Love Began with the First Meeting

Eric knew that Brian was bothered - he knew him too well, he could read it in his eyes. Eric continued to chatter with Brian about the island, completely disregarding Molly's presence. 'Since when did Brian start to trust her? Since when could we talk about business in front of a woman?' Eric thought, a grin plastered on his face.

As soon as they finished their conversation, Eric got up and left.

He got into his car and turned Molly's shell over his palm. His mind was racing - he couldn't take his mind off Molly's surprise when she saw him and how she turned red around Brian.

Eric felt his body stiffen up at this thought. He wished he didn't feel jealous but he did. He wished he was still too arrogant for these kinds of things but he wasn't.

Eric closed up his palm hiding the shell from his sight. He stared blankly outside - deep in thought. His face slowly broke into a smile - not the delightful kind of smile but the knowing kind of smile as if he was planning something, as if he had just figured something out. He turned the engine on and started to back his car up.

The next day, the sun shone so brightly in the early morning as if it was shining for the very first time.

Molly sat under a sunshade in the Seaview Hotel backyard, eating her breakfast alone. Brian and Tony had already left. Her mind was deep in thought, it was racing from what she had heard between Eric and Brian the previous night. The island was big enough for it to accommodate an underground scene, a place where the rich could squander off their money, but never a casino. And she heard that Brian was planning to operate a casino few times of the size of Grand Night Casino.

Molly lifted the glass of milk she was having for breakfast and touched her lips to the rim - lost in thought.

"Isn't it a little bit too early for you to be thinking about Brian?"

a voice suddenly said. The man took a seat beside Molly.

idea how he got here - she usually had this place to herself. Molly hadn't realized that she had actually taken a sip from her glass and was chocked on

this time, was coughing intensely.

scoffed,"How old are you, anyway? Why can't you handle your

the back as she threw a fit of coughs. Eric touched her so gently, like he was not

coughs, her face completely red,"Are you really here

said. He was putting something around Molly. "What are you doing?" Molly asked, incredulous.

her around, he was amused,"We've known each for forever and I've never

the necklace and

and met Eric's eyes, almost as if looking for something, almost as if she

of relieved because she planned on asking the shell back from Eric last night. But with

like it?" Eric

it very much." Molly responded.

the sight of Molly smiling and admiring the necklace. He knew giving this to her would make her happy but he didn't know that she would be this happy. Eric got lost in Molly's eyes - they sparkled. It reminded him of Becky's, to

wealthy - anything she asked for, she got it. She was used to getting anything that she wants. Brian only continued to spoil her when they started dating. Becky's eyes never lit up like this, like the way Molly's had had. And to Eric, it was the most beautiful thing in the

necklace. It was absolutely beautiful and to Molly, it didn't matter that it wasn't worth much - what mattered was that it was the first present that she had ever received and she loved it.

received a gift, not for her birthdays and even not from her

but he stopped at this,"Wait, what? No one's ever given you a