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 but she didn't press for

happened. But after that game, Chester never cheated in formal games and Hanson resigned from the team. It's worth mentioning, though, that Chester later got an apprentice who wasn't so gifted but was able to deal with some occasions as long as masters like Hanson weren't there as well. It was also this disciple that later became quite a headache for Brian. Later Hanson would work for Brian. But his

been preparing for today

future ruler of Dragon Island, Eric was supposed to wipe out all this anti-royalists. Otherwise he wouldn't remain in that seat for long, or even be qualified to lead Dragon

to meet Brian. They talked 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

the daytime, Brian accompanied Molly to appreciate the beautiful scenery on the Island,

was, the more afraid she became of losing Brian. Sometimes she woke up from nightmares in Brian's arms. Yet these bad dreams were gone as soon as

**

At A City.

Group was going to build a cosmetic 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

at the dinner table. After several glasses of wine, it was no surprise that these bootlickers were a bit

glass and motioned for the woman beside him to stand up and toast along with him. The woman wore a timid

was there, he had to come. He raised

more playful as compared to Edgar who was more serious in demeanor. Eric looked suitably intimidating

face flushed as she switched her wine goblet for juice, "Mr. Eric, cheers," she said in an alluring voice.

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

that dinner. Eric never passed on any toast but even if he had already drunk a lot,

Eric, He needed to be sober and clean.