Dear Mr. John Smith
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For the longest time, Penelope Asher's definition of success is to give her family a better life. She worked hard for years until she finally provided them the life she knew her family deserve. Knowing that her family is finally living in comfort, she's off to the next chapter of her life: to dream for herself as a free woman.
It was almost like a destiny that she found her old diary, the one she named Mr. John Smith. Life must have wanted her to document her new life.
But when she thought all is well, her life have taken another dramatic twist, as if the universe is conspiring against her. Until a man offers her help in exchange for marriage.
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