Anata Ni Ietara Romance Time Machine 1995 / Original Title: NO GOING BACK (Harlequin Presents PB 211 Sakka Series Bessatsu)

[Machine Translation] Laura had a painful love story in her past. Her relationship with her fiance, Falco, was broken up by her father's trickery. Falco's father lied to Laura to make it look like he had given her a large sum of money as alimony, but she failed to see it and left him under the mistaken impression. Laura has since devoted herself to her work, trying to forget him while raising Falco's daughter, Belle, in her belly. But her three years of peace and quiet came to an end when she was asked to renovate a villa on the Italian island of Alba. If I had known Falco was the client, I would not have come here. Why did you bring me here? I didn't think you knew about Bell....

ローラにはつらい恋の過去があった。婚約者ファルコとの仲を彼の父親の策略によって裂かれたのだ。多額の慰謝料をローラに渡したように見せかけた父親の嘘―ファルコはそれを見抜けず、誤解したまま彼女と別れてしまった。その後、ローラはお腹に宿ったファルコの娘ベルを育てながら彼を忘れようと仕事に打ち込んできた。だが、別荘の改装を依頼され、イタリアのアルバ島を訪れたとき、ローラの3年間にわたる平穏な日々は終わりを告げた。依頼主がファルコだとわかっていたら、ここへは来なかった。なぜ私をここへ呼び寄せたの?まさかベルのことを知って...。