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Chapter 51

Ashley's POV

"I will talk to Hudson and his family of course but still I want you to know it first." He says, smiling.

"But... Do you not think that it's a little too early?" I say and regret it because he changed his smile into a serious look.

"Why? Did he say something?" He frowns.

"No, no! He didn't say anything. But I think that..."

"It's not too early... it's too late." He says and changes the subject by yelling at my mother what we eat for dinner.

I walk straight into my room after we ended our conversation and want to tell Meredith everything. But guess what, she knows everything anyway, because she spied on us, obviously.

"I'm afraid of Hudson's reaction. He told me it's too early for marriage and we're already getting engaged." I say, worried.

"Come on, Hudson sometimes says stuff he doesn't mean. Don't worry, honey: everything will be fine." She assures me, but I don't think she's right. I have a bad feeling about this.

After dinner, my father calls me again. I hope there aren't more surprises today.

Hudson's POV

"So, is everything alright for you?" This freaking dork Kerem asks me. I nod at him and he closes the door to his guestroom.

Actually, I can't be annoyed at him anymore. We started to become friends and he's really being nice to me all the time. And his family is nice too.

Kerem has a little sister Defne. She's so adorable but very smart for a 13 year old. Defne talked a lot with me when I came in and asked questions about me I didn't even notice about myself. She asked about my horoscope and told me stuff about it I didn't know but the adorable part is that she asked me how much Ashley loves me and then told me she likes me too. She even hugged me.

Her English is impressively good for a high school freshman. When I complimented her on it, Defne told me she's always watching movies and series in English so she can learn it better. She complimented me back and said she likes my British accent and that it's obvious why Ashley fell in love with me.

I didn't know first that Kerem told her about me and Ashley because his parents don't know. They're still mad that Ashley's parents cancelled Kerem and Ashley's engagement. But they don't know I was the reason. Well, I still am the reason. Kerem just told them I'm an old friend from high school and that worked for them.

Anyway, I wait for Ashley to call me but there is nothing. It's not that I was waiting a long time for her call, but it still makes me worried. I mean we're talking about Ashley. The girl who's never late to anything. She's the kind of girl who walks to the bus stop ten minutes before the bus comes but she's three minutes away from the station and has a public transport connection every seven minutes.

There must be something going on in her mind for her to forget to call me on time. So I'd better call her now but just as I go to call her, she finally calls me.

"Ashley, finally you're calling! What took you so long? Did something happen? I was really worried." I blurt down the line. But there is silence.

"Here is Osman. Asli is fine but I like the way you get worried about her. Keep this for your future." Ashley's father breaks the silence.

"Oh, Mister Yilmaz! I'm really sorry. I just wanted to know if she got home ok." I apologize.

"It's ok, son. You should do this. If we don't worry about our women, who else will?" He chuckles. I join him nervously. Why is he acting like that? Like we are getting married or something. Wait, no way!

"But no seriously, I think you two could get more freedom in your relationship. I hope you know what that means, right?" He asks me and I'm hoping it's not what I'm thinking.

"Not exactly." I say nervously.

"I asked Asli and I think it's now a good time to announce your engagement." He says. Holly crap!