Love Began with the First Meeting

Leaning against the driver's seat of the roadster, Cora recalled what had happened thirteen years ago between her and Brian. As the past came back to her, anger and resentment took over her mind.

Her wish had been to be Brian's wife. However, she had figured out later that Brian's promise made in Hell Forest had been ambiguous. After they had gotten out of the dangerous situation, she had mentioned his promise to her. However, he had looked plainly at her and said, "I thought that your wish was to stay at XK Intelligence Agency for another year." Cora had not expected that the extravagant hope she had grasped onto in such a desperate situation would have all been in vain. She gritted her teeth and took her cellphone, which had been thrown onto the front passenger seat a while ago. She unlocked the phone and went through the list of her messages. She reread the short message which Brian had sent her at two o'clock in the morning. "Cora, don't harass her, or I will disregard all your feelings."

Cora snorted coldly. Unconsciously, she tightened her grip on the cellphone. With a slight sneer, she mumbled to herself, "Brian, you should know that when I'm unhappy, I won't let anybody else feel happy either."

Cora thought that she knew Brian well, but she was over-estimating her knowledge about Brian Long. For the top leader of XK Intelligence Agency and the boss of Emp Stock Exchange, the ability to read people's minds was just one of the basic requirements. Although they hadn't seen each other in many years, Brian still remembered Cora's temper and her style of doing things.

When her cellphone rang in the study, Molly was chatting with Ximena on a line through the computer. She didn't take the call until several rings later. As soon as she saw Daniel's name on the screen, her eyes shone brightly. She picked up the call in a hurry and placed the cellphone by her ear. "Daniel!" she exclaimed.

"Molly," Daniel greeted her. With one hand holding his cellphone and one foot supported on a barrier wall behind him, he looked at the new recruits in a distance. "Do you and Brian have some time off?" he asked.

Hearing Daniel's question, Molly reflexively looked at Brian, who was reading some important documents. Then she asked, "What's the matter?"

With a small smile, Daniel withdrew his sight from the new recruits. His chocolate skin, which was all thanks to the exposure in the sun, hid the light blush on his face. "Can you guys take a trip here if you're free in a couple of days?" he asked again. Hearing that Daniel had asked another question instead of answering hers, she knew that her younger brother was hiding something. She said, "Tell me what happened."

Daniel responded with a chuckle. After a bit of hesitation, he said, "If you two are not very busy, please come here as soon as possible. When you arrive, my boss will tell you something important." Without waiting for Molly's response, Daniel continued hastily, "All right then! I need to go. Selection for some new recruits for our commandó team is going on right now. Molly, come as soon as possible."

Molly was still confused when she heard the click from the other end of the phone. She looked at her phone in a daze.

Brian raised his eyes from the document to glance at Molly. In a casual tone, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Frowning, Molly repeated what Daniel had said. She asked, "Why was he so anxious? He said Edgar would be waiting for us. Do you think Daniel has done something wrong?"

Brian looked at Molly's worried face, but he didn't respond until he had finished dealing with the documents. "Daniel is a Lieutenant Colonel now. How could he do anything wrong?" When he saw that Molly was still worried, a faint smile played on his thin lips. He said to Tony, who had been standing at the corner of the room as usual, "Arrange a plane to X City."

Tony nodded and left the study.

The twins were very excited as they sat in the first class cabin of their airplane, especially Charlie. He was curious about his Uncle Daniel. He didn't remember he had met Daniel face to face, but he had heard many stories about him from Mark. Besides, Mark had a whistle made of a shell case, which he had received from Daniel as a gift.

A sudden thought crossed his mind and Charlie's eyeballs rolled cannily. He bent over to whisper something to Evelyn. In an instant, her clear eyes shone brightly, and she nodded enthusiastically.

Molly was still wondering why Daniel had asked them to visit the camp so hastily and mysteriously. When she asked Brian about it, he gave her a mysterious look too. He seemed to be laughing at her, as if he were saying, "As his sister, how are you not able to figure it out?" Molly pouted at Brian, who was reading a magazine. Then she turned her body slightly away from him. She decided to try and figure it out by herself. She believed that she could figure it out before they landed in the next two hours.

Brian shook his head with a faint smile. It was not because she was stupid that she hadn't figured it out yet. It was because the decision had been made too abruptly.

*

Cora glared at Tony with her fury-filled eyes. Brian had asked him to talk to Cora and hence, they were at a cafe at the moment.

Sighing, Tony said in an indifferent tone, "Miss Ke, Mr. Brian Long had to leave Dragon Island and come to A City because of you. And now, he has left A City too. I hope you realize that he has done all this only in order to save your face. Why do you need to be so persistent?" "He left because of me?" Cora asked back, bursting into a sneer. "Tony, I don't agree with you."

Tony sneered too. "That is not my concern." He continued after a short pause, "You know who is gonna get hurt the most if you keep being persistent till the end. That is what Mr. Brian Long asked me to remind you of. The reason why he left the first time was to save your face, and now, it is to show his respect for Mr. Long and the God of Gamblers." Cora could not keep her countenance after hearing Tony's explanation. With an emotionless face, Tony continued, "I believe that you haven't forgotten how ruthless Mr. Brian Long tends to be when he is angered." With that, he left the cafe, leaving Cora alone with her thoughts.

What had happened thirteen years ago came back to her mind again.

"Brian, can we really get out of here?" asked Cora. She tried her best to put a restraint on the panic in her heart, but she failed when she once again realized what situation she and Brian were in at that moment.

In the heavily hazy Hell Forest, the wolves glared at them covetously. Their green eyes gave out a terrifying coldness, and their bodies were surrounded by fierce blood lust. She felt like her blood might freeze any second.

Brian didn't answer Cora's question. He glared back at the wolves with his falcon-like eyes, which were giving out a colder aura than the wolves'. As an intelligent predator, wolves could perceive human emotions. Sensing Brian's domineering aura, they remained hesitant about attacking the two people in their encirclement. They were currently in a stalemate.

This glaring and glaring back went on for a long time, too long for Cora to hold on to her sanity. Her mental strength was about to collapse. She was at a point where she might break down at the sound of a branch breaking. 000