Love Began with the First Meeting

"Mr. Long, there are ten soldiers, all handpicked, from A City, awaiting the command.

But there's a possibility that... They're here to assassinate you." Vincent warned him on the phone, his fingers twirling about the cord.

"Okay," allowing no emotion to come out. He kneeled down and changed Molly's ice bag for her,"Is there any progress?" he continued. His face was that of a stone - cold and pale.

"You were right, sir. Justin Yan was in Dragon Island during his vacation," Vincent answered,"but not everyone knows that due to politics."

Brian pursed his lips,"But you know," he said, sarcastic,"Richie is just not so good at keeping information. Huh?"

Vincent didn't know what to say - everyone at the XK Intelligence Agency knew what Brian's family was capable of. For Vincent, it was extra complicated because he worked for both. Often, he didn't know to whom he was supposed to be most loyal. "Mr. Long, we just found out by accident and even then, none of this is confirmed information," Vincent explained.

Brian didn't know what to think of this. He did believe Vincent, though. He understood how difficult it was to try to get something out of Richie - Vincent must have paid a pretty penny to get it out of him. "What has he been doing? Richie, I mean," Brian asked.

"Mr. Long brought Mrs. Long to the Matterhorn Glacier yesterday." Vincent answered, his voice at a neutral tone, the way he always kept it.

Brian smiled at the thought of Richie taking Shirley out. He admired that of them.

job here is done. Whatever happens next doesn't concern you anymore," Brian said with a tone of finality. As he said

"These hand-picked soldiers..."

put a palm on Molly's forehead - 'She's getting better now, ' Brian thought to

Molly was starting to recover from her fever. He waved a hand to signal Lisa - she needed to start preparing food. Before Brian left the room, he turned once more to have a good look at Molly, to check if

Harrow had heard Brian's name at the Agency countless times but this was the first time he would be seeing him. Tony had known Brian for quite a while now but seeing

Tony's face - he wondered what that was for. He looked at Brian

after all, what Brian was doing: he was hacking into Richie's database. He knew the wiser decision was to leave Brian alone but alas, he wasn't able to restrain his mouth,"Mr. Long, if your father found out what you did... I'm afraid it's not going to be a

beeping sound - according to Brian's expression, it seemed that he wasn't able to hack into the database. "Richie

anything about hacking but he knew Richie and he wasn't surprised that he set Brian up. Richie must have foreseen this - he must have been waiting for this for a while now. He knew that Brian was going to try to hack into his database. He knew all along. He had been preparing for this for a

to snap Brian out of it - for a good few seconds, he just sat there staring at his monitor. When he did snap out of it, he was quick. He shut down the monitor and swiveled his chair so that he was

had his eyes set on MT for a while. He plans to become a shareholder soon. Soon as in three days," Harrow added,"When he becomes a shareholder, stocks will drop to 20%, then another 10% the

be liquidated?" Brian

opinion but he offered it anyway,"That's quite a long process, sir. Not

have to worry about it. That's none of your business." While it was true