Rachel sat at her favorite Coffee shop, watching her kids playing in the nearby playroom, she was in deep though. She was born here as Rowan Shaw, she wasn't a character in the story of this world or anything at all. But her husband the second male lead was, and she was the unnamed wife he had at the end of the story.
Lucas Reid, or his other name when he was in Korea Su Chun-Ho. Lucas was a Korean Born Australian, he his parents had divorced at a young age and he lived back and forth between his mother and father who equally shared custody. His parents where friends who had way too much to drink one night and that is how he happened. Lucas grew up loved and well-wounded until his first marriage ended in disaster at twenty. Which is the age of where he met the female lead.
The story of this world starts in Korean, for whatever reason Asia seems to be the place where most of these stories start. The female protagonist was a young rich socialite of the Tan family, Tan Hee-Yung. She was betrayed by her fiancé and cousin and lost everything as her parents and older brother suddenly died in a mysterious 'plane' crash. During her grief her Uncle went and forcefully took over her family's company and her Fiancée had convinced her to sell her shares before out right abandoning her.
Faced with regret, being penniless, and castaway from her family. She had a couple of fateful meetings, including her husband and started to become sandwiched between her husband and the male lead. As a result, shenanigans and drama happened all around and between the three until. Female lead, surprise, choose her arrogant male lead instead of Lucas who was always their and supportive of her.
Lucas heartbroken goes back to Sydney, Australia where Rachel had met him.
Rachel was born in American and immigrated to Australia when she was seventeen because of her grandparents. She finished her education and become a veterinarian by the shores of Bondi. By the time she met the second male lead she was twenty-two, while Lucas was twenty-one. They married a year later.
And now Seven years had passed, she had three lovely children, two boys and a girl. She had a husband any woman would envy...on the surface. Her marriage was wonderfully smooth and shiny up-front. Underneath, Rachel was going slowly mad with frustration. And behind the frustration a house, family and a token man at her side. Her husband lived his own life, which Rachel wouldn't have minded at first, in some part of her mind it truly doesn't.
She had quit her job to become a normal housewife, doing this kept her busy with her kids and it didn't really click to her until her kids grew older. And she started to get bored and a little something else.
One night, Rachel had cooked his favorite dinner—escallops of veal in white wine. He was enjoying it, too, at the other end of the table, not sharing his enjoyment with her. The intimate eye contact and appreciative comments she craved were not forthcoming. Indeed, none of the special effort she'd made was having the desired effect.
Which is starting to really P**** her off.
Rachel didn't want to force the situation using her divine powers, and honestly if she did, that would be sad all on its own. She had too much pride to resort to force like that. 'It was more than six years, almost seven' Rachel corrected herself. The seven-year itch was not a cliché without good reason. Making love had become an occasional perfunctory act since the birth of their daughter, their third child and the much-wanted girl to complete their planned family.
It was as though Rachel had now served her purpose for him and she was relegated to the role of mother of his children. This had never happened to her before and she refused to think that it is. And yet her obvious actions, her obvious seduction. There is nothing to but to say that Lucas was total moron. If he wasn't, he was being completely disrespectful to her as his wife.
This isn't about whether he still is in love with the female lead, Rachel had confirmed that for herself when they married that he was no longer in love and only had a soft spot for the women. Granted it was annoying to hear that he dropped everything to help the female lead with emotional support.
When their second child was born, he couldn't make it to the birth of their son because the female lead's first child was being born and she was scared.
'Waverley House' Rachel whispered, 'I'll try one last time but afterword's I'm done.' Standing up after her coffee she picked up her kids and drove them home. After she had gotten them to bed and Lucas had come home and she heated up his dinner.
Calmly she stared at Lucas for a moment. "Yesterday, you said you were staying at Waverley House in London on your next trip." She sat in the dinner table right across from him.
"Yes."
"Why the change, You've always stayed at Le Meridien in London. Why not this time? I thought you were happy with it"
"Familiarity has advantages. It can also become boring. I felt like a change."
"Does it belong to some European chain of hotels?'
He shook his head, his expression dismissive as he chewed on.
"How did it attract your interest?" Rachel persisted. "A business brochure?"
"Does it matter? I'm booked there now—" a sardonic twist of his lips "—for better or for worse. I'll leave you the contact numbers. I promise it won't be any problem to you."
Rachel's eyebrows twitched "Is it too much trouble for you to answer some questions from me your wife, Lucas?"
His look of surprise evoked a self-conscious flush. His eyes narrowed thoughtfully, riveting blue eyes, dynamic in their impact when they focused on a problem. "What are you upset about?" he asked, adopting an air of patience as he set what was left of his meal aside. He relaxed in his chair and waited for her to enlighten him. His mouth softened into an encouraging little smile.
She wanted to smack him.
"I was asking you about Waverley House."
"So you were," he replied, hardly forthcoming.
Rachel gritted her teeth. "What does it have to recommend it to you?"
"I told you. It'll be a change."
"How much of a change?"
"It's a small place in comparison, away from the big hotel scene, less impersonal, more geared to making people feel at home." He rattled out the information in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Sounds cosy."
"One would hope so." Said with a finality that suggested her curiosity should now be satisfied.
Thinking a little bit, Lucas is going with his always on-hands assistant, Bonnie Knight. Rachel isn't worried, despite the women's advances Lucas has no interest in her and has never cheated on her/ Much to the disappointment of that assistant of his. She was a great assistant regardless, its just to bad the beauty is greedy.
"Well, I hope it will prove a good move for you,' she said being fair-minded. "With you and Ms.Knight taking up two of the suites, you're sure to get every attention from the staff."
"One suite," came the firm correction. "It's a two- bedroom apartment with its own drawing room, kitchen, bathroom...like a home away from home." He flicked her a derisive look. "There's no point in having two suites."
'Are you trying to give people misunderstandings' Rachel thought. "You're sharing this home away from home with your personal assistant?"
"It's the most convenient arrangement," he casually affirmed.
"Very convenient." Her voice started to rock with a hint of rage building up. "Did it occur to you that I might object?"
He looked at her weighing. "Why should you?"
"Well, you are going to be sharing the same room, with another women. As your wife it does make me uncomfortable"