Love Began with the First Meeting

"Brian," Molly called his attention, skepticism apparent in her tone.

"Is it true that you haven't pursued a woman before?

Am I right?"

She spoke with her eyes wide and alert, her head slightly slanting to the side as she gazed at him.

Brian's attractive profile made her smile, a warm caress?akin to the sunlight that she welcomed.

He was angry at first but seeing her smile gave him relief. Slowly, he took a few steps towards her and helped her put the jacket on. "Aren't you assuming too much about it?"

"What other choice do I have, anyway?" she asked, freezing at his words.

"Indeed," Brian replied as he glanced at her, looking calm and collected.

Molly agreed at once.

There was a momentary pause between them as she pondered about it, making her frown.

"I don't need you to follow me because I told you before I'm not going leave. Don't you realize?it's weird for a big hotshot guy following an odd girl like me?" she asked, licking her parched lips after.

"No," came his quick reply.

His gaze went down to his wrist, specifically on the teeth mark Molly had inflicted on him.

The bite was strong. It almost seemed?like she had put all her strength into it. It was still raw and torn. He might need to stitch the gaping wound.

And yet, the expression he had was far from being in pain.

'A meek woman like Molly could sometimes bare her teeth, ' he thought, smiling to himself.

As she glanced at him, Molly noted the unusual expression on his face. When she followed?his gaze, her heart was suddenly filled with regret and fear. The angry wound she made looked painful and disgusting.

"You may not be the first woman I'd chased but you certainly be the first to bite me," he said, looking at her.

Shocked, Molly moved a meter as she stared with guilt, stuttering with her words.

"I... I…It's your fault! You should've let me go."

"Are you saying I deserve this bite?"

asked as he stared at her with a raised brow.

pursed her lip and nodded. Her?voice was almost

should leave me

I said. It isn't

Can't you see that?"

shrieked in shock as Brian moved

"My goodness, Brian!

What are you doing?!"

the edge of her seat. The next thing she

said,

of mischief was apparent in his eyes.

frown on her face, she stood in front of him with a grim look, trying to keep her cool. But the pain was simply intolerable that

expression she had only delighted him. With one arm on the backrest, he looked at the scenery before

you really think I'm

further added, "This might come across as rather complex but I think you're

Despite this, she continued to look at his cold, handsome face, hoping for a flicker of

evaded, her eyes looking anywhere but him. The simple action darkened his mood

his words, Molly met his icy eyes and sat on the seat next to him while still keeping a good distance.

redness of the knuckles on her hands got his attention. He heedlessly took them with his, warming them with the

she focused on how his big hands felt against hers. It made her heart flutter, making her breathless with such

he turned his attention elsewhere, pondering over what

his painstaking training, especially in Hell Forest, he had adapted and developed a keen sense

what Wing said, he disregarded his surroundings, even when

this

fell in love with you

time?' These were the thoughts that clouded his mind as he looked at her. Thinking about

like a sponge.

place in his heart as well as his

He never liked feeling clueless. In

*

the Imperial Garden

Justin asked calmly as

only issue formed when she was in the Dragon Island. I don't want her to look back and regret." At his words, Justin's expression contorted his face but soon regained. He asked, "Do you think she will be able

thinking and he said, "After all these years, we never bring them up. I knew they are all deep within her heart. It will always be a

now,

was full of regret as