Love Began with the First Meeting

Ezra was speechless.

He reproached Charlie, "Oh my God! Dude, how could you come up with such an awful idea? Shame on you."

Shaun frowned at Charlie as well. "I don't care whether you are planning to have sex with her tonight, but do you really think she will be okay with that?" Shaun waited for a reply, but Charlie ignored him. He sighed and continued, "Marriage is not a game. You have to take it seriously. I strongly suggest that you consider marrying her after your graduation, Charlie. After all, the relationship that you two have right now will change after you graduate. Besides, reality is not as easy as you think." Shaun's tone was more serious now.

Charlie shrugged, refusing to continue the topic. In fact, he had just been joking about the whole thing. He knew that if he had sex with Elsa tonight, she would probably agree to marry him just because of that. But he didn't want to force her into a marriage with him; that was not his desire. He wanted her to be with him on her own terms.

As for the marriage certificate... Well, she was still too young for that. He didn't really care for it anyway; it was an absolutely unnecessary obligation to him. Even without a certificate, he would cherish her to his last breath. Also, as Shaun had said, having a relationship inside the college was very much different compared to that in the society.

"I am sorry that I dug out some of your sad memories." Charlie raised the glass to his lips and took a sip. "So, what do you think of this bug issue?" he asked Shaun, changing into business mode.

Shaun rotated the glass in his hands till the liquid inside it twirled like a small whirlpool. He replied, "The same as you. Get rid of it once and for all."

"Let's discuss this in the study," Charlie suggested. He stood up and headed towards the study with Shaun and Ezra following close behind.

Elsa turned to look at them in confusion as they headed to the study. "Why did they bring us along if they were going to be so busy dealing with their own stuff?" she complained out loud.

Evelyn was sitting beside her lazily, snacking on some delicacy, and was changing TV channels every ten seconds. She answered with a shrug, "Charlie brought me along because I am still pissed off and he is worried that I may start a fight with the Creepy Group. As for you..." She paused deliberately for effect and grinned at Elsa. She leaned towards her slowly and said to her, "He just wants you by his side. Besides, you will easily jump into conclusions if you are left alone in the dormitory to brood for yourself."

Elsa was about to retort when her phone rang. Evelyn cringed; she hated that ringtone. Every time she heard that ringtone, she complained to no avail. "Could you please just change that horrible ringtone already? It's so childish! You are already in college, you know." Evelyn covered her ears and made a dissatisfied face at Elsa.

"I am used to it." Elsa shrugged her off and took out her phone. She frowned the moment she saw the number on the screen. "Why is he calling me?"

"Who is it?" Evelyn asked and leaned forward to look, "Allen?! Don't answer it!" Evelyn said, with a dark frown on her face.

Elsa was puzzled when she saw how angry Evelyn was. She forgot to answer the call, and it eventually stopped ringing before she could pick it up.

"Why is he calling at such a late hour? I'm sure he doesn't have any good intentions in calling you so late," Evelyn said, gnashing her teeth. She grabbed a fish ball, put it into her mouth, and chewed it so angrily as if it was Allen she was trying to crush between her teeth. Elsa stared at her phone. He didn't call again. Everything had been so simple in her life before Allen had broken up with her. However, it had become more and more complicated after the breakup.

Evelyn vented her anger on the food and some phone games, while Elsa drank her juice silently.

The three men came out of the study after they had dealt with the Dragon game bug. But by that time, the ladies were fast asleep on the couch.

"Alright, you guys can stay here tonight," Shaun said to Charlie and Ezra, as he threw a glance at the two ladies who were sleeping like logs. "I am staying in the company tonight." He then picked up his coat and keys. Turning to them, he warned, "Don't do anything stupid."

Ezra rolled his eyes. "I wish. But what could I do with Charlie here?" He knew that Charlie would never let him anywhere near Evelyn.

Shaun opened the door and looked back at Ezra with a smirk. "Charlie should stay with Evelyn if he is worried that you are plotting something sinister." He shut the door with a wider smile, leaving Ezra behind to gnash his teeth in anger. 'What kind of joke was that?' Ezra scoffed.

He looked around the house. There were only two guest rooms, and Shaun didn't allow any one to step into his room except his fiancee. So if Charlie slept with Evelyn, then Ezra would have to sleep next to Elsa. Wasn't that even worse? And Charlie would never allow him to sleep next to his girl anyway.

"Alright then... Let the girls sleep in one room, and we can share the other one," Ezra suggested, yet he changed his mind immediately when he saw the look of disgust in Charlie's face. "Fine! I will just sleep on the couch! Unbelievable..." Charlie walked towards Evelyn and took her to one of the guest rooms. He then came back for Elsa, who was sleeping peacefully on the couch. He gently picked her up in his arms.

Elsa had been feeling a bit cold before, but now she sensed a warmth flowing into her body from a sweet hug. She imagined that it was her Pooh Bear from home. She turned around in Charlie's arms and hugged her Big Pooh Bear back. Charlie froze as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.

It took everything he had to control his urges at that moment. He felt a chill traveling down his spine, and at the same time, a raging heat filled his body. He had his beloved woman in his arms, yet he couldn't reach her. She hugged him tighter in her sleep and leaned against his chest. He could feel her soft breasts touching his body. 'What kind of cruel punishment is this?' he sighed.

He quickly carried her to the other guest room and rushed out after tucking her in carefully. He couldn't stand to be anywhere close to her at that moment. He was at his limits. When he was finally out of the room, he felt something hot running down from his nose. He wiped it and saw the red color on his finger. Blood.

"You have only yourself to blame," Ezra scoffed at Charlie when he saw his nosebleed. Leaning against the wall idly with his arms across his chest, Ezra continued to taunt him, "Look at you. No one is stopping you from having sex with her. Why not just do it?" Charlie glanced at him coldly and then headed to the dining room to get some tissues to wipe off the blood. "I am nothing like you. I will never do that to her." He wiped his nose clean and said, "I am sleeping on the couch. You go back home!"

Ezra straightened up immediately, gaping at Charlie. Charlie looked very satisfied with his 'justifiable' decision and Ezra didn't even know what to say. 'I am here because of him. How can he treat me like I am some kind of after-thought? I am not going to blame him for giving both the rooms to the girls, but now he is going to hog the couch and kick me out of the house too? It's already after midnight!' Ezra thought angrily. 000000