Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1141

The man shrugged. Charlie's words didn't seem to have an impact on his determination. "I have already gotten used to her violent nature. I've had practice, all these years. Plus, who would even dare scold her? If I do so, you and Addison won't let me live. And honestly, I'd rather die."

Charlie was amused by that. Taking another sip of the wine, he said, "I don't care about that. Ezra, what I only care about is the man who is going to be Evelyn's other half!" He turned to look at Ezra Zhou, a young, famed, well-trained, and promising lawyer. "What you have to bear is not only the pressure from the outside, but also from the Long Family."

Upon hearing that, Ezra Zhou put up a knowing smile. Patting Charlie's shoulder, he assured him, "I have made up my mind." Then he got up and walked to Evelyn's direction. When he walked past Charlie, he suddenly paused and turned to him. "Do you know why I chose to become a lawyer?"

Charlie furrowed his eyebrows. Obviously, he didn't know, and now, he was intrigued.

"Because... I know this is going to be challenging, but I want to force myself to grow under the pressure so that I can withstand the pressure from the Long Family in the future. This profession also helps me to learn how to speak, or else, I fear that Evelyn would feel bored living with a man who can't even argue with her." With a light chuckle, he disappeared into the crowd.

Charlie found what he heard quite interesting. After he finished his glass of wine, he put the glass down and tipped the bartender an enormous amount of money. He was planning to look for Elsa again, but the lights in the hall suddenly turned dim and the lights on the stage fired up.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 25th anniversary of Gu's Corporations!"

On the stage, the emcee announced the start of this ceremony. In his introductory message, he briefly mentioned Gu's Corporations' history, milestones and achievements. Then he passed the microphone to the owner of the company, Mr. Gu, to give a speech, after which the outstanding employees were awarded. When all the proper procedures were done, all the guests as well as the media focused on what was going to happen next. Mr. Gu put up an amicable smile and announced, "As many of you may already know, I will announce something very important today. My daughter Rita is going to marry Allen Shen, the son of Mr. Shen, the owner of Bright Electronics!"

Just as he finished his announcement, the entire hall burst with a loud round of applause. Endless camera lights flashed onto him. When a piece of soft but joyous music started to be played in the background, a bright beam of light fell at a particular spot where Allen was. He was wearing a black tuxedo, standing straight, with a visibly pleased Rita holding onto his arm. They were about to go up on stage.

"He gave up on you because of something else he wanted, be it money, power or fame. Even if you get him back, he can do what he did to you again, three times, an endless number of times." With the background music playing, his voice turned heavy. "Elsa, think carefully. Don't you understand that?"

Elsa blankly stared at Charlie. Actually she herself also had no idea what she was going to do. But suddenly, an idea came to her mind. She wanted to walk to the man who never showed up in front of her again, both in real life and in the game. Then she would question him, "Why did you do that?"

Even if... she believed that she already knew what his answer was going to be.

Tears fell down from her eyes. Charlie extended his arm and carefully wiped the tears away. Gently, he said, "Elsa, what I said to Rita a while ago wasn't a joke. I wasn't just teasing you." He paused for a moment and watched the blank expression on Elsa's face. His lips curling into a smile, he stated seriously, "I am really trying to make you my girlfriend. Actually—scratch that. I don't want you to be my girlfriend. I want you to be my other half. I want you to be at my side forever, until the very end of time!"