Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 521

There is a fine line between love and hate.

Brian sipped milk from the glass his skinny fingers were holding as he sat in his chair casually. Then he licked his lips lightly and said in an aloof tone, "I told you, it's up to you."

"Mark sleeps alone," Molly said, clicking her teeth. She struggled to get this next sentence out of her mouth, "Your room is the only one left."

"So?"

"So..." Molly rolled her eyes, cursing within, "I have no place to sleep at."

"You can sleep in my room. We're a couple."

"Not yet! We aren't even married yet."

"What difference does it make?"

"A lot!"

"What will Mark think if he finds out that we don't sleep in the same room?"

"..."

Molly was speechless. Her eyes were bloodshot from the crying and sleepless nights. She glared at Brian with swollen and sore eyes. "Brian, you arranged this on purpose, didn't you?" she asked, gritting her teeth.

"Not really," Brian sipped another mouthful of milk and went on, "If you don't care what Mark thinks, then you can go on and do what you want."

"..."

Molly was out of words again.

***

In the hospital, Manny anxiously waited outside the operating room. This short wait felt like an entire year. He paced back and forth uneasily until the doctor finally came out of the emergency room. Manny rushed to him right away, asking, "Doctor, is he okay?"

"He was in the rain for too long. And he was exhausted, mentally and physically. He has a fever and there are some complications. He needs to be hospitalized. If the fever can't be brought down tonight, the complications will get worse," the doctor said.

The doctor's words worried Manny immensely. Meanwhile, he was angered by Spark's act. He nodded at the doctor and said, "I'll go through the hospitalization procedure right away. Thank you, doctor."

The doctor nodded back and left without another word.

Manny checked on Spark in the ward. He had just been pushed out of the emergency room. He was still in a coma, looking deathly pale. Seeing him lying there like that, Manny had the impulse to rush over and punch him in the face. He clenched his teeth, suppressing his anger. After a few words with the nurse, he left hastily for the hospitalization procedure.

***

Brian put down the glass of milk with a smile on his face. It was a subtle one but it was definitely there.

Molly had the urge to slap him hard. But she controlled herself. After all, she was in his house now. If there was one thing she had learned from her rough childhood, it would be to know that when the door was low, one must stoop. Right now, she was under Brian's roof, so she had to humble herself and stoop. She kept telling herself that soon enough she would just be under her own roof that she didn't have to stoop anymore.

The floor of Brian's bedroom was covered with a soft plush carpet. It had been raining for two days even though it was summer. But that was okay because the rain made the air moist and cool.

As Molly thought about this, she turned around but was taken aback at the hands that grabbed her. The door was shut and she was thrust against it.

"Brian, what are you doing?" Molly growled. After the things that had happened recently, she discovered that the villa wasn't soundproof and she didn't want to wake Mark.

Brian fixed his eyes on her, making no answer. After a while of silence, he started to make moves, in which the answer Molly was looking for was made clear.