Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 446

He slowly took his hand off the door and trod lightly towards Molly. Molly instinctively took a few steps backward as Brian moved closer to her. Brian smiled sarcastically when he noticed how anxious Molly was. She was scared of him. She was still scared of him. Until now. After all they had been through together, even after she had depended on him when she couldn't trust anyone else, she was still scared of him. Only when they were in actual grave danger would she think to trust him. But other than that, all she ever did was stay away from him.

Brian stalled in front of Molly so they stood face to face close enough that Molly couldn't escape. She had no choice but to force herself to raise her head and look him in the eye. The light that was shining on the dresser reflected on her eyes revealing how scared and anxious she was. She couldn't stand watching him watch her - she wanted to run away so bad.

Unsurprisingly, it stung for Brian that she was so scared of him. His mouth twisted into a smile before greeting her, enunciating each word slowly, "Mol, long time no see. How have you been? "

Molly composed herself and leaned back to the dresser for support. It took a while before she was able to fully be calm and pull herself together. She scrunched her face on what she aimed to be a smile, "Thanks for asking. I'm fine. How about you, Mr. Brian Long?"

Molly thought she would never be able to get a word out but as her lips moved, she proved herself otherwise. Four years might sound long but the time had passed by in a blimp. What she was worried about all those years was only that nightmare. When standing here now, in actual reality, she wasn't so scared of him as she'd originally thought.

When she realized this, she was relieved and started to loosen her grip on the dresser behind her. She gulped and gathered all her courage to be able to face him calmly. Even though the hole Brian left in her heart never healed - she had to do her best. She wasn't doing this just for herself but for Mark too.

When she thought of Mark, her eyes swept through the sofa he was just sitting on earlier and then she remembered that he was next door watching Michelle's rehearsal with Manny.

Brian watched as different emotions sifted through Molly's face and how easily he could read all of them. This woman, he thought, still didn't know how to hide her emotions even after so many years.

But he realized how stupid he was when he saw the expression on her face. It was written all over her - she already had another life she was completely contented about while he was still unable to move on from their past.

He continued to stare at her fixedly, "Four years, five months, and thirteen days. That's how long we haven't seen each other."

Molly's eyes widened in surprise. How could he remember so specifically how long they had been apart?

Her lips were quivering. She couldn't shake that old feeling off. She felt like she was weak prey for the strong and powerful predator to feast on.

"Something wrong?" Brian asked with a wicked smile on his face that sent a shiver down her spine, "I'm guessing you're wondering how I know the exact amount of time, right?"