As a young girl, Ria managed to get over her parents' death through her favorite group's music and content which she considered her 'therapy'. She returns to the country five years later only to be faced with a blind date. Ria's initial reluctance to go on a blind date vanished immediately she saw her blind date partner. 'Good Lord, is it legal to be this handsome?' Her grandfather had set her up with the grandson of an old pal who looked decent and had a decent job. But it turned out to be Jay Rees, the CEO of Rees corporation. ........... For her, initially, it was his handsome facial features. For him, it was love at first sight.
Chapter 1 An Unexpected Loss
CHAPTER ONE - AN UNEXPECTED LOSS
Ria sat in her room, crouched over her desk, and focused on her sketchbook, her pencil moved across its pages. She was a girl whose world revolved around her art. It was her favorite thing to do besides listening to music.
Suddenly, she heard the loud ring of the house phone operating through the peaceful silence. Ria flinched out of shock, her pencil slipping and leaving a long, dark line across her sketch. She frowned, annoyed at the interruption. The phone rang again, its sound echoing through the house and reaching her ears loudly as the doors to her room were wide open.
Ria sighed, pushing her chair back and making her way downstairs. She wondered why no one answered the phone then she remembered that the butler and maids were given a day off. Her parents were out for the evening, leaving her alone with the old man who should be sleeping by this time or resting in his room.
She picked up the phone on the third ring, "Hello, Zevon residence."
The voice on the other end was filled with a great sense of urgency which made Ria scared and filled with terror. She listened to the person on the other end talk, her hand gripped the phone tighter with each word he said, and she became scared. The sketchbook, the comfort she had, the peaceful evening, everything faded into the background.
Her parents... there had been an accident.
Ria felt her knees go weak, the phone slipping from her hand. She sank to the floor, her mind distorted with thoughts and emotions. Her loving and peaceful world had just shattered.
"Ria?" The voice of her grandfather broke through her thoughts. The ringing of the phone must have woken him up and made him come out of his room. He looked at Ria, his face full of concern. He picked up the good phone which had slipped from Ria's hand and listened to the voice speak. He hung up the phone after listening, his heart was now filled with grief.
"Grandpa..." Ria looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears.
He pulled her into his arms, holding her tight. His voice was choked and sorrowful as he whispered to her ears, "It's okay, sweetheart. It's okay."
The old grandfather clock chimed, marking the beginning of her sorrows. Ria was no longer just a teenager engrossed in her art and showered with love from her parents. She was now a girl with her grandfather as her only family.
She was only seventeen, in her last year of high school. Her parents had shown her a lot of love and care, they scored her a lot.
Before they had left, she had seen them off, she did not expect it would be the last time she would see them.
With a heavy heart, she went up the stairs, her mind filled with the harsh reality of the sudden death of her parents. Her world had shattered at that moment and she felt like she was drowning in a sea of despair. She pushed open the door to her room, the familiar scent of rose and vanilla doing nothing to soothe her shattered spirit.
She lay on her bed, the soft fabric of her comforter doing little to comfort her. Tears streamed down her face, soaking the pillow beneath her. Her sobs echoed through the room, the only sound in the silent room.
Suddenly, she heard a soft melody echoing through the room. She lifted her head, her tear-streaked face reflecting confusion. The sound was coming from her phone, a notification from a music app. The new song from a newbie K-pop group she decided to follow had just been released.
Captivated, she wiped her tears and reached out for her phone. She played the song and the room was suddenly filled with a comforting melody. The song was a ballad, the lyrics speaking of loss, and pain, but also hope and resilience.
"Even when the rain falls, and the darkness swallows everything, remember that the dawn will come, and the sun will shine again," the lyrics echoed in her room, piercing through her shattered heart. The voice of the singer acting as a cushion to her sorrows.
She listened, and her tears subsided slowly as she immersed herself in the song. The lyrics resonated with her current situation, the words seemed to give her warmth, offering solace and comfort in her time of grief.
It reminded her of one of her favorite songs "Our dawn is hotter than day" by seventeen.
The song spoke of the anguish of losing a loved one, but it also spoke of the strength to move on with life despite it.
It was as if they were there with her, comforting her.
Chapter 1 An Unexpected Loss
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Chapter 2 You Find Them When You Need Them
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Chapter 3 Within Familiar Walls
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Chapter 4 New Release
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Chapter 5 Dïadëm - Dïamönds
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Chapter 6 At Zella
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Chapter 7 The Blind Date
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Chapter 8 Not The Strongest Soldier
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Chapter 9 She Had A Boyfriend
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Chapter 10 Design Department
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Chapter 11 Gossip
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Chapter 12 Reunion Invitation
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Chapter 13 Rumors Everywhere
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Chapter 14 Pick Up
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Chapter 15 Suddenly Thinking of Him
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Chapter 16 Announced as the Head Designer
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Chapter 17 The Reunion
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Chapter 18 A plot
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Chapter 19 The plot
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Chapter 20 He Saved Her
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Chapter 21 Another Boyfriend
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Chapter 22 Nosebleed
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Chapter 23 Alex ~ Nikah
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Chapter 24 Alex ~ Nikah {2}**
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Chapter 25 Shipping
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Chapter 26 It Was All a Misunderstanding
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Chapter 27 Shooting His Shot
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Chapter 28 The Accident Five Years Ago Was Orchestrated
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Chapter 29 From Now On, I Am Your Girlfriend
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Chapter 30 I Don't Know Anybody That Would Want Me Dead
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Chapter 31 Revenge, Slowly But Surely
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Chapter 32 Face Card, Face Bank, Face Economy
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