Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 936

"Wait," Aaron called out.

Ken, who was already at the door, turned around and asked respectfully,"Your Highness, is there anything else?"

Aaron's eyes darkened when he saw the corner of the jade seal in Ken's hand. "Nothing," Aaron answered with a wry smile. Would she ever be able to forget the past? Some memories might have faded away unconsciously. But others stayed deep in our hearts through the course of our life.

It felt like when a boy lost the toy which he used to cherish. He might never be able to forget about that special toy, no matter how many years passed by or how many toys he had possessed after that.

Aaron took a breath, and said indifferently,"Cut it into jade beads and make a bracelet out of it for Ximena." He was hoping that maybe she would forget about the past if the seal was out of her sight. Aaron wanted to destroy the jade seal, along with her past memories.

Ken saw the look in Aaron's eyes. "I will send the jade seal to be processed first. And then, I'll come back to pick you up to go to the airport, Your Highness," Ken said. Aaron nodded, and Ken turned around to leave.

The jade seal was once a symbol of the Leng family, which had been handed down from generation to generation. Years ago, the Leng family had waned until Aldrich had revived it again. After that, the jade seal had symbolized the expectations of the previous generation, handed down to their next generation.

Although Ken didn't understand why James had given such a thing to Ximena, he was sure that something must have happened between them that had sublimated their feelings towards each other. And he was trying to destroy that emotional tie between them. Even if he didn't want her himself, he would never let anyone else have her. That was just how he was.

Aaron lay back on his seat. His deep eyes fell on the table as he was pondering about her. This time, he would be away for about three or four days. He had to go to Dragon Island again. The last time, for some reason, he and Eric couldn't reach an agreement.

Aaron frowned. It was just like Mr. Brian Long had said. He had underestimated Eric. Although Eric was still young, he was the future ruler of the Dragon Island, and there was no way that he would be a weak man!

Aaron smiled wryly. He checked the time, and then turned on his computer. He typed in some instructions in the DOS interface, and pressed the ENTER key on the keyboard. The instructions flashed by quickly, and at the end, it transferred to a specific interface on the screen.

'Ding, ' came the sound from the computer.

"The Grand Night Casino will be completed in another three months. I want to know if you will be coming to the completion ceremony," Aaron asked with a smirk.

Brian appeared on the screen. His clothes were askew and his hair was messy. He looked unseemly and exuberant, like a wild man. Aaron could see that Brian was tired.

"No, I won't be coming," Brian replied.

Aaron frowned and continued,"There are some rumors that someone is plotting against the Grand Night Casino. Aren't you worried?"

"Shouldn't you be the one who is worried?" Brian sniffed at Aaron contemptuously. His impassive eyes were so deep that it seemed to be able to swallow anyone who was looking directly into them.

"I am," Aaron said. Brian knew him well. He was truly more worried about it than Brian. The Grand Night Casino was nothing to Brian compared to his other possessions. It was Aaron who had insisted on giving the East Coast to the Grand Night Casino and the Dragon Empire Group against all objections. If something went wrong with any one of them, every one of his future decisions would end up in dispute.

Brian leaned on the trunk of his car and voiced,"If I am unable to catch up with the completion ceremony, you could put it off." One of the reasons why Brian liked Aaron was because he was never afraid to face the dark side of his heart.

Aaron didn't quite understand why Brian would say that. Neither did he know why Brian, a meticulous man, would look so disheveled at that moment. He was sure about the relationship between Brian and the XK Intelligence Agency now. Of course, he only knew about it because Brian believed that there was no need to keep it from Aaron. Otherwise, if the XK Intelligence Agency didn't want to, even the FBI couldn't find out any information about them.

"Okay," Aaron answered. Then Brian disconnected the chat.

Aaron didn't think that the completion of the new Grand Night Casino, which should have been completed in three months, would be delayed for almost ten months.

*

Ximena had nothing else to do but sketch. She was grounded by Aaron. Her active range was limited inside the villa. Her manager was taking care of the store, and the servants at the villa would send her designs to the store.

Ximena was drawing with a pencil in her design paper, her head hung low on it. The lines she drew didn't have the usual fluency or elegance. They were blunt, and she felt like they lacked something. She crushed and crumpled one sketch after another, and finally stopped drawing.

After taking a deep breath, she looked up at the gloomy sky outside the window and felt more anxious than before. She got up from her desk and walked out of the room. Downstairs, the servants were cleaning as per their schedule. Aaron was a neat freak and even if he wasn't around, the house was supposed to be kept tidy and the servants obliged by cleaning it at least twice a day.

They saw Ximena descending the stairs and looked at each other in confusion. Then one of them stepped forward and greeted her,"Miss Mo, what are you doing downstairs? Did you need something?" They wanted to stop her, but hesitated. Although Ximena wasn't the kind of person who willingly talked to others, she was still nice to the servants and never made things difficult for them.

"I just want to go out and get some fresh air. You can come with me if you are worried," she said flatly, and then walked out without waiting for anyone.

"Umm..." The servants didn't know what to tell her. One of them immediately called Aaron as he saw her walking out,"Your Highness, Miss Mo said that she wants to go out and breathe some fresh air. Is that okay?"