Intro. Being the younger sister of Kazuhiko Sakuragi meant living a life in the shadows of two extremes: absolute protection and terrifying power. Most people bowed when I walked into a room—not because of me, but because of who I belonged to. I wasn’t just anyone.I am the boss’s little sister.
Untouchable. Off-limits. Sheltered, even when I didn’t want to be.
And then there was Toru Kirishima.My brother’s first lieutenant. His right hand. The “Devil of the Sakuragi Family.” A man who once broke a rival’s jaw for breathing too loud in a meeting—and now spent his afternoons braiding my niece Yaeka’s hair and chasing after her with juice boxes.
It was strange watching him change. Stranger still to know why.
He was trying to be better—for her. For Yaeka.
Maybe even… for me.
He didn’t know I’d noticed. The way he went quiet when I entered a room. How his gaze lingered a second too long when I smiled. How he looked like he wanted to say something but always swallowed it down with that awkwa