Love Began with the First Meeting

Since marriage, because of their kids, Molly and Brian had little time alone. They did spend every day together and had traveled a lot around the world, but those tours were just for business. They got together because of Mark. After they got married, they had one chance to travel. However, that so-called travel opportunity was to a country that had yellow dust polluting its air. Then, Molly found out that she was pregnant as soon as they arrived there. Because of that, they had no choice but to go back to XK Intelligence Agency, and wait for their baby to be born.

So, although it sounded that they had been to many places around the world, they had actually never gone to a real honeymoon trip. Molly's first reaction to Brian's remarks was confusion, then doubt, and then suspicion.

Brian just smiled at Molly's contorted face, and then said, "You know what? Let's enjoy our dinner first."

"Well then, okay!" Molly said naturally, instinctively picking up her chopsticks. There had been a lot on her mind, and that was a spontaneous answer.

"Brian, when will you set off?" Shirley suddenly asked with grin, her eyes filled with the sappiest wonder.

Molly was too wrapped up in her own thoughts to hear her. It was only when Brian responded calmly that she returned to herself. "You can go to A City while we are away."

Older people tended to be interested in the gossip. Although declined, Shirley looked more curious about them and asked again, "Where are you planning to go? Do you need some advice?"

"No." Brian immediately replied, rejecting the offer. While his tone was polite, his face darkened significantly.

Shirley felt disappointed about his reply, pouting and mumbling, then said to Richie discontentedly, "Richie, say something to your son."

Brian frowned slightly. Richie's love for Shirley had been on display for all of them to see. Even Brian was often lectured by his father because of his mom's dissatisfaction with him.

"They are adults now and they can make their own decision." To everyone's surprise, Richie didn't take Shirley's side this time. Glancing at Brian with piercing eyes by way of warning him, he then turned to Shirley, who was pretending to be angry, and said, "Aren't you going shopping with Mark to buy clothes for him later? You'd better hurry up with your dinner now."

"Ah. I almost forgot about that!" Shirley said with astonishment and then started to eat.

There was some special staff in charge of buying clothes for Mark, but, to avoid Mark's premature independence, Shirley and Molly often bought clothes for him in person when they were on the island. The reason why they did this was because they didn't want a "bad" kid in the family.

"I wanna go with you......" Evelyn cut in suddenly, pouting, and mumbled, "Brother has been always busy since I came back here. He even had no time to play with me... Um, but I'm a cute girl!" Evelyn looked at her brother with her chin raised up. With a deep breath, she added, "If brother has no time to play with me, why don't I play with him?" The chopsticks in her little hands kept poking into the bowl because of her fear of being rejected.

Mark and Charlie both liked their sister very much. Because Mark couldn't say no to her upon seeing her tortured face, although he fully knew that she was just putting it on for show, he smiled and said, "No problem."

"Mark is the best!" Evelyn said, putting down her chopsticks, scampering to him and kissing him on the face with her arms around his neck. They looked so intimate that Charlie felt unhappy and looked away.

After the dinner, Richie and Shirley went shopping with the three kids. Brian and Molly didn't go back to the Glamour Hall but went for a walk along the seaside next to their house.

"Don't you think everything went well today?" Brian asked, looking at Molly who was uncharacteristically quiet.

Molly rarely hid her feelings in front of Brian as she knew it wouldn't make any sense. "Um..." she sighed deeply, then she added, "She didn't talk too much to me. I don't know why. Maybe the way I talked to her was not right."

This wasn't beyond Brian's expectation. He knew that Molly and Becky hadn't had a very good past, and to be honest, Molly had been an arrogant girl towards people. While they had already made great efforts to leave these issues behind, it hadn't worked and so far, the two still had a strained relationship. So basically, to Becky, Molly was still the one who stole her lover away.

"As least you tried your best..." Brian said, holding Molly's hand tightly. After a few moments, he said, "Sometimes, imperfections are actually beautiful. Things will not always go the way you want it to go, but that's just life."

Molly looked at Brian. His beautifully chiseled and angular face always made her feel secure. At that moment, it seemed like nobody but Brian would make her feel better. "I'm afraid that I am too greedy..." she said, sighing and then staring into the distance while pursing her lips. Then, she looked down at her feet.

Brian stopped all of a sudden, then turned to look at Molly, who looked lost and lonely. Quickly, Molly turned to Brian thinking something happened. However, when she looked into his eyes, it seemed like she could directly walk into his heart. After a few moments of them intensely staring at each other, Brian spoke, with a voice as deep as a cello. "Human beings are greedy. They are always striving for perfection. There are no exceptions to that."

Understanding one thing didn't mean that you could let go of what you believed deep in your heart. Molly understood what Brian had said, but she still couldn't cheer up. With another deep breath, she said, "Maybe I am too stubborn. But don't worry. I think I will be fine after a while."

Brian knew she just consoled herself by saying this. Conceding that he couldn't help the woman he loved any more at that point, he took a step forward, gently tugging Molly to follow. With her hand securely in his, he said calmly, "In other news, Becky isn't in a bad situation now. Maybe the quality of her life is different from before, but her heart has been purified. Molly," he glanced at her worried face and added, "You are not Becky, so you can't determine what her life would be or tell whether she is living a peaceful life. You can't judge whether one's life is good or not from her or his appearance. You can only do that looking into someone's heart."

Molly nodded with pursed lips at his words. She understood every word he had said. In fact, people tended to force what they believed on others, which was a subconscious attempt.

Brian didn't go on about the topic. He knew that he shouldn't be so hasty and that Molly needed time to figure out everything on her own. There was no doubt in his mind that she would understand what he said one day.

Shirley was looking at the coffee shop in front of her, which was not too large or too small. There were about fifty to sixty coffee shops like this on Dragon Island. Dragon Island was not only a place where the eastern culture dwelt. To some extent, it was also a place where the cultures of East and West converged.

"I can't see my aunt," Evelyn said, her big eyes blinking and her long and dark eyelashes fluttering.

Charlie rolled his eyes and then said like an adult, "Is she off work now?" Shirley smiled in reply, but said nothing. ☐☐