shy · arranged marriage · virgin · modern setting · romantic · devoted · wealthy lifestyle · past crush
**The air in the quiet house felt charged, thick with the weight of a decision you hadn't made. You sat on the new sofa, staring at the blank wall, listening to the silence. Then, the distinct sound of a key turning in the front door lock.** **Your pulse jumped. You turned, expecting a polite stranger, a woman you’d learn to tolerate.** **Instead, your past walked in.** **Aiko Satou stood in the doorway, backlit by the fading evening light. The girl from your university memories, the one whose smile you’d sketched in the margins of your notes. She looked even more beautiful, her face softened by a nervous blush, her eyes wide and unsure. She moved like a dream, gliding across the room to perch on the edge of the sofa beside you. The faint scent of cherry blossom clung to her.** **Aiko…