“So with this ring,
May you always know one thing:
What little that i have to give,
I will give it all to you.”
The song for this chapter is “Dear True Love” by Sleeping At Last. If I could use ALL Sleeping At Last songs I would, so I really had to narrow it down. This verses of this song are so poetic (like Sanem) and really describe their love. The chorus is just 100% Can, and I have happy tears thinking about it. (I don’t think I’ll never be over Ep 36)
-Him-
He could tell that she was a little alarmed when he knocked on the door at 7pm sharp and she opened it to find not only him, but his brother and Remide Teyze as well. He assumed she would begin to piece together what was going to happen tonight, but he couldn’t help but smile when he thought of her adorable surprised face.
Everything went well at dinner, except for a slightly stiff welcome for Emre and some curious glances between him and Leyla. But Nihat Abi knew what the Divit brothers were there for, so there were no hard feelings between the families. Remide Teyze hadn’t seen Sanem in a long time, so when seated next to her at the table decided to interrogate her about her book and what she would do after it was published. She was apprehensive at first, but warmed up to her when she saw how supportive Remide was of her accomplishments.
The dolma was delicious, but he only at as much as he did because Mevkibe Hanim insisted that he hadn’t eaten enough food. Even though he arranged this whole evening, he was nervous enough to lose his appetite, which wasn’t something that happened to him often.
Her mother ushered everyone to the sitting room after the meal and the Aydin women went to the kitchen to prepare hot drinks for their guests. He sat on the green floral sofa, Emre in the middle and Remide Teyze on the far end. He and his brother were directly across from Nihat Bey, and both were subjected to his paternal gaze. It intimidated him, but it seemed to terrify Emre, who had gone pale and sat very stiffly.
“You have a beautiful home Nihat Bey.” Remide Teyze broke the tension with her complementary small talk.
“Thank you Remide Hanim. We are so glad you could accompany Can Bey this evening.” Nihat had a twinkle in his eye that actually eased his nerves a bit.
“I was happy to. When Can told me his father could not return to Istanbul on such short notice I was honored to go in his place.”
“How do you take your coffee Remide Teyze?” Leyla peaked in to interrupt their pleasantries.
“Sweet dear. Sal.”
Leyla smiled and nodded, returning to the kitchen. The fact that she didn’t ask what any of the rest of them were drinking told him she knew what he was about to do. That and she would have known Emre and her father’s coffee preferences. He preferred Sanem’s tea, but he knew he was going to be served salty Turkish coffee and he mentally prepared himself to drink it without pulling a face.
“Tamam. Sweet coffee Remide Teyze.” Leyla had returned a few minutes later with a tray, and paused to hand the woman her cup. “Emre, light sugar. And Baba, unsweetened of course.”
He was momentarily distracted by Nihat’s look of disgust at having to drink unsweetened coffee when he caught a flash of red out of the corner of his eye. Her dress was very sweet, with its cap sleeves, sweetheart neckline, and modest knee length hem, but he was mesmerized by her. She made everything she wore sexy, no matter if it covered her completely or barely at all, but she knew he had a weakness for how the color red made her skin glow and her dark hair stand out even more.
“Coffee Can Bey?” she bent down to politely hand him his cup.
He clenched his jaw in order to school his features. He wanted so badly to look down at her chest, or just laugh at the ridiculous formality of it all, but he simply nodded and took his cup from her. She sat on the window seat near him with her tea in her hand. Leyla sat next to her, sipping her coffee. Mevkibe was the last to enter the room, and sat in the other high backed chair to Nihat’s left.
He didn’t know which he feared more: sampling spiced coffee, or starting the most important conversation of his life. It wasn’t in his nature to procrastinate, and he certainly wasn’t going to leave the Aydin residence without what he came for, the most important thing in the whole world to him. He blinked hard as the salty coffee touched his tongue and made it’s way down his throat. He swallowed determinately and made eye contact with Nihat.
“Nihat Bey, I believe you know why I asked to come to dinner this evening, and why I brought guests.” the salty coffee was really not helping the words flow off his tongue. “My dear Remide Teyze is here to help me with something.”
“Evet çocuğum.” Remide leaned forward in her seat and fixed Nihat with her piercing gaze. “Can has given me the honor of asking for Sanem’s hand on his behalf.”
She obviously knew what was going to happen otherwise he wouldn’t be drinking this horrendous coffee, but she still sucked in a little breath when she heard Remide’s words. He couldn’t bring himself to turn his head to look at her. He didn’t trust himself to not touch her. He clenched his left hand into a fist to keep from grabbing her hand. He stared straight ahead, right into her father’s eyes. It was like staring death in the face, for if he couldn’t have her for the rest of his life he would surely die.
After a pause and a watery smile, Nihat Bey gave his permission.
All of his breath came out in a whoosh. He smiled his best squinty-eyed toothy grin and finished his drink.
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