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.

to his heartbeat, taking in

and watched the two 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

locked in the embrace. Brian remained silent and stared

conversation that he had witnessed between Brian and Vincent

appeared on the monitor during the video call. "A few past

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

Brian had said. He felt sick to the

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

after Brian,"After Justin left, X Country commenced a military operation and it succeeded. Later, it was confirmed that it was Justin's

the corners. He said,"It was nothing but a political game. That's all. Behind Justin was the reformist faction in Four-Nine City. At that time, both the conservative and reformist factions were engaged in conflicts. If something bad happened to Justin, the reformist faction

seemed to have already known everything. Vincent came to realize that he had spent the last few days working hard for nothing. Brian guessed

said,"You have done a good job. I only know these things because I was investigating an otolaryngologist and accidentally came upon this piece of information which should have been destroyed ages ago. Plus, your investigation reports

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

for a while. He lowered his eyes and tried to cover up the deepening gloom lingering in his 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