Zara waited at the café for Noah. He was late as usual as he was stuck in his project. He greeted Zara with a flower bouquet soon after he arrived. Zara wasn't happy to accept that according to her condition, but she took them and kept on the table.
"So, did you finish your rough work? Why did you want to meet me suddenly?" Noah started to talk.
Zara returned him the project files that was given and said, "I'm sorry Noah. But I don't think I can complete this as we wished."
"What happened Zara? Are you alright?"
"I'm not Noah. These projects can make it worse. That's why I wanted to see you." Zara spoke slowly.
"What's the problem Zara? You can share anything with me." Noah asked patiently.
"Actually, problem is with my destiny. I can't change it still. But I have a right to be happy too Noah. It's not easy to have arguments daily. And I don't like to hear bad about you." Zara chanted like a song.
"Then, I'm the problem, right?" He directly spoke looking into her eyes.
"Someone is trying to frame us for no reason. They have sent some of our photos to Deniz. And also, a voice message that says you love me. I don't know what to do. And I don't want you to be the reason for my household matters."
"Your friend is such a fool Zara. Even though I want to reduce problems in your life, I'm doing opposite. I'm sorry. I'm extremely sorry. I can't say, I don't love you but it shouldn't be a problem to you."
"Noah please, Jade loves you. It's your fortune to have her in your life. Don't let her go. Start your life again. Now, I belong to Deniz and we can't change the destiny."
"Don't worry Zara. I won't be a problem to your sorrow again. You can stop here. I'll find my way out. Good Luck!"
Noah took the files and disappeared like a bubble. Zara knew he was angry and upset. But she couldn't stop him even though wanted. She thought it would be better for both of them to have different paths hereafter. Losing her best friend was hard, but she had to cooperate with that to save both of her bonds.
Deniz was in the car at the park waiting for Zara. When she got into car with roses, he got angry as always.
"White roses again?"
"Don't worry Deniz. Probably this will be the last one I get." Zara started crying. Deniz got even more angrier seeing her tears.
"Noah was my best friend for ages. I was a cry baby since childhood, but he never let me to go down. He was always there for me. But today, I can't support him when he's sad." Zara said while crying.
Deniz couldn't control his emotions seeing her condition. So, despite being angry he started consoling his beloved wife.
"I know he may be angry, but later he will realize his mistake." Deniz said while wiping Zara's tears.
In Noah's apartment, he was busy, throwing his stuff here and there. He couldn't control his tears or feelings. While watching their childhood pictures, he cried hard. Since he lived separately, he never had any companion. His parents got separated when he was very young. Since then he was all alone and Zara and Emmanuel were his only family. But on that day, he felt like he was abandoned again without no one to share his life.
And he didn't hope, he would get a call from Emmanuel on that odd hour, that could control his anger aside.
"Noah, are you busy?" He asked.
"No uncle, tell me why?" Noah spoke hiding his tears.
"Actually, Zara doesn't come today. So, can you come here and have a chat. I don't like to eat alone." Emmanuel said.
But it was Zara's idea to pacify Noah. She knew that it was hard for Noah to control himself without her. And she didn't want him to be alone in this situation because he had no family.
"Sure uncle. Even I don't want to eat alone today." Noah agreed as Zara hoped.
So, after handing over some dishes to Emmanuel Zara left the hospital. She came to Deniz who was in the hospital car park.
"Happy?" Deniz asked from her even before she got into the car.
Zara couldn't understand his words so she looked at him curiously.
"Are you happy now? You found a way to console him." He asked again.
"I can be happy if my husband can understand me. But unfortunately, that day won't come soon." She said.
"Are you taunting me now? Wow! What a friendship!" Deniz replied in the same way.
"Please Deniz try to have some senses. You're acting like a teenager. Not like you, he doesn't have a family to look after him. His parents got divorced when he was in primary school. After that he was raised in hostels. My dad and I were his only family until today." Zara was sad.
"Stop your nagging Zara. I'm fed up with Noah's topic."
Deniz said while driving. Both of them were hurt by each other's words. So, they both didn't have good vibes and continued their journey like strangers.
Esmee was in the office with Augustine when Noah came to the place. He was greeted warmly by both uncle and daughter but his mood was quite sad. Esmee could feel his change so easily and tried to distract his mind towards her. Augustine didn't have any idea about their new project proposals, so he left the work to them and departed.
"Any problem?" Esmee asked getting closer to Noah. Noah nodded 'no' and started checking the project files.
Esmee clutched the files and grabbed his hand. "You're not fine. We can postpone the meeting Noah. Go home and take a rest. Your health is important."
"No need Esmee. I'm fine, actually yeaterday was terrible. I couldn't sleep well."
"It means, you have a problem, right? Then why don't you share that with me. Let's go somewhere and talk, not here. I'll reschedule the meeting." Esmee got up and said. Noah didn't want to cancel the meeting. He wanted to finalize the proposal and start the project as soon as possible. Because he had plans to leave the country again and returned to his paternal aunt who lived in Spain.
"No Esmee, I don't like to postpone my work. I'm perfectly fine, let's finish this first and then I'll rest."
"OK. As you wish."
It took more than two hours to end the meeting. Esmee was counting minutes until the end as she wanted to know about Zara and Deniz from Noah. So, soon after the members left the conference hall, she suggested Noah to go for a long drive.
"Let's go Noah. I know a good place out of the city. We can have our lunch there." She forcefully dragged him towards her car.
"I don't feel…." She didn't allow him complete his sentence and said, "No discussions now. Let's go."
Zara was watering the flowers when Deniz called out her. Since she got lost in Noah's thoughts, she didn't hear his voice.
"Can't you hear me now?" He came to her and asked sternly.
"Sorry Deniz. I was thinking about…" She didn't get a chance to reply as Deniz interrupted.
"Thinking about Noah. Right? There's no use of talking to you. If you're worried that much, why don't you give him a call and inquire? May be, he's waiting for your call."
"Deniz please. Actually, I called him but unreachable." Zara said.
"You have enough time for him but not for me. Look at the time, I have a shoot today. But still, you haven't prepared anything. Where's my blue jacket? I don't have time to dally, so better to arrange my clothes." He went in. Zara followed him without uttering a word.
Noah and Esmee were having lunch at a restaurant which was far from the city. It was a calm area with less vehicles and people, so Noah loved the place as well.
"Since I'm a star, I can't have a normal life like other people. So, when I want to be relaxed and have some rest, I come here." Esmee started the chat while having a soup.
"Place is wonderful. Thank you Esmee. Even I feel relaxed." Noah sounded cheerful.
"Thank god, finally you smiled." Esmee replied looking at him. Noah smiled again.
"If you finish your lunch soon, I'll take you to visit some more places." Esmee tried to make him more relaxed. Noah said nothing except smilling.
It was seven in time and Noah suggested Esmee to go back.
"Let's enjoy the view Noah. I want to stay here some time." Esmee said while enjoying the evening scenario.
"It will take couples of hours to go back. And you're refusing."
"Noah! If we delay the departure, we don't face traffic right. And please stay calm. I'm not going to eat you."
"But Zara.. Oh sorry! I mean Esmee."
"Zara.. Zara.. Zara.. everyone is crazy about her, right. Boys dream to have a date with me and you? You're thinking about her in my presence. That's not acceptable Noah. You're hurting my feelings."
"So sorry. My mistake, you're drunk Esmee. Please let's go." Noah insisted a lot. But Esmee didn't want to let him go and furthermore, she wasn't conscious enough to heed Noah.
"Let's get drunk together." She took the bottle and made him drink too. Noah tried to stop her but she forcefully put brandy into his mouth. With that action he had to have a brandy bath free. His body and dresses were full of liquor that Esmee found it a fun. She laughed looking at his wet body.
"You look beautiful when you smile." Noah expressed to her making her emotional.
"Someone liked it the most." She replied thinking about Deniz. They had an unforgettable past and Esmee loved those days blindly.
"It should be, when you're around, everything seems to be easy. So, I think behind this most popular face, there's an innocent, little girl who needs a good friend." Noah said looking at her teary eyes.
With her condition, it wasn't appropriate to take her back to the city. Even Noah had consumed some alcohol, so he didn't want to get caught by the city police. Hence finally, he held her up and took her to the hotel's room.
"That innocent girl needs love. She needs love Noah, she needs love." Esmee said while being carried by Noah. She put her hands around his neck and got closer to his warm chest.
Zara was watching Deniz's interview about his new song release. After few days of release that song got a huge attention making millions of social media viewers. As the production house of the song, Arnauds' company was having a good time too. It was an unexpected achievement for Deniz as he did that song just to support cancer patients. So, all the money he earns through the music video would be given to the cancer hospitals.
"Welcome back Bro!" Presenter welcomed Deniz. "Hope, you're having a good time."
"Yes I am." Deniz shook hand and sat next to him.
"How is the marriage life?"
"Good. We're having a great time together. She's such a supportive wife." Deniz responded while remembering Zara.
"That's cool. My first question for you is, when did you get the idea for this song?"
"Actually, I always wanted to help people who are suffering from cancers. My grand mom died because of a blood cancer. After that my dad started a trust on her name to support cancer patients. It is credited from every euro we profit."
"That's a wonderful thing. I guess many of your fans don't know about your charity works."
"It's my family business. And we don't help people for popularity." Deniz described.
"So, tell me about your song? Who inspired you?"
"My father in law. He's suffering from a cancer as well. One day when I visited him, he gave me his trembling hands and told me that I should take care of Zara because his time is over. I was really afraid to hear those words. On that day, I could easily see his fear for the death and fear of leaving his only daughter. It's not easy to leave someone we love, but that day will come for everyone, right?"
"Yes definitely."
"I think, every patient has that fear. So, if we can help them to live few more years with their loved ones, it's the greatest thing, we can do. The voice of my song speaks as a cancer patient and shows his feelings to the world. This song was written by my grand pa."
"Wow! I hope, this song will fulfil dreams of cancer patients."
Zara couldn't watch the program any longer. She was extremely emotional and couldn't imagine her father's pain or feelings. She started to cry like a kid thinking about her old days with Emmanuel.
After a terrible night, Noah was sleeping peacefully beside Esmee. But he was suddenly woken up by the loud scream of her. Seeing their naked bodies closely like that both of them were so uncomfortable to look into each other's eyes. So they got away instantly as soon as they realized about the previous night.
"Sorry" Noah said while wearing his pants. "I don't know what happened last night."
"My head is whirling." Esmee told him holding her head.
"I'm so sorry Esmee. It shouldn't have happened." Noah expressed again.
"You don't need to worry. We both are at fault. I'm sorry too. I drank a lot."
Soon after having their breakfast they left the place. Even on the way to city, none of them spoke besides having small sighs. Noah was hurt much more than Esmee as he never imagined getting closer to any another girl except Zara. So, he cursed himself while driving, thinking about that bitter night.
"No need to have such a long face Noah. You act like this is your first time." Esmee whispered to his ear.
"I never betrayed Zara." Noah was about to cry.
"But Zara betrayed you, right? She left you for a billionaire." Esmee mocked at him. "I really liked your work and personality considering you as a matured man. But look at you. You behave as a child."
"Don't drag Zara, Esmee please." Noah's voice was low and weak. "I know her well. She doesn't do anything for benefits."
"You can say what you like Noah. But it doesn't change the truth." Esmee continued her argument until they reached her apartment.
"Go home and have a proper sleep. We have to complete my uncle's project soon as possible. You can't give up that because we had a night together." She further added to her talk and left him.
Noah didn't say anything. Without starting his car's engine, he remained there for a while. He wanted to move forward. But he was not energetic to drive any longer.