Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 196

It was an extremely gloomy day.

The QY island renders differently at night - it twinkles and radiates pure charm by the time the moon arrives.

The island was scintillating as if it was a dark night sky littered with yellow stars.

The yellow stars emitted the most beautiful sparkling making the entire night special somehow - stunning, even.

Veiling the sky were the luminous stars hovered over the island.

The QY island was a gift from mother nature - it was opulent and fruitful. This made the island a popular tourist-spot and gain international attention.

However, because as what happens to all commercialized tourist-spots, businesses, small and large as like would start sprouting left and right. Everything could be found in the island now - luxurious food, wine, and entertainment.

Across the Eastern District of QY island was the Southern District where business was also booming. At the heart of the Southern District was an entertainment center where traffic was a constant and people never slept. Cars that definitely cost a pretty penny were parked in front of the center and only men in suits drove them. These people were tycoons and businessmen - people of wealth and stature.

Eric watched everything happen from his car - he sat there, eyeing the people. He glance over to Lenny, a mischievous look plastered on his face,"Let's go in!"

"Apologies, Young Master, but not everyone can get in. Only those with an invitation." Lenny's eyes were the shape of an almond's, it rested underneath her eyebrows that crooked upwards - teasing Eric.

Eric laughed at Lenny's words and slid a black card printed with golden words out of his pocket. He held the black card up,"Don't forget about Aaron," Eric winked. "There isn't a single place on the island I can't go to. I go wherever I please,"

"Young Master, this is not the first day I know you, but I'm still not comfortable about what you do," Lenny was starting to get impatient,"I can see it clearly that you just want to involve Aaron in this." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, obviously irked.

Eric remained unfazed - he always was steadfast in what he wanted to do even if they were as stupid as this. He shrugged and said,"If he can stay out of it, then good. I doubt it though, especially after he got me and my brother involved in this whole thing." There was no getting through to Eric.

Lenny pursed her lips and didn't respond. She couldn't get through to Eric anymore. 'Who is Aaron? Who could possibly mess with both Eric and Mr. Long?' she wondered.

Before Lenny could even decide on anything, Eric had already stepped off the car. Lenny followed as Eric walked briskly towards the entertainment center. The concierge welcomed them both like they were any other guest.

"Hi there, do you have any new auctions today?" shooting the man at the concierge with a knowing smile. Eric was trying to charm the man as he asked this. 'Would've been easier if this were a lady, ' Eric thought to himself.

The man at the concierge kept the smile pasted on his face as he looked at Eric thinking resentfully, 'Must be an heir.' The man kept his disdain to himself as he answered Eric in his best self,"What kind of auctions are you interested in, sir?"

Eric was smug as he slid his business card across the counter,"His Highness thinks he deserves some fun."

The moment the man saw the black card that Eric slid over, all the blood from his face had drained out. He fixed himself and gave Eric the most reverent smile handing him back his card,"Yes, we do have a special auction today, sir. If you would just follow me," he stepped out of the counter, slightly bowing towards Eric's direction - partly out of fear.

Eric glanced over at Lenny, arrogantly. How dare she doubt him?

The entertainment center was luxurious - bars, restaurants, and resorts were everywhere. Though they've seen hundreds of luxurious places before, it still amazed Eric and Lenny - the bright city lights reflecting on their eyes as they experienced this entirely new world.

The city was jam-packed - everyone was on elbows to elbows. Only the waitresses and waiters stood out as they walked through the crowd in their sparsely clothed selves. They were sparsely clothed that they were attracted to all of the people. It's worth mentioning that the waiters were adonis-like in their half-naked selves - beautiful and perfectly sculpted. And the waitresses? Beautiful and curvy.

Because Eric was a guest of Aaron's, he was led to a seat at the front row where the VIPs sat.

"I didn't know there was a place like this on the island!" Eric said excitedly. His eyes were gleaming as he spotted the jade tea set on the auctioning platform. The jade tea set was said to be famous for maintaining beauty. They also said that water could never spill from the cup - even if you poured it all the way to the top.

Lenny was a professional shadow. She was trained by the Shadow Organization famous for its services for the royal family. Women were not commonplace in her profession but she was undaunted. Lenny commented,"I thought this was an auction for selling items, not selling morals?"

Eric flashed her a quick smile, ignoring her comment. He was so focused on the items being sold, like he was eager to buy something.

They sat through the auction for about an hour until Eric got bored. Eric tugged on Lenny's arms,"Let's leave, I'm bored," he said, almost childlike. Lenny nodded and stood up - they headed out, leaving the city before anything interesting could even happen.

"The best part hasn't even started, right?" Lenny blurted as she glanced over at Eric. As much as she was against going there at first, Lenny was also curious as to why Eric really wanted to come here. He obviously didn't just go here to wander around aimlessly.

"Yes, it hasn't even started yet, remember?" Eric responded, giving her a wink. The items that were up for auction that day were rare finds acquired illegally. This didn't surprise Eric at all because this was commonplace for countless countries to hold auctions and even have dark auction clubs where they sold treasures like this. However, there was something about this auction that didn't seem right. It was different - at least to Eric it was. He had a gut feeling and he was rarely wrong about these things - the items that were put on auction for that day were just appetizers, so to speak. He knew the main courses were yet to come but none of these things were of interest to Eric.