Love Began with the First Meeting

Chapter 576 Skill of Controlling People (Part One)

A qualified leader must have the capability to control people.

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"Bri..." Molly spoke as she raised her head to look at him. At that moment, she wasn't thinking about whether what Brian said was true or not but it was clear that Brian was siding with her on this one; tolerating her, one might even say.

"Mr. Brian Long ?" Aaron said, slightly frowning.

Brian slowly raised his eyes that were filled with rage. Tony walked towards Brian quickly telling him about the family of each of these women. After listening intently to Tony, Brian looked at the woman with cake on her face and said to Tony, "Anyone I don't want to see in QY Island anymore should be gone in three days," he said simply.

Tony looked at the woman too and responded, "Yes, sir!"

"Mr. Brian Long," Aaron repeated, "Could you let this go for my sake?"

Brian didn't respond but his face had darkened. But it was clear in Aaron's words—these women picked a fight with people they shouldn't have messed with.

Molly pressed her lips as she didn't expect that the matter at hand was so serious. She didn't know if all of these people really understood what Brian meant. But she did—it meant that Brian was going to ruin their lives either their families would suddenly go bankrupt or their companies would. Either way, the end result was the same: they weren't going to be part of this exclusive community anymore.

Aaron quickly glanced at Molly when he saw that Brian wasn't going to make a consideration. He turned his gaze towards the woman with cake on her face and ordered, "Zoe, take responsibility for what you did. Apologize to Mrs. Long now!"

Zoe turned her face to the side oblivious of how grave the situation was, but when she saw the look on Aaron's face, she was frozen in place. Her eyes had turned red, and her mouth was pressed tightly.

"Aaron, please don't blame Zoe," Vivi said in a waxy voice, with tears in her eyes, looking at Aaron. "It was all my fault. Nothing would have happened if they weren't just looking out for me..." Then she looked at Molly, lowering her gaze, "Mrs. Long, please forgive us. We were rude and we were wrong."

Molly felt no remorse for Vivi and she didn't believe her sincerity not even for one second. Molly could see right through Vivi. She knew that Vivi was only doing this to gain the sympathy of the people watching—Vivi was making Molly look like the bad person. This was exactly something that Becky would do.

"Vivi, how could you apologize to her?" Zoe screamed. She was already mad enough as it was that Aaron chose to not help her and now Vivi was apologizing to Molly. She couldn't bear it any longer. She continued, "Aaron, I doubt how powerful you really are in QY Island. After all, anyone can just bully your younger sister into doing anything they want her to do."

Aaron never thought that his cousin would be so stupid, glaring at her, he said, "Zoe Song, apologize now!" His voice was still cold that not an ounce of sympathy could be traced in it.

Molly sighed to herself. She resented how Zoe had behaved, who was still acting so arrogantly. But she wasn't stupid—she knew Aaron was asking her for consideration for Zoe and Zoe didn't even appreciate that. Molly looked at Ximena who kept her eyes on Aaron as if she had nothing to do with all of this. But if you looked closely, there was a flash of anger in her eyes as if she was just holding herself back from saying anything.

"Bri..." Molly opened her mouth finally, "We shouldn't be talking about things like this at cocktail party of Leng's Corporations. Besides, don't you have something important to discuss with Aaron?"

Brian turned his head slightly to look at Molly - in his head, he was thinking how Molly still wasn't good at diverting attention away from the situation. But her eyes were sparkling and he didn't want to embarrass her in front of all these people.

She looked down at the floor and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I'm such a headache. I didn't mean to do anything, it's just that they kept insulting Ximena..." Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Molly's voice trailed off as Brian reached out to touch the Firefly Stone that was resting around her neck - it was now a faint yellow color. Molly looked down on the necklace too. She knew that the Stone changed colors as her emotions changed, but she had never seen it turn into this color before—she didn't know what it meant.

Brian felt his heart ache as he looked at the yellow Stone. Then he returned his gaze at Zoe, "You can't pick a fight with everybody. Remember that," he said in an ominous tone.

When he finished speaking, Brian took Molly's hand, ready to leave. He paused after taking only a couple of steps, he turned his head to the side where Tony was and said, "Take some food for Mol. Not the sweet ones."

"Yes, sir," Tony said before he made his way to the dining area. Brian meanwhile led Molly to where they could rest.

The people who were watching had mixed reactions on their face—but most of them were obviously jealous of Molly. They all wished to be taken cared of like Brian was doing for Molly.

Aaron glared at Ximena when Brian finally left. He was seething. Instead of lowering her head, Ximena stared into his eyes too. Her hands were wrenched into fists and she even raised her chin slightly as an act of defiance. To Ximena, Aaron had to understand that she was hurt by what had happened and he should be empathizing with her not scolding her.

"Ken, take Zoe to get changed. Then drive her along with Vivi back home," Aaron demanded. Both Zoe and Vivi didn't expect this from Aaron. "I don't care who was right or wrong but I should remind you that you picked a fight with the wrong people!" he bellowed when he saw that Zoe and Vivi weren't budging. Aaron paused before continuing, "Now even I have to be careful around him. You behave yourselves from now on!" Then he looked at Ximena and said, "Follow me!"

He turned around and left, while Ximena took a deep breath before following his footsteps. Although people glared at her as she walked past them, she didn't give them any notice remaining upright and unafraid in her stance.

Meanwhile, at the rest area, Brian ignored the people who were eyeing them. Instead, he focused on getting Molly to eat—he was filling up her plate with the food that Tony had brought. When he saw that Molly had finished everything, he refilled her plate right away. By the end, he found the situation more interesting than anything and there was a faint smile placing on his lips.