Right after he finished his work in EMP, Brian went back to the villa.
He somehow was eager to arrive home, and he got a bit worried at the thought of Molly being uneasy in sleep.
When he got home, it was so quiet in the villa that he thought Molly was still sleeping. He went upstairs quietly and walked in Molly's room, but she wasn't there.
Immediately, Brian became angry.
He left the room, went downstairs and inquired of Lisa about Molly's whereabouts.
"Mrs. Long took her away," Lisa replied.
Knitting his eyebrows, Brian thought in silence with a glassy look in his eyes, 'Why did Shirley take Molly away? Wasn't she supposed to be with Richie, instead of taking her risky outings with Molly again?'
As he thought about it, it slowly dawned on him why. It was likely.... Richie was not happy with what had transpired in the morning!
"You may go back to work now," Brian said impassively to Lisa. He took out his phone and called Antonio after Lisa had left with a faint reply. "Antonio, where is Shirley?"
"She's in the Falloon Mall with Molly," Antonio answered, sitting in a car and staring at the fifteen-storey building which covered an area of more than 3, 000 square meters "They have stayed in the mall for two hours," continued Antonio.
"I see!" replied Brian. Then he hung up and walked out.
In the car speeding to the Fallon Mall, Tony peeked at Brian secretly. Brian seemed to be calm, but there was a thoughtful look on his face. It wasn't clear whether he was thinking about Molly or Shirley.
The moment Brian stepped into the Falloon Mall, he drew many eyes immediately. But all the passers-by withdrew their gazes hastily when they met Brian's sharp detached glance.
Instead of asking the security guards of the XK Intelligence Agency which floor Molly and Shirley were on, he searched for them personally floor by floor with escalators.
In the middle of the escalators stood a giant star-shaped ceiling lamp with tassels lighting the entire mall. All around were all kinds of open-plan stores.
Just as Brian arrived on the seventh floor, he saw lots of people were gathering at a store near the escalator. He saw Frank and all the executives of the Falloon Mall running down to this floor while he rode the escalator up. Immediately he knew, Shirley and Molly must be at the center of the melee.
What surprised him most was to hear the sensual words from Molly. She had just called Eric "honey" a few moments after Brian's arrival.
Uh!
What a sweet and intoxicating profusion of love!
Brian stared at those people standing in front of him. Frank didn't walk up to Shirley and Molly right after he got off the escalator but waited to see what would happen next, and Shirley also stood by watching Eric and Molly perform their little play.
Eric was so tall that he could completely block Molly behind him. But Brian saw her profile, as he stood on the sides from where they frolicked. Although he couldn't see the expression on her full face, he knew her well enough to sketch it all in his mind.
Brian narrowed his eyes keenly at Eric, sealing his thin lips. With a feeling of discomfort that he had never felt before, he had an impulse to take Molly away with him immediately.
But he didn't. He just stood there, twitching his lips with a snort. He wasn't an impulsive man, not even when he was a child.
He didn't fancy doing things on his impulse.
Tony, standing behind Brian, was stressed by the strong hostile aura from Brian. Seeing the grim smile on Brian's face, he looked at the front store in worry.
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