It had been 15 days since Yaldez started working with Ender. She had witnessed up close how luxurious her life was. She also witnessed how Khalid's wealthy life was, and the kindness that he tried to show. That morning, she was at Ender's house without knowing that she would take that strange offer.
Ender stood watering the plants in the office quietly while thinking. Yildiz's coffee interrupted her train of thought. Yildiz put the coffee on the table and said."Mrs. Ender, I'm leaving your coffee here."
Ender turned to Yildiz and said, "Alright dear."
When Yildiz was about to leave, she called her, "Yildiz, come take a seat"
Yildiz hesitated for a moment until Ender pointed to the chair in front of her and repeated her request in a softer voice, "Go on sit" Yildiz sat on the chair nervously.
Ender watched the plants as she spoke, "You don't have to come here tomorrow. You can go to the office. If I need you Mrs. Aysel will tell you."
Yildiz: "Alright Mrs. Ender"
Ender continued her speech calmly, "So… How is it going with Mr. Khalid? Is my husband hitting on you?"
Yildiz was shocked and said, "Mrs Ender, did I misunderstand? Are you joking?"
Ender turned coldly and said, "No… I just know my husband very well. He is such a womanizer."
Yildiz quickly got up and said, "I am very upset you thought of this. There is no such situation. I swear on this."
Ender stopped watering the plants, calmly walked towards Yildiz, and said, "Then there should be"
Yildiz was so shocked that she was unable to speak. The only thing she could say was, "I don't understand."
Ender's features changed and her voice sharpened, "Are you stupid? Is there such a thing as a diet food-serving waitress? Why on earth do you think I have hired you?"
Yildiz said without understanding, "I don't know, Mrs. Ender, why did you hire me?"
Ender confidently sat on the chair where Yildiz was sitting and said, "To help me."
Yildiz: "How can I help you?"
Ender, without changing her facial expressions, said: "By seducing my husband."
Yildiz was shocked, "What!"
Ender explains to her, "I'm not telling you to live a love story with him. Just get close to him so he thinks he can have a relationship."
Yıldız fearfully said, "Why would I do such a thing, Mrs. Ender?"
Ender: "Because I have to prove to the court that Khalid is committing adultery, and for this I have to catch you in a hotel room."
Yildiz opened her eyes wide as she felt horror mixed with shock at what she heard, "What!!!"
Ender said in a high tone, "Don't look at me like that." She sighed and got up from the chair, "I know, it seems like I have a perfect life that I can never give up, but the facts are not like that, you don't know."
Yildiz tensed, "I'm talking about the hotel room, Mrs. Ender..."
Ender interrupted her, "Leave the hotel room now. I'm telling you I will deal with that, why don't you believe me? I have to divorce that man."
Yildiz said without understanding: "Why do you need something like this? Why don't you file for a regular divorce?"
Ender exhaled strongly and put her hands on the table, "You don't know Khalid at all, Yildiz. This man is mentally ill. First, he tortured all his previous wives and then kicked them out without money. Now I'm doing my best not to end up like them." She walked towards Yildiz and sat in front of her, trying to convince her. "If you succeed, I will give you $100,000. That's a good amount of money, I tell you."
Yildiz refused, "No. I… Something like that, Mrs. Ender..."
Ender interrupted her and said, "Please don't decide in haste. Think a little, but I don't have much time"
Yildiz thought for a moment: Rich people are strange, aren't they? In their eyes, we are like insects, and they believe that money can buy everything we need and everything we want in life.
Yildiz stood up with a confident voice, "Mrs. Ender. I cannot do such a thing."
Yıldız angrily said, "Mrs. Ender, I don't sell myself for money and I will quit work too. Have a good day."
Yildiz left very angry. She went into the kitchen and took her bag. She was about to leave when she spotted someone she didn't expect to see here, Mita. Mita walked with Khalid and a very beautiful girl. Yildiz looked at them in shock from the window, then stood near the door to listen.
Khalid: "What do we say? Congratulations."
Mita: "Thank you very much, Mr. Khalid."
Khalid: "When are you thinking about holding the wedding?"
Mita: "We plan to hold it this summer in Istanbul, Mr. Khalid."
Khalid: "But weddings in Istanbul in the summer are very difficult. Everyone is out of the country."
Mita: "After you honored us."
Khalid laughed: "You are very nice, but the wedding cannot be held with one person."
Yildiz was shocked and remembered her conversation with Zeynep.
"We love each other. We will get married and you will see."
"In my opinion, he does not intend to marry you."
Then she remembered his words, "Don't think that I will probably marry you. Look at yourself and look at me too."
Yaldez felt broken and very sad. Was she just entertainment and a whim for him before marriage? If she hadn't seen Mita that day, her life might have been completely different. She would have left this house that she had entered with big dreams without return. But when she saw him with his fiancée, she didn't leave the house.
Yildiz stood for a few minutes in the kitchen before Ender came to her.
Ender entered the kitchen with a confident smile, "Mrs. Aysel, can you leave us alone for a while?"
Aysel nodded and left the kitchen.
Ender looked at her with a smile, "Dear Yildiz, you sent a message saying you wanted to talk. What happened?"
Yildiz: "Mrs. Ender, I acted a little rashly with you a while ago. Forgive me. If you allow me, I want to continue working and thinking about your offer."
Ender shook her head, "Of course, but I wondered what happened that made you change your decision so quickly?"
Yildiz looked at Mita, "Nothing happened. I decided I just wanted to think about the offer."
Ender smiled victoriously, "Well done. You're a smart girl. Go now, We have guests. We'll talk later."
Yildiz: "Okay"
Ender as she left the kitchen, "By the way, when you leave, go upstairs. There is a coat in the dressing room that you saw on Beryl's body today and liked. You can take it, let it be yours."
Yildiz: "Thank you"
Ender went upstairs, happy with the success of the first step in her plan to get rid of Khalid. While Yildiz took the coat and left the place, thinking in confusion. She walked through the streets and looked at a picture of Khalid in a magazine in the street. She stood in front of it for a few moments and felt that she had finally made her decision.
Yildiz went to the neighborhood beauty salon to see her friend Songul. Songul was a simple neighborhood girl with black, curly hair who did not have the overwhelming beauty of Yildiz or the beauty of Zeynep that was pleasing to the eye. Yildiz told her all about Ender's offer.
Songul was shocked, "What kind of offer is that? Oh my God, What did you say to her?"
Yildiz: "I told her, 'I am not selling myself.' I left the room angrily and saw Mata and his fiancée."
Songul slapped her hand on her thigh in shock, "What are you saying?"
Yıldız explained angrily, "The man has a fiancée, a dirty man. Can you believe that? For a moment, I felt like blood had reached my brain from anger. Then I went to Mrs. Ender's and told her, 'I will consider your offer.'"
Sungul looked at her in confusion, "What are you going to consider about it?"
Yildiz: "Of course, I will not consider an offer like that. There is no way to consider an offer like this. Look, I am 28 years old. I want to get married. I do not want to waste my time anymore with despicable people like Mita. I will show him who I will marry."
Songul: "People should be afraid of you. I swear, you are not easy. I will ask you something. Why did Ender want to break up?"
Yildiz got up and put on her coat, "She says that Mr. Khalid is torturing her, but if you ask me, it is not a convincing reason at all because Mr. Khalid is a good and sophisticated person."
Songul: "This means that women are fed up."
Yildiz: "She has no life to be tired of, her house, her car, and her jewelry. She lives like the queen of Istanbul. If I had a life like this, you would have to take that life from me by force."
Songul: "You are right."
Yildiz: "But shall I tell you? In my opinion, there is another reason why Mrs. Ender did this."
Songul: "Maybe she has a boyfriend."
Yildiz was surprised: "Is that possible?"
Songul: "Of course it is possible. Everyone has a secret lover in this society. Look at me, this woman has a lover and is trying to attach a woman to her husband so that he does not discover this."
Yildiz: "If there is such a thing, Mrs. Ender deserves everything that will happen to her."
Songul: "You're right."
Yıldız is leaving, "Whatever, I'm leaving."
Songul: "Look, there is good in everything, see? Fortunately, you met Mita in that house."
Yildiz: "Don't say Mita"
Songul: "Take care of yourself, call me."
***
Zeynep stood next to Ali Han's desk while he was flipping through the files.
Ali Han, without looking up from the papers, said, "You can take this."
Zainab bent down to take the paper while he continued talking, "Look, and this." He paused for a moment, gazing at her face until his gaze reached her lips, which were only a few centimeters away from his. He quickly looked away and continued talking, "I mean, the notes should be there too. Record section six here."
Zainab nodded, "Okay."
Ali Han: "Bring me the previous company's marketing reports as well."
Zeinab: "Mr. Ali Han, I haven't been able to finish it yet."
Ali Han: "Okay. Didn't I tell you to finish it today?"
Zainab: "Yes, you said, but you said that Muhannad's file is more urgent. In the morning, I took care of it."
Ali Han sarcastically, "Look what I'm going to say, let's take three assistants for you, and let your assistants have assistants as well. Can you catch up on the work then?"
Zeinab: "Mr. Ali Han, don't worry, I will catch it all today."
Ali Han: "The day is almost over, Zeynep."
Zeinab: "The day ends at 12, Mr. Ali Han."
Ali Han nodded, "I understand, this means you will finish on time. Take it, you can leave."
Zainab left the office whispering angrily, "You understood me, but if only I understood you too."
Zainab headed to her office carrying a stack of files.
Ida saw her in surprise and said, "Aren't you leaving?"
Zainab was arranging the files on her desk, "No, I will finish the logistics."
Ida: "It doesn't end how long you will work."
Zainab: "Until I finish"
Ida: "Then say you will work until the morning. Whatever, I have a date. I will put on makeup and go out. Good luck."
Zainab sat down and put on her glasses. "See you."
Ali Han stopped by Zainab's office before leaving, "I hope you can catch up as you said."
Zeinab: "Never doubt it, Mr. Ali Han."
Ali Han smiled, "Good luck."
Zainab returned to work after he left.
***
In one of Istanbul's famous invitations, the press gathered in front of the queen of the velvet class, Ender Arjun. Ender stood in a classic long-sleeveless salmon pink dress, with lace added to decorate it beautifully. She held an orange fur coat in her hands.
A journalist asked her, "Good evening, Mrs. Ender. You look very elegant today. Where are your clothes from?"
Ender smiled, "Designed by my dear Dilek, Dilek Yildiz from the fashion show."
Another journalist asked her, "It's special to you, isn't it?"
Ender confidently, "Of course."
Ender put her coat over her shoulder and entered the invitation with confident steps. As soon as she entered, a staff member greeted her, "Welcome, Mrs. Ender. Can I take your coat?"
Ender nodded. She then entered the hall.
Under everyone's admiring glances, Ender approached a group of women at a table, "Good evening, girls."
One of them looked at Ender. "My dear, what is this beauty?"
Ender: "Thank you. Your earrings are beautiful, by the way."
The woman replied: "I saw it with you on the last invitation. I couldn't bear it and bought it. You're not upset, are you?"
Ender looked disapprovingly, "Is something like this possible? Actually, it looks different for everyone. But it suits you."
The woman smiled, "Thanks."
Ender's gaze focused on a man in his forties wearing an elegant suit, with Zahraa standing next to him, drunk. Zahraa was wearing a modern black dress, and the two looked very intimate.
Another woman at the table interrupted her gaze, "Where is Khalid? Won't he come?"
Ender: "Khalid is on the way. He will come shortly. As you know, he does not leave me alone on invitations."
One of the women at Ender's table pointed toward the entrance, "My crush came."
Ender turned towards the entrance as she asked, "Who?"
Ender saw Ali Han greeting a few people, accompanied by his niece, Laila.
Ender held in her laughter, "Your crush? Don't make me laugh."
The woman replied, "What should I do? I like this man. Who else has such attraction? Did he break up with Lal?"
Another woman answered, laughing, "They are sometimes separated and sometimes together. It takes a thousand witnesses to say it is a relationship. Why would I lie? I like him too."
Ender confidently said, "Since you like him so much, get to know him."
She walked towards Ali Han and Laila with confident steps. "Dear Laila, what is this beauty? If you had said that you would come to the invitation, you could have come with me too."
Laila hugged her uncle, "I wanted to come with my uncle, maybe next time."
Ender looked at Ali Han, "How are you, handsome?"
Ali Han smiled, "Hello Ender."
Laila saw her friends, "Uncle, I will come immediately."
Ali Han: "Don't disappear anywhere. Look, I came here just for you."
Layla: "Okay"
After Leila left, Ender grabbed Ali Han's arm, "I have friends who would like to get to know you."
Ali Han looked at Ender's table with sarcasm, "They seem to be your friends."
Ender laughed and pulled him with her towards her table, "Girls, let me introduce you to Mr. Ali Han."
Ali Han stood talking with Ender and her friends for some time.
Zahraa pointed at Ali Han sarcastically, "Our No. 2's brother who is also mentally ill has come. And now all the women you see here are like butterflies around him."
Sinan laughed, "You're funny, Zahraa, numbering your father's wives. Be careful not to hear Mrs. Ender."
Zahra raised her voice while moving her hand unbalanced, "If she listens, what will happen? What is important to my father is that they are always his children, and everyone knows this well. I also have a mother whose place is different. She is always number 1. Come, let's have a drink, my dear Sinan. Come."
***
After Ali Han left, Zeinab stayed in the office working until the evening. While she was in the middle of a pile of papers at midnight, Ali Han called her.
Zeinab: "Hello, yes, Mr. Ali Han?"
Ali Han: "Good evening, Zeinab."
Zainab: "Good evening."
Ali Han: Were you able to finish the work?
Zainab lied, "Of course, I finished it, and I even left."
Ali Han held in his laughter, "Nice, so I can check it in the morning?"
Zainab: "Of course, as you wish."
Ali Han shook his head, "Great, good evening, Zainab."
Zainab: "Good evening"
After he hung up the phone, Ali Han laughed. While in the office, the security guard approached Zainab with a cup of coffee. "Good luck."
Zainab was surprised, "I didn't ask for coffee."
Security guard: "Sent by Mr. Ali Han."
Zeinab: "Mr. Ali Han? When did he call you?"
Security guard: "He called a while ago."
Zainab almost cried from embarrassment, "Really."
The worker left while Zainab buried her face between the papers and hit her head on the table in extreme embarrassment.
***
After returning home, Yildiz called Songul to come and have some fun since Zeynep would be late at work.
Songul: "Wow, he makes you get on the helicopter and takes you home with the driver! Look, can I tell you something? This guy likes you a lot."
Yildiz: "I want him to love me, not like me."
Songul laughed, "You are saying that he should love you as soon as possible so that you can marry him."
Yildiz excitedly said, "You know, I always dreamed of a strong and wealthy person who would love me and protect me. I never even thought that such an offer would come to my feet."
Songul: "Who would have thought of this in the first place? Knowing whether this is a lucky bird or a curse? We will see this over time."
Yildiz was surprised, "Why did you say that? I will not work for Mrs. Ender. I will draw my own path."
Songul: "But Mrs. Ender was the one who opened your path. Don't forget this. Let her think that you are working for her so she can continue to let you meet her husband."
Yildiz: "She will think so. I will wait until a signal comes from Mr. Khalid and then I will accept Mrs. Ender's offer."
Songul was confused, "I don't know anymore, as if this game is going to get past you a little bit. Look, this woman is horrible that she can make an offer like this behind her husband. I swear to you, if she had any clue about your plan, she would destroy you."
Yildiz: "I also know who Mrs. Ender is."
Songul: "Yildiz, can you take this matter back?"
Yildiz was silent and did not respond.
Zainab finally returned after finishing her work.
As soon as she opened the door to the house, Songul exclaimed, "Who's there?"
Yildiz, with a hint of sarcasm, replied, "Khalid has come."
Songul looked at her and said, "Very funny."
Yildiz: "Zeynep came, who else could come?" Yildiz raised her voice, "Zeynep, why are you so late?"
Zeinab: "Because my beloved boss gave me work. I couldn't leave the office."
Zeynep entered the living room and saw Songul sitting next to Yildiz. She raised an eyebrow and greeted, "Hello."
Songul responded, "Hello."
Zeynep picked up an apple from the table and started eating it, asking, "What were you two talking about?"
Yildiz replied, "Nothing, just the weather and stuff like that."
Zeynep noticed their silence when she arrived and said, "It seemed like you two were quiet when I came."
Yildiz gestured toward Zeynep, saying, "Look, I live with a detective. What can we talk about, Zeynep?"
Songul added: "A woman with permanent eyebrows came to me. She did the eyebrow wrong. I was explaining this to her. What are we going to talk about anyway?"
Zeynep: "Well, since you both say that. The important thing is that you are not talking about Mita or anything like that."
Yildiz: "Don't mention Mita at all. Sit down, Zeynep."
Zeynep walked towards her room, saying, "No, I'm going to the bathroom."
Songul, "I was actually about to leave."
Zeynep responded, "It doesn't seem like you're leaving now, but..." Songul got up, and Zeynep continued, laughing, "I'm just kidding. Sit down."
Songul whispered to Yildiz, "Arrogant. She doesn't know anything yet, does she?"
Yildiz: "Of course, she doesn't know anything. Will I say that some woman told me to 'seduce my husband, and I'll give you a hundred thousand dollars'? She'll die of shock."
Songul gestured to her to be quiet so that Zeynep wouldn't hear, saying, "You're right, okay..."
***
Khalid came late to the invitation. He spotted Ali Han and headed towards him.
Khalid shook hands with Ali Han, "How are you?"
Ali Han: "Fine, and you?"
Khalid: "Fine. Where is my daughter?"
Ali Han: "She saw some of her friends, she will come now. How did things go in Adapazarı?"
Khalid: "Good. Even I can say very well."
Ali Han: "Nice." He sighed and continued, "I'm tired of this invitation. I'll take Laila and leave, so you know."
Khalid: "Okay, see you."
Ali Han: "See you"
After Ali Han left, Khalid approached Ender and kissed her. Ender smiled and said, "Hello, Baby."
Khalid turned to her friends, saying, "Hello."
Zahraa saw them from her table and said, "Oh, look, my dad has come. Come and let me introduce you to my dad."
Sinan replied, "We can do that later."
Zahraa, swaying slightly with a wine glass in her hand, pulled Sinan, saying, "No, I think you can get to know each other now."
She enthusiastically approached Khalid, saying, "Hello, Dad."
Khalid: "Hello"
Zahraa, pointing towards Sinan, said, "Let me introduce you to Dr. Sinan Saygin. He is responsible for the beauty of all the women here."
Sinan shook hands with Khalid, "Hello."
Khalid: "Hey. So the money we earn goes to you, right?"
Sinan laughed and extended his hand towards Ender, "Hello."
Ender shook his hand, "Hello!"
Sinan: "I would like to see you in my clinic too."
Ender smiled, "Why not?"
Khalid walked in while talking to one of the businessmen.
Sinan then left with Zahraa, "Excuse me. I hope you have a good time."
After Songul left, Yildiz sat next to Zeynep drinking tea and watching TV. Her phone rang, announcing a message.
Yildiz picked up the phone and looked. The message from Khalid was, "Did you sleep?"
Yildiz felt excited and as if her heartbeat had become audible. She tried to hide her excitement from Zainab, who was sitting next to her. She just smiled and wrote, "No, go ahead."
Khalid replied to the message, "I wondered how you were doing?"
Yildiz: "Fine, thanks"
Khalid: "But I'm not fine."
Yildiz: "Why?"
Khalid: "Because of you, I can no longer drink anything from anyone else's hand."
Yildiz got up from the sofa and said to Zeynep, "I'm going to sleep."
Zainab was surprised, "At this time?"
Yildiz: "My head hurts"
Zainab: "What happened? Did the messages bother you? You were texting happily a while ago. Who were you talking to?"
Yildiz: "My friend"
Zainab: "Is there no name for this friend of yours?"
Yildiz: "You don't know him."
Zainab: "Do you have a friend that I don't know?"
Yildiz complained, "Zeynep, what is this investigation?"
Zainab: "What did I say just now? You are acting strange, explain to me."
Yildiz said in denial, "There is nothing, I am just tired."
Zainab: "I can't ask you anything anymore."
Yildiz: "You don't ask, you investigate."
Zeinab: "What should I do? You are my older sister, of course, I will investigate. You have been acting strange ever since you started this job. I mean, this is not something related to Mita."
Yildiz went to her room, "You are acting just like my mother. Nothing is happening, I am going to sleep."
Zeynep: "If I ask you anything from now on, I will become a stone, Yildiz."
Yildiz shouted, "Good night!"
Zainab backed down, "Okay, come, I won't ask you anything. Come and sit next to me."
Zainab "You go sit alone until your mind returns to your head. Have a conversation with yourself there."
Zainab: "Look at the punishment you gave me. Good night." Zainab whispered as she got up angrily and turned off the TV and the light, "What am I going to talk about alone? I'm going to sleep too."
***
After Khalid hung up the phone and headed towards his drunk daughter, Zahraa, "Is your driver here?"
Zahraa: "No, father."
Khalid: "You will not drive, you will take a taxi."
Zahraa: "Okay"
Khalid left her and left the place, heading towards his car.
***
In her room, Yildiz compared Khalid to Mita.
'Mita: "Don't think that I will probably marry you. Look at yourself and look at me too."
Khalid: "I haven't encountered a positive person like you in a very long time, Yildiz. When you laugh, your eyes laugh. You have great energy."
Yildiz smiled as she remembered Khalid's words, "You make a person very happy, and when you get married, you will make your husband happy."
Yildiz made up her mind and called Ender.
Ender's phone rang while she was talking to her friends. She picked up the phone to see that the caller was Yildiz.
Ender: "Excuse me, I have to take this call."
Ender moved away from the table and answered the phone, "Yes, Yildiz."
Yildiz: "Are you free, Mrs. Ender?"
Ender: "I hear you."
Yildiz: "I thought about your offer a lot."
Ender: "And?"
Yildiz: "I decided to accept it"
Ender smiled and said in a confident voice, "Well done, you made the right decision. You won't regret it."
Yildiz: "I know"
Ender: "We'll be in touch."
After hanging up the phone, Yildiz heard a knock on the door. I walked towards the door and looked through the door peephole. She was surprised to see Khaled.
Yildiz: "One minute"
Yildiz ran to Zeynep's bedroom and made sure she was asleep. She stood in front of the mirror, quickly combed her hair, and opened the door.
Khaled: "Hello"
Yildiz: "Mr. Khaled!"
***
After hanging up the phone, Ender went to the bathroom and there she met Sinan.
Sinan looked at her and smiled, "You look beautiful, Mrs. Ender."
Ender smiled, "Could it be because I saw you?"
Sinan looked around and then pulled her toward the storage room. Ender looked around, laughing, "What are you doing?"
Sinan closed the door and approached her until she felt his breath on her face. "Why didn't you come to the clinic?"
Ender played with the collar of his suit, "I didn't have time."
Sinan wrapped his arm around her waist, "But I missed you so much."
Ender whispered in his ear, "Me too."
Suna leaned down to kiss her, but she quickly stopped him, "Don't, someone will see us."
Sinan approached her ear and whispered, "Look, Ender, I don't want us to meet in secret like this anymore. As you know, I divorced my wife because of you, but you are still with that man. I can't stand it anymore."
Ender whispered, "Give me some time. I can't divorce right away. I'm fighting for our future."
Sinan whispered, "But this has been too long."
Ender whispered, "Let me get rid of Khaled. We will get married immediately."
Sinan smiled, "In Rome."
Ender wrapped her arms around his neck, "Si signore".
Sinan smiled, approached her, and kissed her.