Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 146

Molly looked at the man. She was shocked when she saw him sitting at the blackjack game table. Molly felt her blood freeze at the sight.

Shirley was excited at first, but she soon noticed that there was something wrong with Molly. Molly was standing right by her side, her face was pale and her breathing was rapid. She was staring right ahead of her and had a furious look on her face.

Shirley tried to figure out who had caught Molly's attention, but the casino was too crowded. They were standing by the entrance, so her field of vision was being blocked by various gambling tables and people.

Shirley groaned as she failed to see who it was that Molly was looking at. "Little Molly, who are you looking at? An old friend?"

Shirley's voice pulled Molly back to reality and she quickly headed straight to the man sitting at the table.

Since Molly had worked in Grand Night Casino before, some of the waiters recognized her. And they were wondering why she was there, after all Molly had left the casino a while back and had not come back to work. But now that she was back, she was supposed to be serving in the VIP rooms. It was strange that she was walking casually in the main hall.

"Molly! Is that you?" Lynne was surprised to see Molly in the casino and grabbed her arm.

"Lynne... why are you here at this time?" Molly asked.

"Someone asked me to cover her shift," Lynne replied with a smirk. "This shift will be over in half an hour. If you are not in a hurry, we can meet afterwards. I need to ask you something."

Molly frowned and asked,"About what?"

"This is not the right place to talk. I need to attend to my customers first. Wait for me and we can talk after work," Lynne replied.

"But I have... some things... to attend to." Lynne left before Molly could finish her sentence.

But Molly was too occupied to be bothered by Lynne's words. By the time she headed to the table, she had already lost sight of the man.

"Little Molly, who are you looking for?" Shirley followed her and asked curiously.

Molly looked around, but the man was no where to be found. "I thought I saw an acquaintance of mine just now, but maybe it's not him."

"Oh? Really?" Shirley was still doubtful, but she did not think of it as a big deal. "Let's go and get some tokens!"

Molly nodded. She glanced at the crowd and tried to ease her way to the token exchange counter.

Maybe that was not him...

Molly checked the counter to see if the man was around. Since she couldn't find him anywhere, she assumed that she was just seeing things because she was too nervous to be at the casino.

*

The surveillance room of The Grand Night Casino was located at the top-most floor.

Brian was holding a wine glass in his hand, his legs were overlapped casually, and he was looking at the screens that were connected to the surveillance cameras in the casino floor.

Brian had already seen Shirley and Molly when they entered the casino. When he noticed that Molly had spotted Steven, he asked his men to take Steven away.

Brian slowly raised his glass and sipped the red wine. The mellow bouquet spread across the taste buds, with a hint of enchanting aloes. His eagle eyes narrowed onto Shirley and Molly who were headed to the slot machines.

Shirley was eager to find out how the slot machine worked. Molly had only received basic training when she had worked here, which did not include teaching how to gamble.

Brian smiled and turned to Tony. "Give them a full pass."

"Yes, sir," Tony replied and headed towards the central control. He typed in codes several times on the keyboard.

Brian could see the exciting look on Shirley's face. On the other hand, Molly was very nervous and shocked. She could not believe that they got a full pass at a slot machine.

Brian gazed at Molly. He used the remote control to enlarge the small screen with both of them in it. And after that, the whole wall was filled with their images. Brian could clearly see all their facial expressions because of the zoomed in cameras.

Molly was telling something to Shirley and a smile appeared on Brian's face. After Tony tapped in some more codes on the keyboard, Shirley got another full pass. Every time Shirley played the slot machine, she got a full pass.

This was not common in a casino. A crowd had gathered in front of the slot machine, trying to figure out why they were so lucky.

Jason was headed there as well because someone reported that there was a problem with the slot machine. A customer got full pass- not once, but ten times. Non-stop.

Jason arrived quickly because he was the manager and he thought that the customer must have done something to the slot machine.

He was surprised to see Molly there. "Molly?" Jason frowned at her.

"Mr. He." Molly knew that they would get into trouble if Aunt Shirley kept getting full passes on the slot machine.

Molly was trying to get Aunt Shirley to play on some other machines, but Shirley did not listen. Shirley was fixated on making a fortune at the casino and jokingly asked Molly if she wanted to buy the casino from Brian.

Jason was in charge of the casino, so he knew that there was something going on between Molly and Brian. He did not know what it was at first. But he took a guess after what had happened in the VIP room.

Jason nodded to them, but did not say a word. He looked at Shirley and noticed that she was dressed in fancy clothes and looked quite young. Jason assumed that she would be in her 40s. From his experience, he could tell that it was her first time at a casino.

Jason glanced at the slot machine and said,"I'm sorry, I am afraid that there is some technical problems with the machine. We need to run some tests and fix it."

Shirley shrugged her shoulders and stepped back.

The onlookers were disappointed that they had lost their chance to make a fortune now that they had identified a problem with the machine. What a pity!

"Little Molly, do you believe that I could still get full passes if I changed to another slot machine?" Shirley giggled at Molly.

Molly looked at Jason for a second and then turned to Shirley. "Aunt Shirley, you are not planning to win The Grand Night Casino today, are you?"

Molly asked in a hushed voice. However, Jason had already caught onto every word.

Jason observed Shirley quietly and he saw a playful shine in Shirley's eyes, which somehow made him nervous.

She smiled without saying a word, but her eyes inadvertently went to the surveillance camera at the top left corner. She smiled and waved at the camera and then looked at Jason. "Yes, I am planning to win the casino. So what?" Shirley said loudly on purpose.

The loud challenge made everyone look at her in surprise. Although many people did not hear what Molly had said earlier about winning the casino, they were all experienced gamblers and understood what she meant without a second thought.

Jason wondered whether Shirley had a prominent family background. However, he remained calm and asked respectfully,"My lady, would you like to move to a VIP room later?"

Shirley looked at the surveillance camera again and smiled,"I don't care where the venue is. I only care who I am gambling with. "

"My lady, you can tell me at any time if you have any special requests and we will try our best to meet your expectations." Jason was, after all, a well-experienced person. Although he figured that it was Shirley's first visit to the casino, he had a hunch that she wasn't someone to be taken lightly.

"How about I gamble with your boss?" Shirley asked, smirking.

Molly was confused at her request. She whispered,"Aunt Shirley..."

"Why do you think I got a full pass every time at the slot machine?" Shirley interrupted her. Shirley was not a fool. If a slot machine had such troublesome technical issues, then the casino would have been bankrupted a long time ago.

Molly began to understand what had happened.

While the two ladies were whispering to each other, Jason stood there embarrassed, not knowing what to say. Just as he was going to invite the ladies again to the VIP room, a voice was heard from his inter-phone, ordering him to take them upstairs.