Show of Strength

As a contract engineer Cali has traveled the world and lived in places she can’t pronounce the name of correctly, even if she could speak any language other than English. Machines are easy for her to understand. They don’t lie, they don’t deceive, and they never beat you to show you how much they love you. Her trust and loyalty only ever belonged to her cousin and business partner, until they accepted a contract in Tokyo. Until Ren, she was content living a mobile life.

Mia enjoyed flitting from city to city like a charming butterfly. Being business partners with her cousin allowed her to live an international life. It provided the opportunity for her to indulge in her innermost pleasure, regional cuisine. After her last long-term boyfriend landed her in the hospital with a broken leg, intense short-term affairs have been her relationship of choice. She never expected that a contract in Tokyo would reunite her with a lover from S. Korea, or that he’d still be able to make her weak kneed with his cooking.