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But Ahmet was no longer the generous spender he’d been when he first started making money. For he’d learned now that money needed to work.

In the process, money had lost its old meaning. When he was just a little bank clerk, he’d seen money as a means to buy all the possessions he longed for.

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She was like no other woman he had known. Like no other woman on this earth.

When she stepped into his apartment, there were no little games. No fake displays of shame when she walked in. No fake displays of guilt when she departed.

She said nothing to excuse herself. Whereas the others, the …

And how was he to understand this war going on inside him? Was this obsession? Addiction? Passion?

It was all those things, most certainly. But there was only one word to describe what he felt for this solemn, silent, and infinitely remote woman, even as his mind brimmed with furious accusation.…

Until that night at the gazino, when Muhsin whispered those words, and that wave of happiness coursed through her, while her heart beat ever faster.

Now, for the first time, she could dare. She could open herself up. Leave the world behind, to bask in heavenly bliss.

Even in the privacy and s…

No matter how hard she tried, she could not stop herself from comparing her husband with Muhsin. This mysterious new habit troubled her deeply.

Because her husband always came out worse. Morally and materially, he was clearly the lesser man.