Love Began with the First Meeting

"It is just that she was drugged with a local medicine, and the effect of this medicine is pretty strong.

I am afraid that there might be some consequences."

Brian's eyes narrowed and his tension was evident. He glared at the doctor with his sharp, terrifying eyes. A shiver of fright traveled through the doctor's veins. He was too scared to continue talking.

"What consequences?" Brian asked nervously. Eric frowned, his handsome face showed anger and anxiety. Seeing how emotional Eric was at that moment, Lenny's eyes filled with jealousy.

"She might..." The doctor muttered. Much as he strove to explain the situation in better words, he could not find a proper way to explain her condition without the danger of being punished by the two men in front of him. Eric and Brian were fairly younger than him, but their chilly and ghastly eyes betrayed their age and the doctor couldn't dare say anything that would make them angry.

"She might not be able to speak again?" Brian asked, trying to stay calm as best as he could. His tone sounded indifferent, as if he was just stating the facts after assessing the situation rather than being worried for a person that he actually cared about.

Realizing that there was no other way around, the doctor nodded his head lightly. His lips quivered, struggling to overcome the fear in his mind. "This is not the first time I am seeing a patient like this on QY Island. I have seen plenty of patients with the same symptoms, but unfortunately, no one has ever been cured so far. This drug causes severe damage to the patient's throat. There are also chances of damage occurring to the whole vocal system. "So..." he stammered.

that there is no other way?" asked Brian, in an unconcerned way, but no

before he spoke again,"It might not be totally incurable. The timeline since she was drugged is fairly short and I have already given her necessary treatments. But either way,

very less confidence. At the end of it, he still couldn't find a fine word to confront Brian's penetrating, grimly

gloomy light. The doctor's words stunned him into terror. For the first time, he felt such unexplainable, complicated fury and pain. Struggling with his emotions, he lowered his head instinctively to avoid being caught

doctor back," Brian

"Yes, sir!"

bag with his quivering hands and hurried out the door with his nurse following close behind. As soon as he stepped out of the Seaview Hotel, he sighed deeply in relief. He felt like he had been through some horrible disaster and had finally been rescued and brought back to life.

still unconscious. Brian sat on the sofa beside her bed. His face was steady and emotionless, but a trace of intolerable chilly light

the wall next to the TV, with his arms folded across his chest. There was worry in his mind, but he didn't let it show. He stood at the corner, looking idle and sluggish.

sudden clang of the lighter broke the complete stillness of the space. An inscrutable darkness surrounded him and his eyes were equally dark as the room. As he slowly took a drag and

own thoughts. It seemed like the clock had stopped ticking and the whole world had frozen over. After spending so many years in the Shadow Organization, Lenny thought that she was already accustomed to cold-blooded killings. But at that moment, she sensed the indescribable