Sano was about to cover up for Kaoru when Megumi held him down and pulled him out of the mansion.

"What are you doing? Kaoru is in danger!" Sano shouted at Megumi.

"You are the one who will be in danger! Can't you sense the death aura surrounding him?" Megumi said back angrily.

"So what?! It's your cousin who is in deep danger! Meg!" Sano continued.

"He will not hurt her. She's too precious to him just like you are to me. I don't want our baby to grow up in a fatherless family, Sano..." Megumi said as tears emerged from her eyes.

"What did you... baby...? Meg? You are... pregnant? I'm going to be a father?" Sano asked with un-believed tone.

Giving a nod, Sano hurled Megumi into the air and hugged her tightly. His wished had come true. He was going to be a father.

"Don't think that I'm clueless about those broken condoms." Megumi said as she smacked on his head.

"How? You can't surely feel. The holes I made are very small! Then why didn't you..." Sano asked but was stopped by Megumi's fingers when she said, "I'm ready Sano. I'm ready to be your wife, a mother."

"No wonder you looked bigger than before and much heavier when I carried you the last time." Sano teased earning a hit.

The rest of the couple who were still standing outside the mansion was happy for Sano and Megumi who was four months pregnant. It was Amakusa's deadly loud voice echoed through the main door that shook them out of their happiness state.

"Let's go. Kaoru will face her problems by herself like before. Amakusa will not harm her in anyway. All of you should have noticed that. He loved her more than anyone, anything in the world. We'll wait for the news from Kaoru." Aoshi said in a calm voice with his analysis.

"Yes. You're right. My brother loved Kaoru. She was the right woman for my brother. He had changed. It was Kaoru who changed him. I hope that he will not do anything that will force Kaoru to leave him. Till then, it will be too late..." Sayo said with sadness, leaving Shouzo to comfort her.

"Especially when the man Kaoru's currently close with is Battou... nothing." Misao quickly covered up her mouth.

"If we are considered good friends, there is nothing to hide." Shouzo said, hating the feeling of being dis-trusted.

"I think we have the right to tell both of you. Come to our house. We'll explain the whole thing. This is going to take a long time..." Megumi said her voice almost cracked when she recalled the past.

"I'll check on Kaoru later. She's working tonight." Sano said as he held Megumi softly.

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"So this is why you did not want to reject the photo shoot. All because of a male model?" Amakusa asked deadly.

"No! I told you before. I did that for the photographer! We happened to be having tea together when he approached us!" Kaoru shouted feeling angered because he doesn't trust her.

"Having tea together? So you finally confessed. Was he the one?!" Amakusa raised his voice.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. I did nothing wrong so don't talk to me so loudly!" Kaoru shouted back.

"Don't understand? Seems like I need to do a recap demonstration, don't I? Did he pleasure you so much? Was he able to pleasure you in a way that I can't in bed? Was that why you were always coming home late? Answer me!" Amakusa shouted.

All the maids and servants hide behinds the walls but was back to their respective position when Amakusa sent a glare 'Back off if you want to be fired' to all of them.

Kaoru was terribly hurt with Amakusa's questions. He did not believe her. He did not trust her at all.

"You knew what I was doing! I was working! I did not sleep with him! I did not!" Kaoru shouted as she slapped Amakusa's across the face.

"How dare you. You betrayed me and let another man fuck you in his bed or maybe even in ours when I'm not at home. You are a slut, a whore, just like those women I've bedded before." Amakusa said with intense anger as he held onto Kaoru's hand.

"Don't you accused me of something I've never did before! Let go! You are hurting me! Who was the one who bedded countless women?! Who was the one who played women hearts like nothing?! I should have listened to Megumi! You are a heartless beast!" Kaoru shouted as tears rolled down her cheeks as she forced his firm hold to loosen and ran up into the room with a loud bang.

Amakusa was angered. Jealousy rage in his blood. He needed to cool down, to think carefully. He couldn't stand it when his wife was standing so closely to a man who looked like her dead boyfriend, especially when Kaoru smiled at that male model. Their smiles looked exactly like those in the photos of Kaoru's past taken with the man named Kenshin. Not caring about Kaoru, he left the mansion and went to a pub.

Kaoru had locked herself in their room. She was crying like her tears were flows of water from the tap. No matter how hard she tried, it just couldn't stop. She was to work tonight. Swollen eyes are unacceptable. Then she remembered and went to pack the clothes for tonight and went out of the mansion. She did not see Amakusa and thought that he might have returned to his office.

Asked for a car the first time, Kaoru drove herself to a place that always flashed through her head whenever she's feeling sad. She parked the car at the nearby deserted area and walked into the forest. It was like her legs were leading her to the place. The scenery amazed her.

There was a small cottage, a small beautiful sparking lake, jasmine flowers everywhere and what surprised her most was there was a extended dojo connected to the cottage when she stepped into the door. She had knocked several times but no one answered so she tried turning the door knob and it opened.

The furnitures were all covered up in dust.

'Whose cottage is this? Seems like no one had been living in it.' She thought as she looked around.

Thinking that she had the time, Kaoru went to search for the kitchen for a cloth and a bucket of water to clean up the place but it seems like she knew the surrounding. She tried to think but her head stated to ache. She rested a while on the dusty wooden chair and then started her cleaning. Cleaning was one thing Kaoru was best of doing. In this cottage that smelt of jasmine flowers, she felt that all her troubles were gone.

Soon, Kaoru decided to leave for work but decided to return tomorrow to find out more about this secret place in a deserted forest.