Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 856 Extra Story 06 Of Aaron Bearing and Suffering

Ximena Mo stood there in amazement, staring at Aaron, as he flicked the ash off his cigarette in a casual demeanor. Having noticed his questionable motions, Ximena felt a sudden, cold shiver through her body which sent her stepping backwards instinctively. She stepped back a few more paces until her back felt the coldness of the brick wall behind her. Since going backwards was no longer an option, her knees trembled with fear and she fell straight to the ground. "I am not one of your trading products!" Driven to desperation, Ximena spoke in a low voice through gritted teeth, her honey brown eyes flashing with anger.

Aaron snickered contemptuously and said, "In my eyes, everything, including you of course, is a trading product." He raised his eyebrows, but his eyes didn't stray from his emotionless face. "The only difference between you and another trading product is the value," Aaron added.

Ximena clenched her fists tightly, and when she spoke, she spoke through gritted teeth. "You said that you weren't interested in me, right?"

Aaron put out his cigarette in the ashtray, and wiped his hand across his forehead, pushing back his fringe. His body language was graceful, but there was an unmistakable aura of malice in him. He answered to her in a cold voice, "Just because I am not interested in you doesn't mean I cannot examine my goods..." While he spoke, his sharp eyes swept up and down Ximena's body, taking in everything. He didn't seem to be bothered by her display of displeasure. "Look, I don't have the patience to deal with your crap right now. If you don't calm down, I won't hesitate to send you to Master Tiger."

Burning rage hissed through Ximena's body like deathly poison, screeching a demanded release. She hated nothing more than to be driven into desperation, but she knew that there was no point in running away from fate... Lying in bed, Ximena started at the ceiling without blinking her eyes. A beautiful, crystal chandelier hanging from the slightly domed ceiling, lit up the entire room like it was in the daytime.

However, she didn't feel cold at all. It was far more comfortable to lie on a soft bed that it was to on pile of paper and dirty clothes.

Ximena thought about it in a self-deprecating way. Of course, it would have been better if there had not been the sharp eyes of a man and the weird atmosphere in the room.

The noiselessness was broken momentarily by a set of footsteps. Aaron's footsteps served as an eerie beat to the rhythmic quickening of her heartbeat.

Ximena gripped the jade seal tight between her fingers, while she held her breath and shut her eyes sensing some peculiar presentiment from Aaron.

Aaron stopped beside the bed and his cold, merciless eyes looked down at her indifferently Ximena had bruises all over her body. Purple welts were scattered across her abdomen like a disease. Some from a while ago, and some newly made. The spreading purple with yellow blotches were only the surface wound. The real ones were within, forever unhealable.

Ximena felt Aaron run his uninvited hands, like a hostile invasion, all over her body, while she clenched her teeth and fists tight, even though the sharp edges of the jade seal was digging deeply into the palm of her hand. All feelings had left her, leaving behind only a sense of deep humiliation. She had no other choice, but to play dead and let Aaron do what he came here to do.

If a person like her wanted to stay alive under such circumstances, then she had to renounce everything in the world, including her dignity.

"Ohhh!" All of a sudden, the pain of tearing up dryly escapes her throat in the form of a scream, as if someone had cut her body in half. Despite her efforts, Ximena could no longer hold back the pain.

Blood flowed indiscriminately, thick and scarlet, blossoming like red flowers on the bed sheet. Aaron got up, and with an indifferent expression on his face, he said, "You'll learn all the social poise and grace needed for a banquet. There will be professional teachers who will come here and tell you what to do. You have three days to prepare yourself, then you will attend a banquet with me!"

"Bang!" Aaron walked out and shut the door behind him.

The loud noise from the door seemed to be as cold as the way Aaron spoke.

After a long while, Ximena's eyelids opened slowly as though unfurling in fear still. Silent tears ran down from the corners of her eyes and fell on the pillow.

Suddenly, everything seemed pointless in her life. She asked herself why she was still alive. Ximena knew that if she could replace a reason for herself to live, then she would be better off and spare herself the pain. The only reason she could come up with was that she loved herself. She loved herself enough to go through hell just to stay alive!

The tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down her face. She could feel the muscles of her chin tremble like a small child. And just like a newly born child she curled up into a ball, drawing her knees tightly to her chest and hugging them.

"The Leng family will be celebrating Mr. Ryan Leng's 60th birthday with friends and family in public. This news has drawn the attention of all the celebrities on our island and even the rest of the world. To most people, receiving an invitation to a prestigious event of this importance is not only a matter of great pride but also privilege."

The beautiful voice came from over the television. The Leng Family never celebrated a party in public before. But this time Mr. Ryan Leng was going to make an exception for his 60th birthday. No wonder all the people in QY Island were deeply invested in the event, and some people guessed that the reason behind Mr. Leng making an exception this time was his youngest son! The head of the Leng Family, Ryan Leng, probably wanted to use this occasion as an opportunity to introduce their youngest son, the third young master of the Leng family!

Aaron watched the news on the television without any expression on his face. The news was showing an interview with the PR manager of the Leng Corporation. When he saw the logo of the Leng's Corporations on the television, a slight hint of sadness appeared in his eyes.

Suddenly, Aaron stood up and turned off the TV. Just as he was about to go upstairs, the phone rang. He picked it up and answered the call without looking at the number that called in. "Hello. What is it?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐