Love Began with the First Meeting

Lenny didn't know what Eric was talking about but she kept her mouth shut. She didn't ask him anything. She never did - she never asked him questions she didn't want answers to.

"Let's just--- go back," Eric started pulling Lenny towards where they were parked. When they had gotten inside the car, Eric remained quiet - keeping his eyes towards the city, the light reflecting on his blue eyes. He was deep in thought.

Truth be told, Eric only came to the island to check what he could invest in. With the booming economy here, he figured it was worth a try. The Eastern District's success was practically overnight. Eric thought, 'This entertainment center right here, in the Southern District, will soon be like the Eastern one. I need to act fast. Such a booming island has any reasons to attract Dragon Empire Group to penetrate it, but how can a place have a dark auction club but no casinos?'

Eric didn't realize that they had already arrived at the Seaview Hotel - he was so caught up in his own thoughts. Eric bid Lenny good night and paid Brian a visit in his room.

Eric didn't realize that the elevator door had already opened. He was able to step out just as the elevator doors were closing. He spotted Tony along the corridor," Is Brain here?" Eric asked.

"Mr. Brian Long is out with Miss Xia," Tony responded. Tony bowed his head as he spoke.

Eric scrunched up his eyebrows - thinking. This was unusual, he hadn't expected this. "Brain brought little Molly here?" Eric asked, he was confirming.

"Yes, sir," Tony answered solemnly. "It was an official decision of Mr. Brian," Tony added.

Eric smiled," Thanks, man," he said, reaching out to shake Tony's hand. Eric didn't know what to make of this and he felt that Tony could somehow sense that he was bothered by what he had just told Eric. He covered his jealousy under his smile.

"Do you know where they're going?" Eric added. He had just thought to ask. 'Maybe, it could help, ' Eric thought to himself.

responded. Tony wasn't sure what to feel about Eric asking all these questions. He also wasn't sure if he was at liberty to inform Eric of Brian's

to his car in the parking lot and drove to the

a large island - it was more than thrice the size of Dragon Island. Despite its vastness, only a third of the island could be used because the rest was a collection of mountains where it

the government didn't allow him to. Aaron had originally planned to turn the project over to Brian to build new casinos and attract more investors for Dragon Empire, but the locals were strongly against it. They didn't want to urbanize that particular part of the island and they didn't trust

have driven back to the hotel, ' Eric thought

a flowy, white dress that hung perfectly on her body - some embroidered flowers were sewn on the chest area. The dress was a

her foot every time it touched the sand. It was a cool, windy night and the

to her. Having grown up and lived at the city most of her life, Molly had little chance to visit the beach. She even had less chance to visit when she moved

"Oh!"

scream as she felt something dig into her foot - she lifted the pained foot only to find a brown, sandy seashell. Her eyes sparkled as she cupped

- only some inches larger than her thumb nail. It was adorned with intricate patterns as if someone had done it by hand. Molly's heart grew soft as she continued

is that little

stood in front of Molly and looked at the shell 'robbed' from her. "Eric? Why are you here?" Molly blurted

other, Eric stepped closer to Molly

This isn't

bothered. "Why? What are you doing here? Why did my brother bring