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Hana Kiyabu is a young woman (20) who is forced into an arranged marriage with Chikashi hosoki (22) who is the son of the second wealthiest family in the country, the hosoki family. Both families agreed to group their eldest children to help the kiyabu family pay for their financial difficulties. Hana, on the other hand, has feelings for another man in her life...who will she choose between helping her family's financial predicament and the man she likes? What could possibly stand in their way, especially when drama follows her around?.

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27 Chs

Family business

"Wake up Hana!" I hear chikashi's voice call to me " Nnnnnoooooo" I whine while pulling the blankets over my head which irritates the hell out of chikashi "Hana your father was calling you! He came knocking on the door that he wanted to discuss some busi-" chikashi stops Because I was pretending to snore just to test him. "Go downstairs." I get out of my bed and stick my tongue out at him before running downstairs "ahahaha father chikashi says that you wanted to discuss something with me?" I sit down at the table with my father but notice his expression isn't nice but serious "Yes well the thing is our business is spiraling out of control. We are loosing many people still, I mean we've lost almost all of them!" I understand how serious this is getting so I sit up straight and discuss " How many people are still working?" My father's face goes from serious to a upsetting expression " We've only got 5 more people left but even they to are asking for more! They think if there are less people that they would get paid tons so they are doing as much as they possibly can." All of a sudden Marie comes out from the back of my parents house where our garden is with my mother "Sorry to interrupt but I couldn't help but to overhear your conversation may I suggest something?" My father looks towards me then back at Marie and nods after I give him a accepting look "Great, well I was thinking maybe have Hana be the boss around your business for a day while my husband looks for more people for your business." I look at my father with a smirk which makes him shake his head "No,no, she is to soft!" My mother notices that my smile was fading away so she stepped in " Dear, it wouldn't be such a bad idea I mean hana is tough when she is serious you should know that." My father turns to me with a little smile " Can you do it?" My father says making sure I can actually help my father's business out. " Father don't worry I've got in all under control! And don't worry about Tonight because I'm gonna stay at chikashis house tonight..And yes he will pick me up after I'm done with work." My parents smile while Marie puts her arm on my shoulder " Well I'd suggest you leave now because from what I've heard from your father it's time for work." My eyes go wide , I run upstairs to grab the most professional outfit I could find then back downstairs and out the door. "Ugh I'm almost over there so close I can see the building." I finally reach the building and walk in, sign in,walk to the office and wait. " I guess I can go see the people that are working either on the factory side only because it's the only one that has people working there." I say walking out of my father's office to see how the they work their magic. Minutes later I reach the end of the hall where the factory is supposed to be "Good day Mrs.Hana I will be your assistant for today." I turn around only to see a young girl about my age standing there with here with her beautiful black pantsuit. "I didn't know my father had a assistant. What is your name?" the young lady smiles and puts her clipboard up to her chest "My name is Sara but you can call me whatever you please. And your question before..your father hired me to become your assistant. I was never his assistant." Sara says making sure I got the point without making it sound like she was being sassy. " Good to know Sara! Since I'm helping my father out with his business in fact speaking of business I was just heading to the factory where they make little stuffed spirit animals." Sara looks at her clipboard then back at me " We actually just got the news that the factory is shut down due to no one buying them at the stores. Instead we have to go check the chart in the homeroom if your okay with checking that." I feel Sara's eyes on me because I was excited to see how they made those animals so nicely "Understood let's move on..I feel like this is gonna be a long day!" I say walking with sara. After I was done discussing the chart with Sara and the couple workers it was only worse..they all quit because I was to young to be a business person said by one of the workers. " Hey I'm gonna head home here's my number call me or text if you find any people new I will try to find people as well." Sara says writing down her number on a piece of paper "I'll see you next week." I take the paper with her phone number as she hands it to me before walking away. I grab my coat from the homeroom then taking my keys out of my coat to lock everything up. As I took a step outside I realized that is was raining terribly which made me happy I brought a coat "I don't see chikashi's car anywhere.." I look both ways to see if he passed by yet but still haven't seen a single car that looked like his. After 20 minutes of Waiting I start seeing people come out of the pub that was closing Because it's closing time for them " Well those people seem a bit bummed not being able to finish drinking more than they maybe already have." I close my eyes tiredly waiting for chikashi to pick me up " Hey sweet thing wanna go have a little fun?" I open my eyes to hear that familiar voice I've never thought I'd hear again, I turn my head only to see that same man luring a helpless drunk women to the same alley way I was in. I couldn't do anything myself because I was also in her shoes I can't imagine how many girls he's done this to and I couldn't let her be another. I walk furiously towards the alley way getting my hand out of my pockets " How dare you try to take advantage of this woman!" I say slapping him which makes the girl snap back to reality " Oh my- thank you so much-I-" the girl runs away in her heels while I was alone face to face with the man who was about to take advantage of me. " you can't stay out of someone else's business huh!" The man slaps me then grabs me by my hair pulling me up to the wall " Argh! Let me go! You don't even know me!" The man's grip on my hair gets tighter then pulls me towards him " Do you know who I am?" I struggle with getting away from him without answering him " I'm a very bad man.." The man let's go of my hair but instead of letting me go I see his fist up to my face

I am actually excited to see how I am gonna do these parts because I to have no clue what to do next!?But enjoy!!!

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