Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1206 Extra Story 96 Of Charlie Meet His Parents

Although she knew that the real Quiet Misery was not the girl who had walked out of the elevator, Olivia could not suppress her thoughts about the real Quiet Misery. She knew that the girl was the ex-girlfriend of Quiet Misery, the legendary player whom she loved secretly. She wondered what kind of man he was. He was easily able to match such a woman, who played the game so skillfully.

Olivia's heart ached as she watched the female Quiet Misery walk away from her sight. Her insides churned and sadness flooded her eyes. She felt her eyes tearing up, but didn't bother to hide it.

Anna frowned when she saw the expression on her face and walked to her. "Olivia?" she called slowly.

"Hmm?" Olivia looked at her in confusion, not knowing what to say.

Anna knew what was going on in her mind. "You were drunk yesterday. Are you going to hang yourself onto this one tree?" She tried to talk sense into her friend, but Olivia just sighed in defeat. Anna continued, "It looks like Ann and I need to teach you a good lesson and show you how terrible online romance can be."

... Olivia didn't know how to respond to Anna. She remained silent.

Ann nodded repeatedly in agreement with Anna. She said, "Yeah, reality is so wonderful. Take a look at this heavenly place and all these handsome men we can have. Why would you ever want to have an online love affair?" She pointed to the gang of members of Madness Is Good, who hadn't left yet. "Look at that one... Ice Is Water Awake looks like a potent chairman at first glance. And that one...Dangerous Beauty is such a handsome young man. And the one next to him is Valiant Life. Look at his stature! He's like a boxing champion!" She drooled slightly, and Anna and Olivia giggled. "Oh! There is Love Till Being Hurt. He is a star. And there's Dissolute All My Life behind him. He is the heir to some rich family."

Olivia's mouth curled into a smile, and Anna could not help but shake her head. She asked, "Ann, how are you able to connect their game ID with their real identity?"

Ann winked, "I'm good at this kind of thing. I can figure it out quite easily."

... Anna laughed and Olivia forgot all about Quiet Misery, at least for the time being. But destiny plays an important role in everyone's life. You can run from it all you want, but you can't escape its clutches at the end.

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Charlie dragged Elsa along to his car. He opened the front door and sat her down in the passenger seat, while she was still in a daze. He bent down close to her to fasten her seatbelt, and her heart raced. They looked at each other for a quick second before she turned away, blushing. Charlie closed the door for her and walked around to the driver's seat.

Elsa finally managed to ask him, "Where are we going?"

"We'll go to Flight Media first. After I finish my work there, we'll have dinner together," Charlie said as he fastened his own seat belt. He then turned sideways to fix his eyes on Elsa. "Have dinner with my family," he said, in a very sincere voice.

He was serious. Elsa's eyes widened. After a few seconds, she shook her head and said, "No, I don't want to." Her hand swiftly went to the seat belt to unfasten it. She wanted to run away from there, but Charlie was quicker than her. He knew that she would try to flee. He wrapped his hands around hers and looked her squarely in the eyes.

As she stared into his deep eyes, Elsa forgot what she was about to do. She looked at Charlie's slender hand on hers. She was in a daze once again. Despite the air conditioning in the car, she felt hot inside. And her hand was warm from his touch. He gave her a sense of safety, always silently saying that he would protect her from the clutches of the world.

"You know, every girl has to, someday or the other, go face-to-face with her parents-in-law," Charlie said in his soft, magnetic voice. "Elsa, you are the one with whom I want to spend the rest of my life with. So, of course, I want you to meet my family and get to know them. But... If you haven't set your mind on me yet, then I will not force you." He withdrew his hand which had been holding down Elsa's hand on the seat belt.

She felt a sudden ache as his hand left hers. She raised her eyes to look at him and when she saw the hidden sadness on his face, she felt like being stabbed by something very sharp. Without thinking, she said, "That's not what I meant. I just thought..." "What?" Charlie asked her, without looking at her. "No matter what, you don't want to meet my parents, right?"

"I didn't say that!" Elsa denied hastily. She could not bear to see that expression on Charlie's face. He looked like he was in pain. Her words were hurting him. Hearing her response, Charlie slowly turned to face her. The shine in his eyes was back and he asked in a low voice, "Then you're willing to meet my parents?"

... Elsa was speechless. She realized that she had just dug a hole for herself and jumped into it without the least bit of hesitation.

This kind of thing happened to her a lot lately, like she was being bewitched. Every time it happened, she was annoyed with herself. But she couldn't stop it. She couldn't control her brains when she was with him. Whenever she saw Charlie's dejected face, she completely ignored everything else. Now that he had gotten a satisfying answer from her, Charlie started the engine. As they joined the traffic on the highway, he said, "When we arrive at Flight Media, you would have to wait for a while in my office. When my work is done, I will pick you up and we'll go for dinner." He paused for her reply, but didn't get any. When he slightly turned to take a glance at her, he saw her annoyed pout. "Well...If you want to get familiar with the company, you may join me," he added.

Elsa straightened up in her seat. "I will join you."

Although he knew that Elsa chose to join him because she wanted to know more about the company, Charlie was still overjoyed to hear that. He believed that Elsa unconsciously wanted to be with him as much as possible. He wanted to believe that she desired to be alongside him.

When they entered the company, Elsa saw another side of Charlie, which she had never seen before. He worked so diligently and sincerely that she could not help but admire him. He was like a self-luminous body glowing with a beautiful light, drawing everybody towards him. She could not take her eyes off him.

It was an important day for Charlie too. Dragon had finally become an independent company, detaching itself from Flight Media. Charlie had a lot to do. After handling the necessary procedures, he attended meetings one after the other. He had to get everything done before he went back to the university tomorrow. Besides, he had to minimize the bug in the mobile game which was going to be released soon. Time flew by as he kept himself busy.