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 the

things like that but

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

considering the fact that he had been preparing for

was supposed to wipe

day Hanson went 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 bet and he came out of

and 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 yacht prepared by

carefree that Molly hoped time could freeze. The happier she 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

**

At A City.

Empire 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 make sure everything's as convenient as possible for

dinner table. After several glasses

you," The boss of Charm Cosmetics stood from his seat, wobbling. He raised up his wine glass and motioned

but since Eric was there, he

For women, it's better to drink juice," he winked. Eric was more playful as compared to Edgar who was more serious

goblet for juice, "Mr. Eric,

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

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 thinking.

all, a government officer. Unlike Eric, He needed to be sober and clean. He