Love Began with the First Meeting

"Could you hug me for a while?"

The words appeared on Molly's phone screen.

Brian squinted at the screen.

His black eyes were fixed on Molly's words. He didn't react. He just stood there, staring at the screen. When the screen finally turned off, he raised his head and gazed at Molly.

Molly looked like a pouting child, seeking love from her negligent parent. She noticed that Brian didn't make any move. She hesitantly took her mobile phone back, and lowered her eyes, deliberately hiding her frustration and disappointment. Then she turned around and set off towards the villa.

But her arm was pulled back by a strong hand and she was embraced from behind.

Brian held Molly in his arms quietly. He tightened his grip on her shoulders, as if he was trying to prevent her from escaping. "Did you go back home?"

his deep voice came from behind her. Brian already knew the answer to his question.

eyes and turned around towards him. She pressed her cheek closer to Brian's chest and listened to his heartbeat, taking in his unique scent. She kept her arms around his waist and enjoyed the sense of

lovers embrace under the light of the setting sun. The sight was pleasant, yet sad. He admired the love between Molly and Brian, and he hated that sad aura they were emanating. He wondered what it would be like when he was in love with a girl.

embrace. Brian remained

witnessed between Brian and Vincent earlier that day. His mind was soon clouded by

Brian Long, the situation seems to have gotten tricky." Vincent's impassive face appeared on the monitor during the video call. "A few past incidents might be involved in the

Chief Commander of the C Army Group, he was engaged in some secret mission during the time. Dragon Island was at the very edge of its political power, so nobody noticed him there. However, unfortunately, he was exposed and set up by an intelligence agent from X Country. His mission failed and he was also drugged with some potent philter. People who were affected by that drug were said to

face darkened after hearing what Brian had said. He felt sick to the

Moments later, he added,"Under the influence of the philter, he raped Sharon, who was Rory's maid's daughter. Consequently, top-level secrets were leaked and were dispatched to the intelligence agent of X Country. To cover up this scandal, he tried to set up his twin brother and made him a scapegoat. Nobody cared if Rory, the CEO of Sunny Group, had raped a daughter of his housemaid, and nobody dared to accuse him of rape either. However, he was a good man and took in the poor girl

Country commenced a military operation and it succeeded. Later, it was confirmed that it was Justin's liaison who had leaked

Justin was the reformist faction in Four-Nine City. At that time, both the conservative and reformist factions were engaged in conflicts. If

out what had happened in the past, but Mr. Brian Long seemed to have already known everything. Vincent came to realize that he had

information which should have been destroyed ages ago. Plus, your investigation reports had inspired me

have known in my line of investigation." Vincent added,"Tony brought some samples the last time he was here and we did some DNA tests. The result indicates that Molly is indeed Justin's daughter. So, after a painstaking investigation, it seems clear that Steven is closely involved in the conflicts between the conservative

mind. He smiled dangerously and there was not a tinge of humor in it. He had failed to figure out certain things about the past. It suddenly occurred to him that everything that was happening now was connected in