I wanna dedicate this chapter to Chocóangel who's been such a good friend and one of the best I've gotten to know through Fanfiction.

And a message to Alishiya- Yup… Vivian Foster was based on the Foster from Lie To Me*. But that Foster is actually Gillian Foster. She's amazing and so is that show…

Now for the story –

Yours, Mine and Ours

The twenty-five year old Managing Director and the only standing heir to the Saionji fortune, Kanata Saionji entered the conference room where the Marketing Department (Beverages Division) was already present and waiting for the young entrepreneur.

Every one of the person sitting inside the well air-conditioned room, stood up at once, nervous as to when their boss might start yelling his head off at them all at how bad they were doing their job. The routine never changes.

But today however, everything was different.

"Good morning…" greeted the brunet as he motioned them all to take their seats.

Everybody sat down with a questioning look in their eyes. When was the last time he actually greeted them normally…? Nobody could remember…

"I called in a meeting to discuss new marketing tactics for our beverage products," the brunet informed them, his face returning to its serious and enigmatic complexion, "because of competition from a particular brand, our revenue from beverages have fallen by 13% in the last week alone…"

Everybody knew what brand he was talking about but that was least of their worries. They had no idea that they were called here for discussing new marketing decisions…! They simply thought that he was going to shout at them for the fall in revenue.

Kanata looked around the room and he could almost taste the nervousness that they were emitting. He wondered for the first time why he had created this much fear among his staff like this. He also wondered with a small smile why he was actually wondering something he hadn't thought or cared about all these years.

He knew why…

"Honestly," Kanata said in an exasperated tone, a small smirk playing along his lips, "I've tasted the other one and frankly, it seriously tasted like crap…"

Ai Higuchi giggled whereas everybody else in the room was taken aback in surprise.

"The only thing they have and we don't is mind-blogging marketing technique," he continued, "Have you guys seen their ad…?"

Everybody blinked.

What happened to their boss?

"Now," Kanata clapped his hands and rubbed them lightly as though he was getting ready to carry a log of wood, "this is a brain-storm meeting… I need ideas…"

The entire marketing division looked at each other, confused.

Finally, the young copywriter raised his hand with a nervous smile and he said, "Sir, I have an idea…"

"I'm all ears," said Kanata, his smirk still in place.

Chapter 17

Unexpected Arrival

Miyu liked the new house.

It was not like the huge Saionji Manor but it still had its own exquisite style. It took less than an hour to tour the pent-house and finally come to the conclusion that this was going to be her home.

The pent-house overlooked the beach and it had its own pool. There were three bedrooms and only one had an attached bathroom. It had a living room with glass walls which had an amazing view of the beach. The kitchen was neatly furnished but Miyu quickly noticed that it hadn't been used since the day it was bought.

The dining room came as a surprise…

…Because there was no dining room.

Miyu sighed as she dropped on the comfortable couch in the living room and leaned her head back.

A nightmare was the reason that she was in this beautiful little house.

She still remembered it vividly.

In the dream she was roaming through the Saionji Manor, calling out Kanata's name but there had been no response. The entire manor had been devoid of any living soul. Suddenly, with tears rolling down her cheek, she looked down at her stomach and it was flat.

She had woken up screaming and Kanata had rushed to the bed, scared at what could've happened. She held onto him for god knows how long before finally telling him about the empty house and her babies gone.

In the middle of the night, Kanata decided to move.

And in the morning, he brought her here.

"Beautiful house, isn't it?" Miyu heard Pierre say as he stood at her side, looking calmly out the glass walls and at the clear sea as the waves gently brushed against the beach.

Miyu smiled in response.

She had to agree obviously.

It was indeed a beautiful house.

"This was built out of Master Kanata's own savings," Pierre said lightly as he sat down beside his Master's wife, a look of adoration evident in his deep blue eyes.

Miyu looked at him questioningly.

Pierre smiled as he said, "Master Kanata works for his father," his smile dropped as he continued, "I bet he never told you that…"

Miyu frowned.

"He's being paid by his father to work," he continued, "on the insistence of his father of course".

"Kanata's father forced him to be in his payroll?" asked Miyu, confused.

"Exactly," said Pierre sighing as he got to his feet, "Master Kanata didn't need the money of course but he was enraged that his father considered him as any other person".

"What did he do?"

"That was when he got his seventy-five Armani suits, five dozen Raymond and nearly a hundred different ties etcetera, etcetera," Pierre chuckled, "obviously Master Saionji paid for the lot since Master Kanata was still twenty-one".

"Did Kanata always want work at the company?"

The question came before she could stop herself.

"Well he…"

"That's enough Pierre," the brunet's sharp voice rang as he entered the living room, an annoyed look about him.

Pierre was on his feet in a swift motion.

"I apologize, sir," he said, bowing lightly.

Kanata gave both his wife and his caretaker a cold look before heading to his room and locking it behind him.

Miyu got to her feet and still a little bit confused as to the sudden change in the lad's demeanor, asked the aged butler, "What was all that about?"

Pierre shrugged before heading to the kitchen to start work on the night's dinner leaving the blonde to stare at the closed door to her husband's bedroom.

Yours, Mine and Ours

That night's dinner was spent in silence. Miyu found it pretty funny that they were having dinner at the comfort of their living room couch but it still kinda bothered her. For one, she already stained the half-white couch with drops of mustard and ketchup that spilled out of her Mexican Chiles en Nogada. If that wasn't embarrassing enough before the man who ate with even less dignity than her but still kept his side of the couch spot-free, she also ended up burping every time she tried to drink the soft drink that the brunet seemed to disapprove of so badly.

'Burp'

A soft chuckle finally escaped the brunet's lips as his wife burped for the twelfth time that evening. Sure, he was counting.

"They probably don't like it either," Miyu mumbled under her breath.

It didn't miss the brunet's sharp ears and he had to stifle another chuckle at her thoughts. Miyu smiled as she glanced over at Kanata, his lips curved a little forming one of the most handsome smiles she had ever seen on anybody.

"So, how was your day?" Miyu asked lightly, taking another bite of her delicious Nogada.

Kanata frowned, probably wondering what to answer for he was never bombarded with such a question before.

"Fair," he said almost questioningly.

It was Miyu's turn to chuckle now.

"That's not enough Mr. Saionji," she said playfully, "tell me more…"

Kanata raised an eyebrow, not quite sure as to what she wants him to answer.

"Had a meeting," he said off-handedly.

Miyu sighed.

"What…?" asked Kanata, looking a little offended.

Miyu took a deep breath and with a smile said, looking elsewhere, "my day was pretty boring today. I rarely had anything to do… Pierre and the moving guys took care of everything… I simply moved from one room to another, looking at everything…," she turned to face the brunet and finished, "you have a very beautiful home here Kanata…"

Kanata looked into her eyes and found himself getting lost in the intensity with which she was giving him a granting him a beautiful smile.

"I…"

"Yea?" asked Miyu, her smile widening.

"I can't narrate my day like that," said Kanata, scratching the back of his head lightly.

Miyu leaned forward and giving him another smile said in almost a whisper, "I know…"

Kanata stared at her, his insides churning almost painfully giving him shivers. He couldn't understand why he was feeling like a geeky teenager who got noticed for the first time by the most beautiful girl in school.

Kanata noticed the way her eyes were steady and consoling every time she looked at him. He also noticed the way her lips were almost always curved upwards whenever she talks to him. He also started to notice the way his lips were starting to curve up whenever he sees her smile.

In his defense however, her smiles are pretty infectious.

"Kanata…"

Kanata's heart did a double-take at her voice. When has his heart ever done that before?

"Kanata…" the sound of her voice a little changed.

Maybe it was the slight quiver of nerves in her tone that caught Kanata's attention back to earth for he asked, sitting bolt upright, "what?"

"I think there's someone at the pool," she said slightly, edging closer to him and making a grab for the sleeve of his shirt.

Kanata frowned.

What..?

But then he saw it as well.

A shadow was moving along the edges of the pool. It was barely visible in the darkness of the night. Kanata motioned Miyu to keep silence as he placed his plate gently on the coffee-table before tip-toeing to the glass walls to the living room. The little light that fell on pool was not visible to catch this trespasser but it was just enough to get his target spot-on.

Kanata rolled up his sleeves and with his eyes sharp and his arms at the ready (did I mention that he was once a kick-boxer back at school?), motioned Miyu to turn on the pool lights at his signal.

When he saw the shadow bend a little toward the pool, he nodded to Miyu and the second he jumped by the pool, the lights came on and with little effort, the trespasser fell into the pool.

"Holy shit..!" Kanata cursed as he recognized the Armani suit wearing bald man.

"Oh my god, are you okay Kanata?" Miyu rushed to him at once, wondering if he got hurt.

"Jesus Christ Kanata!" a gushed up voice of the trespasser was heard as he struggled to get out of the pool.

Kanata stood frozen as the man finally got himself out of the pool.

"Holy mother of god," the man said now starting to crack a smile, "did you just try to kill me back there…?"

Miyu frowned, wondering who on earth this man is.

"Hey to you too Dad…" Kanata said through clenched teeth.

End Chapter 17

A/N: So... what did you guys think? I thought I did fairly okay but I wanna know what you guys think…

So do review…

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