Chapter 533 I Only Did It For You (Part Three)


    She held back from stomping her foot, but snarled at him, "Eric, you''re really infuriating!" Molly almost


    hit the roof because of his malicious behavior. "Are you happy when you see me feeling terrible?"


    "Why would I feel that?" Eric shot back. He quickly shed the reserved look and focused his eyes


    intently on Molly. Eric watched her flinch at his serious gaze and then enunciated each of his next


    words. "Little Molly, I was sincere when I said all those things to you. I''m no longer the same person I


    was before. What I feel for you isn''t just because I like topete with Brian. If you feel horrible, I will


    be sorry for you. If you feel sad, it will break my heart. Do you understand what I''m saying?"


    His sudden confession took Molly by surprise. She forced a small smile as she stammered with her


    reply. "You… I… Don''t say that to me," she appealed.


    "What then should I say?" Eric asked coldly. "Molly, I have more than just a terrible crush on you, and


    I''m very serious about my feelings for you."


    It was all so confusing for Molly. Her heart and mind were a mess. She felt as if her thoughts were a


    ball of yarn that a yful kitten tangled up. Her eyes went nk, and she now didn''t know what to say


    or how to act. But subconsciously, Molly wanted to resist Eric like she did Brian.


    Before she could snap out of her trance, Eric''s face loomed in front of Molly''s and terrified her. She


    screamed and tried to back away from him but ended up pressing herself tightly against the back of the


    sofa. Eric leaned even closer, so she had no way to escape. The only choice she had was to push her


    hands against his chest.


    Disappointment filled Eric''s eyes. As he stared at Molly, the look in his eyes changed dramatically.


    Eventually, he opened his mouth and spoke in a tone full of resentment. "What is so special about you?


    Why did I fall in love with a woman as ordinary as you?"


    The hands on his chest ckened. Molly bit her lips and looked into his eyes with a nk stare.


    Spitefully, Eric said, "I should never have fallen in love with you. Do you know that I…" He stopped in


    mid-sentence. But his eyes never wavered as he stared at Molly and finished what he was saying in his


    mind, ''I didn''t wish to fall in love with you at all!''


    Sensing Molly''s anxiety, Eric sneered and pulled away from her. As he turned back, his eyes shed


    with Brian''s sharp gaze. The expression on his face immediately rxed, and he greeted his cousin


    casually, "Brian!"


    Startled by Brian''s sudden appearance, Molly quickly pulled herself together and adjusted herself on


    the sofa. With tight lips and a nervous look, she resembled a wife caught red-handed cheating on her


    husband.


    He nced at her with disinterest and then turned to Eric, and said in a clipped tone, "Come upstairs


    with me!"


    Without waiting for a reply, Brian headed towards the stairs. Eric paused and told Molly, "Wait for me


    here. I want to take you to see someone." Then he followed Brian up the stairs.


    She watched the cousins walk into the study and shut the door behind them. Molly now had time to


    ponder Eric''s words earlier, and suddenly felt as if on pins and needles. Molly never imagined Eric


    falling in love with her, but he did sound serious when he expressed his affection for her.


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    Inside the study…


    Eric sat opposite Brian, as casually as if nothing happened earlier. With a careless tone, he asked,


    "You held the press conference not to clear Molly''s name but to im ''ownership'' of her, right?"


    Brian was tight-lipped and did not move.


    Grinning broadly, Eric extended his arms and leaned on the table and again tried to fan the mes. "I


    felt bored while waiting for you, so I had an intimate talk with Little Molly."


    His cousin refused to rise to the bait. Instead, Brian let his fingers dance over the keyboard. It was


    unfortunate that he walked in just as Eric confessed his feelings for Molly. And he knew his cousin was


    not kidding this time.


    Eric tried a different tact to solicit a reaction. "I bet you held the press conference for Mark''s sake! Am I


    right?" he prodded.


    This time, Brian reacted to his statement. His fingers stopped typing and his eyebrows slightly knitted.


    His cousin responded with an arrogantugh. Eric grabbed a pen from the table and started twirling it in


    his fingers. "Little Molly seemed somewhat disappointed when I told her that." Brian''s head snapped to


    look at Eric.


    But he decided to change the topic of conversation instead. "Is there any issue in QY Ind?" he asked


    glumly. He didn''t want to talk about Molly. It was clear to him what Eric''s purpose was for saying those


    things to Molly. He deliberately misled the woman about Brian''s intentions because he was aware his


    cousin would never bother to exin things to her.


    Inside, Brian was secretlyughing, although outwardly, his eyes had darkened. Eric''s words only


    served to confuse Molly and make her misunderstand him again. But the only reason it muddled her


    feelings was because Molly never bared her heart to Brian even as she kept resisting him. Otherwise,


    why else would she be suspicious of his motives no matter what Eric said?


    Deciding to focus on business first, Eric said, "Something is wrong with our project." The primary


    reason why he was at the vi was because of the urgent matter in QY Ind. He knew that the only


    way to provide Molly with strong support was to be powerful enough topete with Brian. "Word from


    the Shadow Organization is that someone intends to target our entertainment center," Eric reported.


    His cousin slowly leaned back against his chair. It seemed that Brian''s suspicions that morning had


    been confirmed. ''Humph. I knew he''d showed up in our casino intentionally to get our attention."


    Eric eyed him carefully, trying to piece together the puzzle. "You mean this matter is rted to that man


    who made a hit in your casino in Las Vegas?" He had heard about that incident and the culprit behind


    it.


    "Probably," Brian replied without reaction. "The Grand Night in QY Ind started its soft opening. I''ll be


    going there one of these days," he told Eric.


    "Let me go with you," Eric offered eagerly.