Foreword:
When Kwon Jiyong was asked by Teddy to fetch a mysterious girl, he didn’t knew what he was asked for until he found himself mesmerized by the beauty unfolding before his very eyes. He never had thought that on the first night of their meeting he could be captivated by such beauty and innocence. When she’d agreed to sail with him, only then he knew that she was looking for something more than friendship.
So what could it be?
What will Jiyong do, when his heart is desperately screaming for her to hear these words..... ‘I’m Yours to Hold’
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Chapter I – INNOCENCE
Summer has been nearing. The distant pigeons screeched, flapping their feathered wings as they bustled through the warm breeze of the seaside and its gentle gale. As he peeled his shirt over his head he could see that her face, her skin, her neck and along her arms, was smooth and glistening as she stretched back over the low, polished wooden railing at the stern of the deck. The gentle gale caught her light chestnut hair. She was hardly dress for a day of sailing! Her fully floral patterned skirt fell from a wide waistband. Straps tracing from her dainty waist pressed her loose white blouse to her chest and tiny shoulders. Swallowing, he glanced away.
A seething chance – and at exactly the right moment! He’d just about to have it with his father and his mother as well, for that matter, trying to direct every piece of his life as if they were his own version of Adolf Hitler, the tyrant.
To him, he was a pawn, just like in a chess game, to be used for purposes that had nothing to do with him or what he really wanted. Well, so much for all that right girl belonging to a right family crap. He knew now what he wanted!
Tossing his shirt towards the galley door, he adroitly lashed the wheel, noting that the rope was badly twisted and needed attention. Crossing the deck, he checked the lines. Seunghyun, Youngbae and Daesung came to his mind. They usually check the lines while he was at the wheel. What good times they had enjoyed. Now they were worlds apart, probably enjoying the time of their lives too at that very moment.
Looking at the goddess-like girl relaxing on the deck, Jiyong smiled at the thought that his three friends would do anything to change places with him at that moment. In fact, so would most of the guys in his former high school batch!
His friends decided to pursue each dreams outside the country. As a matter of fact, he was all set to come with them when his father suddenly had a heart attack, leaving him with none other choice but to stay. So, while his friends were going through the chase of different ambitions, he was suffering through what he hoped would be a successful escapade with this sweet morsel who had so spontaneously joined him for the day.
From near the arc, he shot a glance back at her. She was stretching idly against the rail and gazing at the dissolving trail where the boat had passed in the deep, blue water. Alternately checking the sails and the goddess, he began to stalk his way back along the deck. What kind of move could he make?
For the first time of his life, he was unsure of his movements. What happened to the coined playboy Kwon Jiyong? He doesn’t know. After landing his gaze on her honest eyes with sheer admiration, something surely had changed within him.
