Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 883 Extra Story 27 Of Aaron The Dream

Ximena's lips curled upon hearing him and she answered with clenched teeth, "Absolutely. What a pleasure it is to see His Highness of the QY Island the moment I open my eyes." She reached out her arms to wrap around Aaron's neck, "I'm honored to be awakened by

Your Highness' kiss. Am I the first one to enjoy such an honor?"

A cold smile appeared on Aaron's lips. He broke loose from Ximena's hug and stood up. Ximena sat up from the sofa as well, glaring at Aaron like an annoyed lioness as he stared back at her with a freezing gaze.

"Let's go." He turned to walk towards the door.

"Where?" Ximena stared at his back and asked with trace of anger in her tone.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Ximena frowned, confused by his words. Suddenly, she realized what he meant. She stood up from the sofa and asked while still keeping her eyes on his back, "You mean the message? I sent it to you while it was just getting dark. What's the problem with you, Aaron?" She asked while casting a look at the floor clock, "It's almost eleven o'clock! What are we going for? Dinner or some midnight snack?"

Ximena grumbled, but still tidied herself up and slipped into Aaron's car. Since His Highness was in a bright mood to take her out for dining, she wanted to make him feel satisfied by giving him some proactive responses.

Ken started the car and frowned at Ximena through the rear-view mirror after she stepped into the car. 'His Highness has an important appointment tonight. He is already late because of the unscheduled shareholders meeting. And now, he has to take this woman out for dinner. What about the appointment?' Ken thought, frustrated.

The car fleeted in the rain towards the downtown area, and stopped in front of a Western restaurant which stayed open twenty-four hours a day.

Ken watched Aaron and Ximena walk out of the car. He looked like he was about to say something to Aaron, but he said nothing. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number soon after the both of them had gone into the restaurant.

"Mr. Eric Long," Ken said as the line connected, "I'm afraid that..."

"I already heard the news about the sudden changes in Leng's Corporation. Mr. Leng has had too much on his plate today, I don't think he can make it to our appointment tonight. It's a big day for him after all." Eric stood alone on the balcony, watching the bustling night streets of the QY Island. His eyes were filled with an alluring charm.

Ken felt relieved that he didn't have to give the news himself. Mr. Eric Long was either smart or just being thoughtful by going easy on him. He felt a sudden admiration for Eric. He seemed to have been wrong in considering Mr. Eric Long, the heir to the Dragon Island, as merely a pretty rich boy before. In a polite tone, he said, "I apologize on behalf of His Highness, Mr. Long."

Eric's lips curled to flash a grin, "The shareholders meeting has long been over." He squinted his eyes and continued in a playful tone, "But Mr. Leng is still engaged. Is he on a date? I wonder what kind of beauty she must be to attract Mr. Leng so much that he would be willing to give up on his appointment with me."

Ken's lips pressed into a thin line due to the embarrassment, having no idea how to answer his question.

"I'll stay another day in QY Island. I hope I can meet him tomorrow."

"Of course!" Ken replied immediately. He exchanged a few more words with Eric for courtesy and hung up.

The restaurant was full, though it was quite late in the night.

Ximena was famished. She devoured everything served on the table, giving no thought to how horridly she was behaving in front of others. She seemed to have forgotten all the etiquette she had learned in the past two months.

Aaron watched her eating, silently. He furrowed his brows, but kept his silence the whole while.

"Aren't you hungry? Why don't you eat too?" Ximena asked as she stuffed her mouth with more food. She was in such a hurry that she splashed some soup onto Aaron's plate. She grimaced.

"I feel no appetite after watching you devour everything in such a disgraceful manner," Aaron said in a measured tone, his eyes glinting with mockery.

Ximena shrugged, sneering at his upper-class protocol and rules. She continued to eat, sticking to her low-class rudeness. She stopped eating, however, when she noticed the strange expression on Aaron's face. He was staring at something behind her. Ximena turned to check what he was looking at. She locked her gaze with a pair of peaceful eyes which were full of complicated emotions. Her heart missed a beat.

James couldn't take his eyes off her. The sourness in his heart surged and overwhelmed all his sensations the moment he caught sight of her.

Ximena unconsciously put a spoonful of food into her mouth like a puppet. She twisted her lips and swallowed the food as her eyes started brimming with tears. She turned back and settled her eyes on Aaron. "I've had enough."

Aaron cast a cold glance at James before bursting into a cold smile, "Wow. Your love for your ex is so much that you cannot even dine after taking a glimpse at him, huh?"

Ximena suppressed the pain and sourness in her heart and asked with clenched teeth, "What kind of answers is Your Highness expecting from me?" She drew a deep breath and asked in a deriding tone, "Should I say that I'm still in love with him, but since there is no possibility for me to be with him, I feel so grim that I cannot normally eat when he's looking? Or... was Your Highness expecting a completely different answer? Should I say that I have had enough and that he means nothing to me now?"

Aaron squinted his eyes to observe the expression on her face clearly before uttering in a cold tone, "Ximena, you are useless to me now."

She frowned, confused.

"You're nothing but a tool I needed to deal with James," Aaron said, flashing a charming but deriding smile at her. "I have had many women, and you are one of them. No woman has ever stayed with me more than a week!"

His cold words froze Ximena's heart. Her chest contracted all of a sudden, and her breath was out of control as if something unseen had clutched tightly around her throat. She asked between prolonged pants, "You mean I can leave any time now, Your Highness? Am I free now?"

Silence was Aaron's answer for her.

Ximena's mind was clustered for a moment as so many thoughts and questions were on a loop now. It was impossible for her to tidy them up and regain her composure. She managed a mild smile and said, "Thank you for your mercy, Your Highness." She stood up and walked towards James as soon as she said those words.

She was not in the mood to ask Aaron what had happened. All she wanted now was to ask James about this whole mess. She needed an answer.

"Ow!" Ximena cried out as she felt a sharp pain on her elbow. She turned and saw Aaron's gloomy eyes which were as dark as the night. 00000000