When Destiny Laughs

They say love is a choice. But what if destiny has a twisted sense of humor?
Mayumi Alvarado Herrera thought she had it all figured out-a growing career as a data consultant, a peaceful life under the warm Spanish sun, and a fiancé waiting for her back home in the Philippines. Spain wasn't home, but it had become her sanctuary. Her rhythm. Her rules.
And then he started showing up.
Her coworker from the production department. Friendly, charming, persistent-but never quite crossing the line. They shared meetings, deadlines, and the occasional awkward elevator silence. He invited her to afterworks. She always declined. She had priorities. A life. Commitments.
But fate doesn't care about boundaries.
He wasn't from her past. He was part of her now. And somehow, without warning, he became the question she never wanted to ask: what if you meet the right person at the wrong time?
This isn't a story where the girl stumbles and falls first. This is where fate kicks down the door and laughs while everything unravels. Where buried feelings don't come from memory, but from everything you tried to ignore. And where love isn't just a sweet whisper, but a storm you never saw coming.
Welcome to a story of love, culture, and chaos-where every heartbeat is a rebellion, and every choice might just burn everything down.