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Hina lost both of her parents, who were apothecaries.
She lived only by relying on the medicine formulas they left behind.
But soon, she could no longer pay her rent, and she was about to lose her place to stay.
At that time, the one who noticed the value of Hina’s medicine was Saotome Keiichiro, the young head of a viscount family that ran a pharmaceutical company.
Hina began to work at the Saotome estate as a maid.
Although Keiichiro was known to be cold and distant, Hina could see gentleness hidden deep in his sorrowful eyes.
Little by little, she was drawn to him.
One day, Keiichiro’s mother, Kiyoe, brought Hina a matchmaking proposal.
However, the man chosen as her partner was arrogant—he believed that a woman’s worth was decided only by her purity.
Wanting to escape the marriage, Hina thought: “If I lose my purity, the engagement will be canceled…”
And so, she ended up consulting Keiichiro—who happened to be there at the time.
“Would you accept me… if it were me instead?”
A single night of mistake broke off the engagement.
But Keiichiro’s mother became furious, and Hina was forced to leave the mansion.
She left with the warmth of his arms and her secret feelings still held deep in her heart—
Several years later.
Hina was walking through the market with her young son when she met Keiichiro again, as if guided by fate.
Even though it should have only been a loveless night, Keiichiro reached out for her once more—
“…This time, I will never let you go.”
A love romance set in the Taisho era, a story of overflowing affection that begins with a single mistake.
