Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 891 Extra Story 35 Of Aaron Resentment

With awkward stares, their lowly eyes met. Ximena looked at Aaron without any emotion on her face and Aaron did the same. After a while, she withdrew her gaze and went on doing what she had been doing.

Squinting his sharp eyes slightly, Aaron withdrew his gaze too while taking huge steps to walk out of the room. Seeing the scene in front of him, Ken could not help but pull his mouth to silence. Confused by the weird and cold atmosphere in the villa this past couple of days, he wondered what had happened between the two.

Meanwhile, outside at the gate of the villa, Gale leaned against his car in a casual manner with his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes lowered slightly, so nobody could guess what he was thinking. When Aaron was within feet away from the gate, Gale raised his head, as if their brains were connected in telepathy. There must be an unknown connection between himself and his half-brother, that he would know when he would arrive without seeing it with his eyes. With a smile at the corners of his mouth, he slowly stood straight. "I almost thought you wouldn't come out, but, thanks finally you do," teasing his brother, Gale said in a somewhat evil voice. He was with his usual good mood. With hasty steps, Aaron opened the gate and went out to face Gale. His mood, however, was not as gay as Gale's.

Looking at his half-brother, Aaron said in a cold tone, "I don't care whether he is alive or dead. That has nothing to do with me. If you're coming for his sake, I think you can go back now."

"But dad wants to see you." The happy face Gale had worn was replaced with anxiousness. With his brows crossed, Gale said urgently, "Aaron, perhaps this would be the last time he sees you."

"It's none of my business," Aaron said in a colder voice. He was on the verge of shouting. "Don't forget that I will be the one who most wants him to die. I'll be happy to know that he's dying and I can't wait to see that happen." Aaron's eyes were in a rage and seemed to be full of hatred as he uttered the hair-raising words.

"Aaron," Gale reprimanded, whose face looked a bit solemn. "If you have just seen the invitation card, you should have known that in fact, dad has wanted to formally admit you as his son a long time ago..."

"Will there be any difference? The fact is that he didn't and he would never do," extremely vexed, Aaron interrupted him and looked at him with his gloomy and cruel stare. "Does he think that I will forgive him as long as he accepts me as his son?"

Hearing that, Gale sighed deeply. Then he said in all earnestness, "Aaron, although dad didn't send out that invitation card personally, he did think of taking you back to the Leng Family at that time..." Seeing that Aaron's face grew colder, Gale sighed again. He tried to explain, "At that time, you and dad didn't get along well with each other, like fire and water, but now..."

"That's enough," gnarled Aaron as he interrupted Gale, looking at him with his cold eyes. He hated both that man, who was his father, and Helen. Unlike them, he didn't have any distinct attitude towards his three half-brothers in the Leng Family. He didn't hate any of them but didn't like any of them either. He said, "When my mother was dying, I kept on calling him but he didn't answer my calls even once. From that day on, I decided there would be no longer any relationship between him and me." As soon as his words faded away, he turned around to go back to the villa. However, he stopped after taking a step. Turning his head back slightly to look at Gale who was still flabbergasted by what just happened, he added, "Never come here again. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I will have to play with the Leng's Corporations and make it go out of business when I'm bored. If that happens, I'm afraid James could not bear it."

Hearing Aaron's threat, Gale could do nothing but knotted his eyebrows. His eyes were fixed on Aaron's back, which looked lonely yet arrogant. It was not until he saw him enter the courtyard of the villa that he sighed deeply one more time, turned around and got on the car.

"If he meant his words and would really play with the Leng's Corporations to death, I guess I would die because of guilt," as soon as Gale took his seat himself on the driver's seat, a man's voice came through lightly.

Hearing the voice, Gale turned his head back to look at James, who was sitting on the back seat. Perhaps it was because he felt helpless or something else that Gale burst into a titter. "The two of you quite understand each other," he said.

Hearing that, James turned his head to look at the back of Aaron, who had walked far away. All of a sudden, a thought came to his mind and he asked, "Why did God make him smarter than me?" Feeling silly at the question he asked, James couldn't help but draw on a mocking smile on his face while giving Gale a quizzical look.

Hearing James' plaint, Gale shook his head helplessly and wore a faint smile. He knew that in fact, the two brothers appreciated each other, as both had outstanding talents. He fastened the safety belt and started the car, sliding down the mountainous terrain. "As stubborn and hostile as he is, he is not likely to go to the hospital to see dad," Gale said.

"He will go there..." James said in an affirmative tone.

"Hmm?" Gale doubted what he had heard.

"He is sure to go to the hospital!" James confirmed what he had said.

"How can you be so certain?" Gale was somewhat confused.

Hearing his brother's question, James wore a faint smile at the corners of his mouth. In a plain tone, he explained, "If I were him, I would be certain to go to see dad. That way, we can settle the hatred between dad and me. Don't you think?" "I hope so," Gale answered. He was not as confident about that as James knowing Aaron's character.

Thinking things over, James didn't respond to his brother's remark. He could perceive the uncertainty in Gale's words. Maybe he was looking at things on the wrong end because he was so overconfident with himself. He certainly could control the development of all the external factors that affected his life, but he was not able to control the weaknesses of being human.

"James," Gale said while taking a look at James from the rearview mirror. "I'm afraid that dad is not healthy and strong enough to survive this year..."

Hearing that, James pulled the corners of his mouth slightly. An expression of bitterness appeared on his face. He knew that everybody except their mother had a clear understanding of what had happened. Their father had even done so many things that had been hidden from them. Perhaps their father had planned for his current situation since the day that accident had happened to him.

With these thoughts in his mind, he turned his head aside to look out the car window. The haze that hung low in the sky that had been lasting for several consecutive days was fading away. The blue sky appeared now and then behind the thick clouds, bringing a promise that everything would be fine. James lingered his sight at the view, on his mind ran a hundred thoughts. Despite all that, he knew that everything would be fine for him, for his father, for his brothers, and for the Leng's Corporations. Aaron would not be a threat to them. He heaved a deep sigh and thought silently, 'Everything would be okay.'

Inside the villa, Ximena was sitting at the dining table while drinking the fruit juice she had just extracted. Secretly, she was taking a slight glance at Aaron, who was sitting on the sofa, now and then. Since he had come back a moment ago, he had sat there idly. It seemed that he wasn't watching the news on television but was lost in his thoughts.

Pretending to be not minding him, Ximena withdrew her sight and had a sip of the fruit juice. She was so absent-minded that she didn't notice how it tasted. As soon as she realized that the juice was a bit tangy, a smile of self-mockery appeared at the corners of her mouth. Then she put the glass on the dining table and planned to go upstairs to catch up on some sleep.

Since the day that Aaron had taken her to the tube-shaped apartment, she had difficulty falling asleep almost every day. Every time she fell asleep, she would wake up from a nightmare. Strangely, however, when she woke up, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about. Since then, her biological clock had changed. She always felt sleepy in the daytime and was fully awake from midnight up to the wee hours of the morning. 00000