Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1364

Maggie blinked her eyes when she got an answer, a typical one. The senior military officer required William to perform host duties, considering Cain had to return back to the country alone. Back then, when William and Edgar's father visited Y Country, Cain's family were very hospitable towards them. Hence, the intention was so blatantly obvious.

Maggie pursed her lips. She only had a few fond memories during her younger years; she couldn't associate anything, even if Hana had told her the experience in Y Country. She pondered whether Cain would forgive her even though she did pull a few tricks up her sleeve. Maybe he would be willing to forgive her without any special reasons, after all.

At the thought of this, Maggie's eyes turned cunning and her lips curved slyly upward. Unfortunately, she couldn't come up with a satisfying plan. Suddenly, the S Army issued an urgent mission in the middle of dinner. It required William's and Edgar's presence so the two men didn't even finish their food.

Emptiness filled Maggie's heart, as if she was Juliet waiting for her Romeo to appear.

"Don't worry. It's fine. I think it's more convenient for me to live in the hotel owned by my father." Cain politely turned down Hana's invitation. "Besides, I had a lot of unfinished affairs left untended due to my busy schedule. I plan to make use of my days off to handle them. Or else my staff will blame it on me if they miss out on the annual bonus." Then he let out a chuckle.

Upon hearing this, Hana had no reason to force him anymore. She took a deep breath and smiled kindly, "Well, you're still here during the Spring Festival, right? Don't forget the reunion dinner with us, alright?"

"Well, if my parents aren't present at that time, I will surely come," Cain promised, giving a polite nod. "Oh dear me. I'm afraid I will be bothering you." Hana's mouth dropped slightly and then she chuckled.

"Don't be so silly! Why would you even think you're going to be a bother to me?" Cain made Hana's day. She couldn't help expressing her preference towards him. He was such a nice man! If Maggie didn't marry Edgar, she would have pushed Maggie to fall for Cain. In Hana's eyes, Cain, being handsome and intelligent, was far more better than Edgar. Edgar, however, always had to leave Maggie behind to carry out his mission. So she said, "Maggie, please escort Cain out. I need to clean up."

Maggie was reluctant to do so, but kept her mouth shut out of courtesy. She rolled her eyes as she put on her coat. Her mother and Cain kept throwing flattery at each other.

Underneath the moonlight, the wind blew strongly and it was chilly. The street lamp shone with yellow light, making the place look a bit sentimental.

Her hands still felt cold despite inside her pocket. When she was at school, she had trained hard like a man. But now when she was home, she felt more vulnerable.

"Why the long face?" Cain spoke up suddenly. His voice startled Maggie whose face reddened from the cold.

"And so what? Does it have anything to do with you?" Maggie snapped. After being fooled by Cain several times, Maggie was highly skeptical of him. Every time she was on the losing side and was beaten by him, it made her extremely uncomfortable. Cain gave her a bad case of anxiety, which she had a hard time getting rid of.

Cain didn't answer and headed towards the military district's gate along with Maggie. Since it was so cold outside, it was incredibly silent and there weren't much people outside. The two remained walking in silence as the wind howled strongly.

There was an air of awkwardness. Probably Cain went to bother Maggie on purpose. When they were about to reach the gate, Cain asked suddenly, "So it's a big mission for Uncle William and Edgar, right?" Maggie's ears perked up.