Love Began with the First Meeting

"Who won?"

Aaron asked.

No one answered. Ken and Tony exchanged looks.

They were both wearing strange expressions on their faces.

Aaron frowned at this—while he can't say for Tony but for Ken at least, his look told Aaron that there was going to be a problem.

Tony answered, "Mr. Brian, Hanson asked me to tell you that he has to leave today but he'll be back to meet you tomorrow. As for the stakes, he said he didn't want to talk about it."

Brian nodded and left right away as if he was already expecting all of this to happen. It was late at night. Under normal circumstances, Mol would be sound asleep by now.

Brian wasn't really interested in who won in this closed game. He just heard from Shawn that Hanson was here and wanted to play against Chester. What he really wanted was Hanson. Hanson had a lot of talents and for cases like this, Brian either recruited people like Hanson or destroyed them.

Hanson wasn't born rich but he thought highly of himself. He hated it when others looked down on him. If you wanted to win him over, you'd better wield both the carrot and the stick.

"Bri, who won?" Molly asked curiously on the way back.

"I don't know."

"What happened?"

never revealed

like that

with some occasions as long as masters like Hanson

been preparing for today after the Vegas incident. The only suspense was whether he could get Hanson to

the rest wouldn't be his concern any more. As the future ruler of Dragon Island, Eric was supposed to wipe out all this anti-royalists. Otherwise

for quite a while in the study but no one knew what they talked about. After their meeting, Hanson left QY Island. He had already looked downcast and dejected after the bet and he came out of the study looking even more downcast and dejected—that's what

freely. In fact, he had never been so idle as far as Molly could remember. In the daytime, Brian accompanied Molly to appreciate the beautiful scenery on the Island, while at night they strolled on the beach or viewed the ocean in the

the more afraid she became of losing

**

At A City.

production line in A City which was such a huge investment that it attracted the authorities' attention. They specifically organized several meetings with the consensus to make sure everything's as convenient as possible

Edgar were endlessly being flattered at the dinner table. After several glasses of wine, it was no surprise that these bootlickers

wine glass and motioned for the woman beside him to stand up and toast along with

Edgar rarely attended dinners of this nature but since Eric was there, he had to come. He raised

"Alcohol's bad for your skin. For women, it's better to drink juice," he winked. Eric was more playful as compared to Edgar who was more serious in

switched her wine goblet for juice, "Mr. Eric, cheers," she said

smiled, then drank up the wine. That toast induced a stream of other toasts. Some shady businessmen even brought their pretty secretaries over. But the boss of Charm Cosmetics was the shadiest of them all and they all secretly despised him for it—in fact, he was so shady that he brought his daughter along with him. He knew that if his daughter had an affair with either Edgar or Eric, it would land him a huge fat check with lots of

on any toast but even if he had already drunk a lot, he still kept his playful demeanor in which no one could tell what he was actually

bit wary so he didn't drink to all the toasts that were made that night. He was, after all, a government officer. Unlike Eric, He needed to be sober and clean. He also knew that there was something fishy going on with the State Parliament. While he wasn't involved in that in any way, he still couldn't risk getting