Love Began with the First Meeting

A terrible thought crossed Molly's mind.

She stared at Becky with her fatigued eyes dulled to a red color.

"What are you trying to say?" Molly questioned Becky, her voice shaking.

"What am I trying to say?" Becky snorted and stepped forward aggressively. Molly backed up a few steps in a futile attempt to avoid her, and reached out a hand to steady herself against the wall. "You still don't know what I'm trying to say?" She curled her lips and looked down at Molly as if she were better than her, above her, superior to her.

"No!" Molly shook her head in disbelief. 'She's lying! Don't believe her and just trust Brian. He wouldn't do that to me.' Molly talked herself into believing that Brian wouldn't hurt her, but she had a hard time believing herself. Why did Brian take her to the hospital to have her eyes checked?

A myriad of thoughts flooded her mind. She shook them off and said through gritted teeth, "Becky, I don't believe a word you've said."

After Molly said her piece, she turned around and made her way to the stairs. She was in such a rush that she hit Yoyo so hard she almost fell to the ground. Yoyo grabbed her by the arm to steady her.

"Miss Xia, are you all right?" Yoyo asked worriedly. Yoyo didn't know what Becky had said to Molly, but based on Molly's face, Becky must have said something really harsh and mean.

"I-I'm all right!" Molly stuttered back. She pulled her arm free and hurried downstairs. She was going to confront Brian about what Becky had just said. 'Brian wouldn't do this to me! Becky's just lying because she's jealous of me and Brain, ' Molly told herself.

Molly was frantically running around trying to look for Brian, but to no avail. She felt dejected because Brian had said he would wait for her outside the examination room and take her to Daniel, but now he was nowhere to be found.

struck with a sense of grief and loss that filled her eyes with tears. She stumbled to a bench and sat down, staring blankly at the floor. Not knowing what to do or where to go, she felt so

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out of his car when his phone

oddly

just arrived at the hospital," he replied as he walked towards the entrance. He had never really gotten around to shaking off his feelings of guilt for Becky and he would do everything he could to make

see you now." She sounded so

pretty cold outside. What are

the wind," Becky murmured, laughing softly. "Yoyo

falling and said, "Wait for me. I'll be there in

stairs. Brian dashed through the stairs, quickly

Ophthalmology Department was, he hesitated for a while before going up the next set of stairs. At that moment, Molly was coming in from another passageway. She sat on the stairs and leaned against the wall, but Brian had already swiftly climbed the stairs — they didn't see each other. Molly

Becky held the railing with one hand and stretched out the other trying to catch

nasty smile broke into Becky's face, but she caught herself and hid it,

the cold weather. Brian strode toward her and reached out a hand to smooth

mind. He furrowed his eyebrows as he stared into her eyes.

Becky's lips. She shook her head slightly and murmured, "I don't want to