Chapter 50
Later that night, Aaron wound up being asked to sleep in the study since his honest answer scared Yolanda even more.
After all, he would be sexually excited even when they weren't in bed. Yolanda couldn't imagine what he would do to her in bed.
She still wasn't ready to have sex with Aaron immediately. Although she liked him, she needed more time to get herself prepared for it.
As for Aaron, he didn't insist and showed her enough respect.
So the two of them spent the first night peacefully, just in the way they did before. Yolanda slept in the bedroom, and Aaron slept in the study.
Yolanda found it so hard to fall asleep at night, probably because this room was strange to her.
She tossed and turned in bed, finally looking at the ceiling in a daze.
The design of the ceiling was very special, with the four sides towering above other parts. In the middle was something like a mirror with grids in grey and black. When she lay on the bed, she could vaguely see herself in the mirror.
She spent quite a long time studying it in vain. Finally, she stopped thinking and closed her eyes to force herself to fall asleep.
When Yolanda woke up the next morning, she found two foreign maids who showed up at some point in the living room and had even gotten the breakfast ready.
The maid said to Yolanda, not very fluently, "Miss Walter, this is the breakfast Mr. Jenson asked us to cook for you."
It was Yolanda's favourite food, pizza, and it smelt very delicious.
Once again, she was impressed by Aaron's efficiency, and she no longer felt strange and flustered in this new house overnight since he had gotten everything ready for her.
Yolanda could feel his affection and concern for her. To be more specific, he was pampering her so obviously.
At this time, Aaron sat opposite her. Yolanda instantly shared the pizza with him in gratitude for what he did for her. "Thanks, brother."
Aaron glanced at her. "For what?"
Yolanda didn't know how to describe how she felt. Anyway, compared to Marc, she had totally different feelings when she stayed with Aaron.
She would be overwhelmed by sweetness and happiness when she saw him upon waking up and had breakfast with him. "Thanks for everything."
Yolanda smiled and asked an unnecessary question. "Did you have a good sleep last night?"
Sipping coffee, Aaron then put down his cup as he glanced at her, indicating that the answer was very obvious.
Then Yolanda realized that she just sounded like she was showing off. After all, she monopolized the bed which was about ten meters in width and could feel free to sleep in any posture without worrying about falling from the bed.
Somewhat guilty, she smiled and quickly changed this topic. "By the way, what's on the ceiling of the bedroom? It's so weird to see myself vaguely in it when I lay in bed."
Aaron said lightly, "It's Fiber Sky Top with Facade Mirror, designed for every household. I have no interest in it, and I haven't used it yet."
Yolanda got it and thought, 'The designer seems to be so romantic.'
At this point, Aaron's phone rang. He answered it and just listened to the other end of the line silently.
"Mr. Jensen, according to my investigation, it should be an accident, not a premeditated scheme."
Hearing that, Aaron grunted and hung up the phone.
When Yolanda was almost hit by the iron door at the filming site, she happened to be helped up by a popular star. Although it seemed normal, Aaron still took a very cautious approach since he had gotten used to various schemes in the entertainment industry.
This accident came to an end temporarily.
As the two of them continued the breakfast, Aaron asked Yolanda casually, "How's your project going?"
She replied while eating, "The adaptation of the script is almost done. Mr. Cullen and I are busy casting actors, and we need to browse CVs of dozens of actors every day."
"Have you decided?"
"Not yet. But we've gotten several candidates, so I'll meet Mr. Cullen soon to talk about it. Besides..." Yolanda swallowed the pizza, wiped her mouth, put down the fork, and said seriously to Aaron, "I plan to carry out a stimulation experiment when the new term begins in September. Since this is a love story on campus, I want to create some real classroom scenarios according to the story to do flash theme activities by working with some malls in big cities. At the same time, we can get our share of the malls' overall income."
This was her idea about the early promotion of the new drama, but she didn't if it was feasible.
When she finished speaking, she asked him expectantly, "What do you think of this idea?"
A while later, Aaron looked up and praised her, "Good."
Hearing his words, Yolanda was inspired and gave a long speech about her other plans, including exhibitions, online promotions, derivatives, and so on. Aaron also gave a faint smile from time to time while listening to her.
As expected, Yolanda was more than a fair lady who only knew luxuries. After all, she not only had been familiar with this industry's rules quickly, but also had gotten numerous plans to make money through a theme even before it had been developed.
In the beginning, Aaron was worried that she would be at a loss what to do with such a big project and would fail to take charge of a team well even though the team he sent to her was very mature.
But now it seemed that his worries were unnecessary.
Aaron chuckled and asked, "Are you available for a party recently?"
Yolanda was stunned. "What party?"
Aaron said, "A cocktail party held by Azel Group. I checked the invitation list yesterday and found your name wasn't on it."
Yolanda lowered her head and played with the fork. "How can a nobody like me be invited to this grand party?"
She was right. After all, the guests invited to Azel Group's party consisted of its partners and investors. Besides, some figures in TV stations or advertisers were also included. In a word, all of them were the top representatives in the entertainment industry.
A new investor without any achievement like Yolanda had no way to attend such a party, so it was normal that Yolanda didn't receive an invitation.
"Stop playing with the fork. It's almost broken." Aaron put down the fork and was about to change his clothes. When he turned around, he said, "I invite you to the party by my name."
Yolanda spent seconds realizing what he meant and unconsciously gave a smile. But this wasn't enough for her. She wanted him to make it more explicit by acting numb. "What do you mean? I don't understand."
But Aaron didn't even look back. "Well, then just forget what I said just now."
Yolanda was left speechless, thinking, 'What a boring man! I can never expect any sweet words from you! You're so boring!'
Yolanda complained silently and continued to play with the fork in a sulk.
After breakfast, the two of them left for work together.
Aaron walked ahead out of the gate and then looked back to stretch out his hand to Yolanda. Obviously, he was asking for her hand.
Yolanda ignored his hand and lifted her jaw without giving any response.
Aaron knew she was angry that he wasn't cooperative just now, so he instantly stopped to coax her.
He grabbed her wrist and quickly held her hand with their fingers intertwined, saying, "As my wife, you can't be absent from my company's party."
Trying not to show her smile for seconds, Yolanda finally couldn't hold it back. The corners of her mouth curled into a smile unconsciously, but she still pretended to be calm. "So who's your wife? Where is she?"
She even pretended to look around as she spoke.
Aaron stared at her for a while. "Don't go too far."
Finally, Yolanda couldn't help laughing and complained in a sweet voice, "Do you have to always refuse to say something sweet unless I'm angry and dramatic?"
"Yes," Aaron added calmly, "I like it when you're dramatic. Or I'll be bored. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Holding his hand, Yolanda thought she wouldn't mind being more dramatic since you insisted.
So she stopped in front of the elevator and spread her arms. "My leg hurts. I need your hug."
Aaron picked her up helplessly. "What other tricks will you play? Just go ahead now."
Yolanda put her arms around his neck weakly and leaned against his chest. "The doctor said I needed a one-month rest, so you have to carry me in your arms in the following days."
Aaron frowned. "When did he say so?"
Yolanda blinked and raised her head to kiss him on the ear. "Don't you remember your words?"
Yolanda's flirtation came all of a sudden. Aaron instantly tensed his back, with his eyes full of sexual desire. "Do you want to be absent from today?"
Yolanda looked at him innocently. "Of course not. I have a lot of things to deal with today."
"Then you'd better not move in my arms."
Yolanda instantly muttered, "Aren't kiss and hug part of dating? Why can't I kiss you?"
Aaron was about to do something when he gave up.
When the elevator doors parted, he walked inside with her in his arms calmly and suddenly put her down after the doors were closed.
Yolanda was so shocked and was kissed possessively by Aaron before she could regain her balance.
Locked in his arms in the corner, Yolanda pressed her hands against the wall and could only feel his hot tongue licking hers so hard. She couldn't even have any chance to make a sound.
As if punishing her for flirting just now, Aaron kissed extremely possessively and kissed even harder when he felt Yolanda trying to push him away.
It lasted so long that Yolanda almost couldn't breathe.
Despite her embarrassment, she still remembered to see which floor the elevator arrived. Seeing that they were almost on basement level 1, she anxiously tried to push Aaron away and even beat him in panic.
Finally, the moment the doors parted, Aaron instantly let go of her calmly as if nothing had happened. Dressed meticulously, he was as elegant and distant as before.
Unlike him, Yolanda was gasping for air and could only be at the mercy of Aaron.
Aaron walked out first and then looked back. Seeing that she stood still, he raised his eyebrows. "Do you want to continue?"
Yolanda bit her lips and thought she was indeed having a tough time this time.
She complained while walking outside, "Are you crazy? How can you do that to me in the elevator?"
As she passed him, Aaron picked her up again and said in a light and hoarse voice, "Didn't you say dating means kiss and hug?"
Yolanda instantly regretted having shot herself in the foot so many times.
After this passionate kiss, the two of them drove to work respectively.
Yolanda had been busy casting recently. Although she was only an investor, she always got herself familiar with each procedure of a project and tried to be involved in it as much as possibly, as Aaron told her. Only when she dedicated herself to the project could she be responsible for it and feel extremely proud when the project succeeded in the end.
So Yolanda spent the following days meeting the director and talking with the scripwriter about characters to get herself familiar with almost each of them in this novel, which also helped her choose suitable actors.
Apart from that, she got along well with Aaron under the same roof recently. The two of them would make out occasionally, but fortunately, Aaron had enough respect for her.
Soon, Azel Group's annual cocktail party for film presentation arrived. This was the first time that Yolanda had been invited to such a grand party since she worked as an investor.
She knew that the reason why Aaron invited her wasn't to cheer her up or something else.
This party was a gathering of all the tycoons with various resources in the entertainment industry, so Aaron just provided her with this good chance to broaden her horizons or even get access to some resources if she could.
So Yolanda spent quite a long time preparing for this party. Fortunately, Aaron had gotten enough clothes and accessories for her to choose in the cloakroom, which saved her a lot of time in choosing her outfit, including a dress and high-heeled shoes.
The cut on her calf had healed up, only leaving some bruises, so she chose a long dress to cover them.
At 7 p.m., Yolanda attended this party with Lewis. This party was held in a high-end five-star hotel in this city. Besides, as she expected, it was a gathering of celebrities, including not only the top stars of Azel Group, but also some famous directors, supervisors, producers, as well as some other stars and more than twenty newspapers.
Yolanda knew that Aaron was offering her a great chance to strengthen her ability by inviting her to such a high-end party in the entertainment industry.
Although she was just a nobody compared to those tycoons, she still attracted a lot of attention upon arrival at the venue given that she was in charge of a hot drama as a beautiful investor.
"Is that Yolanda Walter, the popular new investor?"
"Yes, it seems like that."
"She was still invited even after competing for that hot drama with Azel Group. So she must be a big figure."
"I do want to talk to this beautiful investor."
"Let's go chat her up?"
Yolanda seemed to be born a social butterfly and was sociable enough to interact with others at this lively party, which enabled her to get many resources in this industry.
A lot of stars, figures from film groups and TV stations, and even some elites from other industries came to exchange business cards with her.
At half past seven, the sound of flashes came from outside successively when the party was about to start. It was the leading figure of this party, Aaron. As the president of Azel Group, he was bound to attend this party of its film subsidiary.
So he was the main focus of attention at this party.
As he walked slowly into the venue still in a black suit, he seemed calm and steady but was of a breathtaking aura and charm.
It reminded Yolanda of the scene when she met him for the first time. At that time, he was also surrounded by people and followed by flashes.
His presence made people more excited than that of any other top stars since everyone knew he was the one behind so many successful stars and was also the one who made the rules in this industry.
Standing in a corner, Yolanda found no way to get close to him, but she wasn't disposed to.
Holding the glass, she directed her eyes at Aaron as he moved. She didn't expect him to spot her in the crowd, but he looked across at her suddenly just as he passed.
Although he only looked across at her for only seconds, Yolanda felt her heart thumping with excitement at that moment and then subconsciously pursed her lips, smiling faintly.
No one noticed their secret but sweet exchange of glances. Only the two of them felt the happiness of being spotted by lovers in the crowd.
Before the party began, Aaron needed to give a speech as the president of the group.
This was the first time that Yolanda had seen him deliver a speech calmly.
Standing on the stage, he was shining as he gave the business talk so fluently and logically even without a speech draft and acted so steadily and calmly as the leading figure in the entertainment industry.
Yolanda was deeply impressed by his extraordinary ability and thought one must be capable enough to be in such a position of authority.
After the speech, what was next on the schedule was the presentation of films and dramas which Azel Group would invest in this year.
As the leading enterprise in the domestic film industry, Azel Film Company represented the top production. The presentation of a dozen important films in the coming year caused surges of sensations. Azel Group invested tens of millions of dollars in almost every drama, so everyone present couldn't help being impressed by its huge wealth.
When the presentation was over, it was time for free talk.
People gathered together, whispering in groups and drinking. As for Aaron, he was the one surrounded by others.
He rarely attended such business parties except Azel Group's annual gathering and the party for the film presentation.
Because of that, he instantly became people's focus of attention at tonight's party. A lot of beautiful stars and some female counterparts also walked up to chat him up.
Yolanda just watched Aaron talk with them not far away as he was surrounded by endless women who made her so disgusted.
She couldn't help but feel upset. Then she took a glass of wine and walked directly to him. She gave a charming smile as she stopped in front of Aaron. "Mr. Jensen, nice to meet you."
Aaron remained calm and smiled back slightly. "Nice to meet you too."
Yolanda knocked on her glass. "Mr. Jensen, could I have the honor of toasting you?"
Aaron was about to speak when someone appeared out of nowhere and said to him, "Chris has arrived. She wants to talk to you about the movie's first screening abroad."
Aaron glanced at Yolanda and clinked her glass lightly before whispering to her, "Easy on the wine." Then he drank up the wine in his glass and turned to leave.
Yolanda saw him walk to a sexy foreign woman in her thirties and clink her glass before getting into conversation with her.
Yolanda couldn't help feeling jealous as she saw him being surrounded by so many women, although she knew such feelings were unnecessary since he was just working.
She thought, 'Probably I'm too narrow-minded.'
She stared at Aaron in frustration for a while and then turned around to continue to be sociable with Lewis.
Yolanda drank little, and most of the time, she only took a sip. When she occasionally looked over at Aaron, he was always drinking.
She asked Lewis with a frown, "Does Mr. Jensen have a good tolerance to alcohol?"
Lewis replied, "Not bad."
Yolanda nodded and felt instantly indignant as she saw Aaron being surrounded by another group of women. "I'm going outside for some fresh air. I'll be back soon."
"Do you need me to go with you?"
"No."
Then she walked out alone and sat down on a bench in a flower corridor.
She couldn't describe how she felt exactly right now. She was just at a loss as she had no reason to be indignant.
After drinking a glass of wine alone and sitting in the wind for a while, she seemed to calm down. When she was about to be back for the party several minutes later, a young man suddenly walked over.
"Hi, Mr. Watler. What a coincidence!"
Yolanda looked up and found it was Fire.
"Hi. It seemed that I didn't see you inside just now?"
Fire said with a smile, "My agent and I just arrived. By the way, Mr. Watler, how's your leg?"
Yolanda gave a polite smile. "I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
"That's good."
Since Yolanda wasn't familiar with Fire, she was about to head inside after small talk when she received a message from Aaron. [Where are you?]
Yolanda texted back. [I'm outside for fresh air.]
When she went back to the venue, the party was almost over, and everyone was saying goodbye to each other.
Lewis said to Yolanda, "Mr. Jensen was looking for you just now and asked you to wait for him in the parking lot and go back with him."
Yolanda nodded while looking around for Aaron, only to see him shake hands with that foreign woman.
She instantly felt jealous after she had had a hard time holding it back.
After she had waited in the parking lot for almost twenty minutes, Aaron finally showed up.
Upon pulling the curtains, he was about to hold Yolanda's hand, but she dodged.
Aaron frowned. "What's wrong with you?"
Yolanda said nothing as she smelt alcohol all over him and just said to Happer, "Uncle Happer, let's go back now. I'm so sleepy."
Aaron glanced at her and didn't say anything else.
Aaron did get somewhat drunk tonight, but it was inevitable at a business party. Since Yolanda was reluctant to get close to him, he didn't force her and just closed his eyes for a rest.
Along the way, everyone was silent.
When they arrived home, Aaron was aware that Yolanda was still in a bad mood. So upon closing the door, he pressed her against it. "What's wrong with you?"
As Yolanda felt him breathing hot alcohol fumes all over her, she pushed him away, taking off her shoes and saying, "Go lie on the sofa. I'll make you some tea to sober you up."
Aaron replied in a hoarse voice as he hugged her, "Alright. Let's do it together."
It happened so suddenly that Yolanda couldn't even recover from the shock unless she was lifted with her bare feet. She tried to push him away. "What are you doing?"
Aaron ignored her words, walked to the sofa in the living room, pressed her against the sofa for quite a while, and then asked, "What upset you? Tell me."
Being pressed by him, Yolanda couldn't move and could only beat him out of anger. "I'm not upset at all. Get up and get rid of me. Hurry..."
Her hands were fixed hard over her head only halfway through her words.
"Don't lie to me. I stared at you for the whole night. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?" Aaron pinned her down with only one hand and slowly lowered his body.
Hearing his deep voice, Yolanda felt her face burning as she smelt alcohol on his breath. She closed her mouth and suddenly met his gaze, asking stubbornly, "Then what do you think I'm thinking?"
Hearing that, Aaron slowly rested one hand on the sofa and stared at her silently. His gaze shifted downwards from her face as if watching a work of art which belonged to him.
Not knowing what Aaron was going to do, Yolanda felt awkward under his gaze.
She struggled in vain and asked unnaturally, "What are you looking at?"
He replied, "I like it when you're jealous."
Being seen through by him, Yolanda was somewhat discouraged but still tried not to show that. "Are you kidding? I'm not jealous at all. Just go to sleep instead of being ridiculous if you're drunk."
As she spoke, she tried to struggle. But she wasn't a rival to Aaron in strength at all, and all her efforts were in vain.
"What are you up to?"
Yolanda got so hot all over and was anxious to get rid of him, so she had to play that old trick. "You're hurting my leg. It hurts very much."
Aaron looked down at her meaningfully. "It hurts again?"
Yolanda continued the pretense. "I haven't applied the medicine today. Let go of me. I need to..."
Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt cold. She was stunned and found that her skirts had been lifted above her waist. Subsequently, Aaron lifted her injured leg and put it on his shoulder.
Her long white leg bent slightly to be fixed on his black shirt. At this late hour, her soft skin and his muscles on his back formed an impressive sight.
Yolanda was shocked. Before she could recover from the shock, she felt something wet and soft moving on her leg.
Aaron was holding her ankle with one hand and kissed the previously injured part on her calf.
His lips felt so wet and hot as he kissed, sucked, and even bit her skin. He did it rarely gently over and over again, which made Yolanda itchy and overwhelmed.
Yolanda watched what was happening in a daze, as if she had lost all her strength. She couldn't even make any sound.
Seconds later, Aaron's hoarse and deep voice sounded in her ear. "Do you like my medicine?"