Brian still clearly remembered everything as if it happened yesterday: Molly's beautiful, apologetic face,
her eyes that shone brightly but also showed her fear. But it was all in the past now. He used to be
obsessed with Becky's eyes and he still should be obsessed with her eyes. But little did he notice that
all he could think about now were Molly's wide and innocent eyes.
"Brian?" Becky called out to him, gently. She was confused because Brian had spaced out.
Brian snapped back. "Nothing."
Beck bit her lip, stopping herself from saying something. She sat in the car silently. Becky was almost
never wrong about her gut feelings. Especially about Brian. When Brian picked her up earlier, she felt
that something was wrong. She decided to ignore it but now... she couldn't help but feel a little
suspicious especially ever since she met Eric and that Little Molly at the restaurant. She could tell that
Brian wasn't just spacing out just now. His mind was somewhere else
Becky frowned at this. Sadness was creeping at her heart and anxiety at her brain. But she couldn't tell
exactly what she was worrying about right now.
Brian started the engine again as it rounded the corner heading its way to the casino's parking lot.
Brian stepped out of the car first to open Becky's door. He held out his hand for Becky to take as they
walked towards the elevator. They were going up to the top floor.
"I have to meet Tony later. You can stay at the casino and wait for me. I'll pick you up after." Brian said
mechanically. His voice rang in the small space of the elevator.
Becky couldn't help but slightly furrow her eyebrows. "Why didn't you just take me back to the hotel
then?"
"I didn't want you to be alone there. I will worry about you." Brian said coldly.
Becky smiled at what he said. "Okay." When the elevator door opened, Brian took Becky's hand as he
led her out.
"Mr. Brian Long," Tony greeted him. He had been at the casino since early morning. He quickly glanced
at Becky as he followed behind them silently.
Brian asked Jason to watch over Becky before leaving with Tony.
"Brian!"
Becky's voice made him stop and turn around. "What's the matter?"
"You..." Becky bit her lip,"Just be careful, okay?"
The corners of Brian's mouth lifted into a small smile. "Okay."
Becky watched him walk away before turning to Jason. "You can go, Jason. I'll be fine. Don't worry
about me. I'm quite familiar with this place."
"Okay." Jason replied,"If you need me, just page me in channel one."
"Sure."
When Jason left, everything fell silent. Becky was at the middle of the office, unmoved. She could smell
the peppermint smell that Brian loved - this made her smile. She took out her phone and called Cindy.
"Becky! How are you?" Cindy asked. She sounded like she was in a hurry.
The smile stayed on Becky's face. "Everything's okay. Brian's very good to me but I can tell that he
feels guilty."
"Just guilty?" Cindy asked,"He didn't do anything else? Like give you a gift or something?"
Becky frowned at this. "No, no, he didn't." She decided to tell Cindy everything that had happened
since yesterday. The further she got into the story, the funnier the feeling in her stomach got.
"The woman Eric was with is probably the same woman in Brian's villa!" Cindy paused before saying
anything.
"I don't know why but for some reason, I think so too." Becky's heart dropped as she told Cindy her
suspicions.
Cindy stayed silent on the other line before blurting out,"You said that you lived in a hotel?"
"Yeah."
"Why the hell are you staying in a hotel?" Cindy raised her voice,"That woman is staying in the villa and
you're staying in a hotel? Are you freaking kidding me right now? What the hell is going on? Is he
cheating on you? Becky, listen to me. Go to that freaking villa right and tell her who's in charge!"
Becky prided herself in staying at a hotel wherever they went even if she knew Brian had his own place
there. She relished at the idea that Brian chose to stay with her at the hotel because she wanted to.
She liked that idea - that Brian would do something he didn't want to just for her. "But..." Becky
stuttered.
"No buts!" Cindy shouted before Becky could continue what she was saying. "Do you really want to
wait until she replaces you and then you're going to come to me crying about it?" Cindy paused,"Becky,
just listen to me, okay? Brian is your man. Now you lost the eyes he loved the most. And if you've lost
him, then you should do something about it. Do you really want that to happen? I can't help you if you
won't do anything about it. "
"But Cindy..." Becky insisted.
"Don't!" Cindy cut her off,"Just tell Brian that you want to stay with him. In the villa. Not in the hotel. Just
tell him that you don't feel safe and you feel alone in the hotel. That's it. Easy, right?"
Becky didn't respond to what Cindy was telling her to do.
"Becky, are you listening? Did you hear me?" Cindy sighed.
"Yeah, I'm listening." Becky answered in a small voice. "I'm at the casino right now but Brian's out with
Tony, I think they have business together. He's picking me up later... Cindy, you're right. I can't be as
sure as I was before. I can't lose Brian, I just can't. He loves me, I'm the only one he'll ever love."
"Good, good!" Cindy hesitated,"I hope Brian's different from Eric who's a cheater. If that happens, I
can't stand to see you get hurt."
'Cindy had a point.' Becky thought to herself. She thought back to what Eric was saying earlier at the
restaurant. She knew how difficult it was for Eric to make promises like that, to pour out his heart like
that. But she could tell that he was sincere, that he meant it. He even went to South Street Alley with
her ?!
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