3rd Chapter

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"Angelina Hatun, someone sent you a letter." one of Hatice Sultan's maids said as she came inside my room the next morning after the dinner with Sultan and his family.

I took it inside my hand and opened part of paper and started reading it.

In your closeness I have felt something special I haven't felt with any other woman. I want to say you that I can't stop thinking about you since I met you in hallways of Hatice Sultan's palace.

I took letter closer almost to my heart as some kind of rare happiness took me all over. Man who wrote me most beautiful words in the world was Ottoman Sultan.

Never in my life I had the ability to know what is the real partner love. Many boys were proposing me in Parga but I declined each one of them hoping one day someone special will come in my life, and only one that gave me this feeling was man who is never going to be mine.

Many dreams came to my head making me think how beautiful could my life be if I would ever have opportunity to be with Suleyman. Not because he is Sultan, but because I felt something so special in his closeness that I never had opportunity to feel before.

I stopped myself from dreaming about perfect life with most beautiful man in the world and hid the letter in my bag so no one could find it, either I would be in trouble.

I went to the Gardens where I saw Hatice Sultan sitting with a woman I have seen never before. I bowed to her and she called me to come and sit next to her what I did.

"Angelina, this is Gulfem Hatun. She is my best friend and one of rare people in Palace with so pure heart." Hatice said and Gulfem smiled to me. I had no idea who she was actually but she was really beautiful woman.

" Gulfem was one of Sultan's consorts before, but after she lost her child she stayed in Palace and we treat her as a part of our family." Hatice said and it made me felt so sad for her loss.

" I am so sorry you had to be through all of that, it must be very hard for you." I said showing her my empathy and she smiled to me, but I knew it hurted a lot.

" God wanted it to be like that and there is nothing we can change anymore. Of course I am sad about this but I am happy Sultan allowed me to stay here and still takes care of me." Gulfem said and smiled.

" Sorry for my curiosity, Sultana, but is there some kind of rivality between Mahidevran and Hurrem Sultan? I could see they didn't act nice to each other." I said as I was really curious about the two wives of Suleyman.

" Yes, Mahidevran and Hurrem hate each other because each of them wants to be Suleyman's only one. Mahidevran was his first wife, and when Hurrem came he totally ignored Mahidevran. But now he is angry on Hurrem because she has done many incidents and I think we should find him new suitable consort which would lead him on good way." Hatice said to me and stopped for a moment. Then she putted hand on my chin and lifted it up.

" And that could be you, I saw how my brother is looking at you and you did the same way. By the way he also sent you a letter." Hatice said making me speechless as I had no idea it looked so obvious and how did she know for the letter.

" Sultana, I think there is misunderstanding I did not..." I started to say something to her, but she stopped me in this.

" I can see when a person have feeling towards another, no one can hide it. At the end, you are sister of his brother-in-law, Grand Vizier and best friend." Hatice said making me feel warm around my heart only with a hope I may be with the first man I felt something around.

I blushed at her words and didn't want to take them too much to my heart because I knew there wasn't much chance for it and I didn't want Hatice Sultana to think it is just because of the power. I have never seek for power in my life and only thing that I wanted to have was real love and happy family.

At that moment Hurrem Sultana came to the gardens and Gulfem and I stood up immediatley to bow to her. Hurrem looked at us and went to sit next to Hatice making me sit at the edge of couch.

Hurrem measured me once again the same way she did last night and I really wasn't feeling comfortable near her. My brother told me she is his enemy and then she obviously looked at me like her enemy.

" Hatice Sultana, I wanted to visit you to see how are you doing. Your pregnancy is going good?" Hurrem asked Hatice who was in last month of her pregnancy.

" I am fine Hurrem, there is no need to worry. How do you feel? How is Mehmed?" Hatice asked.

" My Şehzade Mehmed is lion cub and he is healthy. He is growing stronger and stronger every day and he will grow into beautiful and powerful primce of this Empire." Hurrem said and raised her head as she looked at me mentioning at least two times how her son was a prince. I made nothing wrong and this woman acted so weird to me.

" Gulfem, go with me inside. I am feeling cold here." Hatice said and Gulfem followed her inside her palace. I got up and went to walk with them but Hurrem took my hand.

" Angelina, I want to talk with you alone. That's why I came." Hurrem said and showed me to sit next to her as she allowed me to do it.

" Don't you ever again dare to look at Suleyman like you did last night. I saw how seductive you looked at him and wanted to win over him, but you can end now. He loves me and only me. He will never find even a small part of his heart for another woman and you have no chaces against me. I am mother of his son Mehmed and our second child is at the way, another prince." Hurrem said as her eyes were filled with anger towards me and she putted her hand on her stomach showing me she is pregnant with Suleyman's child.

" I think you understood it wrong, Sultana. I never had any intentions towards Sultan. Who I am to even dare this?" I said trying to be polite and nice towards Hurrem, but she just rolled her eyes and laughed at my words.

" Don't act silly. Ibrahim wouldn't take you from Parga if he didn't have any intention to sabotage me and Sultan's love towards me." Hurrem said proving me once again she hates my brother and now she hates me too.

" I don't understand why are you so upset about my arrival when I make no threat here to you? You are favourite wife of Sultan and mother of his child and you repeated many times your love is big so why would you have to be afraid of my presence?" I asked her and she stood up. I stood up immediatley after she did because at the end she was Sultana and I had to follow traditions as I was here.

" Watch for your words you are talking with Hurrem Sultana, favourite and only of Sultan Suleyman and mother of Şehzade!" Hurrem yelled on me before she slapped me across my face so hard it hurted me a lot like nothing before.

" Hurrem, what are you doing?" Suleyman asked as he walked to the Gardens.

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