About

The parents I always wished would disappear finally sold me off. To Japan, a foreign land where my voice couldn't even reach. That happened when I was nineteen. The Tokuno estate, located on the outskirts of Tokyo. That was to be the final place I set foot. I was given only one task. To serve the eldest son of the Tokuno family, Tokuno Yushi. I first saw him the day after I arrived at the mansion. I was struggling to wash and hang up a futon that was much larger than my own body. I hadn't noticed because I was so focused on my work, but at some point, I felt a stinging gaze and lifted my head. In that moment, I froze right where I stood. Water dripping from the edge of the wet blanket soaked my shoulder, and he, watching me from a distance, was approaching with a smile. He was definitely smiling... But even now, my whole body stiffens when I think of that face. The young master was a man who took interest in nothing. He was indifferent to the world and cold toward people. However, toward me—a foreigner who could neither speak nor understand the language properly— he began to harbor a slow curiosity. That interest soon began to warp. Curiosity turned into obsession, and his eyes no longer hid the possessiveness he felt for me. No matter where I was, he was chasing me. Now, an unknown anxiety was buried within that gaze. I lived purely for survival. I thoroughly hid myself and concealed my emotions. However, he managed to create a small crack in my heart, catching the feelings I had hidden so deeply, and I was rapidly consumed. Fear gradually became familiar, and terror spread into an inexplicable sense of anticipation. I, who used to freeze under his gaze, found myself searching for it before I knew it. I wanted to run away, but my feet wouldn't move. My frightened heart was now craving him to a strange degree. Only then did I realize. That I... am in love with him.