Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 440

Smart's eyes brimmed with pain. She already knew this. She had known from the beginning that the woman Frank had fallen in love with was Shirley, the person who always had a smile of hope. Frank had forsaken his principles and had taken part in the race for her, something which he had disdained the most. For her, Frank had given up his freedom, which he had longed for the most. He took over the Dragon Empire Group and the political power of the Dragon Island. And for her sake, Frank had married Smart, to let her peacefully love the person whom she had fallen in love with. He had only wanted to prove to her that he had gotten over her and that he had obtained his own happiness with Smart.

Smart had known all along, yet when he had proposed to her, she was very happy. She had believed that she could replace Shirley's position in his heart sooner or later, but she had been wrong. Shirley was a unique existence for Frank. Even though he had never betrayed her since the beginning of their marriage, even though Frank liked her very much, it still wasn't true love.

A layer of mist gradually covered her eyes. Smart was always afraid of looking too cowardly in front of her son, but he was smart and he had known the truth all along.

Realizing that his mother was about to burst into tears, Eric felt extremely guilty. He walked around the desk and held her in his arms, "I'm sorry, mom."

Smart shook her head with teardrops glistening in her eyes and a faint smile on her lips. She said slowly, "Nobody can control love. And nobody can understand where another person's true happiness lies. Perhaps your father has not fallen in love with me, but it has been the happiest thing in my life to be together with him. His heart is not all mine, but I do have a place in there. That is my happiness. Do you understand?"

Eric did not say a word. He only tightened his arm around her.

"I'm not here because your father and I want to prevent you from chasing what you want," Smart sighed and said slowly. "I'm here to tell you that you and Brian are cousins and that you two share the same blood of the Long Family. You should know where to draw the line when the time comes."

"No matter how this ends," Eric said in a deep voice, "Brian will always be my cousin, the cousin whom I have admired since my childhood."

Hearing that, Smart nodded and tapped on his hand. Everybody from the previous generation of the Long Family had been persistent in love. And their persistence in love seemed to have become a curse to the whole family. It would be fine if they didn't fall in love, but once they did, they loved so deeply. In such a situation, how could they force Eric to give up? But none of the family members wanted to see their family bonds destroyed for the sake of romance.

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In Vienna

Spark was sitting in the terrace of the presidential suite of the hotel for his audition, while Mark was reading a book quietly beside him. He made eye contact with Spark once in a while, in which his complaint and dissatisfaction with him was apparent.

Spark tried hard to keep calm, but he failed after Mark looked at him for the umpteenth time. He put down his violin, but still had the bow in his right hand while he put the other hand on his waist. He looked at Mark and said, "Being discovered by Molly yesterday was not what I had wanted. Since Russell is well-known as a difficult person to deal with, I didn't expect her to come back so soon."

Mark gave him one more pitiless glare, then turned his back to Spark and continued reading his fairytale book.

Spark's mouth opened wide at his attitude. There was a tinge of sadness on his arrogant and wild face. He asked, "Mark, weren't you happy at the amusement park?"

Mark smiled and lowered his clear eyes. He put down the book and turned around to gesticulate, "Mommy hasn't spoken to me till now. Is she really angry? Daddy, could you make her stop being angry? I will be obedient from now on. "

Spark could not help but feel sad. Mark was not born perfect and had not been able to speak since, which was probably a result of Molly's medication during the first trimester of her pregnancy. Naturally, Molly felt guilty about it. In addition to that, Mark was her lifeline. So, she had always been stressful about things involving him. She prevented Mark from doing anything dangerous. However, kids would be kids and Mark yearned for these things.

Spark sat down by his side and held him in his arms while saying, "Mommy isn't angry with Mark. She's only angry with daddy. I'm going to apologize to her as soon as I see her, okay?"