Love Began with the First Meeting

She was screaming with joy inside her head. 'He did not delete it! Yes! He kept the photo in her phone.' But why was she so emotional last night?

Running her fingers gently on the picture, she smiled through red-rimmed eyes. It was a bitter smile but one that gave her a glimmer of hope. No one would ever know her secret.

*

Becky was enjoying the sunlight while seated at the hotel's terrace. She sat quietly like a picture.

Yoyo set the breakfast prepared by the hotel on the table and looked at Becky. She sighed inwardly, admiring how beautiful the woman looked at this very moment. "Breakfast is ready, Miss Yan," she announced.

There was no response. There was a faraway look in Becky's eyes although she saw nothing. The woman drew her gaze back and replied distantly,"Wait a moment."

Brian promised to come to the hotel after he finished work last night, but he never came. He gave his word only to break them.

Anticipating his arrival, Becky waited and waited and waited the whole night. Her heart slowly sank as it grew late. She wondered if he changed his mind. Then it crossed her mind that he might have accompanied Molly last night.

It twisted her heart to think this was the case, and could not help but feel hurt. As the depressing feeling gnawed at her, she clutched the edge of her clothes, and her white face became even paler.

Looking at her patient, Yoyo worried. She was merely a nurse. If Becky said to wait a moment, then she could not be forced to have breakfast. So she stood there, waiting how long that moment would last. As the minutes ticked to hours, the warm sun was slowly rising higher. The morning chill was gone.

she did her heart sank more. He didn't come last night, and he wasn't present for breakfast either.

herself. Taking a deep breath, she stood up slowly. Yoyo rushed to her side to assist her. She asked,"Would you like to eat something now, Miss

Yoyo warmed her milk and passed her the bread with jam. She nibbled at her food like a robot. The hotel assured breakfast would be delicious. But

just stood nearby and stayed quiet. Occasionally, she would glance at Becky, who was as elegant and gentle as a princess.

her plate and gestured she had eaten enough. She couldn't bring herself to finish her food.

side. "Where would you like to go, Miss Yan?" She pushed the

heard Becky but understood that her gentle response was a

hurried to prepare Becky's clothes and not long after they were walking out of the hotel. Yoyo made reservations for a car service, which the hotel provided.

we headed to, Miss?" the driver asked. As a professional, he was trained to smile at his passengers although he sensed Becky was very

she wanted to go. The driver nodded to say he understood and

wondered about his very quiet passenger

was no sound from the back seat. Becky sat quietly, and Yoyo also kept silent. The atmosphere was somewhat

always calm, so people felt uncomfortable being around Becky. Every word Cindy told her in the past was echoing in her head. She felt uneasy now and lowered her head to frown. The woman knew she couldn't just sit,

thought, she closed her beautiful eyes and waited to arrive at her

*

new sofa. It baffled her why the previous one was suddenly replaced. But Brian

this morning. Lisa told her he was in the study, and no one was allowed to enter it without his permission. They were still mad at each other, so there was no way Molly was going there to talk to him or check on his wound. But even as she knew it was impossible to see how he was, she could not help worrying about the man. Fortunately, Lisa was there,

took out the phone hurriedly and typed a message quickly. Then she scrolled down her contact list for Edgar's number, but strangely, it wasn't there. She double-checked the list and proved it was missing.