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.

phone out to answer the call, his handsome face reverting to its usual cold demeanor. Before he could say anything,

There was

news had Brian frown again. Speaking sternly,

while, her condition suddenly deteriorated. The doctors tried their best to revive her

his eyes darkened. "Did Steven and Daniel come back?" he

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

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

of tears on her cheeks. She pretended

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

game, Brian was more than ready to play. He wanted to find out what Justin, Edgar, Jonny, and Steven had plotted against

where Daniel is now," he ordered Tony. His tone was cold

sure about what happened and only had 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

had to face, Eric and Molly were having fun in a joyful ambiance. They got along very well, most likely because they were of

felt happy to be able to spend time with him. He always had that dangerous and mischievous smile on his face and tried to

meal lasted nearly two hours. Lenny finally came to pick Eric up to bring him to his rehabilitation training.

saw the fatigue in her eyes, he decided to give up on