Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 980 Extra Story 118 Of Aaron Findings

"I want to investigate Aaron's whereabouts," Ximena said, raising her eyebrows. "How can I investigate him properly if he were to know about it?" She noticed the muscles in his jaw tighten and continued, "Considering the current situation of our relationship, don't I have the right to replace out if he has a secret mistress or not?"

He listened to her quietly while concentrating on the road. However, he was thinking about what Ximena had said. Ken knew clearly that Ximena's purpose of hiring a private detective wasn't to investigate Aaron at all. However, he couldn't discern what it could be that she would need a detective to investigate for her without letting Aaron know about it.

If Ximena tried to replace a private detective by herself, Aaron would probably be informed before the investigation even began. However, if it were Ken who was to replace the private detective, it would be a totally different story.

"Ximena, you'd best tell me the truth," Ken said with a sigh. "Then I'll think about it."

Ximena couldn't help but glare secretly at him. She had always known that Ken wasn't an easy going person, but she had hoped that he would make an exception for her. However, she was disappointed. "Then forget it!" she said, turning her head to look out of the car window. If Ken chose to tell Aaron about Ximena wanting to hire a private detective, then she would most likely never replace out the truth of who the woman was that she had met in the cemetery.

Shortly afterward, the car arrived at the seaside.

Ken and Ximena got out of the car and walked to the small restaurant together. When the elderly couple saw that Ximena was approaching, they grinned from ear to ear and hastily laid out the various dishes they had already made on the table where Aaron was seated. Once that was all done, they prepared some food for Ken at another table.

"Try some," Aaron said, while he picked up a piece of grouper with a pair of chopsticks and placed it onto Ximena's plate. "The uncle caught this red-spotted grouper today. As soon as he got back from the sea, he called me and invited us both to come here for supper." Ximena felt a little surprised as she looked at the piece of fish in her plate. However, after a short pause, she took her chopsticks and tasted a bit. To her delight, the red-spotted grouper had a lovely velvety texture and tasted fresh and slightly sweet in her mouth. She decided that it was much more delicious than the ordinary leopard coral grouper.

When Aaron saw that Ximena was enjoying the red-spotted grouper very much, a faint smile crept to the corners of his mouth of which he wasn't aware of. He then put some more pieces of the grouper into her plate. He enjoyed watching Ximena eat food; it gave him a kind of pleasure.

Although Aaron hadn't noticed it before, and it wasn't until Mrs. Wang had pointed it out to him that he figured out that Ximena preferred eating fish, whenever there was something related to fish, it seemed that Ximena would eat more.

While having his supper, Ken glanced intermittently across to the table where Aaron and Ximena were sitting. Even though it was his job to keep an eye out and pay close attention to his boss. Ken was also trying to figure out what Ximena wanted to do by hiring a private detective.

"Ken, here is a leopard coral grouper for you," the old woman said while putting a dish of fish in front of Ken. "You work so hard, and you need to have healthy and nutritious meals as well."

"Thank you very much," Ken said with a smile. As he looked at the leopard coral grouper on the plate in front of him, he said, "Let's have the meal together when you finish cooking."

"We aren't in a hurry." The old lady smiled warmly at him and then looked around the restaurant. "There are still a few more tables to be served. You needn't wait for us. Just enjoy your meal. Otherwise, when His Highness finishes and decides to leave, you won't have time to eat anything." She urged Ken to have the meal and not to wait for them. Then she went back to the kitchen.

The couples' kind generosity touched Ken, and he felt warm in his heart. The elderly couple were upright and honest people, no wonder Aaron liked them so much. If the same thing had happened to some other people, it would be very likely that they would take advantage of Aaron's gratitude to rid themselves of their hard life. However, this couple had never asked Aaron for anything in return. They still tried to make a living with their own hands.

With these thoughts in his mind, Ken lowered his eyes to eat the food, while a content smile played at the corners of his mouth.

After supper, Aaron took Ximena to have a walk on the sandy beach nearby. The sea breeze blew gently on them, and they felt comfortable in each other's company. After walking some distance, they had arrived at the Grand Night Casino. The casino was shining brightly under the neon lights. It was almost as if it were daytime.

The gate of Grand Night Casino was crowded with eager patrons, and the parking lot beside was filled with all kinds of cars.

"Would you like to have a look inside?" Aaron asked.

Ximena nodded. The Grand Night Casino had been opened for half a year, but she had never been there yet. However, she had heard a lot about it. When Molly had been with her together on QY Island previously, they had been both afraid of the possible dangers that lurked outside and so the two of them had seldom left the manor. Thus she had lost the most likely chance of having a look inside the Grand Night Casino.

When she entered the Grand Night Casino with Aaron, the scene that appeared before her was similar to what she had seen on television. The hall on the first floor was noisy. There was a constant sound of people shouting, crying out in disappointment, or yelling in excitement.

"Mr. Leng." The manager of the casino came downstairs in a hurry to greet Aaron as soon as the staff told him that Aaron had arrived. "Are you here to play games or..."

"I'm showing her around," Aaron said in a neutral tone. When he noticed the light of curiosity shining in Ximena's eyes, he hinted to Ken to convert some chips for her. "You need not accompany me. You may leave now. Go ahead with your own business," Aaron told the manager of the casino. "Do you need a VIP room?" the manager asked, looking around the noisy hall, which was full of all kinds of people.

Aaron shook his head as an answer. After making a few conventional remarks, the manager left.

Ken returned shortly afterward with some chips and handed them over to Aaron. Aaron glanced at Ximena, and asked, "Have a go and see what it's like, okay?"

Ximena nodded. She looked around and saw a variety of gambling tables. Finally, she fixed her eyes on the roulette. "Is that what brother Hanson played against Mr. Brian Long?"

Aaron nodded. He wasn't surprised that Ximena knew this. She had hung out with Molly for a few days, and it was natural for them to talk about this during their seemingly endless chatting. "This is the only game that Mr. Brian Long can control and win without the help of good luck," he said as he introduced the roulette game to Ximena. 0000