At thirty-five, she has no money, is drowning in debt, and carries an old injury to one ear that has plagued her for years.
No one knows that the woman paying off her debts in a seaside town was once the youngest CEO of a conglomerate.
A serious illness took her lover from her too soon. The friend she had trusted for ten years took advantage of her illness and stole all her money.
She sold her home and disappeared, hiding alone in a little house by the sea. Inside, there was only a cat and the emptiness of a place where nobody knew who she was.
She had long since closed off her heart. She kept away from everyone and let no one get close.
Until the online English class.
That young voice never rushed her or laughed at her. Across the screen, time and time again, it slowly pried open the door she hadn't dared to open in three years.
She began to trust him. To trust herself. To believe she could let someone close again.
One day, she came across a line:
"If someone travels a thousand miles to your city, don't ask why. Go meet them."
She believed it. Alone, she bought a high-speed rail ticket.
She even chose her stop by checking the map over and over, picking the one closest to him.
She thought he would be overjoyed.
But that day, he only replied:
"You need to eat? Go eat by yourself. I don't have time."
She had been planning to rush into his world, but he had already shut the door.
She cried as she deleted him.
Only that night did she realize she had fallen in love with him long ago.
And what no one knew was that on the other side of the city, he cried even harder than she did that night.
