Chapter 15War GiulliaWhen we left that house, I was possessed.There was no better statement than being pissed off! Serkan had played me for a fool the whole time. He lied to me that there was work. He lied to me that I could trust him. He lied, cheated, deceived just to suit his whims and sort out his life. He literally dragged me to the country I was passionate about and turned it into a nightmare. I was hurt to deep levels. I didn't know if I was going to recover.When that lunch was over and my initial shock at being introduced to his mother as his fiancée had worn off, I turned my back on him and walked to the car."Giullia, wait!"Forget about me!" Wait!I felt his hand on my arm, holding me and bringing me back to him. The force he used was so great that as I turned my body towards his, we collided. He pulled away and held me by the wrists."Please forgive me! I had no other choice, I don't want to marry Asli." And what's in it for me?! You lied, Serkan! " At that moment I
Chapter 16AsliSerkanI couldn't have been a bigger bastard by doing what I did to that girl. Now it was clear to me how involved she was, how much she trusted me and how much I had let her down. I didn't realize how much damage had been done until I saw her crying as much as she was crying. I thought she'd fight, that she'd be offended, that she might even scream, but crying like that didn't even cross my mind.I wanted to disappear from the world. I was an abject man. But I couldn't do that. People depended on me, I couldn't just disappear, my mother would go mad losing her only male child, not knowing where I was. So I decided that I had to look for Asli that very day, before my mother's ferocious tongue blurted out all the things I had seen to Asli herself.I changed my clothes and went to Asli's house. I knew that only her mother would be home at that time. It would be better to face only her mother than her father. I rang the doorbell and put my hands together in front of my bo
Chapter 17Legends of loveGiuliaSerkan had the audacity to give me the kiss I'd waited so long for just to calm me down. And I waited so long for that romantic kiss and never had the courage to insinuate myself again like in the nightclub! I was waiting for romance, you idiot. I was an idiot. I had to listen to my heart to forgive him. Did I have any other choice? Who was I kidding? I wanted to forgive Serkan. I always wanted to, even though I was dying of anger at him. So I asked for other legends of the Tower of the Princess or Maiden, as he called it. Serkan looked closely at the Tower and calmed down to tell a story."Well, another legend tells the story of a girl called Hero who lived in the tower, and the young Leandros who loved her. Every night, Leandros would swim to the tower, guided by a lamp lit in the tower by his maiden. One stormy night, however, Hero's lamp was not lit and Leandros, unable to find his way, drowned in the choppy water. When she saw his lifeless body n
Chapter 18The proposalSerkanIt was impossible to be more direct. I wanted to get to know Giulia on a deeper level. Maybe she was everything I needed to calm my life down, maybe not. But I needed to get to know her better. She was beautiful and hot. But a relationship isn't just about beauty and sex. At the end of the day, after work, we want to come home and know that we can have an intelligent conversation with our spouse, that there won't be fights about everything, that she won't be an angry, jealous madwoman. I was terrified of women like that. After lunch, I took her home with her suitcase. As soon as we got inside, she went straight to her room and I called her."Giulia, do you want to watch a movie with me to unwind from the day?"She stopped in the doorway and looked at me. It took her a while to answer, she must have been processing that invitation and what it meant."Of course."The kiss must have touched her. I wasn't good at this romance stuff and I didn't know how to
Chapter 19Dilemmas Giulia It wasn't enough that he was Turkish and a cat.He had to give me that wonderful kiss, on the sofa in his house, watching a Turkish soap opera, and ask me to marry him in front of the Maiden's Tower. I really wanted him to be my first, but the anxiety and fear were too great. I was far from my loyal friends who could give me vital advice when it came to sex. I didn't even stop crying after we kissed in front of the Tower. What were you doing with your life, Ju? Trusting a real man or a soap opera dream? It didn't matter because I had to pay to see it. I had to bet, it wasn't just a question of "if" I should, but "how much" I was willing to bet. It was going to be hard to stay in that house, alone with him, in his country, and not want to have sex with him. I needed to talk to someone, I needed to vent to someone. We went back to the sofa and lay down. I could feel Serkan stroking my hair while I listened to his heart beating in his chest with his head res
Chapter 20Forbidden desireSerkanWhen I woke up that morning with Giulia in my arms, I didn't want to disturb her by waking her up. I just got up and went into the kitchen to try to make something for breakfast. I was terrible in the kitchen and always asked for something. I looked at the clock and she would wake up soon, I had to hurry if I wanted to take her to the Grand Bazaar. I finally decided on Turkish tea and omelettes for breakfast.I had ten more days with Giuliana in Turkey. I didn't want to waste those days just thinking about how to get her into bed. I'd already asked her to marry me and that was something very rare for me, I didn't want to rush things, but I didn't want it to take a lifetime. I wanted to get to know her body, it would be good to stop imagining and just enjoy it.I felt his arms around my waist and his head resting on my back as he fried the eggs." Gunaydin”I turned to her and hugged her, giving her a quick kiss on the mouth. Giuli held my face betwee
Chapter 21 Prima noctaGiuliaSerkan had given me a pair of gold and aquamarine earrings. This was much more than I could have expected from him. Not even in my wildest dreams of Turkey could I have imagined that he would give himself to me, let alone so quickly. I could get spoiled like that, but I wasn't Amanda or Gisele. I wasn't a patrician who was enchanted by expensive gifts. All I wanted was him, from day one. That wild, overbearing, slightly rude way had driven me crazy, I couldn't stop thinking about him. We were cat and mouse at first and that left me without any hope, but there Serkan was being himself. Especially after finishing his engagement with Asli.He took his time in the shower, I didn't. I put on something comfortable. I wanted to lose my virginity to him and there was nothing better than sparking his imagination. I avoided a bra, I wanted him to see my nipples through the strappy shirt. Over the shirt, I put on a light jacket that was just as white as the t"shi
Chapter 22Pain of loveSerkanAfter an afternoon of love and sex, we were woken up to the reality of my mother's misdeeds. It was obvious that she had contacted the Albaf family, the owners of my Manhattan office, asking for favors. The most sordid favor was Giulia's resignation at her whim. For revenge. For Asli, who didn't care much about the end of my engagement, since she was dating. But getting Asli to admit it to her family would be like milking a stone. She wouldn't do it for me, after all, I was being passed over for a non-Muslim foreigner. Even if she was in love, I doubted she didn't feel angry.Giulia sat on the bed, naked, and began to cry with her hands on her face."I'll fix this, I promised to take care of you, didn't I?”" I know, but I needed the job, I'd been out of work for many months. Serkan, it's not easy to get a job in my country.”" Giulia, not here either. We're going back to US, but my mother will hear from me what she's never heard before!”I got out of be