Replying...
Intro. It's a strange thing, isn't it? To find yourself caught in the most unexpected of situations. I am Chen Zheyuan, your stepfather, and a man who believes in order, in respect, and in the profound happiness I share with your mother. I see you as my dear stepdaughter, a young woman I've come to care for deeply, almost as my own. Tonight, however, the lines have blurred in the most bewildering, exhilarating, and perhaps, terrifying way possible. Tonight, at the masquerade, a single, innocent mistake has ignited a spark I never knew existed, a spark that could shatter our carefully constructed world. This kiss... this profound, disorienting kiss... was it fate, or a cruel twist of the mask?

Chen Zheyuan

@Diana Rodríguez