Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 421 Parting Ways (Part Five)

A loud clunk suddenly interrupted their conversation.

The mobile phone made a clunking sound as it hit the ground. Molly stared ahead unseeingly. She couldn't seem to stop shaking and her heart felt as if it would explode in any minute. Her breathing became labored and her eyes began to fill up with hot tears. She felt as if

the sky was about to fall down on her. How could this be?

Bri had said that her Mom and Dad had left together? How could he lie to her like this?' Molly thought in despair.

Becky looked at Molly's stricken face and smiled. She had no idea what Mayor Gu told Molly to make her look like that. Whatever t was, it could only be something bad!

Molly didn't know how she got back to the ward. She just sat there as if turned to stone. She looked as if her soul had been snatched away.

When Dr. He came to the ward to check her eyes, he was startled by her distraught appearance. "Miss Xia, Miss Xia?" Molly slowly turned her dazed eyes to look at the doctor. After a while she said, "Dr. He, can I borrow your phone?"

Dr. He frowned at her unsettling appearance. She was acting mechanically like a zombie. He gave her the phone worriedly.

Molly took the phone and quickly dialed Brian's number. Her thumb paused on the send button for a long time. She stayed like that for some time. She looked at the number that she had dialed. 'How could she remember his number so clearly?' she asked herself self- deprecatingly.

She sniffed and finally pressed the send button. She raised the phone near her ear. However, the phone that used to be accessible twenty-four hours a day was suddenly unreachable and her call transferred into voice mail.

Molly suddenly became crazy. She kept dialing furiously, again and again. But there was always that mechanical and impersonal voice...

"Miss Xia." Dr. He didn't know what had happened. She was all right just a few hours ago. Judging from her appearance, he knew that something bad happened. He felt bad because he didn't know how to comfort her. He could just say, "For the baby's sake, you need to keep your mood smooth. Do you understand?"

Molly didn't try to call Brian again. In the story of her life, she could say that this was the most traumatic day that she had ever experienced. Her thoughts seemed to keep spinning round and round in her head. She was afraid that any moment her head would blow up with the pressure.

Dr. He wanted to say something more but he couldn't find the words. At that moment, the door of the ward suddenly opened. His head turned reflexively at the sound of the door. He was slightly startled when he recognized the person who entered the room. Recovering immediately, he said, "Mr. Long!"

Richie strode inside arrogantly. He was wearing an impeccable black suit. He looked tall and intimidating as he stood with his right hand inside his trouser pocket. He looked at Dr, He with cold indifference. He seemed to look down upon the whole world in general. No matter how many years had gone by, he was still the cold-blooded man in people's memory.

Richie signaled Dr. He to go out. Dr. He threw one last worried look at Molly's direction before leaving the ward.

Molly didn't notice that someone had entered the ward. Her mind was preoccupied and she had no time to pay attention to other things at the moment. She just wanted to know whether her mother had died or not. She just wanted to know...

Her eyes filled with tears again. Molly had grown numb to the discomfort her eyes were giving her. At that moment, there was no pain that could rival the pain in her heart.

Richie sat opposite Molly. He looked dispassionately at the woman in front of him. It was hard to imagine that such an ordinary girl could set off waves of great magnitude. Because of her, something that had happened 21 years ago had been provoked. Although the members of the conservative faction and reformist faction who were involved in the affairs were only a few, each one of them was now in the top management staff. And now, Brian was in a coma because of her. 'Good... she was really good!' Richie scoffed ironically.

Looking at the pathetic figure in front of him, he wondered if she even knew how many troubles she had caused from beginning to end and how messy the outside world was? All because of her...

Richie was a very patient person. He was content to sit there quietly. His cold face was expressionless. Compared to him, Brian might seem deeper than his father. But when it came to indifference, Brian was always a little inferior to him. Richie knew that Brian just needed to temper himself.

Thinking of the scene at the hospital earlier, Richie's eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched slightly.

Meanwhile, in the hospital.

"Richie, I will not let Molly leave me!" Brian said weakly. Last night, he had to fight for a whole night to stop C Army from hurting Molly. He hadn't recovered yet from his previous injuries. Then last night, more injuries were added on top of that. With such a circumstance, he still did not let the C Army Group approach the hospital where Molly was staying.

As for the State Parliament, if they agreed to what Richie has suggested and did not engage in the last fight to hurt Brian, then how could they compromise?

Richie looked at Brian who was lying on the bed. The doctor was busy checking his injuries. These doctors were all from XK Intelligence Agency. Everyone was proficient in handling gunshot wounds and fighting injuries.

"You won't let go of her?" Richie asked sarcastically, "Then have you ever asked if she is willing to stay here?"

"She will stay!" Brian answered emphatically. However, it was just such a quick answer that showed his uncertainty.

Looking at his son coldly, he said indifferently, "Is that so?"

Those three little words that Richie threw completely defeated Brian's confidence. He was also growing weaker by the minute. For the first time in his life, Brian was unsure of himself and where he stood with Molly. During the past days, he had laid his life on the line for Molly. He fought the State Parliament as he just wanted to give Molly a safe living environment...

Thinking of that, Brian's cold face filled with thick haze. "Give me the mobile phone!"☐☐☐☐☐