It's a delicate relationship; our hearts are family, but our bodies are strangers. I spent a week alone with my mother-in-law, and it's inevitable that I made mistakes. (Lai Ben Shiori VENX-334)

Even a legal obligation should create a bond like that between a real parent and child. Shiori believed this and earnestly spent time with her husband's stepson, Takaaki. Perhaps her efforts paid off, and she and Takaaki developed a close, sibling-like relationship. However, Takaaki actually harbored romantic feelings for Shiori. Shiori was shaken by this unexpected turn of events and initially rejected him, but from that day on, she began to care about Takaaki…