Akaashi looks at his mahogany table, it fulls of pictures of different women from different backgrounds and different careers. They’re ten men sitting inside the room, they are a group of higher up in Kaeiji’s business. But they stay silent because they know their presence in this room is just to be a witness for this an important moment.

A moment of the future...

“You need to choose one of them,” said Ken Mitsuji, Akaashi’s personal assistant.

Akaashi doesn’t show any interest, his face remains stoic. He looks for something on his table...then takes the eraser on the sketch paper. He throws upward...the eraser went up in the air before falling onto the table, it bounces a few times before stopping on between two pictures.

Mitsuji sighs, why can’t the eraser fell right on top of one picture instead of fell in between? He was just about to ask whether his boss would throw the eraser again, but he sees Akashi takes the two pictures.

The room was silent, this is such an important moment....

“I choose this one,” Akaashi said and pass one of the pictures to Mitsuji.

“Oh,” Mitsuji looks at the picture, the details of every picture already at the back of his head, he turns to face the other men in the room and announce...

”Gentlemen...from today onwards Ms. Daichi Yuyuka will be our Mrs. Keiji!”

Yes, the throwing-eraser earlier is for choosing a wife for Keiji Akaashi - A young business tycoon in city B and also an heir for Keiji organization.

Mitsuji puff up his chest make another announcement, “The engagement ceremony between Mr. Keiji and Ms, Daichi will be held in two weeks!”

“Ahchoo!” Yuyuka sneezed. Did she get cold? Why today she sneezed a lot? No, she can’t get sick...she needs to finish writing the draft for her novel. She shudder at the thought of her editor’s angry face every time she late submitting her draft.

Daichi Yuyuka is one of the famous authors for romance novel, using her pen name Jellypoong. And no one knows her real identity except her editor. Her novel was famous around women.

But in reality, no one knows Yuyuka never once had experience love and never once touch a man.

ー Your father wants to meet you this weekend, we will have dinner with his business partner. Will share the location with you later.

Yuyuka rolls her eyes, business partner? These past few years her father’s business plummet down and he was desperate looking for an easy way to save his business, which is by marrying his neglected daughter to any successful businessman.

Yuyuka is the illegitimate daughter of a businessman Daichi Akihito. She was the result of a drunken one-night stand. Her mother died after delivered her to the world and her father never once treated her like his own daughter. Since baby Yuyuka was raised by maids, her room was at the far end of their kitchen, she eats with their maids, going to school by herself, she worked part-time to save money for her study, she can’t walk around the house if his father’s first wife and her half siblings were around. She could count by her fingers how many times she sees her father face to face, sometimes she wonders if her father knows how she looks.

And Yuyuka lost counts how many times she ran away.

She knows soon or later she still will be force to marry whoever her father’s wanted her to be with. But at least she wanted a young, handsome and nice man. Not an old man who only make her as the second wife.

It is indeed her dream to marry an honorable man who has more power than her father so that she could leave her family.

...───...

Her instinct was true. When she arrived at the dinner’s place, it’s not a family dinner. But it turns out that her father wanted to introduce her to her future husband.

She knows that her father was practically sold her off to whoever the man that will be her future husband, there’s no way her father has money to hold a dinner at this 5 stars hotel and booked a private room.

“I don’t agree to any of this,” said Yuyuka with a cold tone.

“I don’t need your agreement, be a good daughter, and listen to me.” Mr. Daichi growl at his daughter.

The man that will be her future husband has not yet arrived, and her instinct telling her to escape. From the way her father and his first wife dressed, she could feel this won’t be just dinner.

While the people inside the room chatting happily, Yuyuka used that moment to excuse herself to the restroom, but once she walked outside...she quickly heading towards the elevator.

But the space in front of the elevator was full of men in black suit, tall and strong build. They are five of them but their presence already enough to block Yuyuka from walking further. She heard a bing sounds and that’s when she realizes there’s another man in a suit but his look expensive and handmade tailored. Yuyuka could only see his face from the side as the man walking inside the open elevator. He’s handsome!

“Ermmm...excuse me, I want to use the elevator...” she says politely to the tall man in front of her. She wonders why are they standing here if they’re not using the elevator? only the handsome man and another tall man beside him walking inside.

One of the men turn to look at her, “You can use the other one after this.”

Huh? She was in rush to escape, there’s no way she wants to wait. Her father will soon realize she took a long time in the restroom.

“No! Wait!” Yuyuka said to whoever inside the elevator, she tries to walk past the tall guy but failed as he still blocking her way. “I have a very urgent matter, please let me use the elevator. I can’t wait! My son needs me at home!” she lied, acting desperate.

The tall guy opens his mouth to say something, probably to refuse but a cold yet calm voice speaks from inside the elevator...

“Let her in...”

Yuyuka’s heart stops for a beat hearing the voice. As if it auto-respond, the tall and the other move to the side, giving her space to walk inside the elevator.

Again, her heart stops for a beat the moment she sees the man inside the elevator. If earlier she could only see him from the side, now she could see his full face from head to toe as she enters the elevator, their eyes meeting but the man acts like he didn’t see anything in front of him.

“Lobby?” asked the other man who stand straight beside the handsome man.

“Ah, yes,” Yuyuka replied and see the man pressed the button to the lobby, the atmosphere inside the elevator turned cold after the door closed.

She doesn’t know why but the handsome man's presence was too strong, she feels like she can’t even take a breath loudly.

This man is the epitome of PERFECTION! - her inner self screaming dramatically.

Reading a romance novel is her hobby, and an erotic or mature content novel is always her favorite. Yuyuka always has a certain imagination of the male lead in every novel that she read...and surprisingly this man fitted 1000000% of her imagination!

And when the elevator stops at the lobby, Yuyuka gets antsy waiting for the door to open.

“Thank you...” she said before quickly dash off of the elevator.

Keiji Akaashi looks at the woman who just runs like she was running from a murderer. Her face looks familiar but he doesn’t have time to think about that. Tonight, is his engagement night with his future wife. He was supposed to arrive at 8 pm but as he reached the 18 floors with his men, he just remembered he left his phone inside the car. There are a picture and all details about his future wife on his phone, he beliefs Mitsuji had emailed him everything a few hours ago because Mitsuji knows Akaashi doesn’t even remember the face of the woman that he chose to be his wife.

He walks to the car after the elevator reached the basement car park, his driver quickly opens the car door upon seeing the boss.

Akashi takes his phone on the backseat and turns back to walk to the elevator in calm steps. Tonight will be his engagement night, truthfully he doesn’t need a wife but it’s a tradition for Keiji family successor to get married by the age of 30.

He opens his phone and looks for Mitsuji’s email, at least he needs to remember the face of the woman that will engage with him.

“Oh” that’s the word that comes out from his lips upon seeing the picture on his phone.

Did he just help her escape a few minutes ago? His thumb tracing on his phone screen as if touching her face. Then he chuckles dryly.

The bodyguard who has been following close beside Keiji Akashi takes a quick glance at his boss. It’s rare for his boss to chuckles or even smiling.

Akaashi closes his phone but his finger tapping on the screen, suddenly feeling excited to get married.

If Yuyuka thought that the marriage plan won’t continue after she ran away, she’s wrong.

She doesn’t have any idea that the engagement was held on that night and now...here she is... waiting in front of the room with her father’s men and other new faces guarding the hallway, probably scared that she might run again.

This morning she woke up with a loud banging on her door and before she knew, her father’s men and a few women already dragging her back to her room to get prepared for the marriage procedures.

They don’t even give her time to bath, all she could do was washing her face and brushing her teeth!

Yes, right now she’s in her beautiful dress but she’s didn’t shower. And waiting in front of the Civil Affairs office with a bitter face for the old pervert man who soon to be her husband. Damn it!

“Boss will come in two minutes,” said one tall man who just walking towards her.

Yuyuka glares at him and crossing her arms on her chest, “I don’t care.”

She makes sure that she gave the tall man the sharpest glare she had because right she feels stressed knowing there’s no way out. Usually, her father will let her go if she ran away from his marriage plan, but seems like this time her father really wanted whoever this man would be to be her husband.

“Tell your boss I’m busy, so be quick!” Yuyuka said in annoyance.

She sees the tall guy nods then excuses himself to make a call.

Yuyuka huff, she needs a plan to make her husband divorce her as soon as possible. She has a high taste in a man! she prefers a single handsome man...aloof...and rich. But these past few years, all the men that her father’s wanted her to marry with was old geezer men...pervert and have mistresses. So there’s no surprise that the man who will come in two minutes is an old man who has a big tummy, round face, bald maybe and—

The sounds of shoes walking and clicking on the marble floor stop Yuyuka from imagining her future husband. She raised her head, thought it was the tall man from before but—

OH MY GOD! THE HANDSOME ELEVATOR’S MAN??? What is he doing here?

He was in suit and walking like he just comes out from shoujo manga...Yuyuka believes she could see imaginary flower petals and sparkling at his background as he walks in the hallway.

She in awe even after he steps into the room right in front of her.

“Miss, our boss already inside...” The tall man from before said as he stands by her side.

Yuyuka turns to look at him, her mouth still gaping...her finger pointed to the closed door and then to her...

”He will be my husband?”

The tall man nodded. “Mr. Keiji Akaashi, you’re chosen to be his wife.”

Yuyuka’s mouth closed. She stands up...why didn’t her father tell her that her future husband was this handsome man?!!! She will agree in a heartbeat!

She wipes the imaginary drool...“Okay, let’s get it!”

She pumps her fist in the air and walks into the room enthusiastically.

Akaashi walks through the hallway, he could see the woman who will be his wife in less than an hour was looking at him with her mouth open. He believes she was surprised that he will be her husband, considering how she ran away from the engagement night.

He didn’t stop to greet her as he steps into the room, leaving the woman who still had her mouth open outside of the room. Even the officer inside was surprised seeing him walking into the room alone.

“Mr. Keiji, w-where’s your future wife?” The officer stutter.

“I’m here!”

The door opens, the woman sounds excited and energetic. Completely different from the woman who looked trouble and lied about having a kid at home.

“Let’s get married, shall we?” She said in a serious voice as she slings her arm around his left one.

Akaashi raises his eyebrows as he turning head looking at her but she looks straight at the officer. This is the first time someone slings their arm with his. No one dares to touch him before. He reminds himself that this woman will be his wife, so he let her arm stay.

The marriage process was quick, in less than an hour Yuyuka already being Mrs. Keiji. She had a marriage certificate in her hands. From now on, she was a married woman to the handsome man beside her which is she just know his name a few moments ago. She never thought that her marriage will be as simple as this.

When she was inside the car to go to her husband’s house, she still couldn’t imagine that she had married today, she still couldn’t imagine she has a husband...finally.

Yuyuka glances at the man beside her. The car was big so there’s quite a big space between them. He was busy looking at his tab screen, not even looking at her.

“You know being my wife is not just you being a normal wife,” suddenly the guy beside her talk.

Yuyuka turns her head abruptly because it seems like this is his first time talking directly to her. She can’t help but swoon over his deep voice.

“What do you mean?” asked Yuyuka. Truthfully she knows there must be a reason why a man like him agreed to marry a normal woman like her. From his aura alone she knows he holds the higher title and power to crush anyone he wanted to. And he could find any woman from higher class to be his wife.

So why her? 

“Once we arrive at my house the head butler will guide you.” Akaashi glanced at the woman beside him. She was looking at him with her twinkling eyes. He wonders if she always looking at anyone like that.

“I know why you suddenly agreed to be my wife instead of running like how you did on the engagement night...” Akaashi smirked when he sees her eyes twitched at the mention of that night. “...So, I will take care of your family, and you...should just focus on doing your best to be my wife.”

Yuyuka blinks, why the ‘wife’ title seems heavy? She wanted to ask him, but she thinks it’s better for her to see and look at what she needs to do when they arrive at his house.

Surprisingly, his house is not like a big mansion like how all rich heroes have in every romance novel she had read. His house is at the top of the hill. it looks like 2-floor villa with elements of classic Japanese sukiya residential architecture with tea pavilion in the garden combined with contemporary touches, like a rooftop pool. It looks beautiful with a house surrounded by a minimalist rock garden.

The house might not look like a big mansion in a typical romance novel...but damn...the house is PERFECT!

“Welcome, Mrs. Keiji. My name is Abe Tomoyuki, the head butler here, you can call me Abe.” An old man around age 60 greets Yuyuka after he helps her get out of the car.

Yuyuka smiles, trying to act calm. This is her first time seeing someone work as a butler in real life. “Nice to meet you Abe.”

Abe gives her a welcoming smile. Then he pointed to a woman age around 30 behind him, “This is your maid, Anie...feel free to call her if there’s anything you want.”

“I have some matter to settle, Abe will bring you inside and brief you everything that you need to know,” Akaashi speaks before he steps into the car without waiting for any reply from Yuyuka.

She just raised her eyebrows, truthfully she didn’t expect anything from Akaashi. Well, it’s enough he’s handsome and powerful. All she wanted is to get free from her family.

“Before I escort you the room, let’s get inside and I will show you around the house,” Abe says with full politeness.

Yuyuka nods happily, she was excited to look around the house.

But what she never expected, after all the walk around the house...after showing her to the master bedroom...after nice dinner without her newlywed husband....

“We will start practice in fifteen minutes,” Abe said with a smile.

“W-what?”

There goes her wedding night...she couldn’t believe that this is her first night as Mrs. Keiji. From the romance books and movies, everything about the wedding night was romantic and sensual...but Yuyuka never thought that her wedding night was on another level.

If other women wearing sexy nightgowns on their wedding night, Yuyuka found herself wearing Gi for her first martial art lesson.

The wife of Mr. Keiji needs to know martial art. It’s a must! — that’s what Abe said.

Yuyuka wanted to refuse and make an excuse, but the moment she saw the stoic and cold face of her martial art master...she surrender and quickly changed her clothes.

Her first wedding night was far from what she read or write in the romance novel. Instead, it was spent in the practice room where Abe said the same room Akaashi Keiji practice his martial art skills.

Talking about her husband make Yuyuka wonders where the hell is he?

Yuyuka can’t remember how she fell asleep. But all she knows she had a very good sleep. Or maybe she’s not sleeping but fainted because of the practice last night.

Her whole body felt like she had been hit by a truck. She’s awake but it’s hard to open her eyes...as if her eyelid was so heavy. And the bed was comfy. Last night when she enters the bedroom, she remembers her thought about how big the bed is...she believed it could fit five to six persons.

“Hmm...I guess rich people love the big and comfy bed,” Yuyuka said as she pulls the comforter higher.

“Hmmm...I don’t think so.” ー A voice said.

Panicked, Yuyuka tried to turn her body around to look at the owner of the voice...but she ends up fell from the bed.

“Ouch...” She whines loudly. Her eyes look at the person who sits comfortably on the couch across the bed. Keiji Akaashi.

His face stoic, doesn’t show any emotion at all. “You’re clumsy.” That’s all he said before he looks down reading something on the tab in his hand.

Yuyuka gulped, her eyes glance at the big clock on the wall, it’s 4 in the morning. Since when this guy was here? when did he get in?

“W-what are you doing here!?” She asked while covering her shoulder with the blanket even tho she was wearing long sleeve pajama.

“I can’t be here? this is my room...” Akaashi looks up, “...and that is my bed, or are you saying we should sleep in a separate room?”

Ah! she forgot that he’s her husband! “I-I just-”

“If that what you think, then just give up. We will sleep on the same bed and we will do whatever husband and wife should do.”

Yuyuka’s eyes open wide hearing his words. That is the longest words he said to her since yesterday. And somehow, she likes his voice.

She tries to stand up because she doesn’t want to stay on the floor in a mermaid position for too long. But her arms, legs, thighs… everything is so sore.

Yuyuka groans, her body limping back on the floor.

“Were you really that sore?” asked Akaashi

Yuyuka glares, “What do you think? I never had to learn a martial art before.” She continues mumbles cursing her husband under her breath as she tried to stand up again.

Suddenly she felt someone lift her body and before she could say anything, her body was placed on the bed and the strong hands pushing her body to make her lay on her stomach.

“Yah! w-what are you doing!?” Yuyuka asked in a panic tone.

“Relax...” Akaashi said, his right-hand press on her shoulder and his left-hand press on her waist to prevent her from turning around. He could sense her muscles stiffed. His hand automatically massages from the neck to the middle of the shoulder.

“Ahhhh...it hurt...” Yuyuka moans loudly.

Unconsciously a small smile appears on Akaashi’s lips. Her groan and moan showing that he did a good job on rub out the knot by applying steady pressure to the pressure point on her back.

“Ahhh....no no stop it.”

But Akkashi's hands on her back still moving, her husband totally ignoring her words. And a few minutes after that the loud groan and moan changed to soft moan...more like pleasure.

“Yeahhh...there...do it harder...ahhh more...ahhh.”

Meanwhile outside the master bedroom, the maids trying to work their early morning chores with a straight face. As if they didn’t hear anything from the newly married couple room.

In their head was praising the stamina of their master and his wife. Did they continue from the night of they both don’t even sleep?

“Make sure to prepare some herbal drinks for ma’am and tonic drink for master Keiji,” Abe reminds the maid in the kitchen.