Seher's Confession

I Love You!

Yaman could not stop himself from smiling. Seher had gone to her room ten minutes ago, all flustered, after eventually confessing that she was behaving this way because of Ela.

So, finally he knew what was bothering his Seher. She was feeling this emotion as old as love itself, called jealousy. And who better than him knew that jealousy stemmed from intense and passionate love. He could not see Seher a minute in that Selim's presence.

In hindsight, he realized how they may have appeared to Seher, even though Ela was like a sister he never had. She was correct, he should have made the point clear to her from the start.

But right now, he couldn't control the warm fuzzy feeling bubbling inside him, Seher loved him !! She may not say this outright, being the extremely shy woman she was, but her jealousy had conveyed everything to him.

He decided that he couldn't wait and went straight to her room. He knocked twice and his heart knew she was awake on the other side of the door. On the third knock he heard her call out, "Come in".

The moment he entered the room, he saw her and their eyes met. She sat up from the bed upright, standing with both her hands clasped together nervously, as was her wont when she got very anxious. He walked to her and stood right in front of her, facing her. There was hardly any space between them left. He could see the rise and fall of her bosom , trying to inhale and exhale long breaths, and her eyes going big. She looked up to him and said quietly, "Yes, you wanted something?"

Yaman grasped her waist gently and pulled her close. She was shocked with the contact of their bodies and could not react. He looked into her eyes, smiled and bent down his head slowly, as if giving her time to move away if she didn't like what he was about to do. When there was no resistance, he kissed her on the lips and then took his time kissing her on her forehead, her eyebrows, her pert nose and her heated cheeks. She was blushing furiously. He put a finger under her chin and forced her to look into his eyes. He smiled affectionately and said, "Yes, I wanted something- this. And you don't even know since how long. "

His shy Seher covered her face and hid her face in his chest. He gathered her close to his rapidly beating heart and said," I love you Seher, very much. I cannot act anymore and lie to myself that we are getting married just to keep up a farce. I love, worship and breathe you every moment of the day. You are a part of my soul and my existence. I dream of you awake and asleep. You have changed me , Seher. This man in front of you is more understanding, compassionate , kind and loving all because of you. You have brought light to my dark and hopeless soul. I have come back from purgatory because you held my hand and led me back. "

He held her face in his hands and urged her to look up into his eyes and said, "Wouldn't you say something?"

Seher thought she would die the way her heart was beating ,with all the love in her heart for this beautiful, tender yet complex man.

She looked into his eyes and said shyly, "I -I-I love you too. Very much. I don't even know when you became so important in my life , just like Yusuf. My eyes look for you when you are not there. My days and nights start and end with your thoughts. You are a wonderful and honest man, Yaman. I love you and trust you more than anyone in this world".

Hearing his own name from her lips for the first time, he thought he had died and gone straight to heaven.