In the world of Forbidden Fruit (Yasak Elma), luxury and deception walk hand in hand — and in this explosive chapter, two bullets tear through the fragile peace of Istanbul’s elite. What begins as a perfectly calculated act of revenge spirals into a storm of betrayal, hidden desires, and cold-blooded ambition. Ender and Halit, once the power couple of the business world, find themselves entangled in a web where love is currency and trust is extinct.

The story opens in the gleaming penthouse of Halit Argun, a man whose wealth has always given him the illusion of control. But that illusion is about to shatter. Ender, his ex-wife and the queen of manipulation, has returned with a dangerous agenda — not for love, but for justice, or perhaps vengeance. Her eyes, cold and sharp, reveal a woman who has been wounded deeply, yet refuses to bleed in silence. “He thinks he’s untouchable,” she tells Yildiz, her unlikely ally-turned-rival. “But even the richest man can fall when you pull the right string.”

Meanwhile, Yildiz struggles to balance her emotions between guilt and survival. Once naive, she now sees the brutal truth behind the glamour of Halit’s empire. Every smile hides an agenda, every gesture masks a trap. She senses that Ender’s plan goes beyond revenge — it’s an intricate chess game, and Halit is just one piece on the board. But who will be the one to deliver the final checkmate?

The tension erupts during a lavish charity gala — a hallmark of Forbidden Fruit’s intoxicating world of silk gowns and whispered betrayals. As guests raise glasses of champagne, unaware of the storm brewing beneath the glitter, Ender makes her move. Her every step across the marble floor is deliberate, her gaze locked on Halit, who laughs confidently with investors, oblivious to the danger closing in.

Then, the sound that changes everything: two deafening gunshots.
Panic spreads like wildfire. Guests scream, glasses shatter, and chaos devours the room. Halit falls, clutching his shoulder, while the crowd scatters. Ender stands frozen — or pretending to be. For a brief moment, her face betrays something between satisfaction and horror. Did she plan this? Or has her own game turned against her?

The police arrive, sealing the mansion. Every guest is a suspect. Every motive, a loaded weapon. Ender insists she’s innocent, but her calmness under interrogation only deepens suspicion. Yildiz, visibly shaken, claims to have seen someone fleeing the scene — a shadow in a dark coat, possibly a man. But the investigators know one thing: nothing is ever as it seems in Halit’s world.

As the night unfolds, secrets long buried come to light. It turns out Halit’s business empire has enemies lurking in every corner — former partners betrayed, lovers silenced, deals paid in blood. One name keeps resurfacing in whispers: Kaya, a man with reasons to destroy both Halit and Ender. But was he the one behind the trigger, or just another pawn in a larger game?

Ender’s composure begins to crack. Alone in her penthouse, she replays the night in her mind, haunted by the echo of gunfire. She remembers a faint detail — a perfume, familiar yet out of place. Her heart sinks. Someone close to her, someone she trusted, might have used her as bait. Could it have been Yildiz, tired of being manipulated by both Ender and Halit?