Love Began with the First Meeting

"Hey, Charlie, not bad! You've got everything you wanted today," said Evan as he stepped closer to Charlie. With a meaningful smile on his face, he continued, "Well, you wouldn't be where you are now without us. We're all friends, right?" While he was speaking, Evan winked at the others around him and added, "So, why don't you buy each of us, equipment as a reward? We're not greedy, and that's just a piece of cake for you. Am I right?"

"Oh, come on, you look nothing like someone who could use any equipment," Bess couldn't help but mock as she glared at Evan. Then she continued, "In my opinion, it would be more practical for you to start thinking about what wedding gift to get for them." She shook her head helplessly and looked at Evan as if he were foolish. "If you want to take advantage of Charlie's money, you can do it yourself. Don't count on me. I'm not going to help you with this because, in the end, Charlie, the profiteer, would only earn more." While the others all nodded agreeing with Bess, Evan went quiet. Deep in his mind, Evan knew that Bess did have a point. Evan suffered many losses from the same mistake that he made again and again. He didn't seem to learn from it.

Charlie shrugged his shoulders and took Elsa by the hand. Regardless of what the others were expecting, Charlie led Elsa towards the door without saying anything leaving the heckling crowd behind.

"Seriously? Hoes before bros? Damn it, what an asshole!" Ezra couldn't help but berate Charlie behind his back.

"Come on. You're a lawyer. Watch your mouth, all right?" said Evan as he put his arm on Ezra's shoulder. "Be mindful of your behavior here. I mean, you can do and say whatever you want when we're all in the game. No one cares about it, but don't say it in the real world. Besides, you're such a gentleman. How could you say something so rude like that? Don't you agree?"

Evan let out a deep sigh and was about to lecture him some more about Ezra's unacceptable behavior. However, in spite of his criticism, it seemed to fall on deaf ears. Ezra jumped up and leaned all of his weight on one of Evan's shoulders, causing him to lose his balance and nearly fall over.

While the two of them horsed around, the others began to leave the venue talking and laughing. Once outside, some booths offered game-themed souvenirs. Each of the game participants got one gift bag with a random souvenir.

While the others were still busy chatting about the scene and new characters inside today's gameplay, Charlie was taking Elsa up to the president room on the top floor of Flight Media.

Once they had arrived at the office, Charlie pushed the door open, not expecting anyone to be there and entered the room holding Elsa's hand in his. As soon as they stepped inside, Charlie was taken aback. And by the look on the faces of the people inside, they were just as surprised by the sudden intrusion.

With a puzzled frown on his face, Addison gave the nod as a signal for the one who was sitting on the sofa to get up and leave. As Addison walked toward the door, Charlie stood aside with Elsa. She had suddenly felt so overwhelmed by the awkwardness of the situation. As Addison was leaving, he stopped before them and glanced at Elsa then a knowing smile crept to his lips. He looked at Charlie and joked, "Although you have grown up, there are still some things you shouldn't do now. Don't you agree?"

Although he said it to Charlie, Elsa blushed with shame when she got what Addison was implying. She mumbled something under her breath and sneaked a peek at the room she was in as if she was going to make a run for it.

"Wait, Addison, what are you talking about?" uttered Charlie immediately. When he saw how uneasy Elsa looked, he was afraid that Addison's silly joke might hurt his relationship with Elsa. Addison was Charlie's elder brother who had been trained as a power holder in the Dragon Island for many years. Before Addison could say any more jokes at their expense, Charlie said, "I didn't know you were in the office. Well, you know what, just do your business first!"

While Charlie was speaking, Addison had already read his mind and knew what he was up to. With a smile on his face, Addison replied, "I'm done here. I was going to have dinner with Steve, anyway since I have an appointment with him. You guys go on ahead. I'll let you be." While he spoke, he gave Elsa a look as if he was signaling something to her. However, Elsa lowered her head so Addison couldn't make eye contact with her. Addison then turned his head slightly and called out to the other person in the room, "Steve, let's go."

Shortly afterward, Steve came to the door. As he walked past, Elsa glanced up as she was curious to see what he looked like. When she saw Steve, she forgot all about her embarrassment from a moment ago. Steve had attracted all of her attention, and he was the most handsome man that she had ever seen.

It was hard to describe what Steve looked like appropriately. His defined facial structure and devilishly handsome features were captivating as if they had been carefully chiseled out by a most skilled sculptor. The words perfect, gorgeous, fabulous, handsome would do no justice to describe how exquisite Steve looked.

His marble skin was flawless, and his slender slightly upturned eyes could easily entice anyone and make them forget about everything. Although Steve's eyes were enchanting, one could feel a cold shiver if they stared into them for too long. The golden glow in his amber eyes was as if they were coming from the depths of hell and could lure you into an abyss. A world that was dangerous and hard to escape like a seemingly bottomless chasm.

He wore a faint smile on his face as he walked past Elsa. However, the smile only reached the corner of his mouth while there was no expression in his eyes.

Elsa trembled at the sight of Steve's ice-cold smile and huddled closer to Charlie's back to avoid any eye contact with him.

"Come on, Steve, stop scaring the kids." Addison shook his head, helplessly. Then after exchanging a few more words with Charlie, he finally left with Steve.

Elsa stole a glance at the two men walking away. Both were tall and strong. However, she felt much more comfortable looking at Addison's back than Steve's. Steve gave her an eerie feeling, and his light yellow hair that was almost white sent a chill up her spine. "He's Steve Tang, the famous 'King' of the legal world, not only in Asia but also in Europe," Charlie remarked as he closed the door to the office. "Don't ever have anything to do with this man. He's the absolute model of perversion. With the extraordinary innate appearance, together with the fame that he had gained by his occupation, he is extremely arrogant," explained Charlie. Charlie asked Elsa to sit down on the sofa while he went to the bar fridge and poured her a glass of juice while he got a coke for himself. After drinking a mouthful of coke, he added, "Steve's birth is a taboo subject for him, so never mention it in front of him."

Elsa furrowed her brows, confused. "Why would I mention that in front of him? I don't even know him?"

"No." Charlie contradicted her immediately. "I won't waste time going into too many details about someone irrelevant, but Steve is working on many cases with the Dragon Empire Group. Since you're going to be the half owner of the group in the future, you'll most likely meet him."00000000