Can and Sanem, a love story

"Then let's do this, Sanem"

Summary : Can and Sanem come back from a business trip... married... 

"Are you scared ?"

"I'm not"

"Do you have regrets ?"

"I don't"

Can and Sanem were about to land in Instabul. They'd been on a business trip for a week now, shooting a new campaign for a very important client. Can's passion and Sanem's creativity helped the agency coming back on track. There was no more bankruptcy and no more threats. They were making the perfect team together to convince new clients to work with them. Of course, everything was not perfect. Fabri was still there, plotting with Aylin to get his revenge after the perfume fiasco. Emre, too, was still around, his mother by his side, doing all they could to make Sanem leave and to get Can on their side. That's why this week far from them all, just the two of them, was a blessing. It was the first time Sanem had traveled out of the country. When Can told here they were going to California, she couldn't believe it. California... Sanem had never imagined she could go there one day. She read so many books and watched so many movies happening there. She saw so many pictures of the large and long beaches, the palms, the colors of the sky when the sun sets.... And it was even better in reality. 

Their week together had been a dream. Because they didn't want to stay in one of this fancy and tasteless hotel, they decided to rent a small house by the beach. Every morning, before they went to work, Sanem - who had made all of his shirts hers - could admire Can surfing in the ocean while she was having some tea. Sometimes, he went back kissing her on the lips, sometimes, he collected seashells for her so she could create some necklaces or bracelets with it. Far from their problems, they had lived their dream life. 

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On their last day, when the shooting campaign came to an end, their client decided to organize a big party in... Las Vegas. Sanem and Can were not the kind of people to enjoy such places. It was noisy, too big, too much, people were screaming everywhere and the hotels were far from their cute hidden house at the beach. But they didn't have a choice. They had been paid a very big amount of money for this campaign and they didn't want to screw this up just because they were not in their element. Of course, they had imagined their last moments in the US in a different way. Can wanted to have a romantic dinner with her and then a night under the stars, just the two of them. 

He had kept a gift for her the whole week... A ring he had specially designed for her. Two white gold albatros interleaved, with a discreet pink diamond in the middle. It was sophisticated and discreet, cute and beautiful... Everything Sanem was in his eyes. They hadn't been officially together for that long but Can knew she was the woman he wanted to spend his life with. He couldn't wait any much longer before calling her Sanem Divit and making her his wife. First, he decided that Vegas was not the best place to ask her to marry him, so he kept the ring in his jacket pocket. But after a few hours in the club they all were in, he decided that the most important thing was not where he proposed or the way he did it. He wanted to see her with that ring on it and he wanted it now. So, he took her by the arm, in a hidden spot outside the club, put one knee on the ground, grabbed her hand, looked at her eyes with all his intensity, and simply said : 

"Sanem, I had this ring with me the whole week. I wanted do do this on the beach, after a romantic dinner. I wanted you to be surrounded by candled and flowers not by drunk dudes and hysterical bridesmaids but I can't wait anymore", his voice was filled with emotion and her eyes couldn't hold back her tears. She knew what was coming, she had dreamed about this, the moment she first met Can. "Sanem, you have changed my life, you have changed me, you have changed my priorities. I can't imagine living without you, or even being far from you. You are my everything, you are my world. Sanem... would you marry me?"

Of course, she said yes. She jumped into his strong arms, cried and cried and cried again. She kissed his lips again and again. Can was not holding back his tears neither. They stayed hugging each other, in the Vegas night, for very long minutes, before getting interrupted by the voice of their client. He was a very rich old man from Turkey, who made a fortune in the US after he opened a restaurant chain. He asked Can to collaborate with him because it had always been important for him to still work with Turkish companies. 

"Ah kids ! I see the night is bringing you nice things", he said, as Can and Sanem, still wrapped in each others were smiling at him. "Why wait though? Kids, you are in Las Vegas..." Of course it made Can laugh out loud. It would be very out of them to get married in Las Vegas. But he then crossed Sanem's eyes. 

"What?", he asked her. 

"Nothing, we should go back inside"

"No no no, I know you and you are not telling me everything"

"It's stupid, really, let's go", she said. 

"Sanem..." Can continued with this voice he did around her when he was annoyed but also very turned on. 

"It's just... I mean... you said you don't want to wait anymore, and we are here..."

"Sanem Aydin, are you telling me that you want to get married in Las Vegas?"

"I want to be your wife, whether we get a big wedding in Istanbul or get married in this cheesy city. I want to call you my husband and to be yours forever", she explained. Can had always knew that Sanem could be unpredictable but this was really not expected. 

"Sanem, have you thought about your parents, what will they say ? And I think you deserve a beautiful dress, and a party with all your friends", he said even if the idea of making Sanem his wife that night was starting to hit him more and more. 

"I know it sounds crazy, I know my parents will be mad even if I know they won't mind you becoming their son in law. And of course I want a pretty dress and a party, but this week has been a dream, there were no Emre, Fabri or Aylin, just the two of us.  I know once we will be back in town, we will have to deal with so many things, I just want our love bubble to keep going, I want to come back in Istanbul with the idea of us being even stronger together..."

"I have one more question then", said Can, whispering in her hear while caressing her hair. "Sanem, you have to swear that you are not telling me all this because you are drunk. I know how alcohol hits you...", he continued, flirting with her and touching the new ring she had on her finger. 

"I am not drunk, I swear"

"Then let's do this, Sanem"

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And that's how they ended up married in Las Vegas. They had no time to spend their first *official* night together because they had to take their plane. But Can swore to Sanem that if her weeding had not really been a romantic one, her first night of love would be the most memorable, tender, and beautiful one in the world. He had waited for this moment since the day he kissed her for the first time even if he didn't know who she was so he could still wait for a few hours or days. 

During the flight, they didn't talk that much. They were both at peace. Sanem slept on his shoulder. Seeing her wearing one of his hoodies, that ring on her finger, this seashells bracelet around her wrist made Can very emotional. He had finally found the other part of his heart, the one he had searched for his whole life, the one he always knew was missing. Can had always claimed that Sanem was his, and she always claimed that he was hers. Now, they were just one. Can and Sanem Divit.