Love Began with the First Meeting

When Molly woke up at 9 pm, Brian was nowhere to be seen.

The other side of the bed where he had slept was still warm.

His smell still lingered on the pillows.

Molly freshened up and went downstairs. Brian was sitting on the sofa, reading a book. Molly realized that most days he loved to sit in the living room and read. A large bookshelf rested against the wall, stocked with all kinds of books. When she had first been here, Molly thought the books were just ornaments, never to be touched. She didn't think Brian actually read them. Later on, while she was browsing the books on the shelf for herself to read, she found that some had annotations written inside of them. The writing was quite incisive.

Brian felt someone staring at the back of his head. He turned around and met Molly's rattled eyes. Noticing that Molly tried to avoid eye contact with him, he was amused. "Did you have a good sleep?" Brian asked casually with a faint smile.

Molly nodded her head in reply. Last night, sleep had been out of her reach. But today, she had been sound asleep since afternoon up until now. Moreover, she hadn't had a single dream.

Brian checked the time. "Are you hungry? Why don't you go get something to eat? I have to go to the casino later," he said.

Molly once again nodded obediently and went downstairs. Lisa was cooking chicken soup in the kitchen and heard Molly's footsteps. She immediately ladled out the soup in a bowl and served it on the table.

To Molly's surprise, Brian came downstairs too and sat opposite her. He picked up his spoon and had a sip of the soup as Molly stared in confusion.

briefly, shooting her

didn't know whether or not he lost his appetite when he ate alone. But she sure as hell didn't like having

the stairs. Just as she climbed

will wait for you

Molly turned her head and looked at Brian. She pointed at herself as if to ask if it was

give you five minutes to get ready," Brian said coldly. His face was

would he take her to the casino? Hadn't he told her to stay at home and avoid revealing her

Go

obviously annoyed. Molly veered back to reality at his harsh voice. Flustered, she nodded and ran upstairs. Molly always dressed casually, so it took her only three minutes to slip into her attire. She was quick to get to Brian

her neck. She looked like a lively and carefree college student, not a girl who had gone through

a person who had been

passed over his face, but she only nodded to him and looked pointedly at her wristwatch. She looked proud, as

the next second. Molly suddenly

He walked ahead and ignored Molly's embarrassment as she

switched