Love Began with the First Meeting

Becky shook her head as she held back her tears, bitterness and frustration,"I don't want him to worry about me...", she confessed.

"But your eyes..."

"I'll be fine." Becky interrupted Harrow's sympathetic words. She then forced a smile and said,"Let's go now please."

"Okay, sure let's go." Harrow stood up and helped Becky walk out of the lounge, and into the parking lot.

On their drive back, the atmosphere in the car was quite tense. Becky lowered her eyes and bit her lips as she tried to control her growling anger and bitterness.

On the call he promised to pick her up, but he didn't show up and she was disappointed.

In the past, no matter how busy he was, he always made the time as she was his priority. But now he didn't consider her important enough. Was it a punishment for her being self-willed?

Just the direction of her thoughts laced her eyes with tears. With a hard bite on her lips, Becky tried to fight the urge of breaking down and letting her emotions get the better of her.

Since she decided to return, not a day went by when she was at ease. Her heart was full of expectation, and at the same time, also with fear and anxiety. Yet despite the crippling emotions, she was too proud to let anyone see her failure. She rejected Cindy's offer to accompany her. Instead, she came to A City all by herself. Subconsciously, she hoped Brian was guilty and worried about her.

But... The reality seemed quite contrary to what she hoped and wished with all her heart.

of her delicate eyes, and dropped onto her hand. Hastily, Becky turned her face aside to

He glanced at Becky who hurriedly wiped her tears, sighed, grabbed a tissue, then added,"There's a lot going in A City these days. And you know, Mr. Brian Long's work drifts in between of the legal and dark areas. It is a lot of responsibility on one man's shoulders. There were some urgent matters that warranted his

crying, and instead turned around to face Harrow

as he answered,"You rest assured that he is fine. You know what he's capable of. Mr. Brian Long is simply occupied. You don't need to burden yourself with worrying about him. But what about you? I'm sure he

of

her words. Yet she just stopped talking midway.

Becky refrained herself from speaking further,

the rest of the ride, they just remained silent and awkward. As Harrow dropped Becky off the Sophia Hotel,

at

the loud thud of someone closing their car's door. Within moments, the hotel room's door opened and Brian walked

opened her mouth in an attempt to say something, but in the end, she just remained silent. She just sat

just pointed at them, shrugged helplessly, and then said,"Well... I still have some things to do at the moment.

Brian accepting his leave, he went out immediately. But just as he was closing the door, he threw another look at Becky with a

heart for over a decade. He tolerated her willfulness again, and again, and again and would do

with concern. She felt overwhelmed by the cold atmosphere; she found it hard to breathe in there. But she just remained quiet, as she fiddled with

awkward in there. Becky was feeling embarrassed. Her eyes began welling up with tears as she thought about what was happening. She panicked, and said,"Well, I'm quite tired. It has been a long day." Then she stood up in one swift moment in a bid to leave forward from the overwhelming space