It Will Be Beautiful a.k.a My Sweet Smelling Love

For once in Lynn's life, she is faced with a dilemma. Often decisive, never back out once she made a decision, Lynn is the epitome of a risk-taker. Her motto is "I dare, therefore I do." But of course, she is not like me, who takes any risk. She calculates her steps, but never does she think twice. Except now.

Kris is playing with his keys, a habit he usually overlooks especially when he gets stressed or distraught. And he is distraught now. His heart felt like it is not pumping in a regular rhythm, and cold beads of sweat is starting to form on his forehead. Kris wiped them away, the smell of copper and metal lingered at his nose.

The time is reversed. Lynn had just argued with her boyfriend. She was mad at his irresponsibility and had thrown him out from her cafe. Her boyfriend, whom we will call Soo for now, was a partner in Lynn's cafe. They both came to know each other in the baking school and decided to open a cafe together. In order not to clash with Soo's talents in baking, Lynn took charge of the accounts and left Soo in the kitchen. Soo, however, had a problem in investing in stock markets and often borrowed money from Lynn. It is after Lynn put down her foot that Soo decided to sell his partnership off to Kris.

Kris was an owner of a dry cleaning chain before Soo sold his partnership to him. Kris was tricked into believing that Lynn also wanted to sell off the cafe. Kris thought that it would be a good idea for his new outlet expansion plan. Only, Lynn had never thought of selling.

Kris met Lynn for the first time to talk about buying over her part of the deal. Lynn obviously had not heard the transaction and was appalled at the idea. Kris realised what a fool he had been and went to seek out Soo. Soo of course, took the money and ran away, leaving Kris with a plan gone haywire and Lynn without a baker. (Of course, Lynn is a baking school graduate. She can fill the place easily.)

Kris and Lynn started off being very distant to each other, since they have no idea who each other were. Lynn, being her decisive self wanted Kris out, opting to buy over her boyfriend's (make that ex.) share. Kris at first wanted to be adamant about it, but later realised that it was probably better to give up and get someplace else.

That someplace else turned out to be next door to the cafe. The previous owner ran a restaurant and therefore there was a certain amount of renovation needed to change it into a dry cleaner. The noise and dust became unbearable to Lynn's customer and therefore there were fewer customers. Also the baking quality seemed to have gone down a little as Lynn's skills are not as strong as Soo.

Lynn had to find a way out of this. Therefore she started treating the renovation workers. In return, she asked them to quickly finish the work. Kris bumped into Lynn as she went around the neighborhood and promoted her cafe.

Kris became attracted to Lynn for her hardworking and intelligence. He became the regular in her cafe. At first Lynn find his presence a little annoying since he often ordered the cheapest bread and coffee only, then he sits down in the cafe for a long time. Slowly, Lynn grew amused and became fond of Kris as well.

One night, Lynn, overworked due to the need to juggle between baking and management, fell asleep in her office while she was waiting for the meat to roast. Kris who passed by to inspect his store, smelled burning meat and tried to open the locked door of the cafe. Kris managed to save the day just in time before the smoke kills Lynn. Kris realised how much he was afraid to see Lynn lying unconscious. Lynn, on the other hand, was grateful to Kris.

Kris decided to ask Lynn out for a date. They both enjoyed each other's company and fell so much in love before they even realised it.

Then, Soo came back. In a surprising event, Kris' longtime girlfriend had also returned. Lynn felt betrayed by Kris for cheating on her and his girlfriend. Kris on the other hand, felt that his girlfriend was no longer his girlfriend. She had after all, left him suddenly just like Soo did to Lynn.

Lynn did not want Soo though Soo helped her to regain her customers by baking for her again. Kris' girlfriend wanted marriage and Kris felt torn between his new love for Lynn and his girlfriend's persistence. Kris had to decide. He was ready to break it off with his girlfriend when he saw Soo and Lynn looked happy together. Kris still decided to break it off anyway and brokenhearted, closed up his dry cleaning store and left.

Soo in fact, had a new love somewhere else. It was because of his new love that persuaded him to come back to ask for forgiveness, not just as an ex-boyfriend, but as a partner who bailed out. Soo and Lynn parted ways amicably and Lynn is left to herself. She suddenly felt lonely, and started to miss Kris, though she had to convince herself that Kris is getting married.

One day, two letters arrived by mail. One was a letter from her mother, asking Lynn to go back and take over the family's business as her father is lying ill. Another was a letter without a sender, containing nothing but a picture of Lynn's cafe shop front, with Lynn sitting alone at the window. There was only a line: "I miss this place. I'll be coming back." The picture and the envelope smelled of a launderette. Lynn immediately knew who the sender was.

Lynn now sits where she was depicted in the picture and did not know what to do. Should she give up all and go back to her parents? She loved her cafe. But she loved her parents as well. And there was Kris. A memory she could not erase. Is he not married? The manager at the other dry cleaning shop told her that he had break up with his girlfriend but left town nonetheless, thinking that his true love was with another man.

If he said he was coming back, will she want to wait for him? But what if he comes back to announce about another relationship? Yes, it had only been a few months apart, but much could have happened. Lynn is distressed and unsure...