Love Began with the First Meeting

Charlie liked Ezra, not just because he had potential, but also because of his determination to be together with Evelyn. What Evelyn needed was not some cheesy prince who was madly in love with her; she needed a man who could face the Long Family, someone who could confidently stand beside her.

Undoubtedly, Ezra had done a great job in that aspect. He didn't have wealth that could match the Long Family, but he had more than enough strength and will. Only a person like him would be able to make Evelyn happy for the rest of her life.

"We'll see." Charlie's lips curled into a smile. Tipping his glass, he finished his drink. "You take care of the bill." He placed the glass on the table and walked away.

"Hey!" Ezra shouted, "You're kidding, right? Charlie! Charlie!" But Charlie didn't reply or turn around. Ezra realized that he wasn't kidding at all. Slamming his wine glass down, he chased after Charlie. "This would easily cost more than ten million. Are you trying to get me broke?"

"You don't have to worry. You can sell yourself to Shaun," Charlie replied flatly.

Ezra turned to look at the mess inside, then he closed the door and walked out of Shaun's house with Charlie. He mumbled, "How about... I sell myself to you?"

"Hmm, that should work as well." He scanned Ezra from top to bottom and said, "But... you are not worth that much."

Ezra growled. Clenching his teeth, he asked, "Can you just say something nice for a change?"

Charlie shrugged and walked towards his car. When he was about to open the door, his phone rang.

He took out his phone and glanced at the caller ID. Picking it up, he said gently, "What's up?"

"Charlie, where are you?" Evelyn asked anxiously.

Charlie glanced at Ezra, who was leaning against the car. "I was just talking to Shaun regarding the cooperation. Why? Are you hungry? Or-"

"This is not the time for food!" Evelyn cut him off. "Check the school's forum. It's gone crazy!"

Charlie frowned. Keeping the call connected, he opened his browser to check the forum. The bold golden word "HOT" instantly caught his eyes. Judging from the color, Charlie could tell that it was indeed a hot post.

He looked at the amount of views and replies. The numbers were huge. Placing the phone back on his ear, he asked coldly, "Who did this?"

"I don't know," answered Evelyn. Her voice didn't sound as anxious as before.

Charlie heard someone typing on a keyboard from Evelyn's end. He asked, "Did you check the IP address?"

"Whoever had posted it has done a good job of hiding their tracks. It's locked. I can't get in." Evelyn remembered something else at that moment and hastily said, "You handle this. I'm still in the middle of a fight." Before Charlie could say anything else, she hung up the call.

"What happened?" Ezra walked up to him. "Something happened at the school?" He had a pretty good understanding of the twins. Evelyn wouldn't panic easily about anything. She liked creating a mess and then enjoying the chaos. It was always Charlie's job to clean after her games.

Charlie handed his phone to Ezra. He took it and stared at the screen. In just a matter of seconds, the number of views and replies had surged again. "The romantic relationship of a home wrecker and a gigolo." Ezra read the headline of the post to himself and started laughing. "A documentary about the famous Charlie Xia. Ha-ha-ha! They are even calling it a documentary." He opened the post. Within the long passage, there was a vivid description of how Charlie was Evelyn's boy toy, and that he intruded in the relationship between Allen and Elsa. There were even photos of them included to add to the credibility. It also said that the two girls, Evelyn and Elsa, had accepted the fact that neither of them could live without Charlie.

It was a rather well-written article. From a random reader's point of view, the story was sorrowfully beautiful, but it was also anger-provoking. The photos helped intensify these feelings, making the reader want to dig to the bottom of the truth.

The replies were fervent. Some of them supported Charlie, some cursed him. And of course, as always, the readers separated into two groups and started attacking each other. Strangely, towards the end, the topic of discussion had shifted from Charlie to Elsa. One reason was that she had abandoned Allen for Charlie. Another reason was that she had ruined the relationship between Charlie and Evelyn, and even made Evelyn bear a disloyal relationship.

Ezra read through all the comments and replies. Then he clicked on all the replies by Evelyn. When he read her last reply, he cracked up. "Evelyn is really not afraid of making a mess. This is hilarious and getting way out of hand!" he commented.

After Ezra had laughed to the point where his facial muscles had started to cramp, Charlie scoffed and said sarcastically, "I'm glad that you find this all very funny. Laugh while you still can." He snatched his phone away from Ezra, and got into his car. In only a few seconds, his car disappeared from Ezra's sight.

Ezra shrugged and drove back to his own place. Within this tornado of gossip, he had to seize his chance to help Evelyn so that he could get closer to her. 'Evelyn, you are mine. The two of us have to stick together to fight against Charlie!' he thought with a grin. Snow And Snow: Please, don't blame Elsa. Even though Charlie has turned away from me, I... I know that it's partly my fault. I couldn't keep him by my side. I couldn't give him the warmth and love he desires.

Ever since "Snow And Snow" sent her first comment under the post, people assumed that she was Evelyn. And her subsequent replies just confirmed their suspicion.

This created another round of quarrel and discussion. Some people cursed Evelyn for her comments were all belittling herself; some pitied her and others wanted her to give up on Charlie and go to them. The more "Snow And Snow" replied, the more stimulated the crowd became. But whatever they discussed, in the end, the discussions always resulted in everyone cursing Elsa.

"What the hell?!" Evelyn cursed. "How dare they label me as 'devastating self-disvalue'? Seriously, what the fuck?!"

Bess rolled her eyes. "Yeah, they shouldn't have said that."

"Right?"

"You are just a psychopath, not someone suffering inferiority complex."

"What-"

Sometimes Bess would think, if Evelyn were her sister and did everything according to her whims regardless of the consequence, she would be so enraged that she would tie her up and drown her in the nearest river. She truly admired Charlie for his patience. 'How can he even stand to have such a selfish sister around, not to mention take care of her so well?' she wondered.

Love Snow 1314: Charlie, you've crossed the line! You promised me that you would be with Evelyn forever. That's why I gave up on her and wished you well. I even left Evelyn's school just to be away from her. And after all that, you go and do this to her! "Who the hell is this 'Love Snow 1314'?" Evelyn squinted at the post. "Why is he making things up?"

"It's happening all the time around you," Bess said, shaking her head. She folded her legs to her chest and curled up on the chair while Evelyn typed something enthusiastically on the keyboard. She was just bemused. Evelyn was definitely the black sheep of the Long Family. Calling her ugly would be an overstatement, but she was definitely not beautiful or enchanting, except for her eyes, maybe. It was just that this girl attracted a pool of boys. Evelyn might not have been aware of this, but an army of boys were being blocked by Charlie at all times before they even could get anywhere near her. 00000