Judging from the way her shoulder shrugged and her eyelids dropped, Molly was evidently depressed. She sighed slightly and said,"Sometimes I can't understand him..." With a calm yet bitter voice, she continued,"I fell in love with him as early as four years ago. That happened when we came to QY Island. I lost my ability to speak because of an accident. During that period of time, he was just like a life-saving straw in my eyes, my hero, my caregiver, and my only hope. I depended on my entire life at him and forgot to loosen my grip. During those times, I somehow felt that I couldn't make it without him. Then things went on just like that, as time passed by. I just know that my heart was totally occupied by him. But I knew clearly from the very beginning that it was impossible for our relationship to have a happy ending. He was in love with a woman, and that woman was my half-blooded elder sister with the same father but a different mother." As Molly recalled her bitter memories, she could not help but pressed her lips into a bitter smile. After taking a short pause, she added,"That was why I admired you very much, Ximena, when you fought back confidently when they said that you were a third wheel at the wine party a moment ago..."
With some air of confidence, Ximena stared at Molly silently with her deep and distant eyes. It was not until quite a while later that Ximena asked,"Would you mind sharing to me your love story?"
"Oh, well of course yes..." Molly answered, without the least guard against Ximena. She felt at ease talking to her and it seemed that she already liked her very much. Seeing her for the first time, Molly already felt comfortable with her. Perhaps sometimes the first impression was very important.
As the night grew deeper, the guests were still busy toasting wine glasses with each another and exchanging chit chats at the wine party. The absence of Aaron didn't affect their mood at all. The restaurant was still bustling and festive.
While waiting for the result of the gambling game between Chester and Hanson, Aaron and Brian chatted with each other casually. However, both of them seemed to be somewhat absent-minded. Now and then, their sight frequently fell on the two women who were doing flower arrangement in the glass garden house.
On the corner of his eyes, Aaron stared at Ximena with his deep eyes, as if he had not seen her lively expressions like this for a long time. He didn't know what they were talking about, but he really felt grateful to Molly for making Ximena change her mood even just for a night. She had been long aloof and cold because of the incident of the past that she had learned. However, tonight she was happy and Aaron missed the way her face brightened up when she smiled.
"Uhhm, Molly…. How could you leave Mr. Brian Long only because you were frightened by that bitch? Don't you love him enough to fight for him?" with a loud yet not so annoying voice, Ximena yelled as she heard Molly talked about her leaving for the first time. She could not help but show the whites of her eyes in disgust at the thought of Brian's woman. "Even though Mr. Brian Long's father gave you a large amount of money, you shouldn't have left him. If I were you I would just return the money and be with the man I loved! After all, you carried Mr. Brian Long's baby with you, but you didn't tell him. I really can't understand why you kept it a secret from him." Ximena seemed to be quite emotional. She rolled her eyes and looked at Molly while her heart felt empty. Considering that she was also a woman who had once lost her baby, her feelings were quite complicated.
Pursuing her lips into a frown, Molly sighed deeply and then said,"Then I went to London and was totally depressed. I'm afraid that I couldn't have lived till now if I didn't have the baby. Fortunately... I met Spark."
"Spark?" confused, Ximena asked, looking at Molly with a doubtful stare.
At the thought of Spark, however, Molly smiled brightly, removing the previous gloom from her face instantly, just like the sun that finally appeared in the thickly cloudy sky. "Yeah, the famous violinist."
Hearing that, Ximena's eyes opened wider. She felt Molly's life was just like an epic love story.
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