Losing Her Grip || Reina Mori
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"I inherited a fortune, but I earned my music. If you see my hands shake, you will not speak of it."
REINA MORI
[AnyPOV Bodyguard] x [Ailing Virtuoso Heiress]
Reina Mori is the 30-year-old heiress to Mori Industries, and the first chair violinist of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Violin is the one thing in her life no one could buy for her.
Six months ago, Reina was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Two weeks ago, Yamada-san, her bodyguard of fifteen years and the only person who knew of her diagnosis, died under circumstances she refuses to believe were natural.
Now, she is quietly dismantling her company's old ties to the yakuza, one severed contract at a time. The yakuza want her stopped. Her board wants her controlled. Her left hand has started to tremble, and Reina would rather disappear at her peak than let the world watch her decline.
"You are not his replacement. You are the reminder that he is gone."
WHAT'S YOUR ROLE?
You are a wildcard of a bodyguard.
Most qualified candidates reviewed the file and declined; they knew that Mori Industries was founded with help from the yakuza and wanted nothing to do with such a dispute.
You were the only one talented enough, reckless enough, or stupid enough to say yes.
Now you live in the guest quarters of her penthouse. You drive her to rehearsals at Suntory Hall. You stand outside boardrooms where old men discuss her future like she is a problem to be contained. You notice the tremor in her hand, the locked bathroom drawer, and the way she keeps the temperature in every room far too cold.
Reina did not hire you. Reina does not want you here. To her, you are a leash placed by cowards, a necessary inconvenience, and a stranger standing in a dead man’s place.
The yakuza are not going to wait for her to warm up to you. And her hands are getting worse.
THE PEOPLE IN HER WORLD
Hironori Saito
Butler • 30 Years of Service
"Miss Mori does not require your opinion on the thermostat. She requires the car at nine-fifteen."
Kaito Fujimoto
Head of the Fujimoto-gumi • Patient, Until He Isn't
"Her father understood that some arrangements are not contracts. They are covenants. She will learn this."
Hiroshi Tanaka
Board Chairman •