)

Mark: Anna...

You are making me crazy...

Anna: then do crazy...

Mark: Yes, I will do but...

(I suddenly feel his heavyweight on my body and I scream...)

Anna: Mark, why your weight increased all of a sudden...

(He immediately chuckle and get over me and lay beside me...)

Mark: I just put my entire weight on you for one second and you are not able to bear me...

(I am really worried after listening to him and immediately sit on the bed to look at him...)

Anna: I will try to get habituated to it, Mark...

Lay on me again...

(He immediately laughed by looking at me and pulled me close to him.)

Mark: You no need to get habituated, Anna...

Anna: Other ways?

Mark: Yes and there are many angles we can do particularly you no need to bear my weight...

Anna: Don't you feel shy when you are speaking such things openly?

(He immediately pulled me more close to him and cuddle me...)

Mark: Why I should feel shy to express my opinions to my Dumb girl...

(Ahhhh…

He again called me a dumb girl?)

Anna: see one day you will be shocked by looking at your Dumb girl because she is not Dumb anymore...

Mark: No Anna...

Please be like my Dumb girl and I like you when you are Dumb...

Anna: Are you praising me or scolding me?

Mark: Why I will scold you?

You look very innocent and cute with your Dumb acts...

Anna: ok then...

I will take it as a compliment...

Mark: Hmmm...

Anna: But I want to bear you when you lay on me...

Mark: Yeah...

You will definitely do that, but you need more practice and time for that...

(When I heard the word practice, I got a flash of our cooking discussion and I want to learn how to cook with the help of Nanny...

So it's better if I spare one hour's time with her every day and it's the right time…

So, I suddenly get up from Mark's cuddle...

Mark: What happened?

Anna: I have some work to do and you stay here and take a nap...

(I didn't wait for his response and lead to the dining hall and went into the cooking room and where Nanny is busy in plating the dishes...)

Anna: Hi Nanny...

Nanny: Hello beta...

Dinner is ready, and in a few minutes, I will serve...

Ok?

Anna: It's ok Nanny, I didn't come for dinner...

(By finishing my words I looked at what's Nanny is doing and she is carefully decorating the salad with strawberry slices...

Anna: This is a strawberry dessert, right?

Nanny: Yes beta...

Mark sir likes it most, and he asked me to prepare this for tonight...

Anna: When did he ask you?

Nanny: This afternoon and at lunchtime, he searched all the dishes and asked me if I made any strawberry dessert...

So I prepared now...

(I immediately got a flash that how Mark kissed me intensely and he thinks that I ate a strawberry and I understand he didn't listen to me and started searching for the dishes at the dining table.

I smile to myself for his childish acts and his craving towards strawberry.)

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