When Yuki told her friends she was engaged to a man nearly three times her age, the reactions came instantly.
Shock.
Confusion.
Concern.
Her phone lit up with messages asking if she was serious. Some friends thought it was a joke. Others assumed there had to be an explanation they weren’t hearing.
After all, Yuki was 26 years old.
Her fiancé, Mr. Kenji, was 70.
To many people, the age difference seemed impossible to ignore.
But Yuki had already made up her mind.
What her friends didn’t understand was that their story hadn’t started in the way anyone expected.
Just a few months earlier, Yuki felt completely lost.
She had recently left a job that no longer made her happy. A difficult breakup had left her questioning nearly every decision she’d made. To make matters worse, she discovered that her former boyfriend had started a new relationship with someone from her old workplace.
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