Love will find a way

Trouble

"What time is it?" She rubbed her eyes as she nudged her husband, who was busy checking mails in his mobile.

"Ah you're finally awake" He placed his mobile on the bed side table and rolled on top of her.

"I don't want to wake up yet." She complained, trying to push him off. After a silly battle of trying to gain control and rolling over, they finally settled with her on top. She was resting her head on his chest and he was playing with her hair.

"So, what were you saying last night?" He was in a playful mood.

The party ended quite late and by the time they cleared everything, she got too drowsy and fell asleep as soon as she hit bed.

"I'm too exhausted to recall anything." She didn't bother to think.

"What will I do with you Nazli!!! By the way it's 1:00pm." He knew that would be enough to wake her up as she had an appointment at 2:00pm.

"Are you serious? Why didn't you wake me up then?" She tried to get up.

"See that woke you up. It's 12:00pm." He pulled her down.

"Fatos  booked us in for a hair appointment at 2:00pm. I need to get ready." She was trying to check how far the salon was and if they would be able to walk.

"Don't worry I'll drop you" He assured her.

"Can you pick up as well? Please Ferit" She pleaded as he was being so generous.

"Well, that depends on" Before he could continue, she kissed him.

"I was about to say traffic, but this would do as well" He said as they let go of each other.

Hearing noises from the kitchen, they realised the other couple was awake as well and dragged themselves out.

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As they reached the venue to attend the reunion, Nazli tightly grasped Ferit's hand. Understanding her nervousness, Ferit comforted her with his smile. It was the first time she went out with him as his wife.

Ferit and Engin went to meet their friends while Fatos and Nazli made their way towards the table assigned. Emre was already seated there and was happy to see them.

"You made it finally. I was feeling so bored." He said.

"It's the traffic." Fatos told him how busy the roads were as they settled.

"Don't lie. I got live updates on how long you were taking to get ready." He tried to tease her.

"Let's find you someone tonight so next time you'll know as well just how long it takes." She retorted.

"No thanks... I'm happy" He didn't want to drag that discussion further as he knew where it was headed.

"It was so much fun last night" He complimented Nazli on food and how nice it was to meet her friends as well.

"Friends or Cansu in particular?" Fatos decided to pull his leg seeing his mobile buzz with a message from her.

"Chill... she was just thanking me for dropping her last night." He replied.

Before they could tease him further, Buse dropped by their table to greet them.

"Congratulations Nazli... I didn't realise you guys were together then..." She said recollecting meeting them on Deniz's graduation.

"Thanks..." Nazli acknowledged it with a smile.

"It's so nice to see Ferit happy though..." Buse added and Nazli could clearly see Fatos and Emre's discomfort.

"Excuse me but I've to steal her for some time" Ferit walked in to take Nazli to meet some friends. Buse also left to join her table. Ferit held her hand and kissed it.

"I know I've said it already, but I can't seem to take my eyes off you today" He whispered in her ear.

"You don't look too bad yourself" She flirted with her eyes.

They greeted another couple who got married recently and chatted for a bit. While walking back, some of Ferit's friends caught up and she spoke with them. She made her way back to the table as Ferit headed to the washroom.

She could suddenly feel attention on her as she headed to her table. She noticed a couple at their table with their backs facing her. Fatos and Emre were a bit tense and it seemed to worsen as they saw her coming.

"What's wrong?" She whispered in Fatos's ear as she settled next to her. There was no answer as Fatos was busy looking at someone. Following Fatos's gaze, she saw the woman sitting next to her.

The couple looked a bit uncomfortable with the attention on them but were secretly holding hands to comfort each other, which Nazli didn't miss. They look so perfect together, she thought not understanding all the unwanted attention on their table.

Nazli smiled at them. They were right next to her, so she decided to talk.

"Were you in the same university as well?" She decided to break the awkward silence.

The couple seemed a bit surprised but smiled.

"Yes, I was... Hi I'm Defne and this is my husband Omer." Defne introduced herself.

"Hi I'm Nazli. Ferit's wife." She said while Fatos and Emre looked at each other in disbelief.

"How's Ferit?" Defne was startled a bit but continued to talk, trying to be polite.

"He's good, busy with work and travel but settling in." Nazli answered but understood Defne might not have known the situation.

"He's moved to London as I live here." She added.

"Ah nice... maybe you can help us with some tourist information then. We're planning to travel around the UK since we're here for a week." Omer joined the conversation.

The conversation soon turned to weather, food, and interesting places to visit.

Engin found Fatos's message "sos... come soon" and made his way towards their table as fast as he could. He found Nazli having a conversation with Defne & Omer and looked around for Ferit.

He saw Ferit walk in right then standing behind Nazli chair asking "Dinner?" and looked straight at Engin without noticing the surroundings.

Engin then signed with his eyes to look beside Nazli but before he could, Nazli turned to him .

"Ah you're here finally... have you met them?"

It was then he saw the couple and his face went pale.

"I'm so hungry. Let's get some dinner first" Engin pulled Ferit away from there.

As they were serving themselves food from the buffet

"Did you know she was coming?" He asked Engin.

"Yes, I was but didn't realise they'll be seated next to us." Engin thought everyone was aware of the history.

They went back to their table, which was empty now. They were in line to get food, Nazli still talking to Omer while Fatos and Emre were silent spectators.

"I need to tell her" Ferit looked at Engin.

"Can't it wait till you go back home" Engin wanted that conversation to happen later unsure of how Nazli would react to it now.

Ferit saw Nazli talking to Defne and then handing her plate to Fatos and heading somewhere. He immediately followed her.

"Nazli wait I need to tell you something." He held her hand in his and looked into her eyes.

"Defne used to be a very good friend of mine in college. Once we settled in our jobs, I asked her out as I thought we liked each other. We went on 1 or 2 dates and then she just disappeared." Nazli freed her hand and ran from there.

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