Wing had been standing behind him, watching them all this time. Seeing Molly leave, she slowly advanced forward, stood abreast and watched with him as she unapologetically left. "Brian, you are in love with her, in love with a girl who could not even dare fight for her fortune with her own inferior mind," she said in a soft, gentle voice.
Brian turned to her and furrowed his brows, looking at her with eyes full of uncertainty. Wing averted her face to him and looked closely into his eyes and resumed," If it was in the past, Becky would've occupied your everything. You would only be looking at her, thinking about her. However, everything is different now. You didn't even stop and look back when Becky ran into that waiter.
Not even when you knew she couldn't see, not when you knew how much she needed you to be at her side. Your mind concentrated on chasing Molly, and you have no-one else but her in your eyes right now."
"Brian, you do understand that you will be taking over XK Intelligence Agency in the near future, don't you? Then how do you think this overreaction would help you with your career? If a captain doesn't have an absolute control over his crew, and knowledge about the various situations they might come into. Then, how could he navigate successfully on the water?" she said, in a subtle, querulous tone.
Brian frowned at the thought of Becky. "How is Becky?" he asked, as if he had just realized her existence."She is fine, Eric is with her," Wing replied absently.
Wing then leaned forward to him and looked seriously into his eyes," I meant what I've just said.
You better take it into your consideration," she said.
Brian did not answer. His eyes were still fixed on Molly's direction. At that moment, there was almost no sign of Molly. Her figure had gradually receded into a moving black dot as she went further and further. His look was cold and nonchalant, with his under lip slightly curled inward.
As much as he wanted to deny, he knew that there were things he had to overcome, and one of them was his feeling towards Molly. It was right after that incident and Wing's rather straight statement that he realized his true emotions. His mind began to recollect what had happened just now, and was astonished to find out how much fear he felt as Molly exclaimed at him. There was no doubt that at that moment, Molly didn't only have control over his decisions, but had also pulled the strings of his innermost, deepest tenderness. He was completely drawn by her, as if he was cast a spell.
The more he wanted to ignore, the more his heart's intention became clear. He realized how drawn he was to her, that no-one else seemed to matter to him anymore, not even Becky, whom he valued and loved so much in the past.
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