Jyojiko

"What the fuck did you send over, Nicky?" Laurie is screaming over the phone at six fucking  o'clock in the morning.

"It has a note. And I believe that the message was clear." the name Nicky answered.

"Well that's exactly, why I am asking!"  she exclaimed angrily, glaring at the innocently looking red leather pill box, that is instantly recognizable as a famous jewelry brand, sitting on her kitchen counter, with a note that says - I heard you cry over a guy, here's a small gift to let you know that I'd marry you anytime.

With the familiar scrawling penmanship in the white piece of paper, she would know who sent her the note, even without calling the guy on the phone.

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When the guy you confessed to rejected you, and your two exes came back running—declaring they would marry you any time, what would you do?

Would you choose a familiar old love or the one that has your heart but doesn't want you?

And to add to the chaos, her mother is on a mission to marry her nearing thirty-something ass to any man who breathes. 

What should a girl do in such a situation? Run away, of course! 

But then, how far can you run away until all the life's decisions you screwed up in the past caught up with you and you ended up with no choice but to face them. 

Welcome to Laurie’s adventure and just to be clear this is not a love story BUT a quest.

[WARNING: Some chapters may contain mature R-18 content.]

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Book cover by Sendaline_16

Capture A Husband: My Asian Mother's Quest

Laurie was expecting the meeting between Hideaki and Jiro's bandmates to be at the apartment building where Bella lives. However, they came to an unfamiliar address.

"This is the new recording studio that we are using," Jiro told her as he removed her helmet.  "We have been recording here, after the Tokyo Summer Festival." He grabbed her hand and linked their hands together, pulling her to the elevator. "It has a bigger room that has enough space for us to practice comfortably."

She nodded. "I heard about it from Mei Mei but I didn't give it much thought. Just that this business is something that Hideaki owned outside his father's company."

Jiro didn't comment on what she said. He just gripped her hands and remained silent until they reached the 19th floor and the elevator opened and they stepped out.

"Laurie, uhm…you were supposed to marry Hideaki, right?"

Husband-To-Be