Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1391

"I can't remember the last time we were this busy," Spark commented as he leaned against the fence. He was watching as Molly and Shirley handled the flowers, with a sly smile on his face.

Clad in a yellow knee-length floral dress with matching pearly white combat boots, Wing looked like the poster girl for spring. She was so charming with her sweet smile complemented with big and bright eyes clear as day as if she hadn't aged a day. Happiness gleamed from her eyes—maybe it was because of how much the Long Family protected her or how Weston took good care of her—and she seemed to be filled with so much love in her heart. Even though she wasn't sure of anything, she never let anyone or anything taint her smile.

"Shirley finally found a daughter-in-law who's willing to play with her." Wing chuckled. "When Molly called her, she returned to Dragon Island right away even if she left Richie all alone. Richie didn't have a choice but to come with her. He had to rearrange his schedule and everything."

Spark shrugged, uncertain what to say. He still wasn't that comfortable seeing Molly and Brian this happy in front of him. Nonetheless, that didn't mean that he wasn't happy for Molly.

"Does it still bother you?" Wing turned her head to look at Spark.

Spark widened his smile. "Some things are better left unsaid."

Wing heaved a small sigh and shifted her gaze back to Molly. Molly looked so happy. Brian stayed true to the Long Family's tradition of loving one's partner unconditionally. It couldn't be denied that for some couples their happiness was brought on by a group of people. While the couple would then be infinitely grateful to the people around them for that, this also meant that they would have to be eternally in debt to them too.

Just like Frank and Spark... Spark's musical style was exactly the same as it was before. When his hands had fully recovered, he went back to play music because he said he needed to integrate his soul to his violin once again. To everyone, his music sounded the same, but to those who really knew him, they could tell that something was different. If you listened really closely, you could tell that he was in sorrow like with every note that he played, he was heaving a sigh.

"Wing," Shirley exclaimed when she finished her flower arrangement. "It's almost time. Where's Weston?"

Wing smiled. "He has to pick up Katie before coming here. Katie's been sick for the past few days so she's been tagging along with him. He's all she needs."

"Who does Katie resemble the most?" Shirley pursed her lips. However, it wasn't because Katie was acting like a spoiled child by following him around and it was pretty obvious that she was just being jealous.

"I've never seen you depend on someone like that," Wing said as she pulled Shirley's arms. "You see, I'm sticking to you, too." Wing caressed Shirley's face as she spoke. "Since I know how busy you get, I didn't want to bother you anymore."

Sheryl felt fulfilled upon hearing this. Even though they had a rough past, it was all just memories now that they would value for a long time—its bitterness long gone and only to be looked back to with fondness. Maybe that was what other people were thinking too, it didn't matter if it was good or bad. What they didn't know was that when they start realizing things, their hearts were going to be so full. Or maybe these were the type of things that people realized as life went on. Or maybe moments like these bittersweets tasted like life.

While the women arranged flowers at Garden In The Air of the Empire Hotel, the men sat together and had a nice chat. As they all chatted, they each would glance at their partners every now and then to check on them.

"I received the phone call..." Richie kept his eyes ahead now.

Brian looked as cold as Richie did. "I mean it."

Richie frowned, unable to understand his son. "Did you really think about it?"

"I did! Before making the decision, I thought about it really hard." Brian raised his head and looked at Richie as if he wasn't his father, like he was just a rival over a business deal. "Edgar was right about one thing. He said that we need to fight for what we want because we're desperate."

Richie was a smart enough guy to have thought of every possible thing that Brian has thought of. "It's not a good idea to meddle with other people's business even if you're acting under the XK Intelligence Agency. At the end of the day, you're still part of the Long Family. Walls have ears. You can hide but there's no use especially when someone starts looking into you."

Brian remained silent. He took quite a big risk when he helped Edgar and Cain, but to him, it was all worth it when the murderer of Molly's family was finally caught. In addition to that, his close relationship with the Nan Family of Y Country might be beneficial for Eric in the future.

"Nevertheless, everything is a double-edged sword." Richie continued, "You have to admit that sometimes you go overboard." He couldn't figure out why Brian was acting weirder than Wing who he wasn't even able to raise.

As he thought of this, he glanced at Shirley who was sharing a chuckle with Wing. 'Did I go wrong in teaching them? Or should I have done it Shirley's way?' he wondered to himself.

"What are you talking about?" Spark drew nearer as he pulled a chair to sit on.