After the day of her engagement's cancellation, Chiyo did not go back home. Her first love has gone so bad that it pains her to stay in the city.
Thus, she decided to fly overseas.
"Where are you right now? We have been waiting for you all night. You have never sent a message or given us a call," Mrs. Sakurai said when she finally got to reach her daughter's cellphone.
"I'm here in Paris, mom," she replied. "I am with aunt right now. She'll be accompanying me in a fashion show. Please, do not worry, I shall be fine."
Mrs. Sakurai ended the call and faced her husband with fury.
"Why did you cancel their wedding?! Now, your daughter is at the opposite side of this world! How could you be so dumb about this?"
"She made a deal with us five months ago. Plus, Diana is already pregnant, we can not just ignore the first born child of the Igarashi," Mr, Sakurai defended.
"Then, you just let your daughter grieve in pain for letting her stepsister marry the man she loves? Have you lost your mind?!"
Mr. Sakurai sighed for he could not argue with his wife because he'll be losing in the end anyway.
"Chiyo does not love Tora, okay?" he stated which only enraged his wife.
"You are so insensitive! Why would Chiyo go at the farthest place after hearing that Tora is to be wed? You truly have no brain in reading your own daughter's feelings!"
Mrs. Sakurai stormed out from their room due to anger.
"Are you really sure you're okay to be away with your family?" Erika asked, she's Chiyo's aunt who works as a designer in Paris.
"Yes, I'm old enough to be on my own now," Chiyo replied. "And I wanted to work here for now."
Erika wore a sad smile for she could see sadness in her niece's eyes.
"But your state tells me you came here to heal yourself," she stated.
"Probably," Chiyo replied.
Two weeks had passed and Chiyo is getting used to her life in Paris. It may be harder than she thought but she can cope up with the changes.
When she stared at her calendar mindlessly.
"Two weeks from now, he'd be wed," she thought.
She got back to her senses when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in," she said and her aunt came in hesitantly.
"Are you busy?" She asked as she approaches her.
"Not really. I am just looking over your designs," she replied, "Is something the matter?"
"Well, you see, you still have the time to go back to Japan and fix what has to be fixed," her aunt replied.
Chiyo looked at her with confusion.
"What do you mean by that?"
Erika brought out a royal blue invitation. On it was inscribed "Wedding Day"
Her heart skipped a beat upon seeing it. She immediately knew that it was an invitation from Tora's wedding. She received it with shaking hands.
"Thank you for giving it to me instead of hiding it away. I already decided to stay here so probably i'll go back to attend their wedding, then come back here again," Chiyo said.
Erika patted her shoulder before leaving her alone. She stared at the wedding invitation. She slowly opened it with a heavy heart.
"You're cordially invited to Igarashi-Sakurai Wedding Ceremony."
She stared at the picture of Tora and Diana. They looked happy. A sad smile curved on her lips.
"I wish you'd be happy," she said as her tears fell down her cheeks again.
Back in Japan, the Igarashi household is in haste. Mrs. Igarashi could not sit still for she is having doubt about the wedding.
"Let's have Diana take another test," she insisted.
"Mom, just calm down and stop stressing yourself out," Tora said while fixing his suit for he still have some important business to attend to.
"How can I calm down when I do not approve of that Diana?" his mother scoffed.
"What is wrong with her? She finished law, she is behaving herself and is not causing you trouble. What else do you want?"
"Where is Chiyo? She's supposed to be the one here," Mrs. Igarashi asked.
"I have been asking for her whereabout but the Sakurai would not tell me. And do not reject Diana for you are rejecting your grandson as well," Tora said before taking his leave.
Upon entering his car, he looked at Maki.
"Do you have any progress? Have you located her already?" he asked.
"No, we have been searching for weeks now but Chiyo has left no clue of her whereabout," Maki replied.
Tora clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Keep looking for her. Do it fast before the wedding," he demanded.
"You really are a headache, Chiyo. You never failed to make me worry," he thought.
Two days before the wedding, Chiyo had flown back to Japan without telling anyone.
"Two more days and it shall all be over," she told herself as she steps out from the plane.