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Chapter 12TurkeySerkanThe journey was a little difficult.Giulia showed insecurity and fear during the first two hours of the flight, but then she slept on my shoulder and even drooled. I think she was so tired and had spent a sleepless, anxious night that at a certain point she couldn't take it anymore. Sleep and tiredness overcame her. I held her hand as she slept and turned my face to look at her angelic face. I had been so hard on her when I only wanted to help and now I felt like an insensitive ogre. I wasn't proud of what I was about to do, but she would soon forget. That was my most burning desire. The second was to get to know her better. I couldn't deny to myself that I felt a strong attraction to the Brazilian. As I carefully stroked her left hand, Giulia woke up and looked at me. Her gaze traveled the length of the plane and then back to my eyes. We stared at each other for a few seconds, saying nothing. I looked at her lips, she looked at mine. It wasn't right to play w
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Chapter 13 The Princess's Tower Giullia I was scared to death and anxious too when I arrived in Turkey. It was a dream come true. Serkan's house was huge and beautiful, as if he could hide the fact that he was rich. That house gave away all the glamor in his life. I even wondered why he worked if he could live such a princely life in Turkey. If I had a house like that, I would never want to be bored with anything in life. It made me wonder why he was in Brazil. Boredom? Sex tourism? He didn't even look like a pervert. And I hoped it wasn't because I was staying at his house, with no one else around. That alone sent shivers down my spine. But then he gave me the most beautiful surprise of my life. The backyard of his house overlooked the Bosphorus Bay and the Princess Tower. I had seen that beautiful tower in Turkish soap operas many times. That tower and the Blue Mosque were strong symbols of Istanbul and Turkey. I felt like I was looking at history, at the ancient Ottomans, at a s
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Chapter 15War GiulliaWhen we left that house, I was possessed.There was no better statement than being pissed off! Serkan had played me for a fool the whole time. He lied to me that there was work. He lied to me that I could trust him. He lied, cheated, deceived just to suit his whims and sort out his life. He literally dragged me to the country I was passionate about and turned it into a nightmare. I was hurt to deep levels. I didn't know if I was going to recover.When that lunch was over and my initial shock at being introduced to his mother as his fiancée had worn off, I turned my back on him and walked to the car."Giullia, wait!"Forget about me!" Wait!I felt his hand on my arm, holding me and bringing me back to him. The force he used was so great that as I turned my body towards his, we collided. He pulled away and held me by the wrists."Please forgive me! I had no other choice, I don't want to marry Asli." And what's in it for me?! You lied, Serkan! " At that moment I
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Chapter 17Legends of loveGiuliaSerkan had the audacity to give me the kiss I'd waited so long for just to calm me down. And I waited so long for that romantic kiss and never had the courage to insinuate myself again like in the nightclub! I was waiting for romance, you idiot. I was an idiot. I had to listen to my heart to forgive him. Did I have any other choice? Who was I kidding? I wanted to forgive Serkan. I always wanted to, even though I was dying of anger at him. So I asked for other legends of the Tower of the Princess or Maiden, as he called it. Serkan looked closely at the Tower and calmed down to tell a story."Well, another legend tells the story of a girl called Hero who lived in the tower, and the young Leandros who loved her. Every night, Leandros would swim to the tower, guided by a lamp lit in the tower by his maiden. One stormy night, however, Hero's lamp was not lit and Leandros, unable to find his way, drowned in the choppy water. When she saw his lifeless body n
Last Updated : 2023-10-07The Turkish CEO The proposal
Chapter 18The proposalSerkanIt was impossible to be more direct. I wanted to get to know Giulia on a deeper level. Maybe she was everything I needed to calm my life down, maybe not. But I needed to get to know her better. She was beautiful and hot. But a relationship isn't just about beauty and sex. At the end of the day, after work, we want to come home and know that we can have an intelligent conversation with our spouse, that there won't be fights about everything, that she won't be an angry, jealous madwoman. I was terrified of women like that. After lunch, I took her home with her suitcase. As soon as we got inside, she went straight to her room and I called her."Giulia, do you want to watch a movie with me to unwind from the day?"She stopped in the doorway and looked at me. It took her a while to answer, she must have been processing that invitation and what it meant."Of course."The kiss must have touched her. I wasn't good at this romance stuff and I didn't know how to
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Chapter 19Dilemmas Giulia It wasn't enough that he was Turkish and a cat.He had to give me that wonderful kiss, on the sofa in his house, watching a Turkish soap opera, and ask me to marry him in front of the Maiden's Tower. I really wanted him to be my first, but the anxiety and fear were too great. I was far from my loyal friends who could give me vital advice when it came to sex. I didn't even stop crying after we kissed in front of the Tower. What were you doing with your life, Ju? Trusting a real man or a soap opera dream? It didn't matter because I had to pay to see it. I had to bet, it wasn't just a question of "if" I should, but "how much" I was willing to bet. It was going to be hard to stay in that house, alone with him, in his country, and not want to have sex with him. I needed to talk to someone, I needed to vent to someone. We went back to the sofa and lay down. I could feel Serkan stroking my hair while I listened to his heart beating in his chest with his head res
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Chapter 34Night of pleasuresSerkanI couldn't stand the distance we were forced to keep. I was working a lot, putting up with my mother while adoring Ayla and my father, but I missed Giulia too much. She was taking care of the bakery until her father got better, taking care of wedding stuff, but in that time we didn't have any more space for ourselves. I decided to change that. After that dinner, which wasn't a total failure, I decided that I was going to take my fiancée to a motel. I simply told her that we were going to disappear for a few hours. Giulia perked up. I stopped by her house in the evening, after the office, with instructions on how to apologize to her parents. We agreed to say that we were going to look at ties for me. When I arrived at her door, Giulia quickly appeared, looking beautiful in a flowing floral dress that went down to her feet. She was smiling a lot and seemed very happy. As soon as she got into the car, she hugged me and threw herself on top of me. "I
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