Gradually his eyes grew deep and dark with rage, especially when his eyes caught sight of the place that the animal was resting his paws, which just happened to be a sensual part of her body.
Sensing Brian's anger, the animal backed away at once. He moaned softly under his breath as he looked up subserviently at Brian and to seek approval. And then he looked around. As if he was a mouse looking for a hole to tuck himself into in order to escape being captured. At length, he lay down on the grass with his front paws extended in front and lowered his head to look at the ground as if he was ready to be punished by Brian.
Molly instantly rose and started up to her feet, then without setting eyes on Brian, she went ahead and left him.
The Black Wolf barked looking at her receding back. He was baffled at her indifference toward Brian. Molly neither turned around nor slowed her pace. Her steps were fixed and firmly placed one after another to move ahead. The animal moaned continuously as she slowly grew smaller fading into the distance. He turned to look at Brian, and instantly, as if he was completely sure what was in Brian's mind, he leapt up at an instance and ran after Molly.
"Mr. Brian Long?" The head of the men asked slightly at him, wondering if he should stop the dog.
Brian remained silent. His eyes were staring at Molly's direction. He simply wanted to see her, no matter if he would be treated coldly and nonchalantly.
A wry smile slowly crept up to his face. A small, helpless smile that none of his men noticed. The Black Wolf was still running after her. How cynically alike he was with the animal! Much as he had been treating her with cold and impassive attitude, but deep down in his heart, he could not bear to be ignored by her, to be abandoned by her. He wanted her love, her care so badly. Just like the Black Wolf, he may be close to anyone, or even intimate to Richie or Shirley, but he had never been so subservient to anyone and never did he yearn love from anyone like he was from Molly. What the Black Wolf was doing was literally the manifestation of his own feelings, to run after her and beg her to love him.
"Let him be," after a short silence, he said lightly, "Maybe it is better to keep him by her side." It occurred in his mind that it may be more secure to have the Black Wolf protect her. After all, he could not absolutely rely on his people to keep an eye on her all the time. There would always be some gaps, some time that they would be negligent owing to human error. Although this manor was supposed to be the safest place that he could think of, he could not bear to have the thought of having any loophole allowing vulnerability. Even a minor injury on his loved ones would drive him mad. He knew that, whoever that was hiding behind all of the incidents would be a ruthless, malicious person. His power could never be denied as he had had the ability to turn on Vincent who used to be so indifferent at anything. And to track down a person of this level, it could never be so easy.
He was interrupted by the sound of his phone. He came out of his trance and answered his phone. And without waiting for any sound from the other end, he said briefly, "If you still want to talk about Molly, then I will hang up." His voice was short and firm.
"Who said I want to talk about Molly?" Came Wing's strident and querulous voice from the other end. "I just wanted to have breakfast with you," she said.
"I won't be free the entire day today," He refused and started to walk out of the manor. However after a few steps, he halted and added, "Why? Isn't it enough that your husband is with you at your breakfast?"
A small smile drew into Wing's face. She knew how much she mattered to him. "It is not the same. I just want you to have breakfast with me. That is all!" she cried helplessly. A tang of anger reflected in her voice. He could imagine the sulky look appearing on her face.
Although she assured that she would not talk about Molly, but Brian knew very well in his heart that there would be nothing else she intended to speak about. However, he did not have the heart to refuse Wing. So in the end, he gave up to her pleading and accepted her request.
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