Chapter 1

Christmas is on it's way. Misaki was sitting in her office like every other year. Christmas carols were the closest to Christmas she'll have,she thought, the carols were playing in the background , she though back about the year and all the people that surrounded her life . She has everything , she has her dream house ,her dream job ,all that she could have ever asked for, but the only people that surrounded her were her loyal employees, how depressed she felt. Her mother and her sister were celebrating Christmas together at home and having a jolly good time. But poor Misaki had no choice but to stay in the office and work all through Christmas , even if she wanted to leave she couldn't because just thinking about her workload the next day would give her heart palpitation.

Misaki Ayuzawa couldn't cook to save her life in times of crisis and ironically, she owns a successful chain of restaurants. Her success was all due to her hardwork and raw talent. Since birth she had always had a distinct pallet, that could tell the slightest flaw in a dish, she had always thought it was nothing special but one of her friends- Sakura introduced Misaki to her father's old time friend- that was the CEO of a major food magazine, that magazine was widely known all around the world. After graduating high school, Misaki enrolled into University and majored in business, during that time Sakura begged to spare a faction of a page in the magazine for Misaki to write an article, Sakura was granted her desire.

Straight away Misaki got to work on that article, she knew this was an one life time opportunity for her to be next day, her article was publish and immediately it was a big hit. After that day, Misaki was one of the most well-known food critics in the food industry, she had gained so much publicity that she decided to open her very own restaurant. The day of her first restaurant's grand opening was the proudest occasion of her life so far, even on the first day there was already a long queue waiting for the restaurant to open, there were so many customer's that Misaki had to lend a helping hand to the waiters.

From that day, her business grew,
all her rivals in the food industry stood no chance against her, except for one - Usui Takumi's company . They have never met face to face before and they were most likely never planning to , in their minds seeing their rival is like rubbing salt on a wound , it burns too much to see the other's success. They would sometimes see each other on the news or even read about the other in magazines.
Misaki is twenty-three, she despises of men, all of them. She thought of them as untrustable monster's , this was all because of her father that abandoned his family and disappeared out of their lives.
But in a twist of events, faith will take it's toll on them, everything they knew, all the hate, it shall all change.

One month earlier,
But one day , Usui decided to disguise himself and go to one of the many restaurants that Misaki owned and test the quality of food that is served there . He changed out of his suit and threw on a pair of dark blue jeans ,a plain T-shirt and a pair of glasses. Instead of driving his big fancy car there and make people even more suspicious of him , he decided to walk . On the way there , every girl he passed on the way stopped and stared at his dashing looks(even i would! ) , some even flirted with him but he just ignored everyone and carried on walking.

When he reached the entrance , he was greeted and seated . He was having a peek the menu and trying to come up with some ideas to improve his company that he didn't realize Misaki was across the room with some employees and lecturing them on how they should be more hardworking and make customers feel more comfortable here .Usui just stared at her for awhile , it's the first time he saw her with his own two eyes. Just when he was staring , Misaki suddenly turned to him and glared at him, mesmerized by his piercing green eyes ,her heart skipped a beat or maybe even two . But she didn't even realize who he was and she was even unknowingly smiling at him . He too was engulfed with her sparkling honey amber eyes and her beautiful smile that could light up the world instantly , you could literally see sparks fly between those two, Usui even felt a jolt of electricity run down his spine.

Just then Usui remembered that he wasn't supposed to be noticed , he quickly turned his gaze back down to the menu ,he peeked above his menu just in the nick of time , because Misaki was heading his way .So he quickly got up, put some money on the table (he was paying for his tea) and ran out of the restaurant and went down the street to hide , he sighed in relief , leaning against a wall trying to catch his breath .Even though Misaki was his rival , he couldn't not remember that smile she had , that smile, just thinking about it got his heart all fluttered up , you could hear the sound of his heart beat from a mile away, BA-DUM,BA-DUM . He too , began to turn the slightest unnoticeable pink.

Misaki stood frozen before the blond's table, where he was sitting just a minute ago. Misaki was stunned not being able to understand what had just happened . She had just wanted to go over and take his order but then he suddenly ran off , it left her great shock . All day, she kept thinking about his emerald eyes , the ones that had a mysterious effect on her heart , making it beat ever so faster , making it thump ever so loud and making it melt only for him .

After thinking about him for awhile , she said to herself softly : Where have i seen him before ? He seems so familiar .Come to think of it , he looks like ...*GASP*!