"Do you know anyone named Edgar?"
"Hmm?"
Harrow was surprised by Brian's strange question. Slightly furrowing his eyebrows, Harrow stared at Brian and said,"Well... I haven't heard of the name."
None of his friends was called by that name, so he felt quite confused why Brian had asked that question. 'Who is Edgar?' Harrow thought to himself.
Brian frowned and took a glance at Becky's smiling face. When he looked at Becky's photo just now, Molly's face suddenly flashed through his mind. He wondered why he had thought of Molly all of a sudden, and how he could have mistaken Molly for Becky.
At the thought of this, Brian got confused, but he quickly managed to look calm and composed. He then said flatly,"Aaron is going to take action on QY Island and members of the Chancellor Group will certainly look for him. This time, I have sold Aaron the latest news, so he owes me a favour."
Harrow pursed his mouth and shrugged, not caring about this matter. Then he asked,"Will you take any action in A City this time?"
"I have to deal with something at Emp. And it is not the right time for me to do other things in A City." After uttering these words, Brian immediately continued,"Wing has invited Spark to her upcoming concert. You and Spark haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"
Harrow was so surprised to hear Brian's words. He looked at Brian with excitement glimmering in his eyes. However, in just a minute, his excitement turned into a forced smile and he sulkily said,"I won't see him. He will be unhappy to see me!"
"What's wrong?" Brian asked. Meanwhile, Harrow took out a cigarette and lit it up. Brian continued asking in a serious tone,"Do you want to maintain such a bad relationship with him permanently?"
"If he understands me, then I don't have to explain anything to him. But since he doesn't understand me, I can't do anything about it." There was a touch of sadness gleaming in Harrow's eyes. Although he pretended to be nonchalant about it, the expression in his eyes showed otherwise. He was actually depressed about it.
Harrow puffed on his cigarette and blew out a stream of smoke. Brian lightly narrowed his eyes and looked towards Harrow through the smoke. Without saying anything else to persuade him, Brian took the chance and changed the topic.
The two continued to chat pleasantly. However, their talk also included some things in which they had arranged a number of people to be killed as planned. Harrow's eyes lit up after hearing Brian's orders. He found that working for Brian was the best decision that he had made in his life.
They talked together until noon. Harrow didn't stay in the villa for lunch because he had to deal with something else. Tony accompanied him to the door to see him out.
Outside, the snow had stopped falling, but the weather was still grey and gloomy.
When Harrow was about to get in the car, he turned his head around and glanced at the villa. He recalled that as they were going out of the study, Brian made his way to a room at the corner alone. After a few seconds of silence, he looked at Tony and asked,"Is there a woman in the villa? "
Although he asked Tony about it, Harrow was certain that a woman was inside the house.
"We haven't seen each other for only a short period of time, but it seems that you've gotten interested in gossip!" Tony answered calmly while making fun of him.
Harrow flashed him a wry smile and then closed the car's door which had been opened earlier. Folding his arms across his chest, he leaned against the car casually and said,"She can't be Becky. So, now he is interested in another woman aside from Becky. Of course, I'm curious about it."
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