Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 644

Raising his eyes full of misery, the boy said, "Aunt Wing, I miss mommy so much!"

"Your mommy misses Mark, too," Wing said as she held his chin lightly between his fingers. "Remember, there is a time difference between A City and here. Besides, your health isn't very good now, so your mommy could not bear to wake you up to answer her phone call if she called while you're sleeping."

Pouting, the boy grumbled, "But Mark is going to undergo an operation soon and wants his mommy." After all, Mark was still a kid and had never been apart from Molly before. While he was strong-willed, he still had fears about undergoing surgery.

A few minutes later, Shirley entered the room with Richie and sat on the edge of Mark's bed. She told him, "Mark, we will go back for your mommy as soon as you finish the operation and have fully recovered, okay?"

"But, that's going to be a very long time…" he said with a trembling voice. The boy lowered his eyes and played with his small, chubby hands, the only indication of his nerves.

Looking at the child behaving that way, Shirley felt a great deal of pity for him. Letting him sit on her lap, she wrapped her arms around the boy and said, "Mark, think of it this way: you will never need to leave your mommy and Papa Brian again after this operation."

Turning around in Shirley's arms, Mark raised his head to look at her with clear eyes, which shone brightly under the light. His small lips were tightly pressed. He saw his grandmother nod to him with a smile, and he nodded back at her, too.

In truth, the surgery was performed inside the headquarters of XK Intelligence Agency. With a suitable heart and the most authoritative cardiologist in the world to perform the operation, there was no room for errors during surgery. Well, no errors would be allowed to happen then.

Shirley and Wing were waiting outside the operating theater while Richie and Weston had tea under a camouflage sunshade not too far away.

"The issue in Dragon Island has been resolved. When do you and Wing plan to go there?" Richie inquired calmly. He observed his son-in-law with experienced eyes.

"We'll go to A City once Mark is in a stable condition," Weston replied. He stole a glance at his wife. Her long, silky hair and long dress fluttered in the wind, and Wing looked much like a fairy lost in the mortal world. "Spark has settled down in A City," Weston said, and added, "and Wing plans to rest for a year. So, we're in no hurry at all."

"Hmmm," Richie said in assent. "That may not be such a bad idea." With a faraway glance, he added, "You and Wing can go there first. Then Shirley and I will follow with Mark once his condition is completely stable. By then, it will be time to hold the wedding ceremony for Brian and Molly."

Hearing those words, Weston couldn't help but smile. He quipped, "Since he's a stubborn person, Brian will perhaps lose his temper and disagree with you if you tell him to hold a wedding ceremony."

In response, Richie's thin lips spread into a smile that reached his eyes. "If he truly loves Molly, he would be willing to do something he was not supposed to do only if to make her happy."

Shrugging, Weston thought for a while then agreed with Richie. Looking at Wing, he said thoughtfully, "When Brian's wedding ceremony is held, all of Wing's wishes would be fulfilled." The corners of his mouth lifted into a smile as he said that yet at the same time, Richie's eyes were drawn far and deep. A slight bitterness formed in his eyes.

He turned his head to look at the women in his life. Shirley, somewhat anxious as she waited in front of the operating room, kept rubbing her hands as she paced. Beside her, Wing tried her best to comfort Shirley. In spite of the nerve-wracking event, there was a faint smile on her beautiful and pure face, that seemed to have the ability to comfort hearts.

"She's happy," Richie pointed out in a voice so low and trembling, it resembled the sound of a cello. "There aren't many people as happy as she is, right?"

"Yes," Wing's husband agreed. "Because of her, I've also been able to immerse myself in happiness every second and every minute of the day. Like Shirley, Wing always brings out the positive energy in people around her. When either of them is around, nothing seems impossible or too difficult to overcome," Weston said proudly.

Gradually leaning against the soft chair, Richie took out and lit a cigarette, while his legs covered in camouflage pants, crossed casually. It wasn't only Wing who wished for Brian's wedding ceremony. Richie and Shirley also wanted it for him. After Brian got married, he would take Shirley to travel around the world, leaving everything behind.

There was no longer any doubt in Richie's mind that his son would be able to get along well with Molly, but at that moment, he was unaware the two of them would be driven further and further away from each other because of an unavoidable obstacle.

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