Author’s POV
After the meeting in the café, Malcolm was very much clear that he needs to protect Nancy from Owen. He went to meet Chris in the hospital and told him about the meeting with Owen and his intentions; he also discussed his further plan of action with him.
Few days past peacefully for all as if it was peace before the storm which was about to come in everyone’s life
It was a normal morning for Nancy, she was having breakfast with Riya and Angie and she was discussing Chris’s health status with Riya when her phone rang.
It was a call from Malcolm, he asked Nancy to meet him and he is coming to pick her up in an hour.
Nancy got ready, wearing simple jeans and a loose sweatshirt, which covered her body completely. She always wears clothes which cover her body as much as possible. She was never bothered whether it was in fashion or out of fashion.
She was in her thoughts as to why Malcolm wants to meet her all of sudden. In the last few days, he will call her almost every day. He will send expensive toys to Angie. He came to meet Angie and spent time with her last Sunday and Angie was also very much comfortable with him.
She was pulled out of her thoughts when her phone rang and Malcolm on the call asked her to come out of the house.
Once she settled in the passenger seat she asked him “where are we going, Malcolm? What happened?” but he just smiled and said “just wait for a while” after that drive was of almost an hour but they both didn’t speak. It was silence in the car, not an awkward but comfortable silence.
Once they reached the destination, he ran and opened the door for Nancy and gave his hands to her but Nancy hesitated in holding his hand, Malcolm immediately understood and pulled his hands back, he didn’t want her to be uncomfortable around him.
After walking a little bit Malcolm broke the silence and said “Nancy actually I brought I land here and I just wanted you to check it because I thought you might like it” Nancy smiled once they reached to a point when Nancy saw a field of flowers, flowers were of different colors, it was a breathtaking view and Nancy liked it, she had a smile on her face. She was a nature lover.
She turned to Malcolm saying “it’s very beautiful and ….” She shut her mouth as she didn’t find Malcolm standing next to her but he was on his knees with a diamond ring in his hands and he said “Nancy, you are the first person ever who moved my heart, I want to be with you forever until my last breath, from the time I met you I only think about you, please give the honors to be with you, to be in your life, to be your support in your bad times, Nancy……. Nancy, I ….. Love you Nancy, please marry me”
Nancy’s POV
My breathing stopped for a moment, I felt like I was not able to breathe. I had tears in my eyes not because I was happy because all the promises made by Justin and the betrayal came back to my mind and tears started flowing. Malcolm immediately stood up, took me into his arms and tried to comfort me.
I was not much comfortable in his arms but due to crying badly I felt very weak to push him, he brought me to the car and said “Nancy, you don’t have to push yourself, you don’t need to answer me immediately and if you don’t want to accept my proposal you can deny me, but please don’t cry. It hurts me”.
I tried to control myself; we headed back to my place without saying a single word. He dropped by my place and I immediately ran out of the car without even saying bye to him. Riya noticed me coming to my room, so she followed me and came to my room.
She saw me crying on my pillow when she said “Nancy” I tried to hide my tears but she immediately came to my bed and sat next to me and said in a panic voice caressing my hair “sweety, what happened tell me? Who made you cry, I swear I will cut the balls of that bastard”
I started to tell her everything Malcolm told me and I also told her about my feeling she tried to comfort me and said “I understand sweetheart, I know your pain but how long you are going to punish yourself for trusting a wrong person?, he was a mistake of your life please try to leave past behind, and believe me I think Malcolm is a very good person and you deserve a person like him”
I was lost in Riya’s words and she continued “sweety, think about Angie although she calls you MumDa that doesn’t mean you can fulfill a place of a father, she needs a complete family. Look sweety pie, I will always support you in all your decisions but please choose wisely” and with that, she left the room.
I didn’t go for lunch, I was lying on my bed looking at the ceiling blankly. I was having many thoughts wandering in my mind and all of sudden a voice rang in my mind “who is the father of that bastard?” The voice of Owen Johnson came in my mind and all the disgusting things he told me came to my mind.
And with that, I made up my mind and I called Malcolm, he immediately picked the call as if he was waiting for my call and I can sense the worry in his voice “Nancy, are you ok?” I didn’t reply to him and said “Malcolm can we meet in the evening?” “Of course,” he replied. I told him “ok I will message you time and location” with which I hung up the call.
Before I make any decision I want to clear many things to Malcolm so that he should not feel that I cheated him in any way.