Aşk Ve Mutluluk (Love And Happiness) (Tolga & Ozge)

Chapter Nine: The Preparation

"Berk, are you going home too?"

Adalet asked Berk Keles, another assistant in Mendi Group, as they fixed their things to go home.

"Yeah, Adalet. Just a sec," Berk said, fixing his desk.

"Berk, Adalet, let's go home together," Asuman Akinci, one of the cafeteria staff said.

"Did you guys hear? Mr. Tolga is engaged," Adalet said, grinning.

"WHAT?" Berk and Asuman said in unison.

"Yeah. Shocking, right?" Adalet said, as they made their way out of the building.

"That must be fake news," Berk said.

They were now walking in the street, heading for the pedestrian lane. The streets of Istanbul was busy on this Monday evening, people going home from work, or people on a night out. Berk, Adalet, and Asuman, however, were talking about their boss' personal life.

"I swear it's real, Berk," Adalet said. "Mr. Tolga told me himself and I met the girl."

"Oh my gosh. Was she pretty?" Asuman asked, invested in the gossip.

"Oh, she was beautiful," Adalet said. "Also very nice. When Mr. Tolga got mad at me, she corrected him and Mr. Tolga actually apologized to me! Can you believe that?"

Asuman laughed. "Looks like Mr. Tolga finally met his match."

"I wanna meet this girl," Berk said. "We'll finally meet the one Mr. Tolga fell in love with. Who knew, right?"

"Yeah," Adalet laughed. "And besides, you'll meet her. She'll be working in Mendi Group as well."

***

"So, who's the new girl?"

Umit asked Tolga, who was busy reading a contract in his desk. Umit grinned.

"What new girl?" Tolga asked, not looking away from the paper.

"Seriously, Tolga," Umit said, sitting down on the chair in front of Tolga's desk. "I'm your best friend, but I'm the only one who hasn't known about this engagement."

Tolga looked at him and sighed. "Oh, right, yeah. I'm engaged."

Umit looked at him and narrowed his eyes. "So you're in love with this girl?"

"Yeah," Tolga said, not looking up from his documents.

"I don't believe you," Umit said. "Tolga Mendi? Falling in love? The world is going to end first before that happens."

Tolga sighed and looked at Umit. "What don't you believe?"

"Tell me why you love her," Umit said, grinning.

"Alright," Tolga said, then he thought about it for a moment.

Tolga, come on. What would a person who's in love say? Think about Ozge, Tolga thought.

"Umm..." Tolga started to say. "Her-her eyes. I love her brown eyes. And... her hair. Her long, brown hair."

"That's it?" Umit said.

"No," Tolga said, then he remembered when Ozge helped him back at his party. And at the hospital.

"I love how caring she is, I love how she tells me stories just to calm me down," Tolga said, smiling as he remembered Ozge. "I love how real she is. You don't see that with people nowadays. Everyone tries to be somebody they're not. But with Ozge, she doesn't pretend to be somebody. She loves being herself. And she doesn't care what anybody thinks. I love that about her."