Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 885

"I've barely seen that man since I was a kid. Maybe, he came to visit us sometimes but I was still too young to remember anything," ? Aaron spoke with a brand of self-pity and sadness that wasn't hard to notice. "By the time I was old enough to have memories, that man had already become the loyal son-in-law of a certain group…"

After a pause, he continued, "The man once told my mother to wait five years for him.

He promised he would officially marry my mother as his legal wife after five years."

Ximena understood that he was telling his own story and even though she already knew how the story would end, she could not help but ask, "Did he keep his promise after five years?"

Aaron looked down at Ximena, whose eyes had swollen up like walnuts under the rain, and said, "No..."

Ximena shook her head in utter disbelief and disappointment.

"Five years later, the Leng's Corporations was officially established on QY Island," Aaron sneered. "I was seven years old that year; Gale, six; James and Ted, four!"

Ximena looked at Aaron, her brows furrowed with sympathy. She opened her mouth to say something comforting, but she couldn't as she was feeling awful now. Besides, what could she tell him that would wash away all the years of sadness?

"The story doesn't end there. The man later told mom that she needed to wait another five years for him. By then Leng's Corporations would be completely independent, free from Helen's control and he promised he would officially marry mom and make her his legal wife..." His tone became colder and harsher. "Just like that, five years passed by, Leng's Corporations became the mighty powerhouse it is now, but he still didn't fulfill his promise. He just kept her by making another promise he had no intention of keeping... He said he would include her in the Leng's family tree once she turned sixty years old!"

"He was talking nonsense!" Ximena broke out into curses. "The woman had lost all those years relying on his promises. Did he really think she would give a damn care if she would be added to his damned family tree?"

Aaron noticed how agitated Ximena was getting and he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Men don't understand that the women who really love them don't care about the legal recognition. They care more about the men they love and the things like being loved and appreciated!"

Ximena's sudden outburst made Aaron wonder whether she was talking about his parents or her relationship with James. "All women want from men are the three words, those three dam words..."

Aaron's eyes grew softer as he watched Ximena, and a hint of sadness crept up into his face. "Yes... All she ever wanted was to hear him say the three words and his occasional visits. That's all she wanted." Aaron tilted his head towards the sky to feel the rain on his face, and smiled bitterly at himself. "In the end, he wasn't there with her when the baby was born; he was never there in any of the child's birthday celebrations and even when she passed away... he still didn't show up."

For the first time since she had met Aaron, Ximena looked at him in a different perspective. The man in front of her didn't feel like the cold and heartless person he wanted everyone to think he was. Instead, he was just a neglected child who didn't get his father's love.

Stretching out her arm around Aaron, Ximena said slowly in a muffled tone, "You have to think about it another way. At least you had a mother who loved you…

Trust me when I say this, it could be a lot worse than you can imagine. I didn't even know who my parents were before I was thrown into an orphanage. Pretty bad, right?"