Her Asian Billionaire’s Perfect Match

“Darling you look like you are about to drop,” his mother said teasingly, her hands elbow deep into a bag of soil. Apart from a film of perspiration on her face she looked as fresh as when they had just started.

“I am ready to call it quits mother,” he told her grimly, putting aside the trowel he had been using.

“Goes to show that women are a lot stronger than men are,” she told him smugly.

“I am in no position to argue with you right now.” He stood up gracefully and stretched his muscles. “Need anything from inside the kitchen?”

“No thank you darling, you go ahead, I will be in shortly,” she told him with a wave.

She watched him take long strides out of the greenhouse, a smile playing about her lips. No matter how busy he was with work, he always made time for her and she had learned to appreciate that. She had watched him grow into a fine handsome young man who was very respectful towards women and a business tycoon to contend with. The papers referred to him as the ‘Japanese mega force’ in business. He had taken over his father’s company and turned into one of the largest in the country and had done it with more than a college degree; it had been innate business acumen.

The only concern she had was his failure to settle down. She had seen him out with some of the most beautiful women around, not just sticking to Japanese nationals but others as well but they had not been serious. He was too caught up with work and if truth be told he was also making sure that she was not left alone.

She had been mildly in love with Kobe Hamasaki but it had been a prearranged union and she had been forced to adhere to her traditional Japanese parents to marry him. She had been obedient and had been a good wife to him and very supportive. It helped that he had also been a very good man and had treated her kindly and with respect. But she had vowed that when she had children she would never force them to marry a total stranger even though hers had turned out well enough. Love has to be a very integral part of it.

She smiled secretly and wondered what her son was going to say to her when he found out she was planning to sign up with ‘Love in Prime’, the fifties and over Matchmaking Company. This time she was going to be doing the choosing and if she failed at doing so then it was her choice to fail at. It made it better that both her parents were dead. She knew what they would have thought about such a thing.

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John settled back against the soft leather of the high back chair inside his den. He had enjoyed the meal his mother had prepared and now it was his time to be alone and delve into work. He enjoyed seeking out new companies and loved the challenges it posed and he was looking forward to turning it around because that was what he did best.