The other VIP guests had their own thoughts as they heard the commotion between Aiko Chen and Luna Jiang. Of course, they knew who Aiko Chen was, but they had no idea about the identity of President Li's companion tonight. For Aiko Chen to raise her voice like that, wasn't she afraid of offending President Li?
"Jasper, how can you say that?! Am I not your girlfriend now?" Aiko Chen turned to face Jasper Mo.
"What gave you an idea that you're my woman?" he countered back in a loud voice, denying the allegations that he was in a relationship with this repulsive woman.
Everyone immediately had a look of understanding, but when they looked at Luna Jiang's calm expression, they doubted that she was the one causing the trouble.
President Li didn't give Aiko's claim a damn and held Luna's hand as she stood next to him. He looked at her face from his seated position and smiled.
"Didn't you say you need to use the washroom? Go on, I'll be waiting for you here."
Luna smiled back. "Okay."
Once Luna left, Hero was seated alone on the couch, with Jasper and Aiko staring at him awkwardly. Just now, they lost a lot of face in front of President Li. Aiko stomped her foot before deciding to run away from the humiliating scene.
Once she was gone, Jasper sat back and leaned his upper body with his arms settled on his legs, hands clasped between them.
"President Li, what's your relationship with Luna?" he asked seriously. He'd known Luna for a long time, and she never mentioned meeting or being friends with this man before.
Hero's eyes were cold, and his facial features held no sympathy for this man at all.
"Young Master Mo shouldn't poke on someone's personal matters," he replied, repeating his wife's words earlier.
There was this kind of tense atmosphere between the two men that the other guest could perceive. They suddenly felt that they were in the wrong place at that moment. What the hell was happening between President Li and Young Master Mo?
They could clearly sense that they were both opposing each other with equal animosity, and the reason for this hostility… they could only guess that it was because of Aiko Chen and President Li's companion.
Many ladies present at the VIP lounge couldn't help but look over the two charming men. One was devilishly handsome while the younger man wasn't bad at all.
Eventually, Jasper couldn't take it anymore and stood up. "Luna Jiang isn't a plaything, President Li."
Hero shook his head and watched as his wife's figure reappeared at the doorway. Jasper had lost his chance.
"Young Master Mo should be telling this to himself."
Jasper seethed in anger. Hero Li seemed to have a pattern of ending the conversations, not giving anyone an opening.
"Stay away from Luna." He wasn't blind. He was also a man after all. The subtle glances President Li was giving Luna wasn't something he could call a friendly manner.
Just the thought of another man seeking Luna's attention was enough to make him angry from jealousy.
"You are in no place to demand such a thing from me, Young Master Mo. As I see it, Luna Jiang is a single woman and had nothing to do with you. I'm free to woo her if I like. Do you want to stop me? Keep trying. Luna Jiang is mine and will remain mine."
This was his declaration of war against Jasper Mo.
"Although your previous relationship with Luna Jiang has nothing to do with me, Young Master Mo, you're bound to lose to me."
"Lose to you?" Jasper spat out.
"I can pursue Luna without any restrictions and obstacles. Even if there is, I will surely cut the bud before it blooms, but you cannot…" His words were clear.
"I already said this before. Luna isn't a plaything. She's my girlfriend. You cannot force her to love you when her heart is already mine."
"Do you really think so?" Hero Li's voice was colder than the ice. "Do you want to make a bet with me, Jasper Mo?
Luna sat down from her previous seat and saw Aiko nowhere to be found. She heaved a sigh, knowing that she wouldn't have to deal with her anytime soon. However, as soon as she sat, she could sense the tense atmosphere between her husband and Jasper.
Luna knew that Jasper wanted to probe into her relationship with Hero Li, but she was not willing to allow Jasper to get in between her and her husband. The love story they had… the days they'd been together… Jasper threw it out of the window because of Aiko Chen's deceit.
It was at that moment when Joanna entered the lounge with Jasmine on tow. The two women spotted her with Hero and approached them. Joanna gave her a hug and kissed her cheek.
"Oh, Luna. Here you are. I was nervous when you didn't come back. We've looked for you anywhere. Who would have thought my brother found you first?"
Jasmine Xuan laughed behind her friend and nodded towards Hero as she greeted him.
"Told yah, Luna must have been with Hero all this time." She chimed in.
Joanna sat on Luna's right side, forcing the latter to seat closer to Hero while Jasmine took another wine glass from a waiter and sat at the couch that Jasper vacated.
Jasper listened to them conversing as if they'd known each other for a long time. So not only did Luna was acquainted with Hero Li, but as well as his sister and Jasmine Xuan? He suddenly thought that he couldn't understand this Luna he was seeing right now.
"Sorry, Sis. I totally forgot about the two of you." Luna blushed profusely. How could she forget that Joanna and Jasmine were waiting for her return?