Early Bird (Erkenci Kus)(Part 3)

37. Nihat puts a stop things

Aylin sits in her car, waiting in the agency parking lot. She taps her nails boredly on the wheel, watching the doors leading out and Can's car in the mirror. She smirks when she sees him coming out to his car.

"Finally. It's been hours," she huffs. "I expected you earlier, Can Divit," she lifts a brow. Sanem runs out after Can two minutes later. "And there she comes as well..." She watches Sanem get in the car and gags. "Love..." she  wrinkles her nose.

Starting her car after Can pulls out of his parking spot, she follows them carefully, ready to put her plan into action.

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"Do you feel any better?"

Sanem looks up at Can with a smile. His left arm was around her shoulder, holding her to his side as they strolled through the park, his right holding her hand and playing with it. "Yes," she breathes in relief. She felt suffocated in the office, she wasn't going to deny it. He'd obviously seen it so what was the point. He kisses her hand and nods. "I felt like I was being choked but I can breathe now." She lays her head against his shoulder, looking up at the sky.

He slows down some and looks down at her. "You know what makes me breathe?" She turns her gaze to his. "Looking into your eyes." She giggles and wrinkles her nose.

"You're very silly," she chuckles.

"Well," he shrugs and kisses her head, continuing to walk. After a couple of steps he speaks again. "Are we going to tell everyone soon then?" She frowns ahead. "I don't like seeing you this stressed out. And I'm not going to let it go, because you're not okay and if you're not okay then I'm not. We have to fix it."

"I know," she sighs and he kisses her hand, "I just feel weird...I'm not used to this, Can. I feel like I'm being suffocated by my family on one side and wanting to scream my feelings for you on the other..."

He nods, looking at the grass as they walk.

"I feel bad because I'm lying to my mother about us...And I also feel bad because I know you don't like hiding and lying but I'm stuck in the middle for some reason and...I'm scared."

He stops under a tree and turns to her. "Okay, let's stop for a minute. Breathe, okay?" He links their fingers and she takes a shaky breath.
"Now, I'll tell you what we do," she nods, taking another breath, "we'll start with your mother. We can talk to her together, if you want."

"That's sweet, but we can't," she shakes her head. "I have to do it alone. I started the lie, and I don't want to lie to her anymore so it has to end. I want her to know about us." He smiles. "Everything was so perfect yesterday and it feels like it ended in a nightmare...and now with things at the agency and people starting to talk..." She sighs. "I think she might find out before I can tell her if I'm honest...I have to do it as soon as possible, right?" He nods. She chews on her lip and looks over his shoulder. "But what am I going to say?"

"Hm," he hums, leaning his face closer to hers when she looks up at him again, pressing his nose to hers. "You're going to say that we're together." She smiles and he takes her cheek in his hand gently, rubbing it. "And that we're happy." She smiles more and closes her eyes, ready for him to kiss her any second now. He doesn't though, and she opens her eyes when he stops caressing her cheek. He's looking at her with fierce intensity and it makes her legs quiver. "You're going to say that Can loves you more than anything."

She shakes her head. "No...it's Sanem that loves Can more than anything," she whispers.

He wraps his arms around her and leans his head to hers. She didn't want to make the same mistakes. She was just going to have to talk and soon. She refused to lose him again because she was afraid of what her mother might do or what people might say.