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

furrowed her brows—she couldn't understand things like that but she didn't

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 quirky personality prevented him from getting along with other employees of Brian. In the end, he just shuttled around the Grand Night Casino

been preparing for

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

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 the study looking even

as far as Molly could remember. In the daytime, Brian accompanied Molly

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

**

At A City.

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

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

stood from his seat, wobbling. He raised up his wine glass and motioned for the woman beside him to

was there, he had to come.

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 demeanor. Eric looked suitably intimidating and erratic with his tall, lean figure.

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 would

if he had already drunk a lot, he still kept his playful demeanor in which no one could tell what he

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