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Their first encounter was on a plane, but she was not aware. Then the second time they met, Ivy became a language tutor to Hiro, a rich and handsome Japanese businessman. Their encounter was not nice at the beginning, but their attraction to each other blossomed into a beautiful romance. It was an unregistered number and after a moment of hesitation, she answered it. "Yes?" "Come down in five minutes or I will go there to your room". It was a crisp voice and Ivy thought for a while that it was a wrong caller. Then she remembered that radio announcer-like voice of Hiro Yamamoto and looked at the phone in surprise and anger. How did he know her number? "Mr. Yamamoto, you said I can have a rest today since I spent 9 hours with you last night. Are you going back on your word?" she inhaled deeply as she tried to calm herself down. She heard his breathing and thought that he really do have a sexy voice. "I changed my mind. I need some lessons now", he said nonchalantly, and looked at his watch. "You have 4 minutes and 15 seconds remaining". On the night that Hiro took Ivy home to meet his parents, a shocking truth about her past was revealed, and they were forced to forget about their romance and feelings to each other. How will they be able to fight for their love?
"Wow!"
Ivy could not suppress her excitement. This will be the first time for her to go to Japan, the "Land of the Rising Sun". It's also her first time to ride an airplane, to be apart from her family, her first time to go abroad. She cannot stop the thrilling feeling in her chest, and she kept on looking at the window and amazed how small everything looks like from above.
She opened her phone and took lots of picture of the magnificent view of the wide blue ocean, with spots of white that she later realized were large ships. "How could they look so small!" she thought. She marveled on the vastness of the ocean and the beauty of the clouds. It looks so peaceful, and so amazing.
She was like a little girl who just went for the first time in an amusement park. Indeed, she was feeling like that for the first 30 minutes after the plane took off.
Then, she felt something hit her stomach, like she's about to vomit due to the sudden movement of the aircraft.
"Please fasten your seatbelt, dear passengers. We are experiencing some turbulence".
She closed her eyes and prayed endlessly. "Dear God, please don't let me die here. I can't fly! I'm still young and haven't even been kissed! I want to have at least three children, even just let me have a child. A husband is not necessary, but it's not bad either if I could fall in love. So please save me, I promise to be a good girl!" Ivy thought that she was saying all of these in her silent prayers. Never thinking that she was saying these in normal voice.
Hiro's expression was unchanged the whole time that the plane was in turbulence. He kept his eyes closed and was thinking about the problem that he has to solve once he goes back to the company. Staying in another country for only 3 days already caused some havoc with some clients. "How did I ever hire a bunch of imbeciles!" He was thinking to himself. Then he heard that the girl sitting beside him murmured words that he couldn't quite understand. Until he slightly opened his right eye and peeped at her. For a while, he thought she reminded him of his little sister. The girl has her eyes closed, both hands were grabbed firmly on the armrest and speaking what seems like a prayer to him. His lips twist a little in the corner when he clearly understands what's going on. "This girl is funny". He thought. "How could she want children when she doesn't want a husband?". Then, he was surprised to see tears streaking to her cheeks. "What the heck! She is crying? She must be terrified." Hiro felt uncomfortable. He was not the type of person to revel on a woman's tear. He hates crying women. It makes him feel to want to comfort her. With a deep sigh, he hugged her to his chest firmly.
Ivy felt like she was pulled to her left and against a warm and wide chest. She smelled a good male fragrance. But her mind was still terrified. She kept her eyes closed and put her arms tightly around the person hugging her. Hiro was surprised. She hugged him! So tight! He closed his eyes and after a bit of hesitation, patted her head gently, and murmured, "Hush, it's going to be alright". He smiled to himself and wondered if he would be able to do this even to his sister.
The plane became stable after a while, but Ivy still hold on to the person she doesn't even know. Somehow, she felt safe, and drifted to sleep.
Hiro was amazed. He couldn't believe that a woman just fell asleep while he's embracing her! When he realized that the plane has stabilized, he was about to let her go but he realized that her arms hugging him became a bit loose, and her breathing became even and steady. Then he looked at her, sleeping! "How dare she! Now I am a pillow". He thought. He slowly and gently pushed her to her seat so she won't wake up. As he closely looked at her, tears could still be seen on her naturally thick eyelashes. Her cheeks were also stained with dried tears. And her small pinkish lips were slightly open. Hiro felt something in him, and he castigated himself for being turned on by a complete stranger.
He waved at the stewardess and asked for a blanket. Then he covered her. "How carefree, she didn't even wake up". He thought and smiled warmly.
He then noticed a small purse dangling on her left arm and took it. It was not his character to be privy of other people's belongings but he became curious. He opened the purse and found a passport, a wallet, and a handkerchief. He took the passport and opened it. He instantly memorized her information. The handkerchief fell on the seat and as he took it, he was attracted to the feminine smell on it. Without thinking, he put it on his pocket and returned the purse on her as if he didn't touch it.
After a few hours, the plane started to descent. Ivy was still sleeping. The plane landed and she was still soundly sleeping. Hiro cast a glance at her before leaving his seat. There was a trace of warm smile on his thin lips.
Ivy woke up with a gentle touch on her shoulders. It was a stewardess trying to wake her up! They already landed
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said and immediately stood up, only to realize that her seatbelt is still on. She felt embarrassed. She unbuckled it and took her backpack from the cabin along with her purse. She looked around only to find that she's the only passenger left on the plane. She felt her cheeks burned with embarrassment, and kept on saying sorry to the plane staff all throughout the way to where she would pick her luggage.
She got her 2 pcs of luggage after a while and wondered at how huge the airport in Tokyo is. So many people! She felt a bit dizzy with all the people walking around and all the things she's seeing for the first time. She then walks towards the arrival gate and saw someone with a big namecard with her name written on it. She approached the pretty lady and they talked for a while. She was then accompanied by the lady to a university bus and they drove away from the airport.
Hiro was standing somewhere not too far from where he saw the lady in the plane took her luggage, spoken with a lady and went with her to a university bus. He took note of the logo on the bus. Then he made a phone call.
They were born and marked to be together. Their love was thought to be one which could surpass any hindrance. However, Kana died. There was no foul-play seen on her demise. Ken was left devastated. However, Kana’s soul knew that she was not supposed to die so early. Her love for him was such that her soul refused to let go. She could not leave Ken, not that they just got married, and was about to start a family. But what could she do? How did she die?
With a hurtful look, she continued to watch Ken, as he watched Yuki. How long will she continue watching him as he watched her from afar? “Ken, please allow me to be with you.” Her voice was pleading, but his eyes were impassive. She tried one more time, “I love you.” He stared at her, his blue eyes turning bluer at that moment, “Kana, I don’t have the heart to love you back.” He walked away, and she was left behind looking at his retreating shadow. With a defiant glare, she promised upon herself that no matter how he will push her away, she will chase after him. She knows that she’s the only one who can mend his broken heart.
She looked at him, a mixture of pain and suffering in her tear-streaked eyes. “Why? Why can’t you?” she asked, voice quivering in sheer confusion. Kaname touched her right cheek, languorously stroking it upwards until it reached the corner of her eye, and wiped the small bead of tear that was about to fall. How could he treat me so gently like this? And make me cry simultaneously? “Sachie, I can give you a lot of reasons, but it would be just excuses. All I can say is this is me, it’s either you take me as I am or…” his eyes were like arrows penetrating through her very soul. “I go out of this door. Once I go, I might not return…”
“I am here to give birth to your child, Mr. Iguchi. When my ovulation period is on its peak, I will let you know so we can have sex.” The cold, monotonous, and serious tone of Yuki Nakamura as she said those words to Eto Iguchi left him speechless. She is indeed attractive, and as a man, Eto was attracted to her at first sight. But her cold demeanor and uninterested glances she gave him made him unable to fathom her. He just turned 40, and his life as a man has just started. How could he have a warm romance with his wife who is as cold as ice? If he cannot find a way to break the ice, their lives might be broken. As Eto tried to get to know Yuki as much as he could, he realized that he was just seeing the tip of the iceberg. Sometimes, marriage is not the end of a love story. It is when a true love story begins – Elria.
“Hiro, I’m not lying, please believe me!” Ivy did not care about anybody else’s opinion of her, she only care about Hiro’s. He looked at her, disdain in his eyes. She felt her heart was torn into pieces. What did she ever do to deserve this? She bore him a child, but he denied it. Even her own father was not able to believe her. When all the evidence points out that she cheated on him, how would she be able to win his love back? “From now on, you will not get out of this house. You will only wait for me to come to you, as you owe me your heart, your body, and your soul. You will pleasure me until I get tired of you.” He said all the words slowly and deliberately, each word filled with vile meaning. It made her choke on her own tears, as she gradually accepted her fate.
Three years of marriage couldn't melt Theo's frozen heart. When an art gallery collapsed on Lena, he was off romancing another woman—lavishing her with a private jet. Three steel pins held Lena's shoulder together, but her heart remained broken. She filed for divorce and told everyone that he was impotent. Rising from the rubble, Lena blazed onto the design world's A‑list. She expected him to sail off with his true love—until Theo reappeared at her runway, pressing her against the wall. "Impotent, huh? Care to give it a try?"
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
Joelle thought she could change Adrian's heart after three years of marriage, but she realized too late that it already belonged to another woman. "Give me a baby, and I'll set you free." The day Joelle went into labor, Adrian was traveling with his mistress on his private jet. "I don't care whom you love. My debt is paid. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other." Not long after Joelle left, Adrian found himself begging on his knees. "Please come back to me."
My marriage to Mathias was supposed to make me the happiest woman in the world. Although I knew he didn't love me, I thought he would fall for me once I showered him with all the love I had to give. Five years passed and Mathias still didn't give a damn about me. Instead, he met his true love and cut all ties with me because of her. He showed her off; something he never did for me. His abandonment pushed me into depression. I was broken in every sense of the word. Even on my deathbed, my so-called husband didn't come to say goodbye to me. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself reborn. I was still Mathias's wife and it was two months before he met his true love. In this life, I refused to be hurt by him again. After talking some sense into my head, I asked him for a divorce in other to escape being heartbroken like I was previously. Mathias tore up the divorce papers time and time again while also shutting me down. "Rylie, stop all this nonsense! Playing hard to get doesn't work anymore!" To show him that I was dead serious, I went ahead to file for divorce. Only then did he panic. He abandoned the "woman of his dreams" and came to my side. "Please give me a second chance, Rylie. I promise to do right by you. You'll be the only woman in my heart from now on. Don't leave me, okay?" A war broke out in my mind after this apology. On one hand, I didn't want to be hurt again. And on the other, I didn't want to let go of the man I loved so dearly. What should I do?!
Julia and Evan were the perfect couple-or so she thought. But everything changed when Evan abruptly ended their relationship, leaving her heartbroken and unable to tell him she was carrying his child. Years later, Julia has built a life for herself and her son, Andy, while Evan has risen to unimaginable wealth and success. Their paths cross again at a chance meeting, but Julia soon discovers Evan has moved on with someone else. Julia is done with the pain. She's fought battles alone, raising a son who deserves the truth about his father, even if Evan doesn't deserve her forgiveness. When Julia told Evan years ago she had something to say, he didn't listen. Now, it's time for him to listen. But is it too late to reclaim what he lost? "We should break up," he'd said, the words cutting through her like glass. The pregnancy test in her pocket stayed hidden, just like the child they would never share. Now, it's Evan's turn to hear the truth-and to face his deepest regret.
"Leonard Bryant is a man of the hour in Sea City. He has won the Pritzker Prize at a young age, which is considered as Nobel Prize in the architecture field. An architectural drawing of his can be auctioned to hundreds of millions yuan. Everyone takes him as an architectural design talent. But everyone also thinks he is gay because of his frequent refusal of women. Ashley Powell has been taking Leonard as her idol and loving Leonard for several years. For him, Ashley chooses to learn architectural design during university. As the saying goes, "when there is a will, there is a way", she finally gets the chance to work in Bryant Group after her graduation. At the graduation ceremony, Ashley was coaxed by her classmates to test if Leonard is gay. A little drunk Ashley came to Leonard's room, then .... 'Who says this man is gay? He is not gay but a beast!' Ashley thinks."