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Chapter 12

Jude was sitting in her living room drinking coffee. She was as usual, alone in her big house reading a book. She refrained from doing outside work because the men in her life were more than overprotective towards her. Her father, her brother, Yuki, Uncle Lory and now Satoshi all are strictly against her working. So she was mostly at home, alone, reading a book.

She thought if Kuon or Yuki got married and gave her a sister, how wonderful would that be. So for the longest time she fixed dates for them. But Kuon was very cold towards those women and Yuki dodged the subject skillfully every time. She couldn't help but think it was somehow her fault.

After her accident, she got bullied like hell. Her so-called friends went against her. Her foreigner blood made things harder. She returned to school after a year and in a single year everything went crazy. Yuki was the only one who was any help. So her poor brother got bullied even more. He kept her happy even in her hardest days. Sometimes she wondered how Yukihito turned out to be the man he is today. The only conclusion she could come with was that he had Lory and Kouki-nii san. Kuon on the other hand built so many walls around him, she couldn't ever break them.

Thinking about Kuon made her sigh. After all these years she still couldn't comprehend what to do with her idiot brother. Kuon was someone who was gifted beyond measure. He is 24 and already he is achieving new milestones. But she knew in her heart that Kuon wasn't happy, at all!

He was very distant after coming back from Kyoto and she knew that for a six year old that kind of experience was scary. But Kuon never cried once after that and he developed a darker personality. When he was 10 years old they visited Kyoto again. That was the only time Kuon's sparkling green eyes had happiness. After they returned, things got messier. Yuki and she couldn't hide the fact that they were being bullied, from Kuon. Kuon started to grow violent in nature and started picking fights more often. Her parents didn't notice a thing. But she got scared and made him promise he wouldn't hurt anyone. She made sure Kuon concentrated all his negative energy in Karate and Judo.

Then when he was 16, something unthinkable happened. It was late and she was returning from her night classes. She was walking towards their car where Yuki and Kuon were waiting. Some boys from Kuon's school suddenly appeared before her and said something about being the worthless sister of the genetic abomination. She got so angry that she slapped the boy.

It was Bradly Dawkins and his gang. The worst of the area's bullies and filthy rich. As soon as her slap landed on his face he got violent. He pushed her into the sidewalk, took away her crutch and broke it like a twig.

"Crawl bitch!", it was the last thing he said before Kuon hit him. Yuki couldn't do anything, her screams were meaningless. Kuon almost killed that night.

After that she didn't look back once. She wanted her baby brother back and she thought only Japan could give him his peace, just like when he was 10 years old. She transferred Yuki and Kuon with her and completed her studies here. She met Satoshi here and he was the man of her dreams, who looked past her insecurities and loved her.

She wanted Kuon to find love as she found it.

"What are you thinking so hard about, Hime?", Satoshi whispered in her ear.

She smiled at her husband with wide eyes. His nickname for her was as always very flattering.

"I thought you went to Hokkaido for a client's investigation?", she said smiling widely.

"Well I thought keeping my wife waiting was an unforgivable crime and her favorite Kami-sama will not forgive me for my insolence", Satoshi said while kissing her cheeks in an adorable way. He knew how to make her happy, which was exactly what he needed right now.

People always wondered why he married the "crippled ojou-sama" of HTC. He was the top of his class and profit was always his top priority. He had knowledge about almost everyone in his university and when Jude arrived, those idiots who called her a cripple, couldn't fathom how profitable she was. She turned out to be a gold mine and totally gullible. It was hard to impress Kuon though. But eventually he did that too. Kuon only had one weakness, his sister. Once he knew how to bring him to his knees, it was exactly what he did. Then getting married and becoming filthy rich was nothing.

But money bored him now. He has everything he ever wanted but he wanted more, something he didn't have, a proper Japanese wife.

He found Kyoko-san and he was going to make her his. Unfortunately he cannot let Jude go either, she was his vault. So as a lawyer, he knew how to have both of them together. He smiled to himself while hugging his wife and thought, 'It's gonna be too easy'.

It was Kanae's first day at her new job but already she thought about the sanity of the man sitting in front of her and whether she should run like her life depended on it.

In front of her was Takarada Lory, co-president of HTC, who was riding a camel of all things in a Arabian nights cosplay. She was sitting with Yashiro-san who brought her there to meet his father. She wasn't really sure why Yukihito needed to introduce her to his adoptive father, she was just his personal secretary.

She looked at her boss nervously. Lory was looking at her with big doe eyes which were glistening with happiness.

"You remind me of Rina", he finally said.

Kanae looked at Yashiro who looked blissful. He answered with a smile, "Rina-nee san was Maria-san's Mother, my sister-in-law and Kouki-nii san's wife, a very successful wife."

"I'm really flattered Mr. President. Thank you", Kanae managed politely. She still wasn't sure why her boss looked so happy. She didn't even start any official job yet. She informed her parents though and they were so happy, especially Kyoko.

She had tea with Yukihito and Lory. She knew they were up to something but she didn't know what. Their silent communication was a very subtle thing, but nothing escaped her sharp gaze. 'They might not be real father and son, but they sure look like they share the same blood', she thought and smiled.

Yashiro was a really charming man and if she dared to admit to herself then any woman would be lucky to have him as a partner. Why he was still single was a wonder. Well she will make sure to do her job well so that he can have a proper social life.

If only she knew the men in front of her were already on a mission to make her the lucky woman.

Kyoko was on her way to a place where she was catering for the day. Their business unbelievably rose in just a month. They became famous for their quality and today she was catering for some executives from Tokyo's largest companies.

When she entered the hotel's kitchen she was stunned, a kitchen like this was every chef's dream. She started working as instructed. Satoshi-san was the one who introduced her cooking to the hotel's head chef and she got praised so much that they hired her for the day. They even offered her a partime job which she politely declined as she didn't want to leave her parents on their own devices in handling Darumaya.

At noon her lunch was served and all the guests complimented her food. The head chef prepared food for the main guests that day and something terrible happened.

One plate returned totally untouched. She was shocked, because she tasted his dish and it was top of its class. The head chef sighed and said, "I guess I'll never make good enough food for him, if only he had an appetite like his father."

Kyoko couldn't restrain herself and asked about this weird customer. The head chef Hikaru who took a liking to the girl said in a sad tone, "My father was the personal chef for Kuu-sama and he was a force to reckon with. He has the appetite of a bear which just came out of hibernation. But his son was a very hard man to feed. No matter how extravagant the banquet is, he won't take a bite. My dad failed and now I'm failing."

Kyoko could already feel herself wanting to take the challenge. She asked Hikaru-san if he would allow her to try, to which he agreed instantly.

Kyoko had an idea about how to handle the situation. She thought the problem was that the food was too rich. She made a simple dressing and a simple salad for appetizer, then clear chicken broth with seasonal vegetables and for dessert wine jelly.

She sent in the food and waited. Feeding someone was always a very happy thing for her. She really wished he liked her food.

Kuu couldn't believe his own eyes. Kuon was eating happily and he finished through his meal for the first time in several years. He even had the dessert! What on earth was going on!

He asked in a amazed tone, "Kuon, how did you like your food?"

Kuon who was amazed himself said, "It was actually very delicious"

"I would like to meet this chef if it's possible", Kuu asked the server.

Few minutes later Kyoko entered the room with Hikaru and gaped at the man in front of her, who had the same expression on his face.

After several sleepless weeks and a constant struggle to forget this girl, when he was finally able to concentrate properly in his work, there she was, standing in front of him while trying to hide from his intense gaze.

Kuu couldn't believe his eyes, this girl was the one from the fashion show, no mistakes about it. She was a rare beauty indeed and obviously talented. He looked at his son who refused to take his eyes off her and the girl kept on hiding behind Hikaru-kun. Before he could think he blurted out,

"Hikaru-kun, I see you finally got yourself a girlfriend"

That one statement moved something inside Kuon. He didn't know what it was, but he felt a sudden urge of peeling the girl from Hikaru's behind. She was blushing like crazy and he couldn't help but notice the deep shed spreading towards her neck, ears and down. He wondered how further down it goes.

Hikaru and Kyoko's loud protests snapped him out of his thoughts. He was curious as hell.

He needed to know why she was here.