With Forgiveness...Comes Happiness

Chapter Twelve

After bringing Aziz up to speed on the latest problem of the agency, and explaining what he thought might have brought it on, Can was ready to offer his solution. Aziz was shocked to learn the lengths that Polen had gone to for revenge for the happiness that Can had found with Sanem.  How he had misjudged her, but that seemed to be a pattern in his life, misjudging women. He had let a woman that he loved more than anything walk away without a fight, and then he settled for a woman that would only bring him pain. The irony of it almost made him laugh, one mistake of the heart has lead to the biggest mistake of his life. He hoped that he could prevent the same thing from happening to his son. Polen had taken on the personality of Ms. Huma, and Aziz knew better than anyone the cost his son may have to pay. 

Sanem had described the resort and how beautiful it was, the enchanted atmosphere that surrounded it, making Leila jealous. She and Emre hadn't been able to take a special trip like that since they had been married, not with all the chaos in the agency. But she was happy for her sister and Can, they had faced so much, to finally find each other was quite the miracle. The contract with the cosmetic company was just the latest in a string of problems for the advertising company. If the erroneous contract is made public, it could very well cause the agency to lose face and money. But most of all it would make Sanem the center of this dispute and could marr her reputation. All of this was why Can was so adamant about keeping it from Sanem, he knew she would feel responsible. Leila had kept her promise not to tell her sister about it, hoping they would come up with a solution soon. 

As Metin went over the contract in detail with Can, Emre, and Aziz, the writing seemed to be on the wall. The cosmetic company had declared an iron-clad contract and was within their rights to charge them with a false contract. Aziz and Can agreed that Polen had been the person of interest in this scheme. Especially after Metin delivered the last bit of information he had dug on Polen and Mr. Aubrey, her so-called college friend. It would appear that Polen and Victor Aubrey had a brief affair in London, not long after Can had returned from the Balkan Mountains. It was then that she told him all about this famous Ad Agency that was run by an old friend, and that they should contact them to run their campaign for the new line of cosmetics. Metin had received this information from an anonymous source, but it all seems to be in line with what had happened. 

Can was anxious to get ahold of Polen's father, just to find out the status of her treatment. Mr. Ersoy was willing to tell Can anything they wanted to know and it seemed that Polen had set a lot of things in motion before they had found her in Athens and he had taken her to the hospital, and evidently, this was one of them. If she and Can didn't reconcile, then Mr. Aubrey was to find a way to discredit the agency and proceed with this plan of a breach of contract. With the threat from Polen of telling Mr. Aubrey's wife about his untimely affair, he was more than willing to carry out her wishes. Polens' father told Can that she had confided in him, telling him some of the things that she had done to reunite with Can. But that she was working through all of that and was truly sorry for everything she had done. After they hung up Metin offered his suggestion, "Can we can ask Aubrey to drop the charge and use the whole affair for leverage, that is if you want." Can looked at Metin his eyes squinted, " No, I will not stoop to Polen's level, the poor man has already been through enough with her threats." Can stated, feeling like Polen had won this battle. 

The meeting had lasted longer than Sanem had anticipated, she wondered what could have possibly required this much time. She walked to his door, tapping gently as she walked in, " Hey, is everything alright, you have been in here for hours." She looked around at everyone's faces. Can jumped up quickly, " You are right my dear, we were actually just visiting but I'm ready to go." His smile looked nervous and forced. Emre stood, " Yes sorry the meeting lasted longer than expected, but the house is ready for you both, and we have the master bedroom all prepared. We will have a nice dinner together when Leila and I get home." Can laughed, " No Abi, Sanem and I will go to the hotel until we have our home, it's no big deal." Emre pointed his finger at Can,  " You will not go to a hotel, my home is your home and I insist on you staying there until you find a house, and that is end of discussion." He looked at Sanem with that look of determination. Can and Sanem both smiled but accepted his invitation, with Can promising it would only be for a short time.

As they were leaving the office Sanems' phone rang, she looked to see Luca's name pop-up on the screen, " Can it's Luca, I'm going to take it in the conference room, I'll be right back. Can waved as she hurried down the hall, "Hey, tell him I said hi." Can called after her. " Luca, how are you, I'm glad to hear your voice." She told him. " Me too my friend. I just called to tell you how happy I am for you, and Can too of course. The pictures you sent were beautiful and they encouraged Thea and I to go ahead and plan our wedding. Sanem squealed with delight, " I'm so happy, ...Luca I wish you could have came, it was even more special In person. So when is the big day, make it soon so maybe we can come before Can gets buried in his work again." Her voice filled with excitement. Luca laughed, " Well, the big day is sooner than you think, how about Saturday, is that soon enough. I hope you can make it, because you two are our only guests." Sanem squealed even louder, bringing Can rushing into the room. " Bebek are you ok, what's wrong." Can asked. Sanem motioned for Can to come in, " Luca, Can is here now, let me tell him the news and I will get back to you."  She hung up the phone and grabbed Can around the neck, " Luca and Thea are getting married, and they want us to come." Can nodded, "Ok, I'm glad, but when." He asked. " On Saturday, on Saturday Can, I want to go so badly. We have to go, she started, " We are the only guests." 

As they drove home, Sanem was glowing with happiness, " Can I'm so happy for them, but that doesn't give us much time to get ready, or look for a house. But I really want to go." Can knew he wouldn't disappoint her, so he would make flight plans to Chania. " Ok my love, we can't miss it, and we can always look for our home when we get back. He reached for her hand, he loved to see her so excited. 

She smiled, sliding across the seat to give him a kiss on the cheek.....

He shook his head, " Don't think you're getting by with a peck on the cheek Mrs.Divit, I will expect a lot more than that when we get home......his eyes burning into hers...