Molly clutched her stomach slightly afraid that Eric really would cook badly just because she didn't
believe him. Molly's phone flashed again much to Molly's ignorance - it was still on silent and this had
been the second message that she failed to read on time.
Brian was gripping so tightly to his phone and his fingers were starting to turn a tinge of violet. This was
the second that he had sent a message to Molly and that Molly hadn't replied to. He had been staring
at his phone for more than ten minutes already. She was ignoring him!
Tony could feel Brian's body tense up as every minute passed. He now regretted suggesting that Brian
text Molly because Brian was now in a worse mood than before.
Tony was beating himself up over suggesting that to Brian as he watched him dial Molly's number
again and again and hearing no one pick up. Brian was getting tenser and tenser as each ring passed
and then even more as the dial tone filled his ears. His fists were tingling, he wanted to do something
with it out of anger because Molly was ignoring his call. Molly was ignoring him.
Brian eventually hung up after a lot of failed tries at calling Molly. While he still felt anger, he was also
starting to worry about Molly - what could she be doing? Brian didn't think it was possible that Justin
could hurt Molly in such a short time. But he was running out of possibilities, why wasn't Molly
answering his call or even just replying?
Tony had been working for Brian long enough to be able to read his face and his body language.
Before he asked Brian what had happened, he saw Brian held his phone up again. "Find a way to
locate Molly's phone!" Brian practically barked as he dialed another number on his phone.
Brian hung up the phone. He was so worried that he was starting to look for Molly around the area.
Not a single sign of Molly - she was nowhere to be found.
Right before Brian was about to lose it, his phone rang. He hurriedly answered it without even checking
who was calling.
"Mr. Brian Long, Miss Xia's phone was located at A-Magic," came the calm voice on the other line.
Brian furrowed his eyebrows and paused. He didn't know what to think so he hung up the phone. His
face hardened again and turned around to walk towards A-Magic, robotic was Brian.
*
"So, what do you think? It looks and smells amazing, right?" Eric admired the dish he had just cooked.
He looked so proud of himself.
Molly glanced at the plateful of spaghetti in front of her and was at a loss for words. The pasta was
evidently overcooked and they were sticking together even with the sauce added. There was broccoli
that acted as garnish but it was dark and looked overcooked as well. The carrots weren't in any better
condition too. The only thing that looked remotely appetizing on the plate were the cherry tomatoes -
which, of course, didn't need to be cooked so that was hard to mess up.
Molly curled her lips as an attempt to disguise her aversion towards the food. She looked up at Eric and
then at the spaghetti with a fork in her hand - she was afraid to taste it.
"And there's orange juice!" Eric announced excitedly. He was caught up in his own whirlwind of
exhilaration that he hadn't noticed Molly's face. He handed Molly the orange juice. "Since you lost a lot
of water, remember?" He winked.
Molly wet her lips nervously, still unable to say anything. She looked over to the chefs who stood at the
side - they were all holding themselves back from laughing. It felt like she was the first to taste Eric's
cooking - she was a guinea pig!
"Go on! Try it! It's delicious, I swear! Trust me!" Eric insisted. He was looking at the spaghetti with such
admiration completely ignorant of the fact that Molly obviously didn't want to try it. It was hard to tell if
he really was that excited or he was just choosing to ignore the look of disgust on Molly's face.
Molly didn't want to let him down especially when she saw how excited Eric was. Eventually, Molly
didn't have a choice but to try it.
As soon as she put the forkful of spaghetti in her mouth, she spat it all out.
"Hahahaha... Ahem! Ahem!"
Molly stared at the chewed up spaghetti on Eric's face, horrified. She was so embarrassed and she
could hear all the chefs by the side pretending to cough, hiding their laughter. Finally, she couldn't hold
it in anymore and burst out of laughter right in front of Eric's face.
It was not like she chose to spit it out. The spaghetti was too salty, it was hard to keep it in her mouth
what more swallow it!
"This is the first I tried my hand at cooking and you're just going to spit it out! This is so embarrassing,"
Eric wailed. But when he caught a glimpse of Molly laughing, he couldn't help but join her. He grabbed
a napkin and wiped his face clean. He gave Molly a serious look and said,"Well, at least you laughed.
Finally."
Molly felt nothing but fondness for Eric in this moment - she felt her heart skip a beat. Even after all of
the people in her life had abandoned her, she was happy to have Eric stay with her. He was always
there for her especially when she needed him the most. He was like an angel. Her own personal angel.
When Eric met Molly's twinkling eyes, he was overwhelmed with affection for Molly. He leaned in and
touched his lips on Molly's forehead.
As soon Eric leaned in, Brian walked into the kitchen with Tony following him, obviously saw this and it
showed on his face.
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