|Nurgül's POV|

Another two weeks passed very slowly, now after a month I became sure that Mehmet really doesn't want to see my face or hear my excuses.

My biggest fear has become the fate of my family and my child, I know that he will be a prince or a sultana so no one will do anything bad to him and his father will take good care of him because I can't deny that Mehmet is the best and kindest person I have ever met. But they will take him away from me as soon as he is born and they will kill me, they will deprive us of each other and I hope that this doesn't happen because I want my child more than anything else.

At least the best thing that has happened over the past two weeks is that Ayse has been spending a lot of time here with me after she asked Cemre Kalfa to be my maid here and help me in the last months of pregnancy, of course at first Cemre kalfa refused but after a lot of insistence she agreed.

Ayse staying here is very good but sometimes I get embarrassed when she keeps asking me why I am staying in this isolated room.

"Oh my God this is what was missing!" Ayse said with annoyance as she entered my room in the morning and behind her was a maid carrying breakfast for me.

"What happened?" I said worriedly as I stood up.

"Dear, calm down, don't worry" Ayse said, then she motioned for the maid to leave after she had put breakfast. When this happened, she quickly approached me, sat down and pulled me by the hand "Eylem has started giving birth to her child"

I don't know why, but I felt anxious, not because I was afraid if the baby was a boy, but because I thought that Mehmet would be happy because of her and all I did was cause him a lot of sadness.

"That's good, I don't care" I said coldly as I looked out the window.

"In about three months you will give birth to your child and you will be happy" she said with a smile, but she had no idea who I was and what awaited me.

A few hours later, Cemre Kalfa came just to make sure that everything was okay because this was her job. I think they were afraid that I would cause any problems or something like that.

"Cemre tell me, did Eylem gave birth to her child?" Ayşe said quickly.

"Yes, thank God" Cemre Kalfa looked at me with strange looks that I really don't understand. Sometimes I feel that she is helping me and sometimes I really see that she hates me, maybe because of what she heard about me.

Ayşe raised her eyebrow "A şehzade or a Sultana"

"A şehzade and after a while Hürrem Sultan will arrive with his name" Cemre Kalfa replied calmly while scanning the room with her eyes as if she was searching for something.

"Isn't Sultan Suleiman supposed to be the one to name him?" I said while looking at her with surprise.

She nodded "Yes but he is very busy these weeks so he has already chosen a name a few days ago and will send Hürrem Sultan and he will come later" She turned to leave "Hürrem Sultan will stay here for a long time, it must be hellish weeks"

After she left I turned to Ayse and without realizing it my eyes were filled with tears and I said to her "Ayse, I have lost hope and faith I need something, I want to learn about your religion"

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|3rd person POV|

-Two months later-

"There's something wrong" said Hurrem as she walked around her room and thought carefully "It's been two months and I haven't seen her, how rude!"

"Sultana, even şehzade Mehmet hasn't met her during the time we've been here" said the maid as she tried to come up with a convincing answer with the Sultana.

"Mehmet says that her pregnancy is difficult, so they provided her with adequate care and she will not be able to meet anyone until she gives birth to the child" Hurrem raised her hands in surprise "His words are completely illogical, he even seems to be in a bad condition, all he does is work day and night and meet his son Selim from time to time"

The maid sighed a little "Sultana Cemre Kalfa and that girl Ayse go to her room every day, so we must know the truth from them"

Hurrem stood in the middle of the room and after a short thought she moved her head "Okay, we don't have any other solution"

After more than two hours, Hurrem and her maid made a good plan and then called for Cemre Kalfa.

"Sultana" she said while bowing slightly.

"Come closer" Hurrem replied while sitting in her place calmly.

Cemre came a little closer while waiting to hear what Hurrem Sultan wanted, and she was already expecting what was the matter.

"Come on, tell me the whole truth" Hurrem started drinking from the cup of coffee, waiting to hear what she would say.

"What is the truth, Sultana?" Cemre said nervously, Hurrem's look was very clear and this woman would do anything to get what she wanted.

"Let's not complicate things, I don't have time to waste" She put down the coffee cup from her hand and stood up "What happened between Mehmet and that girl Nurgül?"

Cemre lowered her eyes nervously "Sultana I don't know what..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Hurrem slapped her hard "How dare you lie! I told you to keep it simple but you chose the other way" Hurrem took a deep breath and then a malicious smile appeared on her face "I knew that you have an orphaned nephew and you send him a large part of your salary"

Cemre Kalfa's eyes widened as she knew that this was exactly Hurrem Sultan's plans.

"How about making you lose him?" She looked at her mockingly "So tell me what's wrong and quickly or else the price will be heavy"

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Hürrem Sultan stormed into her son's room angrily and worriedly then stood in front of his desk where he was sitting "Mehmet!"

Mehmet raised his head in surprise at everything that was happening "What?"

"How dare you hide something like this from me?!" Her eyes widened "How!!"

Mehmet sighed a little and he was sure that his mother would not rest until she knew about Nurgül "Mother, this is a matter that concerns me so don't bother yourself with these things"

Hurrem raised her eyebrow and her face looked red with anger "Do you know what you are talking about!"

Before he could answer her, Aymen Pasha quickly entered the room and bowed then said "Sorry if I interrupted something but Sultan Suleiman and Safiye Sultan have just arrived"

"He didn't tell me that he would come at this time?" Mehmet asked in surprise.

"Well he is here, Your Majesty" Aymen said calmly.

Hürrem Sultan turned to leave but her son interrupted her "Mother, you won't tell the Sultan anything, If you trust my decisions, leave me to deal with this matter alone"

Hürrem looked at him in a strange way and then left. Despite her anger at everything that happened, she was even more angry now when she heard that the Sultan brought Safiye Sultan here.

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|Nurgül's POV|

I stood in front of the mirror, passing my hand over my belly with a small smile. Despite all these dark events, the feeling of motherhood swept over me. I always wanted to become a mother, but here my dream is coming true in a nightmarish way. At this point, after I became aware of all the laws of the empire, I will definitely be dead after a short while. I hope to give birth to a girl because I know that her father will pamper her a lot and no one will see her as a competitor... She will be safer.

I lay down on my bed thinking deeply about my mother, my sister Lily and my sister Isabella then I fell asleep because of the exhaustion I was feeling.

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|3rd Person POV|

After having dinner with his father, his mother and Safiye Sultan, Mehmet headed to his room to do some work as he tries to make his father proud as much as possible.

After finishing, he found himself not tired at all and all he could think about was the same person who had not left his mind for months, Nurgül... Moments later, he found himself heading to her room trying to convince himself that all he cared about was his upcoming child.

He signaled to the guards to open the door and then entered quietly to find her sleeping on her bed quietly, her white dress, her golden hair and her soft skin, she really looks like an angel, how could an angel like her do something bad? This is what he thought.

He approached while maintaining his calm and then ran his fingers through her hair strands as he wished that she was really a good person. He looked at her belly that had become big...he felt really worried as the date of birth approached, the date of the punishment was approaching too... He sighed after looking at her face again and then left quietly as if he had not been there.