FATE ~~It was fate that brought them together it was destiny that tore them apart~~

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Prolouge

In this modern society one may question their path for their future, was it always planned? Did all things have to happen the way it did? Or were they the ones who caused what happened to happen?

Paulo Coelho once said
'“It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.”

Whilst Kamran Hamis said
"Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.”

Does that mean that the way we live our lifes has always been predetermined??? or rather like what Henry Miller Claimed

"We create our fate every day we live”

These questions might be faced by many people in the world, people who wonder, people who thinks, people who regrets. Though by the wise by the naive, though by the old and by the young, though by the wise and by the dumb. Are they what they are because of WHO they are or because of WHAT they are?

As Heinrich von Pierer said “Control your fate or somebody else will”

But for the following chapters the four different individuals from around the globe contest this particular word 'FATE'............................. was it meant to be their DESTINY or was it cast by themselves.

official fanfic blog..... http://fatenovel.blogspot.com/ (on average a chapter ahead)

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Book 1

FAITH
~~Faith makes all things possible.... love makes all things easy~~

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Chapter 1: The Begining


As a long time tradition the chinese believe that there must exist 'fate' for people to be together, be in father and child, brother and sister or husband and wife. It is fate that brings them together for without it they would be just like any other unknown people to the world.

Above in the sky 35000 feet above the ground there are four distinct individuals, unknown to each other, oblivious to each other's existance. Each travelling with their own distinct paths in life, unaware that it is this particular plane ride that brings their paths together and unconscious to the fact that their lifes are about to turn into a totally different era.

As the stewards and stewardess runs up and dial the aisles, he begins to countdown the time before touch down occurs, stressed at the fact that she has already watch all the interesting series that is currently on showed, and annoyed at the fact that this was her 14th hour being confined to a tiny chair with no leg space to monoveure and worst of all to the uncle that was snoring so loudly next to her. She couldn't wait for the next 3 hours to fly pass where she would land, head right home, have a warm bath and of course to the fimiliar dishes which she has been permenently been deprived for a month.

She could not understand how the oversea people could stand home sickness, it was probably one thing in the world that can't be cured by any medicine, oh well, got to hang on to the remaining 3 hours and then she would be home.

Whilst behind two rows, Kevin has busy cracking his head on how to accomplise his task at hand, he had gone to London to look at the possible options that his company has but to his dismay he has returned ALMOST empty handed, apart from the news that the opportunities in London aren't as good as it seems, after wasting 3 weeks in London with nothing acheive his mother would surely think that he had spent on his time clubbing or chilling and not working, which was totally true, at least he went to look for the possible shop lots for 3 days. Oh well he figured that he still had 3 more hours until the terror might as well enjoy his moment of silence for as long as possible.

And meanwhile in the cock-pit the two pilot were just doing their routine check and Raymond was looking intensely into the outside world, just outside the sun has begun to rise and it was definately a view to watch, the golden sea with shiny sand reflected from the clouds. He loved his job, not only does it pay well, it allows him the freedom to venture around the world, the freedom to control a gigantic machine and of course the chance to enjoy the sunrise or sunset. I mean who else has such privilege to watch the sun from where he was watching? Although his mother has always nagged him to come back to help the family business he has always turned a deaf ear. He know that he was not needed, the company was extremely successful without him and ultimately he still has places he needs to go before he completes his list of places to go.

All of a sudden......................

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Chapter 2: The End of the Beginning


The whole plane started shaking vigarously and the speakers came blaring "Please fasten your seatbelt", the cabin crew that were serving tea suddenly began retreating into their compartments and also sat down. Oh well another one of those trebulance issues, she was so sick and desperate to get home that this was beginning to annoy her, as usual in a moment all these commotion will die down and the place ride will go along as usual.

Suddenly she felt herself being pulled upwards and objects were actually flying up, the plane has plunged at least 500 feet in those seconds, the screams of "please fasten your seat belt" was still ringing around the plane and screams of horror and fright could now be heard. Thinking to herself, how unlucky she could be to be boarding the 1 in a million plane that actually has an accident.

Along with all the commotion she did not realise a guy was then seated next to her next to her supposing empty seat, when she turned around he saw him being calm and composed and he told her not to be scared, it will die down in a few moments, and he had this very calm and confident smile on him. She actually on the spot believed him and the plane did actually go into a smoother ride after 10 minutes or so. Meanwhile he introduced himself as Raymond and said that he was on of the junior pilots on the ride and that he has faith in his mentor who had 25 years of piloting experience and has gone through more plane rides then anybody in the industry. However before they could actually venture further, an air stewardess came by and whispered into his ear, and he said that he had to report back for duty. She smiled and waved goodbye, thinking to hersefl her was actually kinda cute.


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The plane finally landed and she could finally go home, just head out and get her luggage and then head straight home, and that shouldn't be difficult as her luggage is a bright blue one, big and easy to spot. The crowd was already beginning in the baggage area but like she anticipated hers was easy to spot, there it was just circulating out. Meanwhile on the other side Kevin was strolling across leaisurely to the baggage area and checking out the shops at the airport, and he was sure that his lugagge would be there by then and as he anticipated it was there circulating. Thinking to himself it was good to not have bags that are almost identical to others, and since there are only 2 copies of this bags made in the world it is almost impossible that another person would have the same thing here right here in Hong Kong.

Little did he realise that his curse was about to come true, he figured that his luggage seems a bit heavier then he remembered and when he turned it around his favourite pistol lock on the bag was missing, not believing what was happening he attempted to open the luggage on the spot and realise that the combination does not work. Checking the tag it did not state his name, OMG!!!!!! Thank God there was a contact number

Bzz, Bzz..... OMG! how can they know i already landed so fast, before she realises that it was not a recognised number.

"Miss, i think you mis-took my bag"
"Huh"
"Yeah.... can you please check where there is a pistol lock on the front of your bag?"
"OMG! Yes! I AM SO SO SORRY"
"its alright where are you now?"
"i am on the taxi back to my house"
"where do you stay"
"Plaza Sentral, Sentral"
"Wau you must be really lucky then, i stay near there too, i will come to your lobby now please wait for me there"
"oh ok thanks"

Finally, i can take a rest, thinking back to what happened in the flight and the coincidence of bags plus the exchange, it really did kinda exhaust her, the guy with the suitcase was actually kinda cute with his boyish smile and lether coat. Oh well, got to go sleep and reminds herself not make the same mistake ever again
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Little did she realise that the meetings between these two people were faith and whether the upcoming times would be not what she expected in her life

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LOVE
“A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.”

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Chapter 3: Never judge a book by its cover


Like most people after the plane landed all 3 of them went seperate ways, each with their own lifes, each with their own routine, either realising that they were slowly succumbing to faith's path.

Chamaine was having to dealt with the hectic and rushing atmosphere of office live in Hong Kong once again and was having a little trouble with it, she was running to everywhere through and fro without rest and without space to relax. Working hours were from 9 in the morning to 4 the next morning. Her boss has promised her that she would be having a holiday after settling her copyright dispute case at hand. She had been on the losing side at the beginning but after evidential prove that the company she was working for had already had that logo since 100 years ago is discreet chinese symbols plus evidential prove that her opposition's great grandfather has seen this symbol whilst in China before moving to Indonesia meant that the case was more then settle. She could finally have some time to herself.

Seeing it was her first time to relax she went to walk around and mysteriously became attracted by a book that was displayed in a book store, the book was titled "Fate", she thought that the title was a bit boring but the book's cover seems fairly interesting, oh well so much for not judging a book by it's cover.

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It was his off day and after having breakfast with his family and meeting up with some old friends he was kinda bored. His next shift was the day after and most of his close friends whom he meet in piloting school were either up in the sky or in the office. His world has seem to revolve so much around his work these days he practically did not know what to do when off days came. He passed by a book shop and noticed a really fimiliar girl, something tells him he has meet her before. He wanted to approach her, but thinking too himself he might just seem desperate to her he continued walking.

Feeling childish he decided to romp into the arcade center and decided to go onto the dancing machine, he used to be really good at it that he could hog the mahcine for hours he wondered whether his skills was still there.

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There was a group of people surrounding something, her curiosity nature brought her towards him, she was amazed by the fellars skill, little did she realise he was the cute pilot and when he slipped and fell and lost his balance he was booed. She stayed there and continued watching him. His slip was a pretty bad one and when he turned around he saw her. She just stold there smiling at him. He got up and just smiled at her and introduced himself as Raymond, junior pilot in Cathay. As an exchange she told him that she was a junior partner lawyer in Hong Kong, Chamaine. Deciding that they could dinner together they went to this restaurant in the mall and began talking.


Raymond exposed his love for books and flying, whilst Charmaine told him after the aim of visiting the whole world. She told him that she just bought a new book called Fate, Raymond having read the book told her it was a good romance story but it was too unreal, and told her not to be tempted by the cover. Embarassingly she told him that she bought the book because of the cover, One thing let to another and before they knew it they had hit off immediately, the exchange of phone numbers and emails with the promise to introduce more good books to her coupled with pictures that he had taken whilst he were in other countries. When dinner ended both wondered when they were going to see each other again. Raymond being more aggresive this time asked her whether she would be free this friday night as he wanted a date with her. Instintively she noded her head.

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Chapter 4: Together
They met sooner then expected, going back to office the next day she was unexpectely transfered to the real property department, was assigned two chambering students to her and thrown down a huge bundle of files. She did not mind where she was working but she hated land law, it was the one subject that she did not do well in law school and avoided whenever possible and now she was stuck with it.

However just when she was about to settle down into her new office, she was paged and there was a new client in the waiting room, when she went in he turned and gasp, he certainly did not expect her to be her new lawyer handling his grandpa's claim. She was astonished when she realised that he would meet him just after a little more then 10 hours. But this time she had to be professional it was business time.

He told her that his granddad had left him a house in one of the squatter areas but the fact was that his grandpas friend from China had stayed in the house before he passed away and since then he had continued there with no intention to move away. Now when he asserts a claim to the house legal rights he claims that he was a beneficial owner in that he had contributed to the mortagage repayments when he needed money to finance his studies 4 years ago. After looking into all the details she was quite sure that he had a legal claim as least to part of the house and told him that he would look further and see what she could do.

After their meeting it was already almost lunch and he invited her to lunch as a special thanks for helping him, over lunch he got to know more about her, she was two years younger then him, but had graduated early with good results and had been mad partner in a record time of 4 years. She was always going over back to England where her head quaters was and her family were a family of lawyers, all working for the same firm. Mum and Dad are now permenently based in Hong Kong whilst the brother is in Singapore and Sister is still chambering in UK. She is now staying with her parents. Whilst he exposed that he was a pilot, with no relatives in Hong Kong but was left a few properties to him by his granddad and parents who died in a tragic car accident when he was 18. Since then he had romped around the world burn some money and finally decided to become a pilot after seeing that he was on the plane most of the time. As time passed and as he became more daring he asked her whether she was single and having been asked this question unexpetedly out of the blue she told him an honest, yes. She had never gone out with a guy long other there were a few dates here and there.

As the case got along they meet more frequent to discuss about court dates and exchange of evidential information. Often insteed of meeting in the office they went out for lunch instead and this sort of got off into a routine whereby he would have lunch with her when it was his off days. However having a job as a pilot this often meant that they only meet around twice a week. However everytime he went to a new place he would try to get her a pin of that place and gave it to her along with a small card. This meant that every time she meet him she was guaranteed a small present which she though were better then flowers which were immaterial and impracticable.

He was going to surprise her that evening, he had told her that he could not make it in time for the meeting that lunch because there was a flight delay which meant that he would have to stay back for another day in Dubai. In reality he was already back in Hong Kong and was preparing a romantic dinner on his yatch in an attempt to ask her to be her girlfriend. When everything was settled he had phone her and had pretended to be in Dubai when he said that he had left her something on his ship in the racing club for the case which he had forgotten to hand it to her and asked whetehr she could go and get it for him. Since she had nothing to do she agreed, as expected the ship was black when she got there and when she went on he came to her with flowers and music was on the back ground.





In that instance he asked her to be his girlfriend, without waiting for a reply their lips were locked in a passionate kiss. Each unwilling to let go of the other, as both their lifes take a different turn to their destined paths.

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LOVE
~Love is a choice you make from moment to moment


Chapter 5: Lovey Dovey


Their love towards each other was passionate and romantic, although he did not have much time in Hong Kong and especially with the requirement of his job, it meant that they did not always have time or should i say the right time for each other. But nevertheless Raymond knew he was deeply attracted by her, he always though about her, even when he was working and counting down the hours till he could see her again. She would spend hours on the web cam with her just staring at her work in her office not willing to go to sleep if he was on the other side of the world.


In his mind she was pretty, elegent and smart, she was hardworking and didn't mind working long hours to help those that were in need. She did a lot of social work that impressed him even more. Often she would stay up late after office hours to work on pro-bono cases, and never did she once complain about tiredness working on them. When he asked her why she was doing them she kept saying that the smiles on those people you actually help is priceless.



When he was in Hong Kong, they would spend quality time with each other, he always prepared romantic candlelight dinners whenever he was free and when she had to work. His habit of buying her a pin to every new destination continued and soon they had a banners full of pins.

On the other hand she was extremely impressed with Raymonds efforts, she had never ever met a guy whom could dedicate so much of his time to her. All her previous attempts at finding a long lasting relationship failed on two aspects either that they complained that her work took up too much of their time or that she was not commited enough. To her Raymond never ever once complained but instead whenever they could be together they would be doing something that she liked, like watching a film quietly in the house instead of going out to the movies or playing a game of chess or just sitting in their balcony under the moonlight enjoying the peace. She knew that she had to make more of an effort and had began to do stuff for him. It was almost christmas and she wanted to give him something special, she decided to make him a scarf, never in her life had she ever done anything like this, but this time she was determined.



In addition she made efforts of doing what he liked to do as well, he was an outgoing type of person and she made an effort of going out with him to dinners and drinks with his friends, although she knew nobody from the group the smile on his face was pretty precious, she would sit down and pretend to talk to them and enjoy the whole thing although in reality she would often get uncomfortable with the noise and sounds. He noted her sudden change in attitude, and he knew that he was doing all of these for her. This made him love her even more, she had settled his court case for him and was now prepared to buy themselves a house so that they could moved in.



One evening after he was suppose to fly to Canada, he pretended to be sick and got a friend to substitute in for him. He then went to her office almost had to half beg, half dragged her out into his car, and drove him to the airport. He keep telling her it was a surprise and eventhough she had a ton of work to do back in her office, she was extremely happy to see him as he was already away for more then 2 days and she had been too commited in a meeting about a present case that they did not even have the chance to talk. When he was there she saw a helicopter, and he was already getting ready to go on it.



She didn't know what to do next until he screamed for her to wear her gear, she protested but he insisted, and she gave in, he promised her it would be a once in a life time experience. She was actually pretty scared to go flying with him only, but put all fear on his trust instead, when he started the plane, it gave a loud sreech before the engine finally came on and before she knew it she was already up in the air, at first she did not understand what he was trying to show her but slowly when the sun began to set she realised it.



"Where other then up in the sky to see the best sunset"

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~Their magical sighting~

At that moment she was really touched by him, never in her life had she felt so much happiness. Raymond goes through all sorts of effort to please her, he had grown to become part of her, without his heart beat beside her she would feel unconcentrated and uncomfortable. It was him that was helping her survive, it was he that she needed and nothing else. She promised herself that she had to give more of her time to him, she decided it was time to find herself another less demanding job.

Seeing her precious look, he knew what he did was worth it. He had done research to ensure that their flight would catch the sun set, he was pre booked the plane in advance and had made sure with her secretary that she had no appointment that night. He was on his own heaven with her.

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FAITH
~Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the age of proof~

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Chapter 6: Crossing Paths


She had told her father that she wanted to stop working in a law firm but instead exploit other opportunities such a corporate career, her resume of great successes in the law courts had meant that she had already achived what she had aimed for. She had been made partner in less then 4 years almost a record in everybodies eyes. She was only 23 still young and plenty of chances lied ahead of her. She wanted a job that did not involve going to courts which she had come to dislike. Her father therefore recommended to his close friend's company. A real estate developer and growing business, who needed a real experience in house law adviser.

She couldn't believed her luck, now she would be able to have more time for Raymond, with her job switch not only did she actually have more time she actually had a pay rise too. She was now assistant legal director, which meant that she overlooked the whole department but had to report to the director himself. She was pretty curious about this so called director as he is never in his office. For the first week there she was already doing a lot of documents but never once did she see his superior, lucky enough all the documents only had to be approved by her and did not involve him or else the company was sure to lose billions.

Raymond knew that he was partly the reason why she switched her job, and was very grateful to her although he strongly objected to it, he knew her opportunities and future were so much better in the law field, she has been named as the top 10 upcoming lawyers in Hong Kong and was liked by everybody because of her hardworking attitute. But after she assured him that it was because she was too tired and wanted a rest he gave in. In fact he now loved the fact that she would be free on weekends to accompany him and he did his best with excuses to prevent flying overseas on weekends. He knew that she disliked noisy places and other then inside the house he would bring her to parks and have walks with her instead


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She was totally different then the last time she was her, elegant, pretty and charming. Thinking to herself that she must be just one of those blondes, has looks but no skill and had gotten into this department through connections, but he was surprised when she was able to answer each and every of his questions precisely and in detail. He had come to admire her attitute and of course her charm. She definately feeled into the category of pretty. But he wasn't going to be charmed by just that. He needed to know her more and instinctively he asked her out for lunch, and the excuse he used was that he needed to know more about what had happened in the time that he was away.

She had expected that his superior would be one of those high and mighty person as she had come to acknowledge his status as future CEO of the company, with the founder being the founder and the sister the Managing Director now. The mum although not active in the administration of the company was a majority silent shareholder of the company. He is the only son of the founder and his family history seems to more in a mess then what could be seen on the surface. His mum was apparently not the legitimate wife and was the third party, she had died whilst giving birth to him and accordingly the current Mrs Tong, was the fourth wife of Mr Tong, but ain't the mother of any of the 3 children of Mr Tong. However it was her money that was the foundation of the company and accordingly the sister hates both the borther and mother, vice versa with the other two.
She was therefore surprise with his friendly attitude and happy go lucky look, he always bore a smile on his face (at least until now), and was surprise when he insisted having lunch in those run down restaurants rather then 5 star high class hotels.

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Later after work she met up with Raymond and told him about Kevin, his intellectual capabilities and his friendliness. He inquire about whether he was cute and she could sense a certain degree of jealousy. She began to laugh and seeing that he was pretty serious he assured him that she was his forever and ever.

Little did they realise that it is the Tong family that brings their life to a dramatic halt with a twisted future in the years to come.

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[COLOR=#ff0000]KISSING[/COLOR]

“When [he] kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe..and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you...it's overwhelming.”

Chapter 7: Sunset vs Sunset


After settling down back to routine work he began to have much more contact with her, the fact that he was also the Director for Sales and Development of estates. He had to be careful with every one of his purchases as his step-mum is constantly looking for him to fail and his step-sister just can't wait for him to make a mistake so sheould asurp his authority. His father has however realise the seriousess of this and had assured him that as long as he is still alive nobody is going to touch him.

He knew that outside his office people always gossip behind his back and that there were eyes from both the step mum and sister spying on him. He has to make every decision carefully and wisely and had to outlook over all the legal aspects of every purchase and sale, especially those that involved international laws. He did not trust most of his affiliates as a mistake or error could bring down the company, thus only small figured transactions goes through them the others he handles it themselves. However he somehow had the feeling that he could trust her, trust that she would not betray him and trust that she could handle the gigantic projects, trust that with both of them they would excel with the company.

He was now looking into a new market for himself. He knew that he had to stop relying on the company and his father sooner or later, he knew that although he would inherit most of his assets, there was bound to be some obstalcles in it and he was the type of person that does not wish to fight for it. He had open up another company with the consent of his father and were looking at real property in UK, since he had stayed there before and was also looking at some other countries like New Zealand, China and Singapore. He had found out that Charmaines connections for both UK and Singapore were pretty good with relatives staying there and that she had studied the law there whilst he was confined to Australian law and according he wanted her to help him. But he didn't know how to ask.

Over lunch one particular day he let it slipped about his "new company", she was actually pretty shocked about it since he seems to be in control of the company that he was working in now. The look on his face meant that he had to tell her everything, not that he wanted her to help him or anything but so that she would not misunderstand him as a person that betrays and cunning. He disclosed about the complicated family background, the fuels and fires in within the family, how careful he had to be, how obedient he had to follow.

She was pretty surprised at his frankness, but more surprise at the complicated underlying background, on newspapers and other tabloids, the family was seen as a loving and caring family especially more so when both children did not belong to the current Mrs Tong, she could see that he was not lying. She believed him when he said that he had to find someone that was willing to help him that was not going to betray him the reason why he keeps travelling overseas with his failure record and story of partying was so that he could stay under the radar. He did not want any conflict within the family especially from his sister. Not because of the money as those that were invested were his but becuase he did not want to give any trouble to his dad which would then be stuck in the middle. And at that instance she knew she was going to help him.

Just when they were about to leave she received an sms from Raymond saying that he had to go to the airport early and would not be able to make it to dinner. She was a bit dissapointed but didnt mind becuase she knew that he was working hard so that he could get promoted. He was trying to fly as many hours as possible and trying to impress the boss when ever he could. He started to take up slots that nobody wanted to do especially to remote places with long hours, she knew that he was doing all these for her, he wanted to be able to match her not just finacially but capability as well. But this meant that they now saw less of each other.

He could see the disspointing look on her face and wonder what was troubling her, she said nothing, but he knew that there must be something. On a spur of the moment he dragged her out of teh restaurant and told her that the rest of the day was a day off and that he was going to bring her some where, he stopped by a row of shops and returned with a bag which he dropped off at the boot, and then continued their journey.

As he was driving she began to miss Raymond even more, of course the honey moon period was over and that both of them were workinig towards a better future but she couldn't help missing him, missing his face, missing his hugs and missing his smell. They had talked about moving into the same place, but whats the difference when both of their working times were so imbalanced. They tried not to argue about this but both knew it was a time bomb which needs to be solved as soon as possible, he argued that as soon as he got the promotion he could fly better routes on better schedules.

He could see that something was on her mind, and he did not want to force her to say it, at last the car came to a halt. She asked why were they here and he said it was because somebody was sad, he told her that there would always be a better day coming after the sun sets, only did she realise that they were near the beach and the sun was beginning to set. This reminds her of her sky sight seeing trip with Raymond and made her even more depressed, he got out of the car and went behind for the coffee and cookies, what more then to enjoy the sunset with a good cup of coffee and great cookies. Finally she was able to smile, she realise that he was more considerate then what his expression showed and the sight was actually quite nice, plus the aromatic coffee was partially tempting her.



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He knew that he was falling for her, her grace her charm her beauty. She wanted to know more about her and soon they began talking by the beach, about her family about her studies but never did he asked whether he was single, he was scared of the answer. She now regarded him as a friend, as a friend who understands her, a friend whom she could work with a friend whom she could talk to.

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Chapter 8: Retreat


He was missing her more and more as each day passed by, he began to question whether what he was doing was worth the effort, after all he wanted to be with her in the future but the future he could see right now was more and more clouds rather then more and more of her. He was extremely tired but he was desperate to see her, since he had missed dinner with her she went to her place, only to find out that she was not home yet. He began to wonder what happened since it was getting pretty late at night and normally she would be home by now, plus he couldn't get through her phone.

She wanetd to call Raymond but her handphone was dead, after the coffee mini picnic by the beach, they had stayed on to talk until late in the night whereby the stars were shining and only did they realise how late it was. Kevin had however discovered how much similarities they have such as reading, listening to music peacefully and the dislike of noisy places, he had the feeling that they were a match. A perfect match. It was getting kinda late but they were hungry too, and she came up with the idea of having dinner in another "tai pai tong". Dinner went smoothly and soon it was time to go home.

$this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://bp1.blogger.com/_IbrK7UyyXtI/SI73iBUt3BI/AAAAAAAAAVw/U6PbcMNsuJw/s320/stars.bmp')She was pretty exhausted by then and feel asleep in the car with his soft music and comfortable chair, when he reahced her house he woke her up and walked her up to her flat, there was however a guy standing in front of her door. She did not realise that Raymond was standing there, his expression was one of anger and sadness. She realised he must have waitied at her doorstep for quite a while instead of going home to rest. She took the chance to introduce both of them to each other.

The look on his face told him that he liked her, she had assured him that their relationship were only one of friends and nothing more. But he knew. He didn't know why he felt so insecured at that moment, maybe it was becuase of the distance that they were now facing. Suddenly he felt as if the whole world was collapsing on him, was it because of his job? was it becuase of the time that they now could not spent together? or was it becuase of the fact that not only was this guy rich and famous but also the fact that he looks decent and is probably smart as well. He saw himself as inferior to him. He could picture a better future for her to be with him insetad of himself.

$this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://bp0.blogger.com/_IbrK7UyyXtI/SI76p_phnJI/AAAAAAAAAWA/FcQc3_zhYgo/s320/Charmaine.jpg')She could see the dissapointment on Raymonds face, she questioned whether it was his tiredness or whether it was the meeting between them and decided as a matter of fact that it was the latter, she wanted to assure him that nothing would change her love towards him, but she knew that words alone would not make that guarantee, and instead she choose to cuddle him, she wanted him to feel that her heartbeat was beating along with his, they were working together as one couple in the same direction, not two lonely souls each walking seperately. Suddenly he could feel her back into her world, the feeling that he had yearn for days, her warm, her soul, her breath. He knew from that moment she was the only thing that he needed in her life, she might not be as rich as Kevin but money does not mean everything in the world. SHE WAS THE WORLD.

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[COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=5]LONG DISTANCE[/SIZE][/COLOR]
~Distance does not matter if two hearts are loyal to one another.~

[COLOR=#0066cc]Chapter 9: Recognition[/COLOR]

He was still cautious of Kevin and this prompted him to spend as much time as possible with Charmaine, he was still pretty confident of their relationship but maybe its because of another person's intervention, his world was now more focused on her. He even became more childish, making up secret codes whilst in the air or sending her stupid jokes whilst in another country and of course sweet talking his love for her. But this strengthen their relationship. She seems to enjoy the attention more then ever and was happy to reply to them whenever she could. He made an effort to be with her whenever it was his off days, he didn't know what made him do what he did but it was probably out of fear, fear of losing her, fear of missing her, fear of being abandoned.
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Meanwhile Kevin was trying his best to control his feelings for her, the appearance of Raymond has acted as a catalyst for his love towards her, but he also knew that he had to stay off her. She was his, and he was relieve that she did not know about his feelings for her. At least this was what he though. He had begun his private business and they have secretly been carrying out transactions behind the company's back, all without the knowledge of Annita (their step mum) and Kelly (the step sister), however the father knew about it and understood why the son was doing what he did. He was careful not to exploit any resources or opportunity that belonged to the company as he did not want to be held responsible for any fraud or anything. He kept all of his tansactions overseas and this meant that they often had to work over time or outside the company to avoid any leeking of information. He was curious whether Raymond knew about this, he wanted this to be their little secret, one that only belonged to both of them, then aty least he knew that there was something in the world that only belonged to both of them.

Her normal job duties were already a big burden for her, now she had to handle jobs from the "outside company" as well, what made it worst was the fact that Kevin was beginning to spend very little time back in teh company and Kelly has alrady begun asking questions. She now understood why Kevin didn't like her, she was *****y and annoying, not the sort of caring sister that the magazines protray. She was nice to everybody in the office, sort of like a hypocrite but when she talks to his "little brother" she could see the *****iness in her. This prompted her to help him even more. However she didn't knwo whether she could tell this to Raymond, she had felt the difference in his attitude towards her, he had begun to be so much more possessive of her and she felt that she now had difficulty breathing, on one hand she did not want to betray the trust that Kevin had imposed on her but on the other she did not want to lie to Raymond


Raymond was beginning to get suspicious, for both the time that she was beginning to spend with him after work and also the amount of calls that they were getting from each other. Whenever he asked she keeps saying that they were handling a big project and that it was at a crucial stage. But everytime she said this she would not look into his face but rather change the subject abruptly and snuggle into him or kiss him to avoid him from questioning further. He was going to propose to her, he felt that he had to do something to secure her, he wanted her to belong to him. He didn't know why he was feeling so desperate. But first he had to make things clear, he needed to see Kevin.

He had followed him one day from the office to his house, he didn't know how else he could find him without her knowing, that was the only method. He had waited in his car outside the carpark until he appeared, he had lied to Charmaine saying that he had a medical check up to do and that he could not see him tonight, he though that she sounded happy that she did not have to spend time with her. Whilst following him he did not know what to do, he wanted to planned out a dialouge but he was too scared to think straight. He knew that it would not work out anyway but he keep reminding himself that he had to remain calm.

Following him he came to realise that he was not going home, he was going to another office. He wondered what he was up to. But whatever he was doing he knew he had to speak up, and he kept following him until he reached a vacant office. Which says KC realty ltd. He pondered whether that was a good time, and decided that he had to take his chance. Before the door closed he stepped in, Kevin was surprise to see him there, maybe Charmaine really did tell him about their little secret, he asked him whether he was here to find her only to be stopped by him.

Ray: I know i sound a bit upfront but i had to clear this up with you, you like Charmaine right?
Kev: Er......
Ray: I know, i can see it in your eyes,
Kev: Er............i think you have been mistaken
Ray: Come on pal, you don't have to lie to me, i can see it
Kev: Er............
Ray: Please don't humiliate me, i KNOW it, and please don't be offended, i did not come for a fight, i just need to clear this up. She's a beauty plus shes kinda hearted and hard working its not a question why guys would fall for her. In fact i now began to question why shes with me, lol.... i ain't that rich compared to you, maybe better looking but looks don't mean money right.

Kevin was rather shocked at that point, he didn't know whether Raymond was here for a fight or whether he was just doing what he wanted to do. He decided to keep insisting that he has not fallen for her. But he knew that he knew that he liked her and there was frankly not much point of denying it. He had told her that KC meant Kevin Commercial Realty but in reality he had wanted it to mean Kevin and Charmaine.

Ray: Kevin please tell me the truth
Kev: OK OK! To be honest at first i did kind of fall for her, but that stopped after i found out that you were going out with her. I have no intention of breaking up both of you, i treat her as a friend and nothing more.
Ray: Then why is she so secretive behind my back
Kev: Oh............. (so after all she didn't tell him a single thing)... hmm.... frankly its kinda coporate secret, but i assure you there is nothing more going between us then friendship.

He appreciated his sincerity, but questioned whether he was honest especially the part where he said that he now only treated her as a friend. He didn't know what else to say, and he continued to assure him that they were NOTHING but friends. He proceeded to leave and he followed him out after grabbing a particular file. He noticed that the name of the company was KC and instinctively questioned whether it stood for kevin and Charmaine. He suddenly seemed at a lost and didn't know what to do. But he recognised his love for her, it was more powerful then his, he was willing to give up her so that she could be happy, he wondered whether she knew about it.

She just stood there is total silence, she had come up to the office to get a particular document that she needed for the meeting next day with brokers, she hadn't told Kevin that she was coming here, and was shocked to over hear the conversation that just happened. She could feel that Raymond was feeling insecure and had tried her best to ensure her love for him. But she was more shocked to discover Kevin's feelings for her. She was now a bit confused. She stood there for ages scared to go out, scared to see Kevin or Raymond, she didn't know what to do and was relieve when both of them finally left. She needed time to digest the information but one thing she was sure was the person she loved the most was still Raymond.

She had had many guys before this but none of them was able to make her feel this way, for mostof them she did not even mind when their relationship ended to her it was more of a chore to keep dating them. But with Raymond it was different, she felt sad for his hurt, she wondered how much he must have suffered from her insecurity, the fact that he was a rational person and had stormed to Kevin's office interogating him just now. The fact that he said he wondered why she liked him. She began to tear and for the first time in her relationship with Raymond she recognised both their love for each other. She loved him more then she had realised, and she began thinking back to the time when they first started.

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[COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=6]Meaning of Love[/SIZE][/COLOR]
~I'd rather mean nothing to you than be a faint memory of regret...~

Chapter 10: Life's ending

Raymond had just gotten his report from his required annual medical check-up and was stoning outside the hospital. He didn't know what to do, for all these years he had worked so hard to achieve what he had now, his life, his career and of course her. But now...............

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He didn't know where to go and mysteriously drove back to the airport, he strolled along the counters looking at families happily checking in, people being excited about flying to another country for a holiday. He remembered the day he graduated, he was really happy becuase he finally could fly his grandpa around the world, just like he had promised. But that also became one of his biggest regret because soon he fell sicked and had moved on to another life. Suddenly life seemed so bleak. He questioned why he had to be he person choosen, why out of so many ppl in this world he was the one to get it, why did he get it when he had never ever even harmed a person. He screamed in agony, screamed at the world, screamed at god.


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Charmaine had been trying to call him for the whole day, it was his off day and according to their routine it would mean that he would go to her office and take her to lunch and then wait for her to finish work by strolling in a mall nearby and they would then enjoy rest of the night in each other's company. But today he had told her that he had something to do in the morning, but she did not see him during lunch and now its getting late and his phone was off plus he was not at home. She was getting pretty worried about him.

It was getting dark, and he had been walking for the whole day, and decided to go home, just as the lift opened he was surprised to see a person waiting outside the door. Small but tough figure with a back pack sleeping, when he came face to face with her, he realised it was leila. He was pretty shocked and surprised at the same time. He woke her up and when she came to her senses se finally realised that the stupid idiot was back. The phone inside the house had been ringing like a church bell for hours and she had been through and back to the house for a dozen times before getting too tired and falling asleep at the doorstep.

They went in just as the phone rang again and this time she flew to catch it but the other end was dead silence and she wondered who it was. He knew that it was Charmaine, but he did not have the heart to face her yet, he didn't have the courage to break it to her and did not have the bravery to make her have to suffer. In conclusion he was at a lost and he needed time to plan his next move. He decided to calm hiimself down in a bath.

He was oblivious to the fact that he had left his medical check up report outside on the dinning table and as expected leila has had already held it in her hands when he came out

leila: y-you got it too??

ray: Yeah, funny right, since dad never got it but Desmond has died from it and now its my turn, come to think of it i must be really lucky to fall into the 0.02%.

leila: RAY! stop it, you know its not funny, you can die from it!

Ray: Yeah i know, but what do you want me to do!!!!! Like you say i am going to die

Leila (already crying): i-its, n-not ....fu....nee you know, If, only... if he could have found out earlier he may not have died....... we were supposed to get married!!!!


Raymond suddenly came to his senses, Leila and Desmond were one happy couple, since Desmond's death, Leila had changed completely, she was a top class financial analysis, along with Desmond they both made their first million at the age where most ppl would still be studying, 20. Seeing the danger for their lack of education and the fact that they were lucky, they used the money to continued their education, and saved most of it for their marraige after that. They had a happy life in front of them until the day Desmond had fainted in the house and was later pronounced dead when he was rushed to the hospital from sudden cardic failure. He had been healthy and strong, and nobody expected this to happen. Leila since then stopped whatever she was doing and decided to back pack around the world to fulfill Desmond's dream.

But remembering how Leila suffered also brought Raymond back to his senses, he needs to keep Charmaine away from all these pain, he was determined that Charmaine CANNOT BE Leila No 2. Plus theres Kevin, which can provide better life for her. He had to get rid of her. He turned to Leila, he needed her to help him, he needed her to save Charmaine.

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Finally someone picked up the phone, she had become so paranoid that she decided to drive to his house to see what was happening, and when the phone went thru she was surprised to hear a women's voice. She immediately ended the call, she didn't know why she felt so frigthened to hear her voice, Raymond had never ever told her of a close female friend or relative, he had said that he was the only person in Hong Kong, his family had all died. So who was this female? How come shes in Ray's house? Maybe she had dialed the wrong number but when she checked her phone it assured her that she was wrong. She stopped the car below his house. She didn't know whether she should go up or not.

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Ray: Ling i need you to help me!

His face was serious, she though maybe that he is going to go for treatment. But his next words stunned her

Ray: I need you to be my girlfriend.

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[COLOR=#ff0000]~REALITY~[/COLOR]
~Humankind cannot bear very much reality~

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Leila: YOU WANT TO WHAT???

Ray: Miss Please calm down, i mean..........er......... can you PRETEND to be my girlfriend

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Meanwhile downstairs in the car, she was too scared to go in, for the first time in their relationship she could feel that there was a chance she might lose Raymond, reflecting back on their relationship, it was always Raymond that was pampering her. From the country pins, to small presents to constant candle light dinners to surprises. It was always him that was pleasing her. Although she did try to do it the other way round, it never seemed to have the same effect that it did on her. In addition she was thinking back to the conversation that he and Kevin had back at the office. Why did he do it. Was it becuase he though that she was not happy enough being with her? Or was it becuase he felt that Kevin was better qualified then he. She contemplated to redial the number but was scared, and she didn't know why but her body seemed to have controled her mind and she drove away aimlessly into the night.

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Meanwhile upstairs Raymond told Leila about Charmaine, how he had planned to propose to her on Christmas eve. How he had planned to set the marriage on the airplane in mid air, how he had already chosen their marraige ring which could be combined into one to form one right, which meant that they were always meant to be the one and only one for each other. That was until he received his medical report today. He remembered how much Leila cried when Desmond left, he told her that she used to be a happy-go-lucky person, taking the world as it came along, but after Desmond left he rarely saw her smile. He didn't want Charmaine to be like her.

Leila felt bad for Ray, she know what he was pointing at, since Desmond left 2 years ago, she has not even gone back to work. She felt that life was meaningless, she and Desmond started going out at 15 and by 16 they had had their whole life planned out. They started working part time to earn money at the age of 18 and by 20 they had made their first million after a lucky investment. They spotted their luck and vowed to never depend on luck again so they had used the money to invest in both of their education, they survived on interest rates and had been financially independent since then. But when he left, her life left her as well. Until today she has not fully recovered. She left Hong Kong for the world and tried desperately not to come back unless it was Des's anniversary, she avoided Hong Kong. Plus the fact that Ray looked exactly like Des since they were twins and that she was scared that she would fall for him. She only wants Des in her heart and nothing more.

They had to do it smart, something sudden and abrupt would not make Charmaine leave, Ray knew her too well, they had to do it subconsciously. Meanwhile Ray promised Leila that he would accept treatment on the condition that she helped him.

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It was not easy to begin with, especially the part where he had to resist calling her or smsing her, but he knew it was for her good. He however continued with the off-day arrangement, lunch then dinner. But he purposely made Leila sms him more often during those lunch hours and would pretend to smile at them when he receives something. He could see that she was beginning to get suspicious but to his surprise she did not question him or even get angry at him. She was learning to be patient, but at the same time, Ray was flying to more obsure places with worst schedules, He could be absend from Hong Kong up to 4 or 5 days at a time and she knew that there was soemthing fishy about that.

He had to be smart about his plan, but theory was different from practical, often he could not resist holding on to her or kissing her and he was finding it very difficult to break up with her. He wanted to do it in the least suffering way for her and the only way would be that she hates him. But how could he make her hate him when he loves her so much???

Leila knew it was time to step up, she too did not want another person to suffer like her, the feeling of not being able to let go becuase the man did not abandon her but becuase god abandoned them. When Desmond wanted to break up with her she knew she had to stay becaused she loved him and it is becuase of the same love she need not another women to suffer on earth. She had to be more passive.

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She was beginning to lose focus at work, she could feel that there was somethign wrong, although he might be with her physically, but his heart has flown off, she wants to know whats happening, but she didn't know how to ask. They were not as affectionate as they were before, now they barely held hands or even kiss. Suddenly she fells the fear of losing him. However on the other hand she began to take more notice of Kevin, she realise that he was exceptionally nice to her, being at her position she was definately qualified to have her own working room but the one shes at right now is definately almost as big as his, he always brought her out to his meetings, everybody thought that they were a couple although both of them strongly denies it. He however would not bother her after work, once the matter was so urgent that there was a chance that he might lose millions of dollars if that particualr document was not altered correctly but instead of calling her to do it together, he stayed up all night.
But the thing was the more he treated her that way the more she pushed him away and the more she wished that that was Raymond.

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He felt that she knew his feelings for her, the more he tried to controlled it the more subconciously he acts towards her, he knew that he had to control it but it was relatively hard. She was beginning to avoid him, making unbelievable excuses such as having lunch with Raymond when he knew that he was off in another country (lol.... her phone won't ring that often). Or was he a bit too sensitive, she might just want to keep their relationship simple. Just friends and nothing more.

However he sensed that there was something on her mind, something that was bothering her, her work performance had dropped dramatically. But he dared not ask, he was in no position to ask. He feared that she might feel that her life has been intruded into.

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Chapter 12: Pain


Brr.... Brr.....

The message came as the biggest shock to her life

"Stop messing around Raymond hes mine."
She was pretty sure that it was a joke, plus the number was privated which means she did not know who send it to her, it could have been a pranked.
But the following one confirmed it all
"If you do not believe come to his house tonight, WE will be there"

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Leila did not tell Raymond what she did, she knew that he would be in too much pain to do it, he would not have the heart to do it, he has gotten pale and sick over this subject matter and was not eating and sleeping properly which was not good for his condition. It was his off day but Leila convinced him to tell Charmaine otherwise. Just when the sun was about to set she broke the news. He didn't know why he was not angry with her, the feeling was more of relieve and sadness, he finally HAD to let go. It was time. He promised to follow her plan. She did not know why she went to his house. He had told her that he was on a flight to Europe today, and was not going to be back until mid of next week. But his lights were on. He could see movements inside the house, in fact a shadow just moved in and away from the windows, she knew it was not him, the figure was petite, small and slender. Leila saw the car, it was time, plan in action................................

Although it was an old trick, it was still one of the best becuase it was bound to break a womens heart no matter how strong she was. No women on earth could tolerate her man cheating on her. But the best of all was to make sure that she had to feel unwanted. They purposely left the door unlocked and left a trail of their clothing, front door to window back to room......When she got to the door it was not locked, and inside there were some intimate sounds of kissing and banging of furniture, she didn't know why her foot stuck to the ground and her anger was boiling. She opened the door, she recognised raymond's coat, a pair of new man's shoes, women's stockings, heels. Laughter were coming out of the door, she heard them, she peeked into the gap, he was on top of her stroking her hair

Ray: You are so pretty normally, but in bed you are the goddess

Leila: Yeah, i bet you say this to every other women you bed

Ray: Hey you know that all the others are just proxies, we are the one that is set up by god, how many times have we hooked up and broke up?

Leila: Lets see since 16, on average we break up and hook up every half year so that makes about 8 times.... haha

Ray: Laugh somemore, you are always the one tormenting me, i never actually find the right girl that can take your place, they all suck

Leila: stop lying i heard from uncle that you were going out with this lawyer

Ray: Her!!! OMG, shes another one of those i can easily find in Lan Kwai Fong, she things i love her from all those small small things i do for her, but she does not realise i pay Janet to organise them for me. Shes so naive, so much for her being a lawyer.

Leila: Then how is she in bedRay: You don't actually think that i will bed someone i do not love at all?? DEAR I AM VERY LOYAL. Actually no its just that i love you too much to bed another women, you know they are all just a pass time flings for me.

Leila: How can i prove that

Ray: This is how i can prove it

Her moan, was one of satisfaction, she could not stand it any longer, yes they have never done it, but that was because she though he respected her, she wanted to keep the moment for their marraige. She felt betrayed, stupid and naive. How could she have believed in this man. The sounds in this house were getting louder, she could not stand it. She ran out into the living room, she halt at the rack in the living room, she did not realise that there were these extra photos, she finally saw who it was, the photos were in chronological order, from kids to teenagers, to lovers, to adults........ in all the photos she saw another side of Raymond a happy-go-lucky raymond, they were really sweet. She saw a Raymond that never existed in her life before, the Raymond that was never hers to begin with

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By now Raymond was tearing, lying on top of her, he just had to cry, she felt awkward, but she dare not move, after all he was still topless, but he was sad, the moaning and groaning noises had stopped it was actually recorded anyway, and was surprise that Charamine actually felt for it. It sounded so fake anyway. She hugged him to make him to try to make him feel better but all of a sudden Raymond stopped. He laid lifeless on top of his. With all her might she pushed his over.