Love Began with the First Meeting

Was it 'Do you have any interest in my woman, Molly, Mr. Mayor'?

At first, she thought that it was all an illusion, perhaps they were not talking about her. But now, she knew that it was not just in her head. 'They were talking about to whom I'm supposed to belong to...'

Seeing Edgar's eyes, their memory of childhood came back and haunted her. His eyes were still as beautiful as when they were young, soft and warm like a jade when he was calm, glaring and deep like the stars in the night sky when he was emotional.

Though his eyes were the same as they used to be, he was no longer the same person she knew during childhood. He had become a totally different person and now, he saw her as just a pair of worn shoes.

What a bitter truth! Time passed by, and they all had changed. They were not kids any more. Time and reality changed not only her but him as well.

'To him, I have become a cheap woman, who deserves neither love nor respect. Therefore, he could just insult me in any way.'

All of these mixed feelings began rising to Molly all of a sudden. She laughed at herself in her thoughts and tried to calm herself down. She stopped looking at the room and tried to focus on her task. She held the tray even more tightly and told herself to be polite enough so that no one could find fault with her. The exclusive job on the VIP floor was made possible by Brian, so she was supposed to be really careful and should not mess it all up and be fired.

Molly bit the bullet and tried to calm down with all her strength. Then, she came forward and said with softness and unflappability," Sir, this is your wine."

a glimpse of her and found a slight smile unfolding on her face. She was obviously tolerant of the situation even though her

satisfactory etiquette which met his standards. She had no experience in serving VIPs, yet he could find that she was really careful to do an exemplary job the whole night. Before that night, he had only seen her working in the casino's main hall, where she was very flexible and clever to serve the load of clients at a time. But

really are

entered the room was Molly. After a short while, he calmed down and his facial expression returned to normal, which was indifferent and slightly treacherous. Witnessing that Molly followed every command of Brian including putting the wine glass beside him, an array of complex feelings came into Edgar's mind, which was revealed in his eyes. However, he still tried to hide

of him, Edgar caught a glimpse of his fifth card, and found that it was the fourth King. Now

good luck today!" Edgar said with slight happiness and surprise in his voice. He raised up the wine glass and took a sip. The red liquid sprawled in his mouth, like blood flowing in and around his mouth, showing great bloodthirsty

his eyebrows and opened his fifth card. With the newly obtained card, his cards on the table turned out to be four consecutive cards of spades: from the spade two

has 4 Kings on the table. Frankly

If his last card fails to complete a straight flush of spades with the cards

his hand. His slim fingers gave out a little force to shake the red wine in the thin glass and swirled it inside the crystal glass. The red liquid could not keep itself on the glass wall for

smile unfolded on his face under his eagle-like sharp eyes. He asked softly as

wanted to add her to the bet as she heard it

she heard. What she could do was only laugh at herself. The reality was so cruel that she could not breathe and the pain