The sky outside the airplane windows was quiet and wide, but inside the aircraft, hearts were not calm.
Yvonne sat near the window, looking out at the clouds.
The sunlight poured gently into the cabin, touching her skin.
She looked peaceful on the outside, calm, steady and strong but deep inside, something trembled.
Not fear.
Not regret.
Not weakness.
Just a strange feeling.
Like the past was not done with her yet.
Like fate was whispering something she did not want to hear.
She closed her eyes and tried to relax.
This journey was not about him.
This journey was about her future.
Her dream.
Her new life.
She reminded herself again.
She was Doctor Yvonne Carter now.
Not the abandoned wife.
Not the woman who cried alone.
Not the woman who waited for love.
She was a leader now.
A woman the world respected.
A woman who finally chose herself.
So why…
Why did her chest still feel heavy?
Her hand resting on her lap tightened for a moment. Then she forced herself to breathe slowly and calm.
A memory suddenly flashed in her mind.
Their wedding day.
His cold eyes.
The empty promise.
The lonely nights.
The day he asked for divorce to protect another woman.
Her heart hardened again.
Yes.
This was why.
She could never go back.
Not far away in the same plane.
In a different cabin.
Adrian sat frozen.
He had just confirmed something he still could not believe.
He was on the same flight as her.
The same sky.
The same air.
The same journey.
For a moment, he forgot how to breathe.
He had boarded late. His chest was still tight from running. His mind was spinning. He did not know if fate was giving him one more chance or if fate wanted to test him.
He closed his eyes.
Her name filled his thoughts again.
Yvonne.
He whispered it softly inside his heart.
For years, she had stood behind him while he looked at someone else, she waited for him while he ignored her, she loved him when he gave her nothing.
And when she finally left
He finally learned what losing truly meant.
He leaned back slowly.
Fear touched him.
What if she refused to even look at him?
What if she hated him so completely that she would never speak to him again?
What if fate brought him here only to show him he had lost forever?
He deserved that pain.
He knew it but still
He wanted one chance, just one
Not to hurt her,not to claim her but to speak honestly for the first time.
To tell her that she was not a mistake.
She was not second choice.
She was the woman he should have loved first.
He opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of the cabin.
He prayed without saying words.
Please let me at least stand in front of her again.
Several hours passed.
The plane flew through peaceful skies.
But life never remains peaceful for long.
Suddenly the aircraft trembled.
Not gently.
Hard.
People gasped softly.
Some hands grabbed seat rests.
Some held their breath.
A low warning sound echoed through the cabin.
The seat belt sign turned on.
A voice came through the speakers.
Passengers, please remain calm. We are experiencing air turbulence.
The plane shook again.
Harder this time.
A few people screamed.
Fear filled the air.
Yvonne opened her eyes at once.
Her doctor instincts woke immediately.
She did not panic.
She did not freeze.
She looked around quickly, observing, thinking, calculating.
Someone across the aisle was already crying.
A child clung to his mother.
An elderly man was breathing too fast.
She leaned forward slightly and spoke gently.
"Calm down. Breathe slowly. Everything will be fine."
Her voice was steady, warm and strong
It gave comfort, even to herself
The plane dropped slightly.
Gasps filled the cabin again.
She held the armrest firmly but she did not shake.
She had faced life and death many times in emergency rooms.
Fear would not break her, not anymore
After years of emotional storms, this turbulence felt like nothing but somewhere else on the plane
Someone else was thinking about only one person.
Adrian gripped his seat but his mind was not on himself.
He thought only of her.
Was she scared?
Was she alone?
Was she okay?
The thought of her being afraid tore at his chest.
He wanted to run to her.
To hold her.
To be her strength like he never was before.
He cursed himself inside.
All those years she was the one afraid and lonely.
He was not there.
Now even the sky was punishing him.
The plane shook again.
His assistant beside him looked pale.
"Sir… this is rough," the assistant whispered.
Adrian did not respond.
One thought filled his entire soul.
Please let her be safe.
Please let nothing happen to her.
Not now.
Not ever again.
Minutes felt like hours.
The turbulence continued for a while before finally beginning to calm.
People breathed out in relief.
Voices softened, fear slowly faded.
The plane steadied.
The captain spoke again.
Passengers, we apologize for the turbulence. Everything is under control now. Please remain seated until the seat belt sign is off.
A soft wave of calm filled the cabin.
Yvonne leaned back slowly.
Her heart finally relaxed.
She turned her head slightly and looked around again.
Everyone was settling.
Everyone was safe.
Then she surprised herself.
Why did she suddenly think of him?
Was he afraid too?
Was he somewhere safe?
She shook the thought away.
He was no longer part of her life.
He was no longer someone she should care about but the heart is not something that obeys rules even when it stops loving.
It still remembers.
The flight continued.
Quiet.
Heavy.
Full of unsaid feelings.
Hours later, the pilot announced their landing.
Passengers, we will be arriving shortly. Welcome to our destination. Thank you for flying with us.
Hearts tightened again not with fear but with expectation, with tension, with coming fate.
The wheels touched the ground.
The plane slowed.
Applause filled the air.
They had arrived.
A new place.
A new chapter.
A battlefield where their lives would collide again.
The doors opened.
Passengers rose.
Voices filled the space.
Movement everywhere.
A whole world of new faces.
Yvonne walked out first class exit with the Zenith team.
Her figure was calm and beautiful.
Professional, confident and untouchable.
Reporters were waiting.
Flashes sparked.
Cameras turned.
People whispered.
There she is.
Doctor Carter.
Zenith leader.
The miracle doctor.
She bowed her head politely and kept walking.
She did not care about the cameras.
She did not want attention.
She just wanted to step into her new life with dignity but what she did not know was that only a short distance behind
Adrian stepped out as well.
Flashes sparked again.
Crowds shifted.
Business reporters gathered.
There he is.
Adrian Blake.
Powerful CEO.
Project investor.
Two storms entered the same world
At the same time.
Walking forward.
Not knowing they were only a few heartbeats away from each other.
Yvonne walked through immigration security.
Adrian walked toward the same direction on another lane.
Destiny began to tighten its invisible strings.
Step by step
Closer
Closer
Closer
Until finally
The world stopped for one of them.
Yvonne lifted her head.
She froze.
Her breath stilled.
Her eyes widened.
Her heart did something she did not allow it to do.
It shook, not out of love, not out of longing but out of shock because several steps ahead across the hall.
Was the man she once loved with all she had.
The man who broke her heart, the man who divorced her.
Adrian Blake.
Time slowed.
Noise faded.
Crowd disappeared.
For a few seconds
There was only him
And her.
Her chest tightened not with pain just with the weight of memories.
Their past rushed through her mind in one breath.
The wedding ring.
The empty bed.
The tears.
The divorce.
Fate had played its card.
They were here.
In the same place.
Same program.
Same world.
He had not seen her yet.
But he would.
Soon.
Very soon.
Her heartbeat became loud again, but her eyes hardened.
She was not the same woman anymore.
If he wanted to face her
He would face the woman he once crushed
Now reborn.
She lifted her chin softly.
She stood taller.
She prepared her heart because she knew this was not just a meeting.
This was the beginning of a war between past and future, between regret and strength, between love that came too late
And a woman who learned to live without it.
Yvonne has seen Adrian first.
Adrian has not yet seen her.
They are finally in the same place
And fate will force their eyes to meet but when he turns around.
Will he find the woman he once abandoned
Or a stranger he can never reach again?