Anna's POV:

I can sense the warmness of Mark's cuddle and his warm breathing is touching on my neck, and I can sense the heaviness on my hip and I am sure it is Mark's leg wrapped on my waist, and one of his hand is wrapped around my waist...

I feel so relieved...

Some magic is there in his cuddle, his cuddle always makes me heal mentally and it always filled my energy levels. I feel so relieved and happy in his cuddle, my face automatically turns to smile when he cuddles me...

I slowly opened my eyes and looked at Mark with my blurred vision and he is still sleeping, I rubbed my eyes and again looked at him with my cleared vision, he looks so cute when he is sleeping, I looked at his lips which always crave to kiss me and looking at his closed eyes, which always looks at me with his sharp eyes...

I smile and feel blush by looking at him and his warm abbs body is stick to my body intensely...

Meanwhile, I can sense someone is patting on my back and I turn my face towards my back and checked...

It is Alex...)

Anna: ALEX..???

( I am shocked by looking at him and I looked around and realised I am at Mona's house and by looking at the stars I realise I am in Mona's room, and I got the flashes of everything and my dad...

Ahhhh...

He got shot by Mark...

I immediately looked at Mark to ask about my dad but he is still sleeping and if I ask him again about my dad he will be mad at me, so better if I stay quiet by not asking him about my dad, but how I will get to know about him?

It's better if I ask Mona or Tom...)

Alex: Anna, sis, good morning...

(Alex interrupted my thoughts, I again looked at him with my smiling face. He sits on the bed and rubbing his eyes with his hand, and with his other hand, he is patting on my back to make me wake up.)

Anna: Good morning, Alex...

(I said and tried to turn towards Alex but Mark hold me more tightly and did not let me to turn towards Alex. I try to take away his hand, but he gripped it more tightly if I am trying to make it lose. If I try hard, he may wake up, so it's better to manage Alex silently, instead of making him wake up.)

Alex: Anna sis, get up, let's play the play station...

Come here...

(I tried to make him calm down and he immediately crawls towards me and I let him lay on my waist beside Mark's hand and patting his head c.a.r.e.s.singly. He feels relaxed and didn't even move, maybe he is relaxing when I am c.a.r.e.s.sing him and once again I looked at Mark, and he is still sleeping, I got the flashes when he shot my dad, my eyes filled with tears when I got the flashes of my dad's unconscious face where blood is overflowing from his body. I again looked at Mark and thinking why he shot my dad...

Maybe Mark is out of control when my dad is threatening my life, but why my dad threatened my life?

I got the flashes of what my dad said, "I don't do anything to you."

Does it mean he is using me to escape from the cops?

But why he wants to escape from the cops when he did nothing wrong?

Maybe my dad got scared...

Maybe he thinks cops may not understand his genuineness...

Maybe he thinks John plotted a plan to make him imprison...

I hold my throat with my hand and I can still sense the bruce, why my dad hurt me in real?

Maybe he wants to make everyone believe that he is threatening me, yes that's the reason he holds my throat more tightly.

In between my thoughts, I looked at Mark, I know how much stress he takes when my dad is threatening me, I can feel his pain...

I am so sorry Mark, I am making you feel stress all the time...

But please trust me my dad is not the suspect in Ria's case he helped Ria, that's it...

I hope, soon you will understand his genuineness...

I love you, Mark...

(I said to myself and kissed him on his forehead and again looking at and admiring by looking at his sleeping face. But suddenly Mark opened his eyes and looked at me with his narrowed eyes. I am shocked by his sudden action and still staring at him out of shock. After a few seconds he breaks the silence.)

Mark: Why are you taking away my hand, Anna?

Don't you like it if I cuddle you?

(He asked me with his serious tone, and I did not understand what he means, and why he is asking such confusing questions. I just tried once to take his hand away from my waist when Alex is calling me but when he gripped me tight very c.a.r.e.s.singly, so I did not try again, and let him hold my waist but why all of a sudden he is so serious about it?

Later, I realised some sensation on my waist and I looked at it and its Alex who is taking away Mark's hand from my waist.

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