Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 301

Molly clenched her teeth shut, she was trying to hold her tears back - hiding behind her eyelashes. She decided that only she was to be trusted, she needed to be strong for herself because no one else would do that for her. She needed to stand her ground even though everyone else abandoned her, disappointed her - she needed to be strong. She must be strong now and she must be strong tomorrow and the day after that. She needed to be strong for the rest of her life. Even if people always left her, she was always left to herself.

Molly forced herself to smile as a way to attempt to comfort herself. She knew that she would never disappoint herself, even if everyone else around her did.

"Little Molly?"

When Molly heard the voice call her name, she raised her head without thinking - her moistened eyes met Eric's. Eric, who was always haughty in his ways, was looking at her with an overwhelming amount of tenderness. The sun shone behind him - like he was an angel, warm and good.

When Eric saw that Molly had just cried, he grew worried. "What's wrong, little Molly?"

Molly rapidly blinked to try and dry her eyes and prevent more tears from falling. When she saw how concerned Eric was, she wrapped him in a hug.

Eric was caught off guard but he hugged her tighter. Eric, with a hand on Molly's back, pat her back to try and console her before he went back to his old self of teasing her,"It's so early, Molly! Do you hug me because you like me ?"

Molly was buried in Eric's chest, ignoring his teasing. She cried harder, finally letting out all that she had been carrying for so long. Eric panicked when he realized that Molly was crying. He had little experience with things like this so all he could do was gently rubbing her back.

The street was bustling - people hurrying left and right. All of them, though, no matter how much of in a hurry they were, always stopped to look at Eric and Molly. Eric shrugged them off because all he cared about at that moment was Molly. Even though this wasn't the first time he'd seen Molly cry, in fact he'd seen her cry many times before - but this one was different, this was a different kind of despair. Molly seemed to be really falling and it was hard to ignore.

Molly continued to cry buried in Eric's chest - his suit was starting to get pretty wet. After a long while, Molly had calmed down and run out of tears.

When Eric felt Molly stop crying, he grabbed the chance to make her feel better and joked,"Wow, you lost a lot of water today! We'd better make sure you don't get dehydrated!"

After seeing that Molly's face was still red and swollen, he let the joke go and looked at her face. Molly let go of him and gave him a smile.

Molly took her phone out and sent a message that read "I'm hungry!"

"I have to go there and check the place out, do a quick scan, and all that. Would you like to come with me?" Eric asked.

Molly looked up at the tall building in front of them - this was A-Magic, a well-known catering square here in the A City. She spotted the Dragon Empire Group logo positioned beside the A-magic logo - she made a face, something that Eric didn't miss. When she saw Eric looking at her, she commented that how many coincidences there were in the world. And for Eric, it seemed that he never left her side - he was always there, especially when at her darkest times.