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.

*

in Jason's office for 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

found that Edgar's car was still there, waiting for her. She whipped out her phone to text him, but realized she hadn't gotten his number. Well, damn it

for it now. 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

child who did something wrong. She clenched her hand tightly around her

decided?"

"This is a big night for you guys. I don'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 know, and that was that Brian was very unhappy at that point. He usually didn't interrupt business to ask after

to him. Jason did know whether he could let Molly leave or not. Since Brian hadn't 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.

licked her lips and looked 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 did Jason insist on

realized why. "It's

knuckles. "I haven't spoken to Mr. Brian Long yet. He really doesn't get involved

morning?" Jason

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 to do it," Jason replied and then continued,"It's late.

agreement. Then she made her way out of the office. She was a little stiff from sitting so long. Seeing 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. So there was no need to

the soft carpet in the hallway to the elevator. She pressed the button, waiting for the elevator.