Love Began with the First Meeting

She couldn't help but laugh at herself with self-ridicule as she shuffled past the welcoming smiles of the flight attendants while she boarded the plane. At this point, Freya knew she had to say goodbye to everything in the past, no matter how painful it was for her to let go.

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"Creak-"

Ximena slammed the brakes on as the car skidded to a stop at the front of the Leng's Corporations building. The security personnel immediately came to the vehicle while everyone else around stared in shock, wondering who could be so bold and do such an unacceptable act. She pushed the car door open and slammed it shut then walked quickly with determination into the building. When the security personnel saw who it was that got out of the car, they stepped aside to make way for her to pass as they gazed on in confusion.

Everybody that had paid particular attention to Aaron would know that Ximena was his woman, let alone the security personnel of Leng Corporations, all of whom were quite sensible.

"Miss Mo." The employee at the front desk immediately stood up and greeted Ximena when she noticed Ximena stride towards the elevator with a resolute expression. She hastily ran to open the VIP elevator that went directly to the top floor. "This way, please," she said gesturing to the elevator.

Despite her great anxiety, Ximena nodded slightly to the employee as a sign of gratitude before she strode into the elevator.

"Miss Mo has never visited the company before. I wonder why she has come here today?" the employee from the front desk asked, confused in a low voice while looking at the closed elevator door.

Another employee who was standing by her side shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Who knows?"

"Well, I think Miss Mo is so lucky," the employee from the front desk said with envy while pouting her lips, "To have our CEO as her man. It's not the point that I don't have such a wealthy man. The point is that I don't have a man at all." "Never mind. You have me!" the man standing by her side said.

"Get out of here," the employee at the front desk said as she tapped him on the shoulder.

The two employees took the opportunity to relax and flirt playfully with each other while there was no one else around. However, it was a different story for Aaron's secretary on the top floor.

"Miss Mo," the secretary greeted Ximena and then glanced at the CEO Room. All the window blinds had been pulled down. "The CEO is holding a very important conference. Could you please wait a little while?"

Ximena shot the secretary a sharp look, which had intimidated her. "I need to see him," Ximena said. She wasn't ordering or forcing the secretary to do anything. Instead, she was only stating her thought out loud. However, the five simple words had put a lot of pressure on the secretary.

Ximena had placed the secretary in quite a dilemma. She didn't know the nature of the visit, but as far as she knew, the CEO had no other girlfriend for the past two years. Therefore it could be assumed that she was a very important person to the CEO of the company. However, Aaron was holding a conference at the moment. When she thought about what would happen to her if she disturbed the CEO's conference, the secretary could not help but be peeved with Ken for not being here at the moment to handle the situation. Ximena noticing the distressed and embarrassed look on the secretary's face and furrowed her brows slightly. She wasn't the type of person who liked to make a mountain out of a molehill, and she didn't want to get the secretary in trouble either because Ximena was well aware that Aaron would by no means be an easy-going boss. However, she was eager to see him right away.

"I won't put you in a pickle," Ximena said. When she heard that a wave of relief registered on the secretary's face. However, Ximena then quickly added, "I'll go and see him myself!"

When she heard that the secretary's eyes bulged and went as wide as saucers as she watched in horror when Ximena strode past her and headed straight towards Aaron's office. "Miss Mo, Miss Mo, Miss... Mo..." the secretary uttered in despair. When she saw that Ximena had barged into the CEO's office, the secretary became extremely distressed and gaped in shock. She felt like weeping and wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole. However, all that she could do now was to follow Ximena in and look at her waiting meekly for Aaron's reaction.

The open door interrupted Aaron's conference. While pausing in speech for a moment, he glanced at Ximena who was standing at the door and then at the monitor. "The conference is over for now. Let's discuss the unsettled issues further when you reach an agreement," Aaron said to the people displayed on the screen of the monitor. He then turned off the video call with the remote.

Pursing her lips, Ximena entered the CEO room, whereas the secretary stood gingerly at the door and looked at Aaron with a pale face. Aaron glanced at her without any sign of anger or ill-feeling in his eyes and hinted for her to leave. She bowed slightly with the utmost respect and left closing the door behind her. It wasn't until that moment that the secretary's heart fell from her throat back to her chest and she heaved a sigh of relief.

"Why have you come here?" Aaron asked calmly but with a hint of concern in his voice. He looked at Ximena in seeming confusion, and then stood up and walked over to her.

"Aaron, My aunt is missing!" she cried out in desperation through teary eyes.

Although he wasn't at all surprised, he felt his heart skip a beat because of the sadness in Ximena's expression and words. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"My aunt is missing. She's missing!" Ximena howled. "I went to see her just now, but I couldn't find her anywhere. She didn't go to work today, and she wasn't at her house either. She only left a message on a piece of paper to the landlady of the house... She's missing!"