Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 153 What Was All This For (Part Three)

Her faint voice was like a sting to his ears and he felt as if his heart was being grabbed tightly by agony. The look in his eyes softened. He observed the streak of tears on her cheek and then looked into her eyes which did nothing to keep her secrets hidden. Molly would never know what kind of thing had happened and would happen to her merely because of her beautiful eyes.

"So you still have the feeling of being numb, huh?" With knitted eyebrows, Eric stretched out his hands and pulled her against his chest rudely. Then he continued to ask in a low voice, "Can you try not to be in such an awkward position when I meet you the next time?" "Nope," Molly replied in a dull tone, leaning against his chest. A smile appeared on her face, glad that she was still in the vein for jokes in such a situation, even though the smile contained more grief than happiness.

Her spoiled tone touched Eric's heart and he couldn't help hugging her more tightly. His anger at her for not answering his calls had all vanished at that moment.

They embraced each other quietly for a while. Then Molly broke the silence and asked, "Hey, didn't you say that you wanna go somewhere else? I'm freezing to death now."

Her tantrum left Eric dumbfounded. He slightly pushed Molly away from his chest. Then he met her eyes, shining below her fluttering eyelids, and asked coldly,"Then why were you sitting here? You deserve a freezing death."

In spite of his harsh words, he stood up and took Molly's hands, helping her stand up. When he touched her icy cold hands, he frowned and asked, "Why do your hands always feel as cold as ice?"

Molly followed Eric towards his bold red Lamborghini as she mumbled, "Because nobody warms my hands for me."

Eric glanced at the depressed look on her face. Then he leaned close to her and said with a smile, "My honey, let me do it for you."

"Stay away from me! Who's your 'honey'?" Molly replied with an angry glare and disdain in her eyes.

"Hah, I remember someone saying, 'My honey, I thought you were in a meeting' this afternoon. Who was that?" Eric imitated her sweet tone and his smile widened when he saw the embarrassment on Molly's face. "Humph, don't talk to me!" Molly said angrily with tight lips as she opened the door and got into the car.

Eric pouted and shrugged his shoulders. He got into the car and started it. Then he asked, "Why are you here alone? Where is Aunt Shirley?"

"We got separated for some reason." The fake happiness on Molly's face disappeared all of a sudden. She suppressed her emotion and changed the topic. "How did you replace me here anyway? It's already so late."

"I wanted to know if Brian had punished you because of what happened in the mall this afternoon," Eric made a casual excuse. In fact, he had no idea why he was there to replace Molly. He had happened to call her on a whim, but the call had gone unanswered. Then he kept calling and it went straight to voicemail.

After that, he jumped into his car and rode along the streets looking for her till he had found her at the roadside. Ever since their first meet, he was always running into her.

"No, he hasn't," Molly replied, and then thought to herself mockingly, 'More like he let me do it to myself.'

"Really? I thought that he was quite mad at you." Eric was surprised. As far as he knew Brian, it was impossible for him to let Molly get away with that so easily, and not to mention, Brian had started to develop feelings for her.

In the afternoon, when Brian saw them at the mall, Eric had noticed the darkened expression on his face.

He pondered over it while he casually asked, "Did you have dinner yet?"

"Yes, I did," Molly answered lazily. She leaned back against the seat and watched the scenery pass by. "Take me back to his villa."

"Are you sure?" Eric stole a quick glance at her. Her resistance towards Brian and her antipathy towards returning to his villa were written all over her face.

"Yes," Molly replied immediately. "I have to go back there, sooner or later."

However, she thought to herself, 'But I will eventually get out of there, no matter how long it takes and how hard it would be to achieve it!'

Eric frowned at the distress radiating from Molly. He knew that something dramatic had happened to her earlier that night which had pushed her to make her decisions.

The car sped along the streets and finally stopped at Brian's villa. When Molly stretched out her hand to open the door, Eric felt a strange unwillingness to let her go which forced him to ask her, "Little Molly, Wing is holding an opening ceremony for her charity concert the day after tomorrow. Would you like to attend as my companion?"

Molly's hand froze on the door handle as she turned back to face Eric. She pressed her lips together and thought about all the things that had happened in Mr. Song's villa. Reminded of those unhappy memories, she decided to refuse Eric's invitation, only to be interrupted by him,"I'm sure that Brian will keep Wing company that day, but as far as I know about him, it's very likely that he'll take you there too. So, why not attend as my companion instead?" Eric explained.

Molly didn't know whether she should believe Eric or not. Although he had helped her many times when she was in trouble, he had also laid traps for her with his ulterior motives.

But she eventually replied, "Okay, I'll go with you." Even though it might be another trap for her, she would gladly jump into it without any hesitation.

As Shirley had told her, she shouldn't feel afraid of moving ahead. And the situation might be completely different for her the next time.

Eric smiled. He was excited and he didn't bother to think about why he felt that way. He said,"Go and have a nice bath, and all of your unhappiness will be washed away, okay?"

Molly nodded with a smile. She didn't care about whether Eric's tenderness towards her was real or fake; she only knew that at that moment, she didn't feel lonely anymore.

She got out of the car and walked along a pathway lined with night-lights. As she stopped at the villa's door and pushed it open, she was taken aback by the chill coming from inside and a cold voice flowed into her ears. "Do you know what time it is now?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐