Love Began with the First Meeting

"Yes," she replied with a forced smile, but her eyes filled with sadness. "When I fell down, you weren't there," she accused him.

Tears began to pool in her eyes. "Brian, you said when I could not see, you would stay with me. But you were gone. You weren't here," Becky's voice cracked.

Her words crushed his heart and Brian's face crumpled. He looked at Becky's sad face and felt guilty. She was the woman who stayed with him through tough times and the woman he cared for in the past. But now…

He heard her sniffle as she tried to regain her composure. The action only added to her sorrow. Her nose twitched, and tears again began to form in her eyes. "Brian, you… you don't love me anymore, do you?" She needed to be blunt. "If you don't, then I will leave. I will not stubbornly cling to you. And even if I am never able to see for the rest of my life, I won't pester you anymore. But I need to hear you say that you don't love me anymore," Becky said while holding back sobs.

He opened his mouth, but nothing came out. Brian didn't know what to say because Becky's words were embarrassingly close to home. Finally, he managed, "You can't see, and you can't go anywhere!"

Even then, his tone was cold and his manner overbearing. Tears streamed down Becky's face when he said that. She threw herself into Brian's arms and broke down. Her hands clutched at his clothes helplessly. She choked with sobs that were both sorrowful and frightened. "Brian, I don't want to leave you," she pleaded. "Don't leave me alone, please. Please!"

Frowning slightly, Brian held Becky in his arms to console her and gently patted her on the back. Speaking softly but in a voice that was still mesmerizing, he vowed, "Until your eyes recover, I will not leave you."

In between sobs, Becky asked doubtfully, "You promise?"

"Yes!" Brian said comfortingly. In his heart, he was apologizing to the woman, 'Becky, I'm sorry that I can't love you anymore. Please let me help cure your eyes to make it up to you.'

Soon the ward became quiet. There was no other sound except for the occasional sobs from Becky.

call, his handsome face reverting to its usual cold demeanor. Before he could say anything, a husky and solemn voice

Brian Long? Sharon…" There was a pause. "She

had Brian frown again. Speaking sternly, he asked,

morning. After the doctor examined her, a nurse stayed behind to look after the patient. After a while, her condition suddenly deteriorated. The doctors tried their best

darkened. "Did Steven and Daniel come back?" he inquired.

now," the caller said. "But we haven't seen

there right away," Brian said. He quickly hung up and turned to Becky. "I have

cheeks. She pretended to be strong, but in truth, she was very scared

for a moment. In the car, he ordered Tony to drive him

so he sent someone to follow him discreetly today. Since Justin wanted to play this game, Brian was more than ready to play. He wanted to

he ordered Tony. His tone

a vague idea of why Brian gave such orders. It was also a surprise to learn about Sharon's sudden death. He knew Sharon's condition was critical after her relapse, but Tony thought she could

very well, most likely because they were of a similar age. Eric was an easygoing kind of guy. Molly always laughed at his jokes and anecdotes and gradually forgot about the

at Eric, Molly felt happy to be able to spend time with him. He always had that

hours. Lenny finally came to pick Eric up to bring

to ask Molly to accompany him, but when he saw the