Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 352

"Mayor, are you going to the Grand Night Casino?" Bill overtook Edgar in a hurry and asked. Receiving no answers from the Mayor, he continued to walk alongside him, trying to catch up with his boss. He said, "Molly hasn't been to the Grand Night Casino today. I had already sent someone to find her before I came here."

Edgar stopped walking. He turned to look at Bill with a very serious face, and pondered. Then he said, "Go home, Bill. Get some rest. You don't have to be with me there."

Edgar left without any more hesitation. Bill let out a sigh as he watched Edgar leave in a hurry.

Edgar went down to the parking lot and drove off. As soon as he exited the City Hall, he saw a luxurious Land Rover at the corner of the street.

Jenifer was heading to the City Hall in her Land Rover. A car drove past her before she could enter in. It was Edgar's car, and he was in the driver's seat. To Jenifer's surprise, Edgar didn't even wave hello to her. Obviously, it vexed the proud woman. She immediately turned the steering wheel, in an attempt to overtake Edgar's car which showed no signs of slowing down. Jenifer frowned in anger and dialed Edgar's number on the car-mounted phone.

The call went through, but Edgar didn't pick up. Jenifer's beautiful face darkened out of fury. She stepped on the gas and sped up, trying to catch him. Jenifer maintained a short distance between herself and Edgar for a while and she quickly realized that Edgar had no idea that he was being followed at all.

"Where the hell is he heading to?" murmured Jenifer. As far as she knew, Edgar was always very careful and alert. It was impossible for him to not notice that he was being followed.

Edgar's mind was a total mess at that moment. His heart was wrung the moment he heard that Molly was beaten. A painful picture came to his mind. He recalled how Molly had suffered when she was bullied by the kids in the military residential neighborhood when she was still a little girl. How stubborn she was as she stopped herself from crying at the time. She never shed a tear while those older kids attacked her and said malicious words to her. She just stared at them, with her crystal-like eyes. She must have engraved that stigma deep into her mind.

That sad memory pained Edgar, like a stab to his heart. He stepped on the gas and drove to his destination at full speed.

The Empire Hospital.

Becky had just finished her physical examination. Brian had waited for her outside the examination room all the while. The doctor suggested that Becky should stay in the hospital for observation for at least one night. So, Brian requested Yoyo to stay with Becky in her ward to look after her. Then he went to see Molly.

The entirety of the hospital's top floor was designated as VIP wards. It had a good view of the whole city. Molly's ward was very close to Becky's, with only four or five wards between them.

Molly was sitting on her bed. Eric was there to look after her. Since Molly still couldn't speak even after the treatment, Elias, as he was her doctor, couldn't leave either. Brian had ordered Tony to check on Molly's conditions while he waited for Becky's physical examination result. Since Tony had told Elias that Brian was at the hospital, Elias didn't dare leave without his permission.

Elias was in a dire situation. He, of course, had faith in his medicine. As a result, he didn't think that Molly was physically incapable of speaking anymore. It was his medical opinion that she might be facing some psychological problems which hindered her from speaking. There was nothing wrong with his medicine. On the other hand, however, he was worried that Brian might blame him for the failure, in spite of his innocence. He shuddered when he thought of Brian's cold face and sharp angry eyes. Brian's fury was the last thing he wanted to face in the world.

Contrary to his craziness a few moments ago, Eric was quite calm. Something in him must have clicked to drive him to say something crazy like that. But he couldn't bear to watch Molly caught in such despair. His mind had gone blank for lack of reason, with his body only driven by a man's primitive impulse of protecting the woman he loved. It was obvious, however, that he had scared her.

He was frustrated. As a playboy, he was the ideal man for many girls. But his expression of love had scared Molly, to his dismay. That was his first time expressing his feelings towards a girl! How frustrating...

Molly cast a look at Eric from the corner of her eyes. She bit her lips slightly to steady the mounting complicated feelings in her. She was sad about her absent voice. Eric's unexpected confession of love for her only weighed on her more.

A sudden noise killed the silence in the room as the ward door was pushed open and Brian stepped in. It caught everyone's attention.

Brian glanced at Elias as he stepped into the ward. Then he walked to the bed and stood there. With one hand in his trouser pocket, he swept his gaze across everyone in the room with an air of arrogance, as if he were the king of the world. Then he settled his gaze on Molly, but asked in English, "Still unable to speak?"

Elias' voice trembled as he replied, "Emperor, I don't think it is my fault. I swear to God, my medicine is effective."

"Then why can't she speak?" Brian stared at Elias with a gaze that was as sharp as a butcher's knife. His expression darkened.

Elias trembled under Brian's terrifying gaze. He swallowed to steady himself before turning to look at Molly, "I have checked her throat. Her vocal cords are slightly damaged because of strains before. But the wounds have little to do with her muteness. As far as I can tell, as Miss Xia held high expectations for her recovery, she is too nervous to get her strained vocal cords relaxed. Besides, since she is psychologically anxious, she is not able to produce any sound."

Brian furrowed his brows, but soon regained his usual self before anybody could spot it. He turned to look at Molly, who had not moved an inch. She sat in silence on the bed and had paid no attention to him since the moment he had walked in.

Her attitude angered him. He hated the feeling of being ignored by her. He quickly strode towards her and held her wrist before speaking in a suppressed voice, "Come with me!"

Molly struggled out of instinct, trying to break loose from Brian's grip. But that only made him grip her with more strength.

"Brian, where are you taking Little Molly?" demanded Eric.

Brian paid no attention to Eric's question. He reinforced his strength on Molly's wrist and pulled her before turning towards the door. Molly was pulled to the side of the bed and her legs slipped down. Brian looked at her feet and said coldly, "Put on your shoes."

Molly let out a sigh because of the pain Brian was causing on her wrist. His demanding tone upset her. Subduing the anger in her, Molly put on her shoes and stood up.

"Brian!" said Eric disapprovingly.

Brian cast a cold glance at Eric with the corner of his eyes. Instead of saying anything to him, he pulled Molly out of the ward without hesitation. He called out in an aloof tone, "Don't follow us if you want her to speak."

Eric's hands stopped rolling his wheel chair immediately after he heard what Brian had said. He said nothing and just let them go. He watched helplessly as Brian took Molly out of the ward with her hand in his. At that moment, he envied Brian for the first time in his life for his noble pride and utter coldness.