Chapter 47
In the silent villa, everyone else was sleeping late at night without knowing a hot kiss going on in the study. For the first time, Yolanda felt Aaron kissing so hard as he repeated in a low voice, "Keep your mind on me!"
"All I think will be only about you." Yolanda kissed him back affectionately in response. As it was getting hotter in the room, she found it harder for her to breathe and think, totally lost in this long premeditated move.
Yolanda's heart was still thumping with excitement even after she returned home in the early morning. She felt as if Aaron's smell permeated the whole bedroom. However she tried, she couldn't get rid of his heat all over her, which made her unable to fall asleep.
Yolanda believed that she had been extremely obsessed with Aaron. As she turned over and looked at the time, she found it was one a.m. She wondered if Phoebe was awake at this hour.
One hour ago, Phoebe sent a message to ask if Yolanda had come back home. But at that time, Yolanda was lost in the kiss with Aaron and couldn't spare any time to text her back. So Yolanda took out her phone and sent her a message. [I've been back. What about you?]
Soon Phoebe texted her back. [We also just returned home. Tell you good news. I found James there when I was leaving. He's just in a small private room not far away from us. It's said that he was drunk and was raped on the spot by two male prostitutes hired by him.]
Yolanda was stunned for seconds and then thought of Aaron's matter-of-fact tone when he stressed how strong the prostitutes were.
It also reminded Yolanda of Sally. Although Yolanda had no idea what Aaron did with Sally before, it still could be seen that Sally must have suffered a lot given her current condition.
Yolanda couldn't help but gasp at how ruthless her boyfriend was, which had been fully shown when he kissed her so hard that she couldn't even breathe several times in that process.
Thinking of this, Yolanda touched her lips lightly in the darkness with her fingers and slightly blushed while reminiscing about the hot kiss given by Aaron.
At this time, she received another message from Phoebe. [The owner of the Karaoke bar gave us a lifelong membership card and got a chauffeur to drive us back before we left since we're friends of Mr. Jensen's girlfriend. But you were still denying that you're in a relationship with him. Are you trying to hide it even from me?]
Yolanda was left speechless since she and Aaron just established their relationship in his study one hour ago. But it turned out that Aaron was shameless enough to have professed to be her boyfriend to his friends before that.
Despite complaining about that, Yolanda couldn't help giving a smile and explained to Phoebe Bernard. [Of course not! We just did it tonight.]
Her words confused Phoebe. [What did you do?]
A second later, Phoebe was rather surprised. [Wow! Do you mean you left in advance to have sex with Mr. Jensen until now? It seems that Mr. Jensen is so strong in bed!]
[Yolanda: It's just in your mind! I mean the two of us just established our relationship.]
[Phoebe: Wow, I'm so curious about how you established it. Tell me about the details. It happens that I can't fall asleep.]
Although it wasn't a face-to-face conversation, Yolanda still could imagine the smirk on Phoebe's face. [Just read your script if you can't fall asleep.]
Phoebe was left speechless.
Much later on, Yolanda received another message from Phoebe when she felt sleepy. [One more thing, remember to tell me how Mr. Jensen reacts to your gift. Then I'll consider if I'll do the same to my future boyfriend.]
Stunned for a moment, Yolanda was reminded of the black gift box on the bedside table. This gift should have been given to Aaron on Valentine's Day. But because she made a terrible confession, she failed to make it. Since then, the two of them had been in an ambiguous relationship, so the gift had been left at home.
Yolanda thought, "Since there's no special day recently, just wait for a good chance to give him the gift."
The next day was the weekend, so Yolanda didn't have to work. When she woke up in the morning, it was past nine. Habitually, Yolanda fumbled for her phone and found she got no calls or messages.
Yolanda had expected to receive dozens of sweet messages from Aaron the next day after he had kissed her so long in the chair last night.
After all, in normal circumstances, the first thing a man wanted was to hear his girlfriend's voice after waking up. But Aaron seemed to be an exception.
It was almost ten a.m., so Aaron must have gotten up. But Yolanda didn't even receive a message from him, let alone a phone call. She couldn't help wondering if this was how a couple who just started a relationship got along with each other. It seemed that all his passion for her was gone overnight after that kiss.
Thinking of this, Yolanda felt indignant and immediately called Aaron. She spent quite a while waiting for the call to be answered. "Hello?"
The moment Yolanda heard his voice, she couldn't help but forgive him for a second. But soon, she pretended to talk about business in a very cold voice. "I'd like Phoebe to come to audition for a role."
Aaron replied, "Alright. You can talk to the Department of Actor Managing."
Yolanda was instantly indignant at the way he talked to her, thinking, 'How can you be so cold to me after kissing me so passionately last night?'
Yolanda said, "I only want to talk to you."
Aaron seemed to have realized her stiff and formal tone. He kept silent for seconds and then laughed. "About what?"
Hearing his laughter, Yolanda blushed slightly with embarrassment as if she had been seen through. Greatly discouraged, she instantly gave up her pretence. "Let's talk about why you pretend nothing has happened after kissing such a pure girl as me."
Just as she finished speaking, Marc knocked on the door outside. "Yolanda, there's a visitor for you."
Yolanda grunted and then got out of bed as she covered herself with clothes and said to Aaron seriously, "Wait a minute. I'll be back to go on with the talk with you."
She quickly walked outside and saw a strange man holding a large bouquet of beautiful bright red roses in black wrappers at the door.
"Miss Walter, these roses are for you."
Yolanda took the flowers in a daze. "Who are they from?"
The man pointed at the bouquet. "There's a card inside."
Yolanda thanked him and walked back as she took out the card. Marc also leaned over to have a look. "Who are the flowers from? Why is there only the date on the card?"
There were only some words on the black card. It was yesterday's date.
After being confused for seconds, Yolanda quickly realized what the date meant since she and Aaron established their relationship yesterday. It was a big day worth celebrating.
Yolanda was instantly cheered up by the card. She tried to hold back her smile as she minced back into her room and said cutely to Marc, "It's a secret."
Marc was left speechless.
As Yolanda returned to her room, closed the door, and picked up the phone, all her feelings of resentment were gone. She instantly called in a sweet voice on the phone, "Brother."
Aaron said, "Will you go on with the previous topic?"
"Of course not." Yolanda couldn't help smiling but still remembered to explain to him, "As you know, I'm rather reserved. I just missed you, but you didn't take the initiative to call me. That's why I pretended to talk about business with you."
Aaron was left speechless, thinking, 'Are you serious? Do you really think you're reserved?'
Smelling the fragrance of the flowers, Yolanda asked in a sweet voice, "What are you doing?"
"I'm in a meeting."
Yolanda was stunned for a moment and instantly hung up the phone after saying, "Sorry. I didn't know you were working overtime. See you."
In the meeting room, Aaron smiled slightly and suddenly felt this call made him so relieved after this tiring meeting which lasted the whole morning. He thought, 'Maybe girlfriends' occasional coquetry is helpful in refreshing one.'
Thinking of her complaints that he didn't call her first, Aaron sent Yolanda a message several minutes later. [I'll pick you up later for lunch.]
Yolanda smiled sweetly as she received his message, looking forward to their first date.
Like a girl who was in a relationship for the first time, Yolanda felt her heart thumping with excitement. She immediately stood up, opened her closet, and took out several dresses in various styles, having a hard time choosing which to wear.
Finally, she took all the dresses and ran to the living room. "Brother, do you think which one is the best?"
Marc glanced at her. "Do you have a date?"
Yolanda smiled, as a way of telling him that he was right.
Marc pointed at a calf-length white dress with flower patterns, which was the longest one among all the dresses.
"This one?"
"Yes."
Yolanda returned to her room thoughtfully with dresses in her hands, thinking, 'It turns out men like such a pure style?'
Considering that she had never worn such a long dress in front of Aaron, Yolanda decided to give it a try.
After putting on her make-up carefully in her room, Yolanda changed into the dress in a pure style that her brother picked for her. At eleven, she received a call from Aaron.
"Come down. I'm in the parking lot."
Yolanda had been wearing a smile before walking out of the elevator. But the moment she walked out and saw Aaron's car parked not far away, she tried to hold back her smile slowly.
Before going out, she had told herself to act like a pure girl who wore a white floral dress with a ponytail. So she kept reminding herself to behave herself whether in talking or in her manner. More importantly, this was the first time she had dated him as his girlfriend, so she thought she'd better be reserved.
Seeing Yolanda approach, Happer immediately got out of the car to open the door for her. "Hi, Yolanda. You look so beautiful today."
Yolanda smiled shyly. "Thanks, Uncle Happer."
Then she bent down to get into the car, kept her legs together, rested her hands on her legs, cleared her throat lightly, and turned around to call Aaron in a gentle voice, "Brother."
Aaron was stunned. He glanced at Yolanda's unusual outfit and suddenly remembered that she called herself a pure girl on the phone, thinking, 'Well, she does look pure today.'
Then Happer drove to the restaurant. Along the way, neither of them said anything. Different from before, Yolanda was unusually silent today.
Aaron stared at her out of the corner of his eye for a long time and suddenly said to her, "Get closer to me."
"What?" Yolanda looked up and asked in a sweet voice, "Why?"
Before she could pronounce the last syllable, Aaron hooked his arm around her neck to get her closer to him and kissed her on her lips.
Although Aaron let go of her only seconds later, Yolanda was still stunned, grumbling, "Are you crazy? How can you kiss me in front of someone else? Why can't you be reserved and control yourself, just like me?"
As she complained, she moved to the other end of the seat and accidentally saw Happer's smile in the rear-view mirror as if he had expected this kiss long. It made Yolanda rather embarrassed.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at a shopping mall which opened up recently. The restaurant was on the second floor. Habitually, Aaron entered the mall first, and Yolanda did it several minutes later.
When Yolanda waited in the car, Happer turned around with a smile and took this chance to ask her, "Yolanda, are you in a relationship with Mr. Jensen?"
Embarrassed, Yolanda managed a smile. "Yes."
Hearing that, Happer gave a bigger smile. "I guessed right. Actually, I noticed that a long time ago."
Yolanda found there seemed to be something else going on. "A long time ago?"
"Yes. When you fell asleep in the car that day, I saw Mr. Jensen hold your hands and play with your fingers carefully. Given that, I knew you two must be in a relationship, or you wouldn't be that intimate."
Yolanda was shocked. After having been wondering how Aaron reacted to her flirtation that night, she finally got to find it out.
She was so curious about what other secrets Aaron had on earth except hiding her phone to keep her around, calling himself her boyfriend in front of his friends, and even playing with her hands when she was asleep.
Five minutes later, Yolanda opened the car door to head for the restaurant. After she arrived, she stopped opposite Aaron and was about to sit down when she saw him look at her up and down. He stared at her so carefully as if to melt her dress away.
Yolanda was somewhat shy under his gaze and sat down, asking, "What's wrong?"
"Why do you wear such a dress today?"
Yolanda was stunned and then wondered if such a pure style was attractive to him. Smiling, she instantly stood up, approached Aaron, and spun in an affected way in front of him. "Do you like it?"
Aaron remained calm and took a sip of tea, without giving any comments.
But Yolanda paid no attention to his reaction, still immersed in the novelty of acting like a pure girl. "It's my brother who picks it for me for this date. He thinks you'll like this style."
After being silent for a moment, Aaron laughed out, thinking, 'No wonder she's wearing such a dress. Maybe Marc would even wish Yolanda to cover herself all over if he could.'
At this point, a waiter served them the steak.
Yolanda sat back on her seat, placed the napkin on her legs, picked up the fork and knife, and was about to cut the steak. Suddenly, she remembered her pretence and instantly did it gently.
Several minutes later, Aaron frowned at Yolanda, who was having a hard time cutting the steak. "What are you doing?"
Yolanda replied, "The steak is too tough for me."
Aaron was left speechless and couldn't even stand her affectedly sweet voice. He quickly cut the steak on his plate into pieces and exchanged his with hers.
Yolanda took it as she said, "Well, I'm so flattered."
Once again, Aaron was left so speechless, thinking, 'Stop pretending.'
As he saw Yolanda chewing the steak slowly, he asked, "So isn't the steak tough for you now?"
Yolanda blinked. "What?"
"Do you need me to put it in your mouth?"
Yolanda thought, 'Then you'll be excessively enthusiastic.'
Then she had to give up her pretence temporarily and enjoyed the steak lest Aaron really did so. A while later, she seemed to think of something and said, "Phoebe has told me what happened to James in Karaoke TV last night."
Hearing that, Aaron didn't speak.
"He must hate me even more. I'm afraid if he has backup photos, he will..."
"That will never happen," Aaron interrupted her.
He had intended to tell Yolanda how he made James keep it secret from anyone else, but after hesitating for a moment, he decided to hide the scary details from her.
Finally, he just said lightly, "I will never let that happen."
He sounded light but firm, which made Yolanda very relieved. So she didn't probe into the details and nodded. "I believe you."
Actually, Yolanda didn't care even if those photos were exposed since Aaron had seen them. As to how others would perceive her, it didn't matter to her.
Aaron had a hard time sparing the time to have lunch with Yolanda, so he had to get back to work immediately after lunch.
As usual, Yolanda went downstairs first to wait for him in the parking lot. Aaron used to be down several minutes after her, but he spent almost a quarter today.
"What takes you so much time?"
"I bought something," he said.
Yolanda looked at him up and down and found nothing except his bare hands. But she didn't ask him about it. After all, it was not wise to probe into it when she became his girlfriend.
Anyway, he couldn't flirt with others in such a short time. So she just let it go.
After the car arrived at the parking lot of Glasgow Apartment, Yolanda was about to get out of the car when Aaron stopped her.
He took out a wrapped box from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to her. "This is for you."
Yolanda was so surprised and instantly realized the reason why he was late just now was to get this gift for her.
She was beaming with pleasure but tried not to show that because she had to act like a reserved girl. So she pretended to take the gift calmly.
The box was only a little bit bigger than a cigarette box and was very light as she held it. With years of shopping experience, Yolanda thought it should be jewelry inside the box according to its size and weight. She even wondered, 'Was he so impatient to buy her a ring?'
She pretended to be shy. "Can I unwrap it now?"
Aaron looked at her and said calmly, "Just do it when you're back."
"Well, I see."
Yolanda thought, 'It's a pity that I can't see his expression after I unwrap the gift. Is he shy now? I never expected him to be so eager to get me a gift for our first date. It's a memento of our relationship.'
Despite her overwhelming happiness, Yolanda remained very calm. She got out of the car and waved her hands at him. "See you," she paused and added, "I'll take a picture of the gift after I unwrap it."
Aaron looked at her meaningfully and gave a faint smile. "Alright."
But Yolanda thought he must be too shy.
Half a minute later, when the car pulled out of the parking lot, Yolanda hurried to take the elevator and go upstairs. Upon returning home, she changed her shoes and flashed back into her room.
Putting the gift on the bed with care, she thought for a long time before unwrapping it, 'The box is so small and light, so it must be a ring or a necklace. Considering that he has bought me a necklace before, it must be a ring in the box this time. But it happened all of a sudden, so I'm so shy now.'
Smiling, Yolanda began to unwrap the box. After peeling layers of wrappers, she was looking forward to the gift inside. But soon, her smile froze on her face.
Then her expression changed from shock, disbelief, to speechlessness. Subsequently, she even had some hot pictures and felt herself burning with embarrassment as part of a chain reaction.
Wearing a blush, she stared at this gift as her heart thumped with excitement. It was a pair of black silk stockings, smooth, soft, and thin as if it would be torn very easily.
Even romance instantly filled the air because of such a sexy gift.
Suddenly, her phone rang. It was a message from Aaron, which just arrived in time.
[Don't always listen to your brother.]