Love Finds Me Again のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 19

The plane landed smoothly at Capital International Airport.Mia walked out of the terminal with her suitcase as warm sunlight fell across her bare face.She lifted a hand to shield her eyes.But before she could adjust to the light, a tall, familiar figure came into view.The man stood prominently near the arrivals area in a perfectly tailored black coat.Tall and straight-backed, with sharp, handsome features, he was impossible to miss.Caleb Lawson.Mia stopped in her tracks, surprise filling her eyes.The Sterlings and the Lawsons had been close family friends for generations.When Caleb was young, he had spent some time living with the Sterlings while recovering from an illness, so he and Mia had always been close.But five years ago, she had insisted on breaking off their engagement for Mark.That day, Caleb had made a special trip from the capital to Harbor City.He had looked at her and asked only one question."Are you sure?"She had nodded.Caleb had turned arou

After taking over at Sterling Corporation's branch in the capital, Mia threw herself into work.She deliberately avoided every possible opportunity to run into Caleb.She kept her phone on silent.She took forever to reply to his messages.She even made a point of avoiding business events connected to the Lawson family.Mia thought that would be enough to keep him at a distance.But she had forgotten one thing.Caleb had waited five years for her.He had never been the kind of man to give up easily.A week later, one of Sterling Corporation's key projects in the capital stalled at the final stage.The other party was a subsidiary of Lawson Corporation.The documents had already been submitted, but approval never came through.Mia's assistant was nearly frantic."Ms. Sterling, Lawson Corporation finally responded."She hesitated."They said you have to go over there personally to discuss it. They won't deal with anyone else."Mia tightened her grip on the file and closed

After the banquet, Mark didn't leave the capital.He put his work in Harbor City on hold and moved into an apartment near Mia's.The next morning, Mia had barely walked into the lobby of Sterling Corporation's capital branch when she spotted a familiar figure waiting there.Mark was dressed casually in beige, holding a large bouquet of white balloon flowers.They used to be her favorite.Once, she had dreamed countless times of seeing him waiting for her like this.Now that the dream had finally come true, Mia felt almost sick.Mark hurried toward her.His gaze was earnest and restrained, his voice hoarse."Mia, there was so much I didn't get the chance to tell you yesterday."I found out the whole truth. Sienna deceived me too."She's been arrested, and I've already made a public statement clearing your name."I never wanted to divorce you."I love you, Mia."Come home with me. Let's start over."Mia didn't even slow down as she walked past him."Dr. Hayes, please move

Mark's public confession and apology shook the entire internet.But it didn't move Mia in the slightest.Instead, it triggered the reckoning he had brought upon himself.After verifying everything, the research institute immediately issued an official statement.Mark was stripped of his position as chief researcher and permanently expelled from the research team.All of his academic work was placed under review, with further accountability to follow.The career and reputation he had once been so proud of collapsed overnight.Major institutions across the industry joined forces to boycott him.Partners terminated their contracts one after another.The people who had once surrounded him disappeared just as quickly.In a single night, Mark lost almost everyone.Competitors he had deliberately suppressed in the past seized the opportunity to strike back.Mr. Sterling showed no mercy either.He went after Mark's private lab and held him accountable under contracts they had prev

After dinner, Mrs. Lawson pulled Mia into the living room for tea and brought out an old photo album.The very first photo showed Caleb as a child.He was slim, standing in the Sterling family garden.But his eyes were fixed on the smiling girl in the distance."This was taken when he was staying with your family to recover," Mrs. Lawson said."Even back then, he was always following you around."If you ran, he ran after you."If you laughed, he smiled too."Mia couldn't help smiling herself.So even back then, Caleb had already thought of her differently.Mrs. Lawson continued turning the pages."On your wedding day, he sat at the airport all night."One flight after another took off."But in the end, he still didn't go see you."During those years when you were suffering in Harbor City, it wasn't that he didn't know."He just didn't dare show up."He was afraid you'd think he had come to laugh at you."So all he could do was quietly arrange for people to look out for