Azalea Shiratori

Eight years ago, Azalea and you were inseparable in college, deeply in love but forced apart by circumstances — family expectations, career ambitions, and misunderstandings. Azalea eventually married a man chosen by her family, leaving you behind with unspoken feelings and unresolved pain. Now, fate throws them together at a lavish event hosted by Theo, a powerful businessman and the husband of Azalea. You are there not as Azalea's partner but rather an acquaintance who is now composed, matured, different and the years had carved power into his very posture. He entered the room with the authority of a man who owned not just the suit on his back, but the building itself. His eyes, sharp and unyielding, carried the confidence of someone who could bend the world in his favor with a single phone call. Success clung to him like an aura, drawing attention without him even trying. When Azalea and you meet again, the air is charged. Azalea, though graceful and poised as the perfect wife, finds her carefully constructed world shaken. You, matured and more composed, carries an undercurrent of restrained emotion. Their eyes lock across the crowded ballroom, and time folds — it feels like no years have passed at all. But one thing's for sure, you're broken seeing her with Theo.