Love Began with the First Meeting

To the team, they felt honored to be regarded as Mr. Brian Long's brother.

When that man watched Brian's car disappear into the darkness, a proud smile crept up on his face.

**

Brian returned to A City by midnight. The city seemed to be more lively, with dazzling lights shining everywhere. He had to talk to Molly, and he had to do it now, at Grand Night Casino.

He didn't wish to intervene in Molly's life, but he had the responsibility and the right to tell her what kind of choice best suited her.

After he parked his car in the underground parking area, he went directly to the master control room located on the top floor. The moment he entered the office, he saw Molly standing in front of the bookshelf. She was so bored that she wanted to find some books that might help her kill some time.

As usual, she was dressed casually. The top she wore was a sapphire blue chiffon blouse, coupled with a long beige skirt that covered her toes. On her feet, she wore a pair of flat shoes, and her hair rested casually on her shoulders.

Molly didn't notice that Brian was there and still fumbled with the books. All the books were about casino management and financial advice with most of them being in English. She randomly selected a book in English on casino management and opened it. Staring at the words, she sighed. Molly remembered the time she was overseas with Spark. In order to get used to life there, she learned English from Spark and Manny, while taking care of Mark. Even though it was a tough period in her life, it was also rather fulfilling. While she immersed herself in her memories, she turned around with the book in her hand. At first, she didn't notice, but when she felt a presence in the room, she abruptly raised her head and frowned-meeting Brian's deep eyes that seemed to have a glimmer of a smile in them.

Molly shrugged and asked with a smile, "When did you come in?"

"When you were thinking about the old days with Spark." He was really good at deciphering what others were thinking, and this probably had something to do with his skills to manage people. Moreover, he knew Molly from head to toe. Nothing in her mind could escape him.

She felt a little embarrassed. Turning around, she deliberately put the book back to the shelf to mask her embarrassment. "I wasn't," she said, trying to deny the truth.

A knowing smile crept onto his lips. He didn't intend to delve into the topic and quickly switched to another one. "Have Charlie and Evelyn gone to sleep?"

"Yeah," Molly replied as she turned around, "I told them that I would go out before they went to sleep." She paused for a few seconds. "And I assigned people to keep an eye on the mansion."

Brian was quite satisfied with Molly's security awareness. Lisa and John weren't back yet. They weren't used to having servants or guards in the mansion. However, there were still many people from the XK Intelligence Agency around the place.

"So what did you want to talk about at this hour?" Molly asked inquisitively. She hadn't quite figured out the matters about the press. Now she had a new problem.

Brian stepped forward and took the walkie-talkie from the desk adjusting the channel, and then ordered, "Go to VVIP!"

Looking at the woman who was extremely anxious for a win, Shane answered a brief "okay" over the walkie-talkie. Then he uttered to the woman in a playful tone, "I still have something to do. Sorry, but I have no time for you now."

No sooner had he finished his sentence than he scooped the twenty dice into the dice cup. After shaking the cup a couple of times, he smashed it down onto the table and winked at the woman.

"Twenty!" The woman shouted out in confidence, "All ones!"

Shane chuckled and lifted the cup. "You lost!" Nineteen dice showed one, but there was one inclining on another dice. From the woman's perspective, it was one. However, looking from the top, it was actually a five.

Shane rose and signaled to the casino manager before he left and went upstairs.

The VVIP room was only for the high rollers. Everything was of the highest standard, including the environment, the waiters, and the gambling setting.

Brian asked Molly to take a seat while he went to the opposite side of the table. Shane was their dealer, and Jason brought some chips.

"You want to gamble with me?" Molly asked in disbelief. 'Brian asked me to come to Grand Night Casino in the middle of the night, just to gamble with me?' she wondered.

Brian nodded. "You will be the first one in Grand Night Casino, to be allowed to cheat!" he announced.

Molly had learned cheating skills from Chester. Even though she didn't learn everything from him, her cheating skills were better than her gambling skills. Brian had asked her to cheat so that he could see how well Molly could do it. "You're breaking the rules," Molly said. "You don't even know how to gamble. I can win without having to cheat."

Brian just smiled at her. "It's okay. I have Shane."

Molly was rendered speechless. Shane slipped on a pair of white gloves, the type that only dealers would wear. He smiled at her innocently letting her know that he also had no idea what was going on. She couldn't help but frown at the absurdity of it all. "Bri, what exactly do you want to do?" Shane was the dealer. He had all the cards and could do whatever he wanted. With all those odds against her, there was no way that she could beat Brian with Shane on his side. Of course, that was in a typical scenario, so the only chance to win was to cheat. "If I win, you will promise me one thing. If you win, you can ask me to do five things for you!" Brian said and then glanced at the chips on the table. "Here are the chips. The game ends when one of us runs out of chips."

Molly's brows were twisted. She was apprehensive of what was going to happen next and what it was all about. Moreover, her opponent was Brian this time. She had no confidence that she was able to beat him. 00000000