Love Began with the First Meeting

Tony sighed lightly. He found himself drifting farther and farther, away from Brian. He neither understood his thoughts, nor his feelings for Molly. He just knew that Brian had never brought any woman along when he went on a business trip, not even Becky. Still occupied with his own thoughts, Tony pulled a blanket over himself and covered his eyes with a mask. He remembered the times when Becky took offense to Brian not taking her along. Brian had never agreed to her constant badgering, and never even given it any consideration. To him, Brian was an extremely cold-hearted man lacking any emotion. Today however, to his surprise, Brian was bringing Molly with him. What's more astonishing was that he dragged her along, whether Molly liked it or not. During the whole flight, he was puzzled and overwhelmed by all these thoughts. He had covered himself with a blanked and a mask, but he was unable to sleep.

*

Meanwhile at Steven's house, Steven sat in his chair, with a blank face, gawking ahead of him. The whole room was filled with smoke and an acrid smell of nicotine met the nose with a punch. The whole day, he smoked one cigarette after another. Cigarette butts were strewn here and there, on the floor, on the furniture and even in the cracks on the wall.

Sharon watched him the whole time, worried and attentive. But she dared not ask him. She knew he didn't like her poking her nose where she shouldn't, especially after she had had the operation. As it had been a while since the surgery, she felt that she was gradually recovering, and unlikely to get worse.

"Has... has he come for you?" Unable to bear the stress and tension in her heart any longer, she asked him quickly as if any prolonged time would easily upset Steven.

There was no answer. He just pinched out the cigarette he was smoking with his shivering hand and pulled another from the cigarette case and flicked the lighter to produce a flame. He lit the new stick, put it between his lips and gave it a deep and long suck, as if to devour all of his stress and panic into his stomach so he could no longer feel it in his mind.

"Has he been looking for you several times?" Though Sharon knew that she wouldn't get an answer, she couldn't help asking. For some things, Steven's keeping things from her didn't mean that she was not aware. She had a strong inkling that he would come to find Steven one day, and she sensed that today was the day.

Hearing what Sharon had asked, Steven's hand stiffened for a second, apparently he was stung in his heart. After a heavy sigh, he went on with his smoking. In and out, the smoke swirled slowly in the air and shadowing the complex emotions on his face. After a moment's pause, he said at length,"If something happened, it has already happened. There is no remedy for it. Now that we have already sacrificed so much, there is no reason for us to give up now. We must persist till the end..."

moist. She glared fiercely at Steven. "I was right, he came

mouth lightly in self-mockery and did not reply.

Molly away. But for Steven, he'd rather

right. Because of Brian, they seemed not dare to confront him face to face, which

panic!" Steven said in his heavy voice,"There is always a way

whimpered,"How far does he want to force us? We have done everything as he wished. I

close to his chest. He did not

he only prayed that Molly and Brian would be

*

day when Brian and Molly arrived on QY Island. Unlike the cold weather in winter in A city, the island was green everywhere. After the incessant

and confusion, as she adjusted to the new scenery. She was not aware at the beginning, and then gradually, she got the feeling that others were watching or

sullenly as he stood beside her. However, he paid no heed. He only glanced at her

change my clothes first, did you?" Molly

words, as