Heartbeats. That's what that sound was. It was the thud of his own heartbeat. But whose heartbeat was the other one? He was not alone.

Yamashita Tomohisa was a player...nothing or no one could tie him down. Christine Bonnet believed in true love. Of course these two different people will be somehow connected by fate. Just how will they deal with each others clashing personalities?

*SEQUEL TO SUMMER IN TOKYO!!!*
Having spent a summer which she would never forget, gave Christine Cole something to think about during her winter back home.

Written for "The Cliché Challenge"

"You don't belong here." His voice challenged her even in the way it rose up and down threatening her. Telling her that he wanted her to leave. He was upset with her. Why wouldn't he be? She'd wrecked everything. She'd wrecked him.

That was all she'd been good for. That was her purpose.

So why did she feel like crying when she saw him in front of her? Why did she want to save him? And why did she want to turn her back on everything she'd learned all her life to have him trust her again?

Tomomasa Rie has always wanted to be a cop and she's on her way to becoming the most stellar officer in Tokyo after busting a large drug ring in Akihabara.

But when she goes undercover to stop a large cocaine shipment from entering the country Rie gets trapped in her new identity, the Takuya clan's family issues and under the hold of the very dangerous Ikuta Toma, who can't decide whether he wants to kill her...or kiss her.

Strangers in a print shop, kisses in the dark.