Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 503

Someone knocked on the door.

Brian turned his gaze towards the door and found Eric opening the door and coming in. "Why are you late?" Brian asked flatly.

"I was dealing with something."

Brian frowned as he glanced at his watch. He paused when the bite marks Molly left on his arm caught his eye. "You only have half an hour left," he reminded Eric.

Eric looked at his watch, puzzled,"But it isn't even nine yet!"

"Mark needs to go to bed before ten o'clock."

Brian said casually much to Eric's confusion. After the custody case in T City, Eric flew back to QY Island to deal with some things before returning to Dragon Island for an orientation meeting about the second half of the year. Even though he knew that Brian already brought Mark to A City these days, he still didn't expect that Brian would exert so much effort for Mark and even make him a central part of his life.

In the past, Brian didn't give a care about time. He never followed anyone's schedule as well as his own. Whether it was work at the Emp or the Grand Night or anything with XK.

"I work from my villa now," Brian answered Eric's unspoken question. He noticed a flicker in Eric's face as if another question had popped into his mind,"I don't start working until Mark is asleep," he said before Eric could even say anything.

Eric shrugged and teased him,"Wow, you're actually a good father!"

"He has grown up without me at his side. I don't want him to feel alienated from me." Brian said matter-of-factly,"You only have 20 minutes now," he added.

Eric was startled so he grabbed Brian's laptop and typed something quickly. After one final clicking sound, a blueprint for the potential project of Dragon Empire was displayed on the screen. Eric started talking about the blueprint.

Brian listened carefully. Currently, the Dragon Empire Group was planning to build a world-class entertainment center in QY Island. According to the design proposal, the entertainment center would cover a large area including one portion where the Grand Night was planning to expand. If that happened, Brian's original idea of building a fully functional casino in QY Island would have to be postponed.

"Aaron has approved this proposal because it'll help the QY Island tourism," Eric concluded as he closed the display,"But I'm afraid it isn't aligned with your original idea. I've visited the area myself and we can't work our way around it. We really have to follow the blueprint. But either way, if you don't approve this I'll edit the blueprint as you wish and find another solution,"

Eric continued flatly. Although he wanted this whole project to be successful, he didn't want to make a profit off something that didn't have a ground to stand on. Even though they were family, they still couldn't get along on some things. While he wouldn't force Brian to approve this plan and thus give up that portion of land - because that symbolized his pride as a Long - he would still try his best to fight for it but he didn't mind losing either.