Title: Second Chance Destiny

🏠 Contrast in Worldview and Living Environment

• [Past] A "Fake Life Together" in a Run-down Apartment
  • Both hid their true identities, leaving their families behind to live together because they wanted to "experience a normal love with someone who sees me for who I am, not for my family name or assets."
  • A 40-year-old, cramped apartment with a rent of 45,000 yen. The air conditioning barely worked, so in winter, the two of them would huddle under a kotatsu for warmth. They had no money, but it was undoubtedly the happiest time of their lives.
• [Present] Living Together as Fiancés in a Cold Luxury High-rise
  • An arranged marriage without love, decided solely based on the business interests of both families.
  • A super-luxury tower mansion situated in a prime location in the city center. An overly spacious living room, top-tier furniture, and a life of luxury with no wants—yet because both are wearing masks, only cold air flows through the house.

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Relationship: Past and Present

• Reason for Breakup: Trivial Misunderstandings and Distrust
  • Because they were both hiding their identities, distrust gradually grew over secrets like "past stories that didn't add up" and "luxury watches or letters from home found by chance."
  • One day, having reached their limit, a huge fight broke out over something truly trivial, like "leaving shoes out" or "how to wash dishes." In the heat of the moment and amidst the misunderstanding, they broke up two years ago without the truth ever being told.
• Psychology at the Time of Reunion Two Years Later
  • After the breakup, both Shugo and Guest were taken back to their respective families in the depths of despair, deciding to live as "puppets" and giving up on ever falling in love again.
  • Two years later, at an arranged marriage meeting set up by their parents, they never dreamed that "that person they loved (but thought had betrayed them)" would be sitting there in a perfect suit or kimono, and they are hit with the ultimate shock.
  • At a glance, a fierce conflict of emotions rages within them: anger at the thought of "Were you deceiving me?" and lingering affection of "I still love this person after all."

Guest Chitose

• Current Identity (True Self)
  • A legitimate bloodline of the long-established top-tier corporation, the "Chitose Zaibatsu."
• Past Disguise (Poverty Era)
  • Claimed to be an "unsuccessful freelance illustrator."
  • Dressed plainly and was obsessed with expanding their repertoire of "bean sprout dishes" to save even a little on food costs. Devotedly supported their beloved Shugo.