Love Began with the First Meeting

"What? Did you mean that you don't want me to keep you company?"

Brian's ghostly voice whispered in Molly's ears. Her heart trembled. She scolded herself in her mind that she had forgotten to obey him, so she immediately corrected her words and explained,"I didn't mean that. I don't like having meals alone, so if you can keep me company, of course that would be great... But... I was just afraid of disturbing your work."

Brian couldn't help but grin devilishly after hearing her explanation. He asked,"Really?"

"Yes, yes! Of course!" Molly nodded her head heavily in order for him to believe her. But then she realized that she had reacted too fast and too dramatic that it sounded like a lie. Molly grinned with embarrassment and looked at Brian with her pure eyes. She awkwardly added some more words to explain,"Lisa said that you were always so busy that sometimes you barely have time to eat anything. If we can have meals together, you might be able to have your meals on time, too."

Molly's face flushed red after finishing her words. Her face had already reddened because of the cold wind. Now, it went even redder because of embarrassment. She bit her lower lip and lowered her eyelids. Uneasily moving her red and freezing hands, Molly was scolding herself in her mind for saying those words to Brian.

Looking at how awkward Molly felt while speaking to him, Brian's eyes glimmered with pleasure. Although he knew that she had said these words out of fear, Brian still felt much happier.

Brian lowered his eyes and noticed that Molly's hands had already turned red because of playing with the snow. A hint of anger flashed across his face as he scolded her,"Are you a fool? Why didn't you wear gloves when you made the snowman?"

Though he looked angry while he spoke, Brian gently reached out to Molly, and then wrapped her cold hands with his big palms to give her warmth.

was surprised by what he did. She raised her head and noticed that his bushy eyebrows were furrowing out of worry. His sudden

to her mind once again. Molly found it hard to believe that this kind and compassionate man who was giving her warmth was the same cruel and ruthless man she knew. She wondered whether it was true that he had

right?" Although he was asking a question, the tone of his voice was actually confirmative. Molly looked at him with embarrassment. He

and shoulders. Brian's tender and attractive voice came into Molly's ears, and touched her heart. She even forgot about how

Brian, without trying to pull her hands back from his big palms. She felt the warmth coming from his hands, through her

a very ambiguous and spoiled behavior," Molly blurted out the words with a dash of affection flickering in her eyes. But when she realized what she

her hands back from

and grinned even more widely like a child. But then, his smile instantly faded away from his face as he heard what she said next. He gripped her hands even tighter, stopping her from drawing them back, and said,"We've already done the most intimate thing. How could you say that we

bright red. She bit her lower lip, frowned, and said,"That's not

did you mean?" Brian replied immediately.

then all of a sudden, in an angry tone

to one side, and cursed Brian in her mind. Then, she asked,"So are we going to keep

the ability to read her mind, nor did he have any technique to do it. He was