At 30,000 feet, lightning tore through the clouds. Aura 982 jolted violently. Screams erupted in the cabin. Inside the cockpit, alarms blared nonstop—primary systems failed, and the lightning strike had severed all contact with the ground. Captain Liam gripped the control stick, voice steady: "Maintain heading. I can still hold her." Thousands of miles away, Grace’s fingers froze over the radar screen at Air Traffic Control. The blinking dot labeled A982—she recognized it instantly. *His* flight. Ten years ago, when she was stripped, recorded, and humiliated in a school locker room, it was rookie pilot Liam who stormed in, smashed the phone, and punched down her attackers. He wrapped her in his jacket, carried her out without a word—and became the first light in her dark world. The next day, he was fired. Then vanished. A decade later, she had become the nation’s youngest air traffic director—no more trembling, no more tears, surviving only on data and composure. And he? After countless requalification exams and psychological evaluations, he’d fought his way back into the sky, now the youngest captain in the fleet. Fate never let them go easily. "Aura 982, follow my instructions," Grace said, putting on her headset, voice as cold as ice. "Turn left 15 degrees, descend to 24,000 feet—avoid the storm core." "Roger that." The moment Liam heard her voice, his fingers trembled slightly. "Grace? Is that you?" One silent second passed. "Who else would dare fly into my radar range?" she replied, then snapped back into command mode. "Engine damage confirmed. Prepare for emergency landing. I'm clearing every runway for you." "You're still so fierce," he murmured, steadying the plane through thunder and wind. "I like it." On the ground, chaos erupted. Supervisors screamed for control, but Grace clung to the mic. "This aircraft is under *my* command!" Finally, A982 descended like a wounded bird, skimming onto the runway. Sparks flew as tires hit asphalt. All passengers survived. As the rain cleared, the jet bridge opened. Liam stepped down from the plane—uniform torn, blood streaking his face. She stood waiting at the gate, crisp in her uniform, not a strand of hair out of place. They stared at each other, long and silent. "I thought you'd forgotten me," he said. "I never stopped thinking of you," she whispered, eyes glistening. "But it took me ten years to learn I could be more than someone who needed saving." He stepped forward, gently taking her hand. "This time… we land together. Okay?" Headlines exploded across the world: **"Lightning Strikes Flight—Heroic Air Traffic Controller Saves the Day"** **"Pilot Who Once Saved a Girl Now Survives the Impossible"** No one knew that that night, they held each other and wept in the control room—like two lost children who had finally come home. Air traffic controller Grace has secretly loved elite pilot Liam for a decade, her admiration hidden behind the radar screens of the control tower. A fateful blind date unexpectedly reunites them, igniting an impulsive decision to marry. Their whirlwind union begins as a marriage of convenience but soon navigates turbulent skies.