Love Began with the First Meeting

The security guard laid out his theory steadily and convincingly, and he was able to capture the interest of the rest security guards. At first they looked at him blankly, but as he went on, their faces looked like they were understanding what he was saying and that he was The captain of security guards didn't say a word. He fixed his eyes on the ID card in the wallet Charlie had thrown to him. It was not until quite a while later that he looked around the security guards and said, "I think this whole thing is bigger than what we think. I think I need to call the CEO and let him know about this."

making so much sense. When he was finally finished speaking, all of them looked at the captain, as if waiting for confirmation of the theory.

"What's wrong?" the security guards mumbled in confusion. They looked at the captain and then he gestured to them to gather around him. When they saw the name on the ID card was "Charlie Long", they were all astonished. After a long while of silence, they looked at the captain of security guards with eager eyes. "He's a member of that Long Family?" one of the security guards finally asked, breaking the silence.

"How many Longs are there in A City?" the captain asked. "The real question is how many Longs have such a striking aura?"

"..." All the security guards were speechless. All of a sudden, they also felt that the incident at hand was not simple. Hastily, one of them tried to call the duty manager, while another tried to call the assistant of the CEO. None of them wanted to be responsible for any consequence of this that would come out of the incident. They knew that if something went wrong, they might die. And no one of them wanted to die.

Before the policemen came, Shaun and Ezra arrived in the suite, followed by Evelyn and the others. When they saw the situation in the room, they either frowned, astonished, or just downright scared.

Both Charlie and Quintin were injured to different degrees. Quintin's gun was now broken, and its parts were scattered by Charlie's side. It had been thoroughly disassembled beyond recognition.

Seeing that, Shaun couldn't help but be amazed and scared. Quickly, he strode to Charlie's side and tried lifting him up. "How are you?" he asked.

"I'm okay!" Charlie answered. When he saw Shaun, he felt highly relieved, and the lump in his throat due to the tension he was feeling was starting to subside a lot. Then he said, "Ezra, go out to have a look. I guess the policemen are coming."

As a lawyer, Ezra knew clearly that the situation inside the room should not be seen by anyone. In particular, Quintin could not appear in public. Otherwise, everybody inside the room at that moment would be involved in severe trouble.

"Okay," Ezra said, nodding to Shaun and then running out of the room in a hurry. Evelyn was coming in then, but he didn't have the time to acknowledge her.

Elsa came with Evelyn. Holding tightly to Charlie's sister, she slowly and cautiously entered the room as she was too scared to see the scene inside. It also scared her that she didn't know how to react. Finally when she saw the injury on Charlie's face, her tears flowed liberally from her eyes.

After Bess patted her on the back to try to comfort her, she walked towards Charlie to check what his damages were. After ascertaining that they were only skin trauma, she asked him, trying her best to smile, "Let's go to the hospital first?"

Charlie shook his head. Looking at Quintin, he said, "We'd better stop here for the time being. Let Bess take you home. I will go to see you in the evening."

Bess' mother was a doctor. Since Quintin's identity couldn't be exposed to the public, it was improper for him to go to hospital, including the private hospital of Dragon Empire Group. Also, if Mark knew about this, Quintin's life would come to an end there and then. Considering all these things, going to Bess' home was the only logical choice for him to make at the moment.

Hearing Charlie, Bess nodded in agreement and said, "Put your mind at ease. He won't have a chance to leave until you come for him."

Charlie nodded. With Shaun's support, he stood up. At the same time, Elsa came up to his side, ignoring how scared she was feeling. After looking him up and down, she asked, "Charlie, are you okay? You... It seems that he hurt you badly!"

With a smile, Charlie stroked Elsa's cheeks gently and said in a soft voice, "I'm okay. These are nothing serious." Hearing that, Elsa wept even more. Charlie wiped the tears away from her cheeks with his bloody and obviously sore fingers. Slowly, he said, "I will not be okay unless you stop shedding tears right now."

"What?" Elsa didn't realize what he meant. She looked at him in confusion, her eyes still filled with salty tears.

Sighing slightly, Charlie said slowly, "Stop crying. My heart hurts when I see you cry."

The statement seemed to have been misinterpreted by Elsa, because instead of feeling moved, she was just annoyed. Suddenly she started screaming, "You're so annoying! How could you crack a joke at this time!"

Charlie laughed loudly. Even smiling was painful, as there was a bruise on one corner of his mouth. He turned his head to look at Shaun. "You send Bess and Quintin back. I will contact you later," he said. Shaun nodded. He knew that Charlie wasn't injured badly and could deal with the wounds by himself.

In replacement of Shaun, Evelyn walked forward to support Charlie. Without saying a word, she looked Charlie up and down with her big eyes. Slowly, she said, "You're doomed. Mark will punish you. I am sure of that."

"..." Charlie was speechless. As much as he loved his sister, he could not help but roll his eyes. "Evelyn," he started, looking his sister in the eyes. "I don't think it's proper for you to talk about that right now. Don't you think your words will add salt to my wounds?" Hearing that, Evelyn pouted and furrowed her brows, effectively showing her anger. She mumbled, "This all happened because you didn't let me know or take me with you..."

The twins talked as if nothing had happened. Then suddenly, Quintin spoke. Taking a look at Charlie, his stare sharp, he mumbled slowly, "I will wait for you."

The empty threat did not phase Charlie. Instead, he sneered and said, "Don't worry. I will be sure to come to you."

Without saying another word, Quintin walked out of the room with the help of Shaun and Bess.

After they left, Charlie said to Elsa and Evelyn, "Go downstairs and wait for me in the lobby."

"What are you going to do?" Evelyn asked, her tone panicked. Without waiting for Charlie's answer, she continued, "Also, where's Olivia? Why are you ordering us to go downstairs? We didn't come for you. We came here to look for Olivia." Hearing that, Elsa nodded, but very soon, she felt like there was something wrong, so she shook her head hastily.

Seeing that, Anna and Ann looked at each other. Both of them were very worried about Olivia, and they got more worried when they saw that Charlie seemed to have been injured badly.

"Evelyn!" Charlie exclaimed. His face became overcast. "You take Elsa and the girls and wait for me downstairs."

His tone sounded like an order that nobody could refuse. Despite pouting in dissatisfaction, Evelyn nodded reluctantly. Then she took the lead and walked towards the exit. D