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.

was suddenly 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,

***

Brian arrived at the hospital. He had just barely gotten out of his car when his phone rang — Becky.

said with an oddly enough calm

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

I want to see you now." She sounded so meek on

outside. What are you doing there?"

murmured, laughing

at the snowflakes falling and said, "Wait for me.

dashed through the stairs, quickly moving as if there

the same floor where the 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.

with one hand and

and Yoyo's gentle voice from behind. A nasty smile broke into Becky's face, but she caught herself and hid it, clenching her fist before welcoming Brian in a light voice, "Brian,

the cold weather. Brian strode toward her and reached out a hand to smooth her tangled, damp hair. "If you wanted to see the snow, why don't you wait

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

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