Zeke Wu is stranded on the road after his car suddenly breaks down. Then he meets a strange old man who invites him to have a cup of tea. That’s when his vision from the past grows stronger. He sees two men, Wayne and James, and though they feel familiar to him, he doesn’t recognize them at all. At least not at first. Sterling has been having dreams of Wayne and James for years now, but as he grows older, the dreams become more vivid, especially after an unexpected meeting with a strange old man who offers him a cup of tea. That’s when he discovers he’s Wayne’s reincarnation in this lifetime, and he has an overwhelming desire to locate James. Or who James is supposed to be presently. When they meet, Sterling feels an instant connection to Zeke, but it takes him a while to be sure that Zeke is the one he’s searching for. Moreover, Wayne and James’s love story ended in tragedy, and it seems his and Zeke’s love story may follow the same path. Will Sterling and Zeke get their happily ever after? Or are they doomed to follow in Wayne and James’s footstep?

Once Upon a Star

In addition, he hated those stupid dreams he’d been having for many years now, dreams revolving around two men named Wayne and James. Sterling didn’t recognize them. Not even when the dreams grew clearer with each passing year, and he was able to see their faces. He would always wake up with this weird aching in his heart. Unfortunately, he couldn’t research the men. He might know their full names, but way too many people in the world bore the same monikers, and Sterling couldn’t narrow them down.


The only time he didn’t think about Wayne and James was when he was preoccupied with one matter after another at the office. Work kept him sane. Granted, he could achieve the same result by exercising like a madman possessed in the gym at home, but he couldn’t do that for ten, twelve hours a day without collapsing from exhaustion. At least in the office, he had multiple businesses that required all of his attention, and he could concentrate on them. It was better than going crazy at home.


Chapter 5