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?"

revealed

like that but she

long as masters like Hanson

he had been preparing for today after the Vegas incident.

his concern any more. As the future ruler of Dragon Island, Eric was supposed to wipe out all this anti-royalists.

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

Brian lived leisurely 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

were so 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

**

At A City.

line in A City which was such a huge investment that it attracted the authorities' attention.

After several glasses of wine,

of Charm Cosmetics stood from his seat, wobbling. He raised up his wine glass and motioned for the woman beside him to stand up and toast along with him. The woman

Eric was there, he had to come. He raised his

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

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

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

and happily toasting at that dinner. Eric never passed on any toast but even if he had already drunk a lot, he still kept his playful demeanor in which no

the toasts that were made that night. He was, after all, a government officer. Unlike Eric, He needed to be sober and clean.