Love Began with the First Meeting

They emerged from the lot, and headed toward Sophia Hotel. When they passed the gate of Grand Night Casino, a car parked along the road nearby caught Brian's attention. His dark eyes cast a sidelong look at the man on the driver's seat. It was Edgar, looking quite serious. Brian's gaze stabbed at him from the darkness.

It was dead silent in the car during their drive. Becky was strong and calm as could be told from her face, at least she tried to be. She was fidgeting, though, lacing and unlacing her hands, playing with her fingers, pulling on the folds of her outfit. Brian knew it from the start. He glanced her during the journey a few times. Finally, they arrived, and he walked her to her room.

"Get some rest. I'll return and have breakfast tomorrow with you, okay?" he said in a doting yet annoyed tone.

Becky gave him a brave smile and replied softly,"Sounds good. You should get some rest too when you finish up."

Brian leaned forward, ran his fingers through her hair, and planted a soft, tender kiss on her forehead. "I'll stop by if I get done early."

He wasn't asking permission. He didn't need it.

"You don't need to. I can wait till breakfast." Becky lowered her eyes. She forgot that her eyes were unable to show her feelings anymore.

Brian looked at her, temples moving a bit. He simply nodded and then left the hotel.

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neither hide nor hair of Jason. She checked her watch -- it was getting on toward midnight. This was the busiest time for the posh casino. Jason would probably be super-busy. She

peered out and found that Edgar's car was still there, waiting for her. She whipped out her phone to text

shifted her gaze from the unsent message to the car on the street. She thought for a moment. 'Maybe I can head downstairs and let Edgar know.' When she opened the door, she was startled. Jason was right there, getting ready to open the door himself and go

Molly lowered her eyes, like she was a child who did something wrong. She clenched her hand tightly around her phone and moved aside

decided?"

typed on her phone. "This is a big night for you guys. I don't think there's any way I can do it since I can't

was expecting Molly's reply. It was just a ruse anyway, an excuse to keep her in the casino. He didn't know why Mr. Brian Long texted him and asked about her. But one thing he did

if he could let Molly leave or not. "Yeah, it's a big one alright, and we don't have enough people to staff the VIP rooms. We don't even have time to train everyone. You've worked the

at Jason, confused. In a big casino like Grand Night, everyone had that special training. It wouldn't be hard to transfer them to the VIP rooms. Why

why.

for a few seconds and then cracked his knuckles. "I haven't spoken to Mr. Brian Long yet. He

Jason was speechless

waitress serving in the lobby was bullied and Mr. Brian Long, who almost never showed up, came here to personally deal with it. That was Twilight Zone weird. "I guess I'll have

stiff from sitting so long. Seeing her walking away, Jason shrugged a bit. He sighed

the elevator. She pressed the button, waiting for the elevator.