Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 499 Mark Belongs To Me (Part Two)

Lisa gazed into Mark. To her eyes, he was absolutely adorable. Whenever she saw him, she thought back to that winter when Brian and Molly were still together. She'd never seen Brian like that. At that time, even though Brian never showed it in his face, she could tell

how happy he was with Molly by his side.

She could not help but sigh as she recalled this. Her mind was still racing as she left the garden. Mark had already been here for several days and he was adjusting quite well, polite and friendly to everyone. Except for one thing: he acted entirely different around Brian. It was like they were enemies. It was like living proof of the old proverb: "A father's worst enemy is his own son."

"Mom," Lucy said as she looked at Brian, "Are you sure that he's Brian and Molly's son?"

Lucy was abroad when all of this happened so she was excited to come back when she heard the news. She was so surprised that she couldn't get out a single word. As the years passed, so many things had changed and that included her love towards Brian. "Yes, Mr. Brian said so himself that Mark is his son." Lisa responded as she walked back towards the kitchen to prepare for dinner. Since Mark had started living here, Brian always came back to have dinner with him no matter how busy he was. Lucy was still standing, mouth agape, still shocked at Lisa's words. She fixed her gaze at Mark who was staring intently at the piece of cake that Lisa had just brought him. The cake was still untouched. A gleam seemed to shine from her eyes.

*

The night breeze this summer was cool and pleasant.

Molly stood at the entrance of the Grand Night Casino where she had been waiting for Brian. She waited for days on end only to be disappointed by the end of each day. She knew that Brian was deliberately avoiding her but she didn't have any other options. She missed Mark so much she was about to go crazy. She wasn't even allowed to look at Brian from a distance.

During the day, she waited for him at the Emp Stock Exchange. When night came, she would transfer to the Grand Night Casino. Even if she knew that Brian was purposely avoiding her, she didn't have any other options but to talk to him this way. She knew very well that Mark was just in the villa but she just couldn't get in. And she feared that Brian wouldn't let her visit Mark even on her court-regulated visitation days.

People stared at her as she stood there for hours on end - in fact, some were already used to seeing her there. They thought she was a doorman of some sort.

She stood there among the crowd, her face emotionless. Standing not too far away was Spark who was keeping his eyes on Molly. During those days, he had been secretly following her. Even though he thought that what Molly was doing was useless, he didn't try to stop her at all.

After all, next to Molly, he was the one affected the most by Mark's departure. His heart stung every time he remembered the coldness in Mark's eyes when he spat, "I hate you." Those were the first and last words Mark ever said to them. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Since that, they never saw Mark again. They wouldn't even know where Brian had taken him had Eric not told them that Mark was at A City.

Spark didn't trust Eric, but if it made Molly, and if it would give them a chance to see Mark then he didn't mind taking the risk.

"Spark, why don't you tell Molly to go back?" Manny suggested. He sighed as he looked at these two people - he couldn't do anything about all of this.

Manny didn't really know anything about Brian. The only thing he knew was that he was a powerful man. It seemed like they couldn't see him anyway. No one could stop Brian from doing what he wanted to do. Nothing was wrong that if Brian wanted them to visit Mark but if he didn't then that was another story.

Brian was sitting in his car, staring at Molly. Molly looked smaller, thinner somehow. She looked so fragile like she could be blown away with the wind.

When his car passed Molly, he withdrew his gaze. Molly's eyes lit up when she spotted Brian inside the car. Before she knew it, she started running towards the car. She wanted to stop the car before it went into the parking or she would have wasted another day for nothing.

She quickened her pace when she realized this. When she reached a corner, she jumped in front of the car with her eyes closed and arms flailing about. The car screeched to a halt.

"Stupid woman!" Brian cursed as he sneered at Molly.

"Mr. Brian Long, what do I do?" Tony asked. He couldn't tell what Brian was thinking because if he had turned his head then Molly wouldn't have seen him. Brian didn't answer Tony. When Molly saw the car had stopped, she ran towards the back seat and opened the door, yelling at Brian, "I want to see Mark!"

Brian kept looking ahead as if he couldn't hear Molly.

When she noticed he wasn't going to respond, she asked again, "Bri- ahh!"

Molly shrieked. She was surprised to replace that Brian had pulled her inside the car. Before she could even react, Brian closed the door and Tony drove the car to the basement parking lot.

It all happened so fast that Spark and Manny weren't able to do anything. The last thing they saw was Molly being pulled into the car and the car driving off. Spark gave up after trying and failing to run after the car.

"Aren't we going after them?" Manny asked anxiously. He didn't know why Spark stopped running.

"Manny," Spark said as he looked towards the direction the car drove off to, "Can you tell me who you think Molly will be happiest with? Me or Brian?"

"Spark," Manny looked at him, anguished, "Remember, that you're Molly's husband. You. Not him."

Spark turned his head to look at Manny. He didn't expect Manny to be so forceful, "But, we all know that Brian doesn't care for the law." And in addition to that, they weren't really in a relationship. They were just married on paper. This was crazy. He was about to lose the woman whom he had fallen in love with and the child he loved and cared for like his own.

Spark slowly turned around and trudged forward.

"Spark? Are you okay?" Manny called towards his back.

Spark stopped in his tracks, unsure whether he was speaking to himself or Manny, "Brian wouldn't hurt Molly and Molly just really wanted to see Mark."

After he spoke, he continued to stalk forward. Manny was saddened at this sight. He had never seen Spark like this before. The only Spark he knew was the arrogant, spoiled man who always got what he wanted. This reminded him of something that happened years ago to Spark's mom. Perhaps, this was the only moment that Spark could actually feel the pain his mom went through.

*

It was dead silent at the parking lot.

As soon as Tony finished parking the car, he stepped out and walked a few steps away from the car.

Brian's hand was still gripped around Molly's waist. She tried to wrench herself free but to no avail. She stopped moving and glared at Brian, "Let me see Mark!"

"This isn't the right time," Brian said, frowning because he could feel the softness in his hand - the one that was gripped on Molly's waist.

In fact, as long as Molly kept quiet and as long as she obeyed his orders, he would let her see Mark. But she was nagging like the nagger that she was.

"Will you let me see him then?" Molly asked.

"I don't know," Brian answered flatly.

"Brian! Don't overdo it!" Molly was furious with him.

"Am I?" Brian taunted.

"I can bring this to court, you know," Molly said, pretending to be calm.

"Really?" Brian said as he lowered his head, a light smile lingering on his lips. Suddenly, he raised his hand in the air and slowly balled it into a fist. Molly went pale when she saw this.

She remembered that one winter night when they had just met. He did the same thing as he told her proudly that as long as he wanted something, he was always going to get it.

"What do I have to do to get you to let me see Mark?" Molly uttered through her gritted teeth.

For a long while, he remained speechless. There was a weird feeling in the car. The stifling atmosphere there made Molly hard to breathe. Just as she was about to say something, Brian opened his mouth lightly, "You go to divorce with Spark.