Mark wrapped his arms around Spark's neck and he placed his little face over Spark's shoulder. In a soft voice, he said, "You will always be my daddy no matter what happens. Okay? I know that I would not be able to stay by your side very often, but I will always be your backup."
As soon as he heard that, Spark's vision became blurred. Tears were already streaming from his eyes.
As he tried to suppress his emotions, a faint, warm smile flashed on his lips. If he would dream of Molly all his life, he would miss Mark all his life. He was not his biological son, but he had been with him every day for four years. How many four years could a child have?
While he was sad that he was bidding him goodbye, Spark was happy that Mark became a part of his life. Solely because of him, Spark felt that his trip to Dragon Island was worthwhile.
Standing by the window of the VIP room at the airport, Molly saw the airplane Spark was in take off and fly into the sky. Did she feel sad? No, since now, she regretted nothing in her life. How could she ever feel sad?
She was with the man who loved her very much. She had cute, loving children. She had somebody else she cared about. A life journey actually had no end, and people only felt facing an end once they stopped making footsteps themselves. She thought, 'You only have to work hard and try your best. Even if you think that you wouldn't be able to hold on because of cowardice, your life's end would be different because of all the work you have put in it.'
"Bri, thank you..." Molly said with all of her heart as she looked up at the blue sky. "Thank you for letting me meet you in my life."
Hearing that, Brian held her in his arms gently from behind and gave her a soft kiss on the top of her head. In a deep, warm voice, he said slowly, " Then...how are you going to thank me?"
Hearing Brian's response, Molly became speechless. With what she said, the sentimentality of it and all the emotion she had put into it, she fully thought she had started some kind of romantic plot. And she made sure that that plot would easily be completed by Brian. However, he didn't follow her script and instead, he turned the romantic play into a soap drama. But then, thinking about it, Molly found that she was not very surprised. That was exactly something he would say and do at that time.
As she rolled her eyes, she was prepping herself to ask Brian if he knew what romance was at all. However, Brian spun her around 180 degrees all of a sudden. Before she was able to react to such an act, her eyes met Brian's deep-set and bottomless eyes, and immediately, she forgot how angry and frustrated she had been just a moment ago. Actually, she had forgotten how to react.
"Molly, you have been using Spark to make me angry and jealous for the past few days. How about talking about that and balancing the accounts?" Brian said in a lower and deeper voice, his eyes staring deeper and deeper into Molly's soul. That made Molly feel like Brian was starting to control her body. It took her breath away.
"I... I didn't do that! What are you talking about?" Molly denied, but her voice was full of guilt. She thought, 'Oh wow. Were you angry? I didn't notice!'
"No?!" Brian asked, and his stare becoming dangerous. Squinting, he looked just like a hunter would as he scouted his possible prey.
Molly looked away and sighed. Truly, she didn't think she'd lost the upper hand in this situation. Standing straight and raising her chin, she continued to defend herself. "I didn't use Spark to irritate you," she started. "And besides, you weren't angry. How could you say that I made you angry?" Seeing that Brian's eyes only became increasingly scarier, she knew that once she made it obvious that she had a guilty conscience, he would be sure to punish her. In order to prevent herself from being mentally beaten by him, she had to make him believe that everything was all his fault. So with a deep breath, she continued, "Now, you know--"
Molly's mouth was shut by Brian's lips before she could even finish what she was trying to say. All of a sudden, she opened her eyes wide. The first thought in her mind was that they were in the VIP room of the airport. Although there were only few people inside, people were still there, and they were going to look.
Brian didn't allow Molly to think about anything else while they were locked in a kiss. Soon enough, he began to up the ante and started kissing her wildly. Very soon, Molly, too, forgot where she was.
"Hmm..." Molly mumbled and their lips collided and fought. Due to Brian's aggressive kiss, she could hardly breathe. Though the room was well lit with sunlight, Molly's vision became blurred.
Brian opened his eyes for a second and glanced at the lady he was kissing. Seeing that he had successfully aroused her passion, he wished that he could do something more to her right there. Of course, he knew that he couldn't. He had to stop right now, or else he wouldn't be sure whether he could at all. Slowly, he released Molly's lips. Seeing that she was gasping for air, his eyes sparkled.
Perhaps it was because she felt embarrassed and shy, or perhaps it was because she had been short of breath just now, that Molly's face was red. As the sunlight hit her, her cheeks looked attractive and dreamlike. With a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down. In an annoyed tone, she said, "Aren't you afraid that other people would judge us if they saw us doing that?"
"Is there anybody in the world who dare laugh at me?" Brian asked back in a plain tone.
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