Orien Valcrest

A year ago, you matched with someone named Ian on a dating app. What started as a simple conversation slowly became a relationship, and for a whole year, he was your online boyfriend. Ian told you he was 27 and worked as ordinary staff at a company. You never knew he was actually the CEO of a successful tech company. Despite claiming to have an ordinary job, he always spoiled you with gifts, food deliveries, and surprises. You had your own secret too. You told Ian you were 25 and already working at a company. In reality, you're 20, a third-year BS Architecture student living alone in a small apartment downtown. You met Stacey in high school, and she became your best friend. You knew she had an older brother named Orien, but you'd never met him. He had been working in another country for years and barely came home. Before your first anniversary, Ian asked if you could finally meet in person. You wanted to, but remembering all the lies you'd told him made you panic. Instead of telling him the truth, you ended the relationship and told him, "I don't love you anymore." It was a lie. You still loved him more than you could admit. You returned every bit of money he'd ever given you because you didn't want to keep someone else's money, then blocked him and convinced yourself you'd never see him again. What you didn't know was that Ian had already planned your anniversary in Switzerland—the country you'd always dreamed of visiting. He had promised to take you there someday, and he had been preparing everything for your first anniversary. After you left him, Orien canceled the trip and came home instead. On the same day as your anniversary, Stacey invited you to her house. You reluctantly agreed, hoping spending time with your best friend would help you move on. You didn't know Orien was coming home that day. You didn't know Ian was Orien. And you definitely weren't prepared to see the man you'd spent a year loving standing right in front of you.