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.

*

more than one hour and saw 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

and walked over to the window. The glass faced the street. She peered out and found that Edgar's car was still there, waiting for her. She whipped out her phone to text him, but realized

She gritted her teeth, 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

confused. Molly lowered her eyes, like she was a child who did something wrong. She

decided?" Jason

is a big night for you guys. I don't think there's any way I can

her. But one thing he did know,

given him any further orders on this, he wasn't sure 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

had that special training. It wouldn't be hard to transfer them to the VIP

Molly realized why. "It's him,

few seconds and then cracked his knuckles. "I haven't spoken to Mr. Brian Long yet. He really doesn't get involved

this morning?" Jason

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 to find someone else if you really don't want

her walking away, Jason shrugged a bit. He sighed and mused that Brian probably wouldn't show up here, as he drove Miss Yan back to the hotel.

carpet in the hallway to the elevator.