Chapter 39 But You Might Miss Me
Yolanda didn't know the time when she fell asleep.
She only remembered that after being arrogantly hugged by Aaron, she struggled at first, but the man only seemed to hug her tighter.
She indeed felt safer being embraced in his arms than only having a shirt.
Yolanda quickly indulged in the hugging, and under the confusion of selfish delusions, she didn't stop him.
She pursed her lips and lay in Aaron's arms, listening to his even breathing and feeling his heartbeat. Gradually, both of them were at the same temperature.
The strong feeling of happiness couldn't be hidden at all, and she felt more and more excited.
Yolanda closed her eyes and leaned against the man's arms. For the first time this month, she slept the best tonight.
There were butterflies in her dreams.
This feeling continued until the next morning.
She woke up, yet still didn't want to open her eyes. Big smiles were showing on her face. Suddenly, a voice came tenderly...
"Want to wake up?"
Yolanda, who was reminiscing about the dream, suddenly opened her eyes and saw Aaron looking at her with one elbow bent to hold his face.
He seemed to be looking at her for a while.
Yoland didn't know why she blushed like a new bride. She covered her face with a quilt and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I want to know why you are in my bed."
Yolanda was speechless. She pulled away the cover and yelled, "What are you talking about?"
"I asked why are you in my bed." Aaron repeated gently.
What the hell.
Yolanda stood up directly with one fingertip pointed at herself and asked, "Me? Did you just say I came to your bed?" Her long hair was scattered on her shoulders.
"Don't you just lying in the guest room?"
"But," Yolanda opened her mouth and added, "It was you who pulled me here."
Although Yolanda didn't control herself last night, she never crawl onto his bed. She replayed what had happened last night as she talked...
"...Well, then you stretched out your hand and dragged me up like this. You wouldn't let me go."
Yolanda lay back next to Aaron and blinked.
She looked at him as if she was asking: "Do you remember now?"
The room was quiet, Aaron looked at her without speaking for a long time. Suddenly, his body slowly and gradually pressed down on her.
It was getting closer and closer.
It was so close...
Yolanda didn't know what he was going to do, but she also seemed to figure out his next move.
"He must want to kiss me. Could there be another reason for coming so close to me? To observe the size of my pores?" She thought.
Yolanda's heart beat faster. She put her hand on his chest and breathed uncontrollably.
Their first kiss happened so quickly last time. If this time was real...
All right, bring it on.
Yolanda was about to close her eyes.
But the next second...
Aaron took the phone under her pillow and got up, saying, "I don't remember."
Yolanda looked at the ceiling and felt insulted.
She thought, "Am I not beautiful or is it more fun to play with his phone?"
"How could he do this to me?"
"Why would he look at me like that for he just wants to get his phone?
As Aaron started putting on his coat, Yolanda hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Don't you plan to give me the clothes?"
"Are you asking me to give you my shirt?" Aaron was about to laugh.
Yolanda said pitifully, "But I often slept in your shirt."
It was obviously a common sentence, but what Aaron heard was kind of flirty.
The more speechless thing was that he was easily turned on by that.
He didn't even see her wearing the shirt. There was only an image in his head.
Aaron looked at her for a few seconds. He finally controlled himself and said plainly, "Didn't I just change one yesterday?"
Yolanda understood what he meant and asked, "Why don't wear that clean one."
Aaron stared at her and said, "It's not your business."
Yolanda was stunned and put away the clean shirt while muttering something.
When she came back, Aaron was standing in front of the mirror and dressing up. The suit was neatly tailored and perfectly refined his aura.
Excellence, arrogance, sharpness, and calmness.
Yolanda leaned against the wall and looked at him for a while. She then awkwardly asked, "Brother, are we getting back together now?"
Aaron looked back as he walked toward her and tied his watch strap. He said ambiguously, "What do you think?"
Yolanda didn't know what he meant by that, but she had no chance to ask since Aaron was about to leave.
Yolanda run for him and asked, "Let me see you off."
Aaron turned his head and said coldly, "What? To sit in the seat where your father's perfect son-in-law had sat?"
Yolanda didn't know what to say.
That was the reason why he had been upset - Victor.
After closing the door, Yolanda murmured a few words as she warmed a glass of milk for herself. Then she called Phoebe and told her the whole story.
Yolanda asked, "What do you think he wants to do?"
Phoebe said, "He might still have feelings for you, but he is also very angry. That's why he slept with you last night."
"... That's it?"
"Are you sure you've tried all your Valentine's Day routines?"
"Yes. I even sat on his lap, and he seemed to like me. But this morning he went back to normal."
Phoebe remained quiet for a while.
Then she said, "That's not possible. You must miss something."
Hearing this, Yolanda thought for a moment and realized that she did forget an important step.
The forcible kiss.
Maybe she was surprised to see him and got nervous as she told him the truth yesterday. The best she could do then was to sit on his lap.
And she totally forgot the ultimate move - A forcible kiss.
Yolanda's face turned hot on the other side of the phone. Phoebe, who didn't know about this, kept on talking.
"Will Mr. Jensen go back the day after tomorrow? If you two don't improve the relationship any further in these days, you'll gradually lose touch with him. After all, Darlington is so big and you both have your own businesses."
"If you don't want to have anything to do with him, it's fine to end like this."
Yolanda knew it. As arrogant as Aaron, he would never come back to her again.
"However, if you don't want to give up," Phoebe smiled and added, "You should be more active to move your relationship to the next level."
At the Darlington National Cultural Center.
Today, an annual film and TV copyright auction conference would be held here. There would be dozens of great projects being auctioned, attracting tons of investors to come. Both film and television capitals would gather together.
It was the first time for Yolanda to come to an auction like this, and she also came as an investor.
She put on a professional white dress suit. Although it was very low-key, she still caught some people's attention when she entered.
The appearance of Yolanda was like a delicate flower accidentally falling into the mundane world, especially where there were mostly fat male investors. All these men wanted to be her bodyguard to stay with her.
Lenny glanced at Yolanda and reminded Aaron that Ms. Walter was here.
The bidding positions were arranged by the organizer in advance. Aaron was at the best viewing position in the middle left, while Yolanda's company was arranged in the farthest corner of the front row because of its smallest scale.
It was both far and uncomfortable to watch.
Aaron saw Yolanda and Victor sitting in their seats. Victor even gently patted her shoulders.
They seemed to be so intimate.
Aaron remained calm and moved his eyes. Then, his phone rang.
Yuyu texted: [Brother, I'm in the first row, where are you?]
Yuyu: [Which movie will you bid?]
Aaron turned off his phone and didn't reply.
Yolanda didn't get Aaron's reply and finally saw him in the middle of the room after looking him around.
Aaron was talking about something to the copyright director beside him. The jawline moved as he spoke seriously, which was so sexy.
Yolanda stared at him for a few seconds and turned back.
Yolanda did lose hope to get back together with him at the Capital, and she knew it well that no one would have a second chance after annoying Aaron. So she never fought for herself.
But it turned out that Aaron didn't delete her number, and he even went to Darlington to find her. Last night, they even slept on the same bed, and he also left his shirt to her.
All these things made Yolanda want to be back with him. The thought went stronger and stronger.
He would go back the day after tomorrow, and if he didn't make any further move, would that mean their relationship had come to an end?
Phoebe's suggestion came to her mind: [If you take the first move, you'll get back together.]
Just then, Victor said, "Yolanda, Imperial Beauties is the eighth project, we shall be prepared."
Yolanda glanced at the papers in her hand. She slowly moved her eyes from "The Imperial Beauties" to "The Moment in Love", the latter was beyond their competence.
The Moment in Love was a popular youth drama. It had been unanimously approved at the Azel Group Conference.
Even Aaron was being optimistic about it, indicating its strong potential.
Yolanda wanted to make Aaron stay, or she wanted to get involved again with him in a proper way.
She stared at the name of the project and came up with an idea.
If she ever wanted to keep in touch with him...
She must be more active.
The auction started, Azel Group didn't bid anything. Yolanda knew their target project and also waited.
When it came to Imperial Beauties, she still made no reaction.
Victor asked, "Don't you want this one?"
Yolanda answered, "Now I've changed my mind."
Victor moved his eyebrows and approached Yolanda. He lowered his voice and said, "Our budget and market research are both made for this one. How could you change your mind now?"
Yolanda smiled and said, "Don't worry. I won't lose money for us. Trust me."
They were getting so close as they talked and began to laugh.
Aaron looked around and changed his sitting position irritably.
"Here comes the next one: The youth inspirational novel - The Moment in Love. Starting price: 2 million." The host announced the reserve price.
People began to shout, "3 million."
"4 million."
"5 million."
Finally, under the authorization of Aaron, the director of the copyright department directly raised the card and said, "10 million."
Everyone was amazed by this price.
They looked at the bidder and understood the fact that no one could fight against the powerful Azel Group.
No one bid again.
In other words, no one dared to challenge Azel Group's financial resources.
"10 million once."
"10 million twice."
"10 million -"
"11 million." A woman's voice came from the front row.
The whole room was excited. People tried to find out which company had the courage to challenge Azel Group.
Aaron also raised his eyes, and without any hesitation, he looked straight at Yolanda.
He slightly glanced at the copyright director beside him, the latter quickly got his intention and said, "13 million."
"Wow..." They started to battle.
"15 million." Yolanda raised the card calmly.
Victor couldn't believe it and asked, "Are you crazy?"
Their original budget for Imperial Beauties was at most 6 million.
But now the price had more than doubled.
Not only Victor, but almost all the participants were looking at Yolanda.
"Who is she?"
"I don't know, she's a pretty... newcomer."
"How could she dare to challenge Azel Group? Does she know who she is fighting with?"
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for her in the future for offending Mr. Jensen."
"I would say she is fearless - like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers."
People started to talk about her. Then, the host began to shout the final bid, "15 million once."
"15 million twice."
Just then, Aaron tidied up the front of his suit. He stood up and left with his man.
These black figures made the entire room seem to be chilly coolness.
So much so that the host didn't dare to be so loud when he announced the deal.
Yolanda successfully took the most valuable project from Aaron. When she knew she had won the auction, she was extremely excited.
Victor had already begun to calculate how to pay such a huge sum of money, while Yolanda secretly left the room and said, "I'll be gone for a while."
Yolanda went straight outside and saw Aaron was about to get into a commercial car.
She immediately chased after him and yelled, "Brother."
The window was open, and Aaron sat in the back row. He looked up to see her and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I've got your favorite project."
"Shall I congratulate you?"
"No..." Yolanda pursed her lips and added, "I just want to cooperate with you."
Darlington was a warm city. It was spring, and the sunlight was comfortable. The whole scenery was charming and attractive.
Yolanda was wearing makeup, which was probably for this big auction. Her lips were redder and brighter. As she was talking, her red lips and white teeth collided with each other.
He was kind of turned on by seeing that.
Although Aaron didn't want to admit it, he still almost kiss her in the morning in that guest bedroom.
He knew if he kissed her, things would lose control.
He tried his best to maintain calm and breezy in front of Yolanda, but the more he tried to control himself, the stronger he wanted to kiss her.
Aaron moved his eyes and didn't look at her lips. He asked plainly, "Why do you want to cooperate with me?"
"We did choose this project together. Now that I've got it, and it's beyond my power to accomplish this project..."
"Then why do you bid it?"
"Because I want you to teach me," Yolanda blinked and added, "I'm willing to give this project to Azel Group for free. All I ask is to let me be a part of it. Just count it as a learning opportunity."
Aaron thought for a while and finally knew why she fought with him on this project.
Yolanda was such a clever woman, like a cunning little fox.
Aaron smiled gently and said, "Do you think I lack 15 million?"
Yolanda was speechless.
It was sure that Aaron didn't lack money, that sum of money was no more than a piece of cake to him.
Yolanda bit her lip and remembered last night. She closed her eyes and said...
"But you might miss me."
Aaron didn't know what to say.
"Shall we work together? I can chat with you when you're bored, and accompany you to eat when you're hungry. If you're thirsty, I will make coffee for you, and when you can't sleep, I can... Anyway, don't you want to live like that?"
Yolanda thought, "Please say yes.."
"Please..."
"Now I've tried everything to get back together with you."
"Aaron, just say yes, OK?"
After two seconds of silence, Aaron pursed his lips inexplicably. Then he raised the car window and said, "Go."
Yolanda was speechless.
The commercial car drove away slowly in front of her.
Did he just leave like that?
Yolanda stood still. Her mind was buzzing. This should not be the way it's supposed to be.
Victor also came out. He went close to her and said, "I just thought that if we take out all the working capital, it's just enough for us to pay the copyright fee. But our company would have no ability to run again."
Yolanda looked at the back of the commercial car and shook her head, "I didn't plan to run our company alone."
The project, which Aaron likes so much, was valuable. Yolanda never worried that she had got a big problem. If Aaron didn't agree to work with her, she could sell the project. There were tons of investors who wanted to buy it.
However, she would not be related to Aaron anymore then.
Victor didn't know what Yolanda was planning, but he knew the woman was very smart. She had her own reasons for doing everything. So he tried to comfort her by patting her shoulder and said, "It's OK. No matter what you decide to do, I'll -"
Before he finished his words, a commercial vehicle suddenly approached and stopped by the side of Yolanda.
The dust was rolled up. The tires and the ground made a harsh sound.
The door opened, and Aaron got out of the car. The tall black figure directly separated Yolanda from Victor.
Then he shoved her into the car.
The car drove away.
Yolanda was stunned and asked, "Why do you come back?"
Aaron moved his eyes from Victor through the rearview mirror. He couldn't control himself anymore.
"Finish your sentence." Aaron loosened his bow tie and tried to calm down. He turned around and looked at Yolanda's eyes...
"What will you do if I can't sleep?"