Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 13

"Geek", a squeak pierced through the air. A Maserati screeched in a halt suddenly at the roadside. Since the car had been accelerating really fast, Molly had to grab the door's armrest tightly. When the car stopped abruptly, her whole body plunged forward and her head would have hit the windshield if she hadn't grabbed the door's armrest.

"I've told you to fasten the seat belt. Why didn't you listen to me?"

Eric said to Molly banteringly. Molly swallowed hard and turned to Eric. Staring at him with a pale face, Molly could not help but shout," You're a lunatic!"

Right after she had finished shouting at him, Molly opened the door and got out of the car. Might be because her feet had gotten warmer in the car or because they suffered from frostbite that she could feel the pain in her feet now. Nonetheless, she didn't care about the pain. She moved forward slowly, enduring the discomfort.

She had walked a few steps already before someone gripped one of her arms. Molly stopped walking and tears started to stream down her face. Although she had been trying to hold in all her emotions, she couldn't restrain herself any longer. She turned to Eric and shouted again," What do you want from me? Don't you see what I've gone through? I've been working so hard to survive, to support my family. I have to do three, sometimes five jobs a day. My mother is dying and my brother needs money to go to school. And to add to that, my stupid father has a gambling problem, and I have to pay off his gambling debts… I have nothing now, nothing. I've even lost my virginity to someone I don't know because of those debts! Please go away. Just leave me alone, please! I'm begging you." She burst into tears after blurting it all out.

Close to a breakdown, Molly didn't care where she was or whom she was talking to. Tears were all over her face as she helplessly stomped the ground while she spoke.

"That's impossible," Eric muttered. He looked at her in astonishment, frowning. "My brother would never touch any strange woman sent by a gambler," he continued.

"Let go of me!" Molly couldn't hear what Eric had said. She swung her arm and tried to shook off his hand, but he held it so tightly that she failed to do so.

Eric thought it wasn't right to leave a woman in a robe walking alone on the street in winter. Since Brian treated her cold-heartedly, Eric had felt initially obligated to offer her some help, but now, he became honestly intrigued.

"I'll let you go after I get you some clothes," said Eric casually. He then took Molly by the arm and led her into a flagship store in the street regardless of her resistance.

"Welcome!" A salesgirl greeted them warmly with a professional smile.

"Bring her some clothes. Get her changed," said Eric without thinking.