Beautiful Forced Marriage

01 - Longing for Mom

"Mom ..., I miss you so much," Keira whispered in a hoarse voice that could make anyone who heard her, feeling how deep her longing was, piercing her heart.

Her full name is Keira Annele Martin. In short ... Keira, as she's usually called. The beautiful girl with a slightly wavy waist-length honey-brown hair was currently in her father's working room, as a temporary substitute.

She was still quite young, twenty-four years old to be exact. However ... she was already very reliable, especially when it came to helping her father with his work, while he had to rest, due to his health issue.

"Time doesn't seem to have passed so quickly," Keira whispered again while including a faint smile on her luscious lips.

She was sitting with her body slightly leaning towards the table, her hands resting there, letting her beautiful hazel eyes glaze over, gazing longingly at the smiling figure of her mother, looking back at her in a beautifully framed photograph in her hand.

The beautiful girl's delicate fingers gently rubbed her mother's face, which was the point of her longing.

"It's been five years since you left me. I hope that God will give you the best place to be. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to visit you. I've been too busy lately, helping Dad manage the company."

The trembling lips stretched, returning the smile that had been so bitterly portrayed.

In her heart, she hoped that all her talks and sincere hopes could be heard by the mother whom God had taken with Him to the most beautiful place five years ago.

Tears of pain mixed with sorrow, longing and regret never ceased to escape from her beautiful eyes. The longing pierced her heart in every second and breath of her life since five years ago.

Grief and regret accompany the passionate longing. She never knew about her mother's health condition until her mom passed away in a hospital.

Her mother passed away due chronic heart disease. And the disease had already reached the worst level, until finally she could not be saved.

The regret Keira feels, every second of it is slowly killing her from the inside. The mother's hope to hide the pain from her daughter, so as not to worry Keira, became a sharp sword at the end of her story. Giving her a deep regret.

If only ... Keira could turn back time. She chose to suffer, accompanying her mother against the malignant disease that was eating away her health every moment. Perhaps, the regret would not have been this deep. Although in the end, she would still lose, but at least she had accompanied her mother to fight.

Everything had already happened. With a heavy heart, Keira had to let her mother go, even though the feelings of regret and longing always tormented her.

"Miss, may I come in?"

The sound of a knock on the door, accompanied by a resounding greeting, managed to disperse Keira's attention.

Keira was taken aback. The girl blinked, returning to her stifling world from the reverie that had swept her away in sorrow.

Keira wiped away the remaining tears. She took a deep breath, then let it out slowly as she willed herself to regain her composure.