Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1344 Extra Story 99 Of Edgar The Trip To Dragon Island

Maggie curled her mouth at Edgar's words with her eyes rolling, and replied, "I do know how rich he is! He owns such a fertile and wealthy island, and is the president of the Dragon Empire Group, one of the top ten enterprises in the world. I have common sense, alright?" "Mr. Edgar Gu, the Young Master sent me to pick you up," a woman said then.

As Maggie turned her head to look where the voice came from, she then saw it was Lenny who had spoken. Due to the different contexts between Maggie and the beautiful woman in front of her, Maggie could easily sense the dangerous hidden temperament of the woman with a glance. Yet the almost violent nature of the woman was not directed at Maggie or Edgar though. It seemed that she was born with this special character.

Meanwhile, Edgar nodded his consent at Lenny's words, then he took Maggie's hand and guided her to the waiting car. As the driver, Lenny drove the car along the way towards the Royal Garden. On the way there, Edgar made small talk with Lenny. Soon, he received a phone call from Eric.

"I am going to attend a meeting now. Let's rather have dinner together tonight, shall we?" Eric said over the speakerphone with the sound of him signing papers evident in the background. "I'll come to visit you with Little Molly. Then we'll go to the camp together, shall we?" he added.

"No problem," replied Edgar. He added, "I'm going to take Maggie out later. Let's keep in touch via phone."

"Sure," Eric agreed as he stopped writing to hand over the papers to some faceless assistant on the other end. With a meaningful smile on his face, he then continued, "What did I say to you last time? I told you that you would fall in love with Maggie in the end, remember? I just can't believe you did it so quickly though. Anyway, you owe me one."

As Eric was speaking on the phone, Edgar's face quickly flashed a smile and he remarked, "Fine, I'll make it up to you!"

With a slight frown, Eric responded, "Wait! Never mind. Just forget what I said. I get a bad feeling with you talking to me like that." After a quick pause, he added, "I've prepared a car for you and I'll send someone to bring it to you. This is not your first time to Dragon Island, so you won't lose your way, will you?"

There flashed an awkward look on Edgar's face, and he reminded, "Come on, why don't you rather focus on your business? Okay, I've got to go now." Before Eric could reply further, Edgar hung up the phone immediately.

After driving for a while, Lenny pulled the car up to the gate of one of the villas. There was another car parked in front of the gate already the car that Eric had mentioned on the phone. Lenny took the car keys from the driver and handed it to Edgar. "Mr. Edgar Gu, I'll leave, if you have no further orders." As she spoke, Lenny nodded to Maggie respectfully, then she turned and left.

"What a thorny rose," exclaimed Maggie in assessment of Lenny.

With a smile on his face, Edgar gestured for Maggie to go into the house. And he suggested, "Go upstairs and take a shower. I'll take you out later." Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to recall something and added, "Just so you know, Lenny is the shadow of Mr. Eric Long. I think there is no need to explain to you how powerful she is, am I right? So, stop being curious about her, okay?"

Maggie was smart enough to read Edgar's real meaning in his seriously tone. However, she knew that there was something wrong with that woman. Yet she would restrain herself from further exploring the issue of the woman though, as clearly she had a complex past. She just knew something was wrong with Lenny by instinct, a woman's intuition.

On the other hand, she was anticipating the coming three-day holiday so much. Although she knew that there might not be many opportunities to play all the time, she was content in her heart to have such a wonderful chance to travel with Edgar. Since he was instructed to come here swiftly, she knew that he was about to become involved in serious business around here though. That was why she treasured the two or three hours of private time with Edgar before dinner with Eric.

After a quick glance at the scenery of Dragon Island sliding past the car window, Maggie reflected on their conversation before they had left the airport. Hearsay was sometimes exaggerated, yet it could hide real strength and power in some cases. The Dragon Island, as it was still run according to a monarchial system, focussed on the achievements of the leaders, none of whom were ever blamed for anything.

"How does the Long Family achieve such a goal?" asked Maggie, curiousity making her examine their surroundings closely.

With Maggie's hand in his, Edgar wandered on the central square with her. The weather here was different from S City, for winter here was warm and comfortable. A fresh sea breeze was blowing, and there were green plants everywhere. They had started their trip from S City this morning, and arrived at Dragon Island the same afternoon. Yet, they felt like they had stepped into a different worlds.

"The genes of the Long Family have always been the best, which is why everyone of them is blessed with a higher intelligence," said Edgar in a flat tone, as if what he was saying was common knowledge. "However," he continued, "without the appropriate guidance, people will eventually become toffs, no matter how excellent their inborn qualities are to begin with."

While Maggie was listening carefully to Edgar's explanation, she looked up to see a big screen with Eric's image on it. It was a news broadcast, showing Eric patrolling the agricultural products in every supermarket, along with numbers of officials. She fixed her eyes on the video footage on the big screen, and she thought that he looked much different than the man who she saw last time. He had then been acting freely and even wildly. In this footage, Eric was showing his calm, public character and a dignified demeanor, acting like a real leader.

"It is pretty demanding when the Long Family trains its potential rulers," remarked Edgar, as he could not help recalling the days when Addison had been at Edgar's school for the exchange study program. And he added, "Could you imagine that a child, who has not even yet reached his tenth year, receives almost the same grueling training as the Falcon?"

"No way! You must be kidding!" muttered Maggie immediately, as this thought overwhelmed and challenged her concept of a child's innocence.

Her face paled and she was clearly shocked at the brutality of this notion. 000☐☐☐☐☐