Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 682 The Same Trick Again! (Part One)

What goes around comes around. That is a law nobody can escape from. Hannah was in a really good mood, just like the pleasant weather outside.

The sky was blue, cloudless, and bright. The gentle late summer breeze played around, cooling down the heat of the sun.

"Miss Hannah, you look fabulous as always. What kind of service do you require today?" the image stylist asked flatteringly. He knew very well that she was pretty generous on the tips. It would be in their best interests to keep her satisfied.

"Not now. I need to pick a suitable dress first. I'll replace you later," Hannah dismissed him. The stylist nodded and cleared the way for her. She looked around at all the clothes in the room. Her long fingernails were painted a sky blue and she swept her lean fingers across the beautiful, expensive dresses one by one. Her eyes full of smile, she asked, "Jenifer, which one do you think will be most suitable for my date with him tonight?"

Jenifer was wearing a business suit. She was still at work, when Hannah dragged her here to offer her some fashion advice, "Well, that depends on your purpose tonight." She already knew pretty well what her scheme was for the night; the smile on her face told everything.

Hannah turned back to her and had an even bigger smile, "What do you think my purpose is?"

Jenifer smirked with a knowing smile, "You're trying to knock the air out of Mr. Brian Long."

"Well yeah, I have to," said Hannah, rolling her eyes, "I've been looking forward to this day-the day when I finally make him mine and get rid of Molly forever."

Jenifer crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the closet. She sneered, "Molly is as stupid as she was when she was young."

"But I like that about her," smirked Hannah, "I can play around with her as long as she stays stupid."

Jenifer totally agreed with that. But her eyes were filled with resentment, "But why do all these exquisite men fall for such a bitch?"

"Jenifer, she will lose everything very soon..." The smile on Hannah's face became sinister, "I'm going to make him fall in love with me this time. If she wishes to leave Brian so much, then I'll make her wish come true."

"Hannah, don't underestimate Mr. Brian Long," Jenifer warned her.

Hannah glanced at Jenifer and continued to pick her clothes, "Everybody just keeps warning me about how great Mr. Brian Long is and how I shouldn't take him lightly," she scoffed, "Even someone, as powerful as Brian, can't resist the power of the Love Poison," she said as an evil smile reached her eyes, "I'll be pregnant with his baby soon. I will bind him to me forever."

Jenifer stared at Hannah's evil smile for a while and then said, "Well then, I have nothing more to worry about. I wish you complete success."

"Thanks!" Hannah exclaimed without looking at her. She picked an off shoulder short skirt and scanned it up and down. The design was simple, but elegant. She thought it was the perfect skirt to impress Brian and it would greatly serve her purpose. She was fully satisfied with it. She asked, "Jenifer, would you like to try this on for Edgar, too?"

"No, that's really not challenging enough for me," Jenifer said slowly, "He, sooner or later, will be mine."

"Oh?" Hannah raised an eyebrow at her sudden self-confidence, "What makes you think so? Did something happen?"

"Nothing happened," Jenifer preferred not to tell Hannah at the moment about what had happened, "It's just that I like to do things in a more challenging style."

Hannah shrugged slightly without further comments, and ran to the changing room with the skirt. She came back to show off her outfit to Jenifer and did a twirl in front of her, laughing.

Jenifer looked her up and down, chuckled and said, "Well, it's gorgeous and rather convenient for Brian to tear apart."

"I think so too," Hannah winked with a big smile, without hiding her real purpose.

*

At the resting lounge of the Sasha Music Troupe, the atmosphere was lively with almost everyone drinking and chatting with each other. It was loud and cheerful. Yet, Molly sat on a sofa at the corner, looking through the window at the clear blue sky, like it had just been washed clean.

"Molly," Myra put a cup of fresh milk tea in front of her, sat down in the opposite chair, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Molly looked back at Myra and gave her a soft smile. "Nothing in particular," she said, "Time is flying, you know. I feel like if I take a second too long to blink, it'll already be autumn."

"Molly, are you grieving over the fleeting of time?" Little Cutie said abruptly, showing up all of a sudden. She jumped into the seat beside Molly.

Myra glared at her playfully, "Can't you be at least a little bit normal every time you show up?" "Heehee!"

Little Cutie smiled, showing all of her pearly whites, then looked at Molly and asked, "Molly, we were just talking about going to the karaoke tonight. Are you coming with us?" Sensing that Molly was about to refuse her, she said hastily, "Oh please, don't say no! It's really hard for me to look at you sulking all day. If you join our entertainment activity once in a while and have some fun, you will cheer up in no time. Myra, don't you agree?" Little Cutie secretly winked at Myra, asking her to back her up.

"Little Cutie is right, Molly. You should come with us," said Myra, trying to persuade Molly as well, "You rarely join in for the activities of the Troupe, so you have to come out tonight and have some fun with us."

Molly didn't want to go, but seeing Little Cutie's pout and Myra's worried expression, she couldn't bear to refuse them. 'Hannah will be coming to the villa tonight, Molly thought bitterly, 'He was already meeting her outside all the time, but now he had invited her for a party at the villa. Would he be bringing her home a lot from now on?' she wondered.

She gulped the acid pain that was rising in her throat as she thought about going back home and replaceing them together. She looked at the two women in front of her and nodded, "All right. I'll come with you." Yet, she was confused whether she was only going with them to avoid going back to the villa.

"Great!" Little Cutie was exhilarated, "I'll let the others know that you'll be joining us tonight. This is so exciting. You are finally coming out with us!"

Molly smiled and said, "I'll give you my share of the expense later."

"No problem," Little Cutie said and ran to tell the others.

Myra looked at Little Cutie's back and then at Molly, "Molly, you know... you are just around two years older than Little Cutie. At such a young age, why do you always look like you have something that weighs heavily on you all day?"

"It's probably due to the bad environment," Molly said lightly, looking at the yard outside where the sophora flowers had already fallen, and even those that hadn't fallen had hidden themselves behind the leaves, struggling to stay alive. Yet, in the end, their fate would still be decided by the next wave of wind. 00000000