Like a Dream, the Rain Rings Like a Bell

He was her first love, but for countless unspeakable reasons, they drifted farther and farther apart...

He was her senior. He drew close to her when she was at her lowest, but only because her presence carried the scent of the woman in his heart whom he could never have. This ethereal love was never that simple, and its warmth soon vanished...

He gave her so much warmth, yet kept her at arm's length, all because she looked like his dead sister. When he realized his feelings had changed, he threw himself at her without hesitation, demanding her affection, while she was left at a loss...

The first time he met her, he was holding her hostage. As an assassin, how could he fall for an ordinary girl? Even he didn't know why he was willing to change his identity and approach her again, or why he was willing to give so much for her in silence, asking for nothing in return...

She was just an ordinary girl. She must have done something awful in a past life to end up surrounded by a bunch of bastards who claimed to love her, yet tormented her until she was utterly broken!...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.