Love Began with the First Meeting



Hearing this, Cain didn't seem to feel lost at all, and instead flashed a slight smile. "It would definitely not be my style if I couldn't benefit from the game I play with Edgar." Cain glanced down at Edgar dangling on the rope below them, and then he turned and walked to the side door of the rooftop, adding, "Tell him: if he wants Maggie back, he needs to exchange her for the thing that I want."

Tompson gazed after Cain, and feeling mystified, he frowned. "Hey! I think you are a little too addicted to playing this game of cat-and-mouse. Do you really think that you are the cat?"

Cain paused, turned back slightly, and then asked, "How do you know that I'm not?" Then he turned around with a meaningful smile, his eyes darkening in anticipation. Finally, he left.

Tompson was too shocked by his chilling words to move, and froze to the spot, as if he had heard the most terrifying news ever. He couldn't shake off the feeling of ill boding, and stood numbly until he saw Edgar climb up the rope. As Edgar heaved himself over the edge of the building, he asked, "Couldn't you find her?"

"I didn't try to find her at all," replied Edgar, looking at the still rattling door leading down from the rooftop access.

Tompson frowned at once, and then asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's impossible for Cain to let me find Maggie so easily," Edgar said slowly. "He is just trying to play for time."

Tompson thought it quite normal for him to know so little about Cain, since he hadn't spent much time with him. After all, it was purely by accident that he had become a part of this mission. But Edgar was different. He had met a lot of people since he joined the Eagle. Now he suddenly discovered that Edgar knew nothing about Cain.

Edgar looked at Tompson, then checked the time and said, "Let's go. I'll explain along the way." Then he led the way downstairs.

After getting in the car, Edgar took out his phone, and activated the GPS. Finally, he found there was a red dot moving on the screen. Allowing himself a slight smile, he mounted the phone on the dashboard holder in front of him. Then he started the car and began to drive, following the red dot to a new location.

"Are you tracking Cain?" Tompson asked after looking at Edgar's phone.

"Yes," Edgar answered with exceeding calm. "I put a tracker on him."

Tompson's lips opened and closed for a moment in amazement, then he said, "I think both of you are crazy."

"Neither of us would get over this if we didn't battle it out," said Edgar quietly. Then he added, "Cain would like to join in this mission and play his part." He paused, looked at Tompson, and then explained, "But he is not posing. He is just being himself."

Although he was puzzled by what Cain had said to him, now he felt even more surprised by what Edgar had said. Tompson drew his eyes wide-open and asked, "Does he? Seriously?"

Edgar turned to Tompson, nodding. Then he focused on the road and the moving red dot. Following Cain closely, he said, "I didn't know about it before this mission."

"Well, he..." Tompson wanted to ask why Cain would try to help them, even though he knew that he was that man's child. What was more, Cain hadn't even taken any action to deal with Edgar. But Maggie had been kidnapped by Cain! Wasn't that more dangerous?

"He's just trying to soothe his conscience. He wants to look less guilty," Edgar explained. "He was quite adamant that it was just an enmity between the last generation. This time he was just finding himself an excuse to get out."

Tompson couldn't understand him. After all, he wasn't Cain, so he couldn't possibly understand what Cain was feeling and thinking right now. In these modern times, however, he could still take revenge! As a matter of fact, for some, Cain was already dead since his parents were dead.

Leaning back powerlessly and confused in his seat, Tompson stared at the people on the streets. Children were playing with firecrackers in their hands. Seeing their happy smiles, Tompson could imagine that Cain might never have enjoyed such a happy time in his childhood, since he had always been on the run. What was even worse, he had seen his parents dying in front of him at a young age. How cruel for him it must have been! Slowly, the quiet was permeated with tension in the tiny car, until their agitation made even breathing difficult.

Maggie glared at Cain who was busy eating noodles quite leisurely opposite her. Then she said angrily through clenched teeth, "You brought me here. Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

"You can't run away!" Cain replied calmly but firmly.

Maggie was angry at his words, but as she looked around she found that the people seated near her had all turned to look at her when she moved. Truthfully, it seemed that these people, who she had thought completely ignorant of the situation, were actually all working for Cain.

"Cain, what exactly do you want?" asked Maggie, trying to control her emotion. "Truly, I feel sorry for what has happened to you in the past. But what does this have to do with Edgar? Should we really be accountable for and pay for the mistakes that the last generation have made?"

"Not you! It's all on Edgar!" Cain said. Then he put down the spoon, took out his phone and dialed. When it connected, he said with his eyes on Maggie, "Edgar is still following?"

"Cain, his car is still following us and is about one kilometer behind."

"Hmm." Cain slightly sniffed, and then ordered, "Lead him to that abandoned factory. Stall him there for one hour, it will be enough."

"Got it!" the man responded.

Cain hung up the call once he received confirmation. Then he said to Maggie, "Actually, Edgar is very smart and resourceful. But I'm afraid he is not so good at playing mind games. He's just a more practical person than me."

Maggie was tired of talking to Cain. But, based on her observation of the people whom Cain had spoken with, she could figure out what was going on at the moment, so she persevered. She also sensed that there was yet more intrigue on the horizon. But what confused her was that Cain still did not plan on releasing her, despite his task having been finished.

"He is capable of more than mere practicalities!" Maggie said through clenched teeth. "He was just distracted because of his worry for me, which is why he succumbed to your tricks. 'Concerns lead to the disruption of great plans'. Haven't you ever heard of that?"

Cain nodded and said with a smile, "Anyway, no matter if he realizes it in the end, I'm afraid that it will be impossible for him to find you."novelbin

Maggie bit her lip and understood then that if she was taken abroad by Cain, it would be difficult for Edgar to find her. What was more, as a soldier, Edgar was not permitted to leave his country as freely as he wanted.

"Not exactly," a deep voice suddenly said.

Maggie was utterly stunned by this voice and then her face lit up with a bright smile. Meanwhile, Cain's face froze momentarily and then crinkled up into a tight frown. They both turned to look at the door of the restaurant at the same time.

Edgar was standing quite leisurely at the door, with his hands in his pockets as he gazed at Maggie with his dark eyes. It seemed like he hadn't seen Maggie for years, and he wanted to melt her with the heat in his dusky eyes.