Love Began with the First Meeting

"Tell all our men to retreat right away!" Brian commanded with a cold tone.

"Anyway, I currently have no plans on learning the truth, and I know for sure that the thing that happened to Steven Xia in the past isn't as simple as I thought."

"Someone from the military could've stepped in it,"

Vincent added.

A cold sneer curled Brian's lips. "It may not necessarily have something to do with the military," he said slowly.

"It's true that Jonny Zeng didn't take his part," Vincent replied calmly with an indifferent expression.

"But, I would like to believe that Jenifer Zeng's power and means are nothing less threatening than her grandfather's," he added.

"Her purpose is just Edgar," Brian said plainly.

He never once took that woman seriously.

"So, how should I reply to the buyer of the intelligence?" Vincent asked as his face twitched a bit.

Obviously, he was quite perplexed about how he should solve that question.

In the past, if a buyer asked to buy some intelligence from them, they would often give them great answers. But this time, since Richie got involved, they wouldn't be able to carry their investigation.

Vincent couldn't think of a way to address their problem and what to do next, for such situation never happened to the XK Intelligence Agency before.

to refuse him," Brian said in a simple manner

whether the deal would be carried or not.

his eyebrows and stared at Brian with

of the XK Intelligence Agency, it was Brian who was

a sly smile as he said flatly,"

and I will compensate him by offering

of Brian's words. The "present" would clearly be a lot more valuable for that

decision to put a halt on the investigation wasn't caused by

even managed to fool his father when he was

made a decision to stop the investigation just because of Richie's interference.

would understand why he made such decision unless he would

video call ended, Brian stayed and pondered in his chair. Standing up from his seat, he left the study and headed towards his bedroom. But as he was about to push the door handle and open the door, he suddenly stopped and looked at the direction of Molly's room.

even bothering to knock. Inside, the lights were off and only a faint glimmer from

without a hitch and watched Molly peacefully sleeping. Molly was curled in a crouched position. With this

hair covering her forehead behind her ears, and muttered to himself," You might be thinking that everyone in this world owes you an apology.

be the one apologizing to the world, how would you

his fingers to her sleeping face. Molly frowned uneasily and moved her body

go,

will definitely

I will… some day."

faint voice was quite clear in the solitude of the room. Brian's hand froze as the look in his eyes became sullen. For some days, Molly pretended to be somewhat obedient, but in her deepest heart, she was still hoping to leave

flashed in his black eyes. He glared at Molly, who was in a deep sleep. With a sneer on his face, he wondered, 'Is she planning to escape when I pay less