Love Began with the First Meeting



Maggie could never have imagined that three days could bring such suffering, and not since her childhood had she experienced such angst. However, this was more than a mere torment for her. Even compared to when she was abducted, this waiting was agony. Every second, every moment, she desperately hoped that everything that was happening now was only an illusion. Or to phrase it differently, it was like a special drill for the special trainees-designed to inflict pain.novelbin

Nevertheless, she was so familiar with Tompson that she knew he would only have told the truth. She had never realized before how much she trusted him. To her surprise, Edgar fell into the trap set by Cain.

The sudden sound of a beautiful ringtone attracted Maggie's attention and she stared at the cell phone lying on the tea table. It was Cain. Seeing his name on the screen, Maggie couldn't help recalling his handsome face which had so effectively made everyone fall in love with him.

"Maggie... Maggie..." Hearing her phone ringing, Hana frowned and reminded Maggie to answer the phone. "Your phone is ringing. Well, you're sitting right there. Why don't you answer it?" She looked in concern at Maggie, who was still just sitting there doing nothing.

"What?" Maggie glimpsed at Hana with some confusion and then seemed to wake up. "Yeah!" She grabbed the phone, acting like a naughty child who was afraid that her secret would be exposed. Hurriedly she picked up the phone, but it had already stopped ringing, leaving two messages indicating the missed calls.

After unlocking her phone, Maggie was confronted by all the messages from Cain, so she drew a deep breath and scraped the courage together to call him back.

"What are you doing? Why don't you answer my phone calls?" Cain's soft and sexy voice was coached to sound exceedingly cozy and engaging over the phone.

However, Maggie didn't feel attracted to him at all in this moment, and she sensed a chill undertone to his voice. "I was wondering how many times you would keep trying if I did not answer?" she said teasingly to cover her discomfort.

On the other end of the line, Cain smiled mysteriously and asked, "And then?"

"Then I realized that we were not in a relationship like that, so I called back." Maggie's voice had calmed down. "Cain, did you find our interactions weird recently?"

"I don't think so,"

he answered. Maggie quietly sneered but she didn't make her qualms sound too obvious. "We hadn't related well to each other in the beginning, but now we are acting so close. What do you intend to do?"

"What do you think?" Without replying to the question, Cain immediately deflected it back at her.

"Are you falling in love with me?" Maggie asked bluntly. She continued full of confidence, "Just admit it. If it was not so, then why were you trying so hard to gain my attention from the very beginning? And now you keep bothering me all the time?"

Cain's eyes became vague and unpredictable. After a few seconds, he continued slowly, "You are still getting lost in the same question?"

Maggie curled her lips into a growl, and vented her frustration and embarrassment with a sneer. "Then, why are you calling me?"

"I'm going to return to the campus in a few days, so I want to buy something special for my parents." Cain invited Maggie quite naturally. "You will accompany me, right?"

"I guess I'm fine with that." Maggie forced herself to remain calm. "Where are you right now?"

"Outside the yard."

"I need to get changed first." With this, Maggie hung up the phone and returned to her own room. At the moment of closing the door, her eyes shone with a righteous light. After a deep breath to calm herself, she got dressed, said goodbye to her mom, and walked out of the house with a determined step.

Standing at the front of her house, Maggie was not in a hurry to leave. Standing around for a while, she finally noticed one of the high school students living in her neighborhood. When he tried to talk to her, she shook her head slightly and made a sign.

The children living in the military yard were all pretty smart guys. So although he found it strange, he didn't say anything about Maggie's gesture. Maggie kept looking searchingly at the area around them, then she took his hand and passed a message by gently tracing the word "cell phone" on his palm. She remained where she was, still keeping a guarded watch on the surroundings.

The boy sensed something weird was going on, and he obediently did as she had signaled and slipped his phone to Maggie. She nodded slightly to encourage him, and quickly texted a message to Tompson before deleting it and returning the phone back to the student.

'Please keep this a secret,' she signaled. 'Thank you!'

Maggie spelled out her gratitude on his palm again, and then she walked out of the yard. The boy was left standing behind her, staring in puzzlement at her back as she left.

After getting in the car with Cain, Maggie acted as if everything was normal, and showed no sign of anything being different. She accompanied Cain to purchase some of the specialties unique to S City first, then they mailed them to his parents in Y Country. Then Cain drove her to a florist's shop.

Maggie casually observed Cain's every move while he was selecting some flowers. To her surprise, he chose a bunch of Calla Lily Flowers, instead of roses or lilies. She became agitated with Cain's romantic signs, which set loose some butterflies in her stomach. He was a very attractive man, and romantically thoughtful.

Holding the arums, Cain invited her again with an air of sadness, "Please, come with me somewhere, Maggie." Without waiting for Maggie's response, he left the shop without her.

Because of her curiosity, Maggie still followed Cain, heading to his intended destination. As she got into his car, she glanced at the flowers which he had placed in the back seat. Although they were the normal white kind, and not the orange ones that Edgar had sent her before, she was suddenly overwhelmed by sorrow for no reason. It seemed that the grievance which poisoned Cain from the bottom of his heart had been passed to her and she felt a sense of despondence.

The car was heading towards the eastern suburban areas of S City. Cain stopped nearby the cemetery district of S City.

Maggie couldn't figure out his plans and frowned at Cain with some confusion.

He explained to her without any emotion, "Since I've returned, I haven't visited my parents, yet. So I decided to drop by and do it today." While talking, he stepped from the car and took the flowers, leaving Maggie alone as he headed towards the gate of the cemetery.

Maggie stepped out of the car moments later. The lonely sight of him walking into the graveyard made her forget why they had spent time together today. After closing the car door, she hurried her pace to catch up to Cain, silently following him. After some time, they reached a remote location, where the graves were the cheapest and reserved for the poor.

Cain placed the flowers in front of a grave. The tombstone was in a state of disrepair due to its overexposure to sunlight and accumulation of snow. Clearly it had not been maintained for several years. He remained silent and, after clearing away some grasses and weeds which choked the tombstone, he stood upright. His facial expression was so solemn that it was impossible to figure out what he was thinking about at the moment.