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.

did her heart sank more. He didn't come last night, and he wasn't present for breakfast either. He never even

to her side to assist her. She asked,"Would

nurse saw Becky smile lightly and nod. Yoyo noted how remarkably serene she acted today. As the woman sat at the table, Yoyo warmed her milk and passed her the bread with jam.

for silence, Yoyo did not disturb her as she ate stoically. She just stood nearby and stayed quiet. Occasionally, she would glance at Becky,

and gestured she had eaten enough. She couldn't bring herself to finish her food. Taking a deep breath, she called Yoyo and said,"I want to go

go, Miss Yan?"

The nurse barely heard Becky but understood that her gentle response was

clothes and not long after they were walking out of the hotel. Yoyo

are we headed to, Miss?" the driver asked. As a professional, he was trained to smile

wanted to go. The driver nodded to say he understood

wondered about his very quiet passenger but maneuvered the

the back seat. Becky sat quietly, and Yoyo also kept silent. The atmosphere was somewhat depressing making it difficult

head. She felt uneasy now and lowered her head to frown. The woman knew she couldn't just sit, wait, and do nothing. Becky needed to be active. She would lose herself if she remained

her beautiful eyes and waited to

*

the new sofa. It baffled her why the previous one was suddenly replaced. But Brian was a complicated man. You eventually become used to being surprised by most of

second floor. She had not seen Brian since 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

began to ache again. Molly shut her eyes and turned around. Suddenly, a thought hit her. She 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