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Chapter 23

Hudson's POV

"Uhm...well, I just thought it doesn't seem like she likes him, dad." I say nervously hoping he doesn't realize.

"Well, I don't know those things anyway. I'm getting old." Dad chuckles. I force a smile but inside I'm burning. Trevor is hopefully not getting too far. He comes back with two glasses of water and gives me one.

"Here, this is yours. I brought it for her, you know she's got other things to do and I didn't want to interrupt her." Trevor says smiling and hands me my glass of water. I nod as a thank you and drink it quickly until the glass is empty. My dad and Trevor look at me but don't notice anything I guess. They're concentrated on watching soccer on TV.

Ashley's POV

Trevor was so nice and brought the glass of water to Hudson. Actually, I was more thankful than I admitted to him. I didn't want to see Hudson's anger the whole time Trevor was being nice to me.

So as we are in Meredith's room with Camille we just talk a lot but it was fun. Camille has a great sense of humor and I already knew it from our first meeting. Meredith goes to the bathroom so Camille and I are all alone.

"Ashley, can I ask you something?" Camille breaks the silence.

"Of course, you can ask me anything." I smile at her.

"Oh ok. Well, do you have a boyfriend?" She randomly asks.

"No. But actually, I don't know, it's complicated..." I try to explain talking about Kerem.

"How complicated?" She asks curiously.

"Well, my parents are angry at me that I came here so I have to get engaged when I get back to Switzerland with my childhood best friend who's the son of my father's best friend." I explain to her honestly.

"Oh, that sucks I'm sorry." She says empathically.

"Not a big deal, I just wanted to make my dream come true and live for some months here so, there are consequences behind every dream." I say, trying not to get upset.

"Well, I'm also sorry because I thought you might be interested in Damon." Camille smiles shyly. Oh no, she is not serious. In Damon? Oh God, I could laugh my ass off.

"What? No! Why did you think that?" I laugh and hope she doesn't get offended.

"I don't know, I'm really sorry. I just like him you know and I was afraid he's maybe interested in you. I mean, your beautiful." She says, ashamed. Oh my God, she is the cutest thing I know.

"Oh dear, thank you but you are way more beautiful than me and I think he likes you too. He just had eyes for you, I noticed that pretty much." I comfort her and it's true.

"No, no! I don't think he likes me. He's more like the guy who likes funny and self-confident girls. I'm nothing like that." She says a little sad.

"What? Actually, when I first met you, I noticed how self-confident and funny you are. And I never met such a beautiful and cute girl like you, trust me, lying is not something I can do, ask Meredith." I smile and she starts to giggle.

"Wow, thank you. I didn't think that people perceive me like that." Her eyes are shining. She looks so happy but shy and that makes her even cuter. She hugs me as a thank you and at this moment Meredith comes in.

"Oh, cuddles without me?" She says and runs to join us.

After some hours Trevor and Camille leave and they both hug me as a goodbye. Hudson was still staring angrily at the time Trevor hugged me but I'm tired of it and ignored his childish act. Meredith and I walk back to her room and hang out as always.

"So, what do you think of Trevor?" She playfully smiles at me.

"What should I think of Trevor? I mean, he's polite and charming." I say, sounding like it's obvious.

"Well, it seems like he's interested in you." She smiles still playfully.

"What? Of course not. He was just nice and he's way too handsome to like someone like me. And he's older than me." I point out.

"Oh, so you think he's handsome? He's the same age as Hudson there is no big difference between your and his age, hun." Meredith says and when she mentions Hudson I get a little uncomfortable. I hope he won't hear that even Meredith wants me with Trevor.

"Meredith, listen. I have a guy waiting for me in Switzerland to marry him when I get back. And by the way, I didn't come here to look for any guy." I say a little frustrated about her forgetting about Kerem.

"That's the reason you should look for a guy, because you would never love Kerem even if you marry. I know you, Ash. Kerem is like your brother and you will never have romantic feelings for a guy you see as a brother." She says and actually, she's right. I never could love Kerem. I hope he will not be angry at me when we're married. He's way too nice to deserve being used like this. I want to see him happy so I have to try to make him happy.

Hudson walks in to give me my clothes that Marie-Anne put them in the washing machine today. He hands me them out but doesn't say a word and leaves the room.

"Hudson, wait!" Meredith breaks the silence. Why does she stop him? I get nervous and I know Hudson is also feeling nervous. He turns to face her.

"What?" He mumbles.

"Could you give Ashley Trevor's number?" She asks him. What?!