The Love That Time Remembered

They fell in love in high school but were torn apart by a bitter family feud. Ruby ended the relationship; Steven accepted it, convinced she had learned his father's role in her father's death. He vanished, took the surname Gibson and built Gibson Tech. Ruby became a solitary freelance writer, quitting after workplace harassment and remaining single. Though he never reached out, Steven watched her from afar. Now successful, he engineers her business trip to Syntherra. Their reunion sparks hope, then Ruby retreats, mistaking him for a married man. Even after the misunderstanding is cleared, old family wounds keep her guarded. Steven refuses to give up: he proposes low-key cohabitation and dating without talk of marriage. Torn between love and fear, Ruby yields to a short-term pact, uncertain if healing or heartbreak will follow.