Defom -- A Love Story❤️❤️

Chapter 5- Decisions and Outcomes!

Defne's eyes went round and wide and she quickly checked herself and rolled them back to normal as Tramba laughed heartily!!

"You know, there are very few like you here, in this cut throat world, Defne...
Mightily talented, sweet, smart, ambitious, with a ton of good work ethics, loyal, passionate, honest, childlike, beautiful, attractive.... drive-a-man-insanely-attractive!!"

She shifted nervously at the last few adjectives, not enjoying hearing him say all that!
How does he know her so much??
Where was he going with all this??!
She wondered!

He must have found out about her from his resources at Passionis, she concluded!

He sighed and added regretfully.
"Omer doesn't know and understand what he has missed out!!
I need to call him and give him a sermon or two, knock some sense into him over couple drinks!!"

"Hayir! Yapmayacaksın
No... you won't!
That's the thing I want to talk to you about!!
I have a few conditions and clauses, that I shall draw out with the help of a lawyer, and you will sign them for me before I come on board!!"

Tramba intently, piercingly looked at her... and thought to himself.
"Has this girl grown an iron shield around her while I wasn't looking??
Looks like I can't even make a pass at her, let alone, ask her for dinner which I was about to do!
Well... let the little kitten come work for me first!!"

"Ok, Defne, let's hear your clauses and conditions!"
He adjusted himself in his chair, finished his espresso, and crossed his arms across his chest putting on his full listening mode.

Defne, shifted nervously, timidly gave a half smile, adjusted her hair and crossed her palms on her lap and bravely jutted her chin out and proceeded to list out her clauses and conditions!!

"1.     I need complete freedom in expressing myself in my designs.
2.    I shall work incognito, no one, absolutely no one will know that I work for you.
You shall not disclose it to anyone!
3.    I shall only work for you for a fixed period of time of couple years until my debt is dissolved, and then I shall disappear!
4.    I will continue to work from my home and will hand over my work as and when completed.
5.    I will need 200,000 TL as a signing agreement so I can get rid of that heavy dagger as in debt hanging over my head!!
6.    There will be no communications between us except for a professional one!"

Tramba's eyebrows kept arching upwards with each condition she put forth with precision and surety!

He was impressed with this little smart kitten!
He said he would draw his own contract also, and meet with her at the earliest, and wait for hers.

They set up a date for the forthcoming Friday, around the same time as 3:00 PM, as the mad rush hour would be done and Riza bey, Defne's employer wouldn't mind her leaving for an hour or so!

He had too much going on in the professional front, had to be on par with the race with Omer's creativity and business moves, to think of anything other than work demands, so he put the thought of pursuing her, Defne, in the back of his mind.

He finished the rest of the macaroon for a sweet finish, as though sealing the deal!
He briskly got up, buttoned his coat, and put out his right hand for a "business gone well kinda" hand shake.

As always Defne gave him half her palm and finished the hand shake with a nod and a half smile and thanked him.

"Çok Tesekkur Edirum...Thank you very much!!"

He turned and walked away briskly!

Her head went reeling, as though she had just had an out of body experience!
How surreal was it??
One minute she was this church mouse, not a penny to her credit, living in the 'hood, and the next, she was this 'on-the-way-to-becoming-a big-league-designer' with Tramba Inc.,!