Love Began with the First Meeting

"Molly, you stay here,"

Brian ordered.

His words stopped everyone's steps, especially that of Becky's and Eric's.

Becky turned her head back in reflex despite her vision loss, whereas Eric just gaped at Molly.

The atmosphere instantly turned heavy. Harrow and Tony exchanged looks. Harrow was enjoying the show, while Tony put on a solemn look.

Wing looked at Brian, then at Molly. At last, she glanced around and said, "Let's go."

She took the lead to step outside, followed by Harrow, Tony and the medical staff. But three people remained still -- Eric, Becky and Molly.

Becky clenched her fists inside the sleeves of her hospital dress with a sneering smile, not sure herself if it was directed at others, or at herself. She stiffly turned around and walked out, telling herself again and again that she must put up with all these things.

Eric kept his eyes on Molly. He had not moved at all since the moment Brian had asked her to stay. Eric's face was less playful now, and more mature and serious. Deep down, he was hoping, 'Little Molly, don't stay.'

Molly looked at the exhausted Brian. Her heart overflowed with guilt when she thought back to what had happened in the Phoenix Mountain. She was awake on the way back. And her heart was torn apart at the sight of Brian who was unconscious with blood at the corner of his mouth.

She remembered him saying, 'I won't let you get injured. Do you believe in me?'

he delivered on his promise both times. He protected her. But in doing so,

later, her eyes began to feel heavy with tears. She blinked, then said, "I'm a bit tired. You need some

surgery for the wound to his left shoulder. The operation got tricky because the previous wound hadn't recovered yet.

winked, eyes teaming with tears. She was just about to step outside the

at him for a few seconds before she regained her poise and howled, "Brian, are

His abrupt move turned Molly's face pale. She hastily turned back

"Brian, Little Molly has barely slept over the past three days.

He said coldly, "What is the use of all these doctors here, if she loses her sight just because

rest. If Uncle Richie sees that your injury is serious, he will be mad at you. But well, if you don't care about it, then

his sharp black eyes, like he was trying to see through him. It was only after a while that he slowly said, "Eric, isn't this what you

what he was talking about. In response, Eric put on a real smile and said roguishly, "Men change, don't

winner is going to be,"

the ward with a very different look than before. When he passed by Molly, he curled his lips into

were Molly and Brian. Brian locked the door, closed the blinds, then said grimly to Molly, "I told you to stay. Why did you try to

which he had stripped off the intravenous drip line. She choked, "Do you want to die? If you

face, smiled, then

injuries haven't managed to kill me. This

he gazed at her ashen face and her bloodshot eyes. He frowned and admonished her, "What about you? You should get some rest too after going through that experience with the flash bomb. Or don't