And in love, We fall

Chapter 4

We fear ghosts, yet it is humans who have the power to haunt in pure daylight.

Hazar's eyes bulged out as he read the note again.
Again and again.
Making sure it was real.
Allah'im!
What had Reyyan done!
He was already sweating thinking what would Nasuh Aga do if he learned about this.... But he will have to tell him. Reyyan was nowhere to be seen and the wedding was in a day's time.

As he was contemplating what to tell his father, someone knocked the door, followed by a commotion in the courtyard, which could only mean one thing: the Aksoys were here.

"Zehra listen to me. Don't tell anyone that Reyyan ran away. I will do something. Tamam?"
"Tamam Hazar bey, but how will you find her? We have only a few hours!" Zehra said with tears in her eyes, "I can't even imagine what state she would be in! The girl knows nothing about the outside world!"
"Zehra calm down please! I will find a solution. Just try to be normal lutfen!"
"Tamam, but please do something fast" Zehra said as she started to walk away.

As Hazar tried to calm himself, he didn't see the figure hiding in the shadows and listening that was about to make things a lot worse...
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Miran was impatient. He had tried to call Reyyan for the last few days, but she hadn't picked up her phone, and he begrudgingly realised that he was scared for that something happened to her. More precisely, that someone in her family did something to her; Miran was well-aware of the abuse Nasuh Sadoglu unleashed on Reyyan routinely.
Knowing that Sadoglu patriarch would never refuse him, he went to see Reyyan along with his pretend family; just to see that she was alive.
That she was safe.
But somewhere in his mind, a fear had started to take root, that Reyyan was angry at him. He didn't know for what reason, but this coldness scared him. It unsettled him to even think that Reyyan could be upset at him.
He shouldn't care about her feelings, but he did.
He tried to stop himself, but he couldn't
No matter what, he couldn't stop thinking about her.
As the wedding came close, he was struggling to understand this conflict within himself. As he was thinking about her, Nasuh came in and started his usual fake chivalry and praise, which was just making him more impatient.

"Nasuh bey, I came to see Reyyan hanim. If it would be okay with you, can I speak with her for a few minutes" Miran interrupted the old man, while Sultan and Gonul gave him a side-eye, but he had no time for his drivel, and he was getting unsettled by the minute. Call it a gut feeling, but he realised something was VERY wrong.
"Tabi ki, I'll call her now" Nasuh said, but as he was about to call someone Yaren entered the drawing room with a devilish grin
"Don't bother Dede, Reyyan ran away from home last night" she said with an almost evil laugh, "looks like she didn't like you as much as you thought" she said staring at Miran.
"NE???YAREN NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR JOKES!!HAZAR!!!HAZAR!!!" Nasuh bellowed as his face turned an ugly shade of purple.

But Miran couldn't hear any of them.
His blood had run cold, and he could hear his heartbeat for the first time in his life.
Ran away?
RAN AWAY?
Why would she do that??!!!

As Hazar ran into the room and saw Nasuh's face, he realised there was no backing out of it; he will have to tell everyone the truth.
"Baba sakin ol... it's not like th- "
"LIKE WHAT HAZAR!! YOUR DAUGHTER RAN AWAY AND DISGRACED US ALL!!! IM GOING TO KILL HER!!" Nasuh screamed as he barged out of the room.
"I think we should leave Miran" Sultan whispered, "Hadi Miran" she literally had lift him by his arm. Miran went out dazed. He couldn't make sense of what had happened, and what he was feeling.
Why was he mad that she ran away?
Was he mad that his revenge was unfulfilled?
Or was he mad that she left HIM? Yaren's words rang in his ears and it all felt more like betrayal than a nuisance.
What was going to happen now?

He will have to find Reyyan before the Sadoglus that was for sure.
.................
"Hmmm what smells so good???" Melissa mused out loud as she entered the kitchen.
"Nothing I just made breakfast!" Reyyan smiled, "I doubt that you have been having any healthy food all this time."
"Sure mom" Melissa joked as she took in the kitchen. The food smelled delicious and she was secretly thankful to Reyyan; she had missed their time together.

As they both started eating their breakfast, Reyyan asked "Melissa bak, I have been thinking about my situation, and I think we will need to tell someone. I can't stay hidden forever."
"You are right, but who do you think will listen to you? I have the copies of whatever I managed to find ready to be sent to whoever you want."
"Well... I was thinking about calling my father", Melissa opened her mouth but Reyyan continued, "look I have hope that he will at least listen to me! Look I have to tell him he must be worried sick. Let the wedding date pass and I'll call him."
"Tamam, the sooner this gets solved the better, but I still think he won't be much help."
"I will solve this, don't worry" Reyyan mused with resolve. She was not going to be the one hurt in this mess. They will have to believe her!
.................

"Will it be done?"
"Yes. Merak etme, I will find her as soon as possible and carry out the job"
"Guzel! I don't want that disgraceful girl back in my mansion again!"
"And you won't"

Nasuh sighed as his man walked away. This was the only way he was going to get rid of that girl...that snake who wasn't even his blood, who he had been feeding all these years for her to disgrace him like this.
Hazar would thank him later....
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I'M so SORRY for taking forever to update!!! I had huge projects at uni (still have an exam on Friday ama neyse ;)) Hope y'all enjoy