Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 953 Extra Story 91 Of Aaron The Banquet

Every spring, the council hall of QY Island would host a banquet, which the officials of the council hall and the celebrities in QY Island would attend. This banquet was usually held for two reasons. One was to promote the development of the island, while the other reason was to build a good relationship between the council hall and the local society. A mutual understanding between the two was necessary for the development of both parties.

Many powerful people held the title of the Councillor in the council hall, while more than a few officials of the council hall held shares in the business society. This practice was rarely seen in other countries. Someone who was actively engaged in politics was usually not allowed to do any business side-by-side. However, QY Island was different.

The banquet was fixed to take place in the Banyan House, a venue used by the council hall to receive foreign guests and to host large-scale banquets.

The evening banquet was usually a private event, but the council hall had decided that the venue would be open to the media before the banquet. As a result of that announcement, all the media of the island and foreign media rushed to the venue for live broadcast early in the morning.

The banquet was a big deal in the island and what was happening at the venue was shown live on all outdoor LED screens in the island, while newspapers and magazines printed special issues for the event. The banquet this year was a bit different from the previous years for a lot of reasons, but mostly because of the change in ownership of Leng's Corporations. Aldrich Leng, who had once been one of the most influential man in QY Island, and his three sons, had immigrated to foreign countries and left the company to pursue their dreams. The company was now under the leadership of Aaron, who was Aldrich Leng's eldest son, who had never appeared in public before.

Though he had the important event to attend that evening, Aaron was having a pretty busy day. At the moment, he was in the middle of a video conference. Since the construction of the Grand Night Casino was taking longer than expected, his other plans which were bound to the completion of the casino were taking a backseat as well. As a consequence of that delay, a lot of other related issues were being affected as well. The whole situation had to be reorganized from scratch.

Nevertheless, Aaron prevailed over all dissenting views. He used his connections to extend the construction period of the Grand Night Casino indefinitely. He knew clearly that with the opening of the Grand Night Casino in QY Island and with Brian Long's support, underground industries would be sure to face a brand new situation.

Beep...

His cellphone vibrated on the desk. Taking a side glance at his phone screen, he hinted to the people on the monitor to pause the conference. He picked up the phone. "Hmm,"

he said in an indifferent voice, indicating that he was listening to the person at the other end. After waiting for two to three seconds, Ximena said, "How long will you need to finish your work?" Her words sounded arrogant, but at the same time, it also meant that she was eager to see him.

Hearing her voice, Aaron secretly smiled faintly and his cold face softened a little. "What's the matter?" he asked.

Leaning against the edge of her design desk, she looked at the suit over the model hanger. Ximena raised her eyebrows and said slowly, "I don't want to have lunch alone, so I want to ask whether you have time to eat with me."

Aaron frowned slightly. Because of their busy schedules, they rarely had lunch together, except in some special cases. "I'm very busy," he said. "I'm hanging up, if you have nothing else to say."

"Ahem..."

Ximena coughed hastily when Aaron was about to hang up. His deep eyes blinked. He placed the cellphone back on his ear. "What now?" he asked patiently.

Ximena criticized him silently for a moment, before smiling widely. Then she tried to say in a seemingly casual manner,"I have completed your suit for the banquet this evening. If you have time, come and give it a try. I should modify it in the afternoon in case there are any change to be made." Aaron remained silent. He was thinking about her suggestion.

"Well?" Ximena asked, frowning. "After all, this is the first time I'm making clothes for you after opening my fashion design store." However, there was still no reply from the other end. Dissatisfied, she rolled her eyes and complained, "Do you know how difficult it is for people to get an appointment with me now-a-days for customization of their clothes? I heard they are even struggling with one another for my designs. Are you going to come or not?"

Hearing her arrogant tone, Aaron lowered his eyes and smiled faintly before he said in a low voice, "Hmm." Then in his usual cold voice, he said, "I'm in the middle of a conference. I'm hanging up."

As soon as he finished speaking, he hung up without waiting for Ximena's response. Looking at the cellphone in his hand, he could not help but smile in comfort. When he raised his head to look at the monitor, he saw that all the senior executives, who were waiting for him to continue the conference, were looking at him weirdly, as if they had just eaten flies.

He looked at them one by one with his cold, sharp eyes. In an instant, the executives realized that they were staring at him awkwardly and came to themselves immediately. Meanwhile, Aaron said in a cold voice, "Let's carry on."

The conference started again, but it was obvious that the executives were not fully recovered from their shock yet. They had never seen Aaron act that way before. He had always been a serious man. However, a moment ago, he had looked like a big boy with sly ideas behind his proud and arrogant face. Besides that, they had even seen a shadow of a smile in his lips.

Standing at the far corner, Ken glanced at the screen with the senior executives in it. Then he fixed his eyes on Aaron. Seeing how Aaron was almost unable to hide his happiness, Ken wondered whether he should replace someone to start a family with too.

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After sewing the ornaments onto the dress which she was to wear for the banquet in the evening to match Aaron's suit, Ximena had nothing else to do in particular. She was somewhat bored and she sat on the sofa with a cup of coffee on the tea table in front of her. As she sipped the coffee slowly, she looked at the dress and the suit on the two model hangers. Gradually, a sweet smile played at the corners of her mouth.

At that time, she heard the rhythmic sound of leather shoes ascending the stairs. The footsteps were steady. Ximena looked towards the direction of the stairs. Aaron walked towards her slowly, with one of his hands in his trouser pocket.

The smile at the corners of her mouth spread to her whole face. Putting the cup of coffee back on the tea table, she stood up to greet him,"You came!"

she exclaimed.

Aaron didn't show any emotions on his face. Without saying anything else, Ximena carefully took the suit off the model hanger and ran to him. In a flattering tone, she said, "Come on. Try it on. After this, let's have lunch together if you're not too busy. Okay?" Aaron didn't stop her from putting the suit on him. Her fingers grazed him now and then. She was so close to him that the fragrance of her body filled his senses. He felt something under his abdomen scream and a stream of fervor rushed to his head. 0000