Broken Souls

The Meeting

The Izna Daily

So according to one of our inside sources, the dinner went pretty smoothly between the two families but when it comes to the soon to be married couple things might have gone the other way. According to another source, the Papadopoulos heir escorted his future bride for a house tour which ended up in a fiasco. Oh, what we could do to be a fly on that wall but Alas! But the real question is will there be a wedding after all?

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After the introductions, everyone took a seat in the table.

"So Vasili, I would like to send 3 of our guards with Hilal when she comes to live here after the marriage. Although I have full trust in your security but as a father, I just want extra protection for my daughter. Hope you will understand and agree," Cevdet said as soon as he sat down.

"Well when you put it like that then I have to agree but I would then want the same for my son when he visits the south after marriage," Vasili answered.

"Of course, " Cevdet said.

"Okay now that we all are in agreement lets enjoy the meal. We can discuss the other arrangements after dinner. To the future of the Papadopulous and Yilmaz unity," Vasili proposed a toast and the dinner proceeded on quietly.

Hilal was placed just opposite of Leon on the table. All through the dinner Hilal could feel that Leon was watching her. She even peaked a couple of times to confirm her suspicions and sure enough every time she looked at him, he was looking at her with a cocky smile. Then she thought to herself why should she have to avoid looking at him. If he can watch her so blatantly, so can she and she looked straight into his eyes.

Leon was quite enjoying himself watching her expression. But when she gave up avoiding to hide and stared at him with a raised eyebrow as if daring him to look away he was genuinely amused. So not only his future bride is confident but she was also quite fiery in nature. This should be interesting Leon thought to himself.

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"How about we let the children spend some private time together. I'm sure they would want to get more acquainted with each other." Azize proposed to everyone after the dinner.

"Certainly," Veronica said agreeing with Azize, "I'm sure Hilal would like to see our lovely house which will soon be her home too. Leon, why don't you show Hilal around while we enjoy some tea?"

"Of course Mitera," said Leon to his mother then he offered his arm to Hilal "Shall we?"

Hilal expected this type of situation so without further ado she thanked Veronica and then followed Leon out of the dining room.

They walked silently on the long corridors of the Papadopoulos mansion, Leon first broke the awkward silence.

"So which room do you want to see first?"

"I don't know, whichever you want to show me first. It is your house after all."

"Hmm," Leon chuckled "I heard you are fond of music, we have a music room here. Would you like to see that?"