Mind Games

Chapter - 10

A bit longer of a chapter but Serkan and Eda needed a bit of time to chat - there may be some mature activities between the **** as an fyi

Thoughts?

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Serkan drove into the office in anne's sedan. She said that she wasn't going in to the office today so he could use it. Serkan had stayed up pouring through all the documents that the team had compiled from the past year and the financials for the past two months. Serkan looked at all the projects that were on the books, he saw that the golf resort project that he was supposed to meet with Birol bey in London on was already underway. There was an ecological hotel project that had just won an award, the design was truly amazing, he and Eda were listed as co-architects. Serkan made a note to talk to her about the project.

He went through every last piece of paper, photo and video. He saw the sale documents for Selin's shares and Efe Akman's notarized statement regarding the sale. He saw the letter from Eda's grandmother dated on what should have been their wedding day transferring her 45% to Eda. She did want Eda to enter the marriage as a partner not just as a wife.

The late night visit from Selin had not been a welcome visit. She had just shown up unannounced, he always wanted her to make an appointment and now she felt she could just barge in on his privacy? No thank you. Her reasoning that she should be allowed the same leeway that Eda was allowed was flawed. Even without his memories he knew that his relationship with Eda was very different from the hollow friendship that he maintained with Selin. He made sure that she knew it too. Last night she exposed herself as being petty, bitter, and jealous.

It was a good thing that his anne and Seyfi showed up when they had otherwise he probably still would be arguing with Selin. She was determined to change his mind. He was just as determined that she go home and let him live his life. Serkan wanted to get back to the person that he read about in the pages of the book that they had compiled. He knew without a shadow of a doubt that Selin had lied to him about everything and he was ashamed that he had believed her even for a minute. The need to apologize to Eda was eating away at him. Reading about his past year showed him that he was still the same person but he was living fuller and richer life. It could only be attributed to one thing, Eda entered his life.

Serkan had been in the office for hours now but still had not seen or heard Eda, maybe she was avoiding him. That was a distinct possibility. Everyone else seemed to be avoiding him with the exception of Engin and Ferit. Serkan had sought out Ferit earlier in the morning. Ferit had been more gracious than he needed to be but as Ferit explained he didn't have as long of a history with Serkan and he knew what a bitch Selin was. That was the first genuine laugh that Serkan had since waking up. Serkan needed to talk to Eda but he didn't know where to find her. Leyla would know, she knew everything. He stuck his head out the door.

"Leyla?"

"Serkan bey?"

"Where is Eda's office?"

"You're in it Serkan bey. The two of you share an office."

"I see. Is Eda working in a different office today?"

"No. She didn't come in today Serkan bey. She's working at home." Leyla knew her script, she had talked with Aydan hanim this morning. It was her job to make sure that Serkan bey and Eda hanim spent time together today so she needed to get him to the apartment.

"Is she ill? Is something wrong? Did she call in?"

"Aydan hanim told me this morning that Eda wouldn't be in today that she wasn't doing well." Leyla's face was heavy with disappointment, she cast her eyes down in sadness. Leyla knew she had to lay it on thick for Serkan bey.