Love Began with the First Meeting

All of a sudden, Justin collapsed to the ground and shut his eyes. He tried to remember Molly's face at that moment but drew a blank. The last time he saw her face was that morning, and it was only very brief. Even then he didn't look at her seriously because all he could think about was Rory.

Karma was indeed a bitch.

As Justin collapsed, the last thing on his mind was that death was his only way out of all this. He would not be accepted by any faction; not the conservatives, not the reformists. Where was he to go?

But through all these, who would care? Even if they wanted to get to the bottom of what happened, there was no way to do it. The fight sparked by a 21-year-old war would be buried deep under together with Justin's execution and Jenifer's exile. Throughout the ordeal, the conservative faction and reformist faction both remained intact, or so it seemed. They merely sacrificed two people. But the truth was the two factions had been deeply affected by everything that happened.

There is a tendency among men to attribute mistakes to someone else. Rarely will someone take the blame even if it is his fault when it is more convenient to point to someone else as the culprit. The recent conflict was one good example. It was all attributed to Molly.

*

At the private hospital of the Dragon Empire Group

Becky was understandably agitated. Today she would find out whether she can see again or not.

"Take your time when I give the signal to open your eyes later. Don't rush it," Felix advised her. "You've been kept from light for far too long. Sudden exposure will be too much for your eyes to take immediately."

nervously. She followed

bandages on Becky's eyes. In

eyes slowly." Felix coached Becky with a gentle tone. "Take your time… That's

her eyes gradually. The first time her lids lifted, she quickly shut them as she became blinded by the light that was too bright for her dry eyes. She focused on adapting to the light and again slowly opened her eyes. This time, she saw a blurry image slowly becoming clear. Becky

That's wonderful," Rory exclaimed. He nodded encouragingly and

used to obsess him. He looked at them and felt despair as he saw eyes that now could

Brian who stood still with hands in his pocket. She slowly walked towards him, stopped in front of him then hugged him around

gently patted her back and said, "Your eyes

only made Becky more emotional. She sobbed and tried to control her tears but failed. Tears continued to stream down her face.

Brian let her cling to him. After a long while, he said,

with sweetness. She nodded and did as he told

Her retina in Becky's eyes was the only reason Brian went to Becky's room. That

at Molly's ward, he stood outside the door, hand on the knob, but hesitant to walk inside. Over the past month, Molly never spoke a single word to him. Their situation had gone back to the time when Molly was still unable to speak. Perhaps it was because of her temporary vision loss that she usually

this quite odd as her regular test was not supposed to be conducted by this physician yet. But even without Brian's order,

greeted him. When Molly heard Brian was there, her body suddenly