Chapter 30
Yolanda later went back to the room and pondered Aaron's words for a long time.
It was very strange for her to lie in bed and repeatedly ponder every word a person said. Yolanda had never done it when she was in love with James Hilton in the past.
After James Hilton won Yolanda's heart, he was very considerate and thought about everything in advance.
She looked back at it now and found that he was actually a so-called brown noser. However, it was this kind of behavior that successfully deceived Yolanda.
Yolanda had never been in a relationship. Since her older brother left, her father was busy with work and rarely accompanied her. For the first time in her life, there was a man who was so considerate and good to her, which completely filled her emotional world for men.
James Hilton just walked into her world and became a so-called boyfriend. Now Yolanda recalled that from the very beginning, she never felt her heart beat faster or blushed for him.
Even though she didn't, she still gave all her heart at that time. But what she got in return was deceit and betrayal.
But now, Yolanda truly experienced a completely different feeling towards Aaron in her heart.
It seemed that everything had changed since that kiss.
Yolanda repeatedly thought about what he said.
[Any kind of brother is fine.]
Could there be many kinds of elder brothers though...
His words were ambiguous and intriguing. 
Yolanda covered her face with a pillow and suddenly remembered the previous sentence.
[If you can't accept some things for the time being, you can still treat me as a brother first.]
Yolanda had been feeling that there was something wrong with this sentence. After carefully thinking for a while, she realized the subtlety.
'Treat me as a brother first?'
The word 'first' has been wisely used. Well, did he mean that he'll be my brother first? What if he didn't want to be later?
Ah, couldn't you speak the whole sentence properly?
Yolanda rolled around on the bed. For a moment, she would purse her lips and snicker when she thought of something, then sat up with legs crossed seriously and thought about life.
It was mainly to think about the moment when she confessed the truth ten days later. Not to mention Aaron, any normal person would definitely be angry after hearing that he had been cheated on for so long. But-
As long as Yolanda forced a kiss on him quickly, his anger would definitely not catch up with her.
Certainly!
Yolanda was full of confidence by Phoebe's Chicken Soup for the Soul. At ten o'clock at night, after thinking about life, when she was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, Marc phoned her.
"Are you back?"
Yolanda answered, "Yes."
The siblings were silent on the phone for a few seconds, and finally, Marc sighed, "I can't stop you if you've made your mind to do something reckless."
He hinted that Yolanda as his sister had grown up.
Yolanda knew it was her own insistence to choose this time. Nonetheless, since she had decided, she would not regret it.
After a pause, she asked Marc, "Then, when are you planning to return to Ustrana?"
"I originally wanted to go back after visiting father, but now I've changed my mind."
"What?"
On the other end of the phone, Marc grinned. "Perhaps I'm influenced by you. I want to stay for a while and look around. I hope... I could find that opportunity for me to choose again."
Yolanda didn't understand Marc's words very well. Nevertheless, after hearing that her brother would not leave for the time being, she was on cloud nine. "That's great!"
"And if there's something happened between you and Aaron Jensen, just in case," Marc paused, using his words carefully, "I mean 'just in case', I'll need to stay to have your back."
"..."
Yolanda was two years older than Yolanda and he has worked abroad for so many years, so he was much more mature than Yolanda in terms of thinking and experience.
His words also made Yolanda calm down from her perfect fantasy.
Phoebe and Marc- the former was extremely optimistic, while the latter was cautious and conservative.
However, since things have come to this point; no matter what the final result was, Yolanda would face it.
After all, it was herself for scamming him, she need to pay him back no matter what.
The next day was an ordinary day as usual, but Yolanda felt that everything had changed unknowingly.
The most obvious was the subtle mood change. After breakfast, she went to work with Aaron in the company as usual. After this period of time of osmosis, Yolanda learned little by little. But it was not a matter of a while able to master Aaron's investment experience.
The two chatted casually in the car as usual.
"Brother, today is Monday, are you going to have a regular meeting?"
"Yes."
"By the way, is the 'Dragon Hunt' going to be officially announced?"
"Yes."
"..." Yolanda felt herself being ignored. She protested a little displeasedly, "Are you only going to say 'yes' to me?"
Aaron turned to look at her, and just as he was about to speak, Happer suddenly braked. As the momentum was too great, Yolanda has swept away. Seeing that she was about to hit the back of the front seat, Aaron stretched out his hand to block it.
Yolanda's cheeks were firmly pressed against Aaron's palm. It felt slightly cold to the touch, and as if being electrified, Yolanda was 'numb' from face to body.
Inexplicably, she was flustered. She hurriedly sat up straight. Fortunately, Happer apologized repeatedly at this time, "I'm sorry boss, I'm sorry! I didn't pay attention to the red light."
It perfectly broke the ambiguous atmosphere of the prelude to the 'Endless Affection'.
Aaron retracted his hand and glanced at Yolanda calmly, "Next time, don't get in the car without wearing a seat belt. Go walk to work by yourself."
Indeed, Yolanda sometimes was lazy and forgot to fasten her seat belt, but Aaron was mean to her early in the morning.
What the hell? I just abandoned my brother to come to you yesterday, that's all you've got?
Yolanda murmured a few words, abruptly turned her face away, and threatened, "If you're being so mean to me next time again, I don't want you to be my brother anymore."
Aaron was speechless. Who wants to be your brother? he thought.
But he was still threatened by her words.
After tightening his tie, he suddenly leaned over to Yolanda's side. With his whole body leaning over to her side, he pulled up her seat belt and helped to fasten it up.
Though the man was dressing sharp, the smell of his body has a hint of inexplicable seduction to one's breath.
Despite her heart pounding, Yolanda made herself look out of the window, pretending to be calm.
Don't expect that you could get past the bad attitude you just had by putting on a seatbelt for me.
Yolanda could feel Aaron looking at the back of her head. But she just looked straight out of the window, maintaining a forty-five-degree angle to look at the sky.
She didn't know how long it took before Aaron chuckled, "What are you looking at?"
Yolanda replied, "Handsome man."
There was a shopping mall building on the side of the intersection, with an advertising screen on which a photo of a male celebrity was playing.
In fact, Yolanda was not looking at it. But after saying that casually, she looked at the photo.
The moment she saw it, she almost threw up.
On the advertising screen, it turned out to be a photo of James Hilton!
Yolanda hoped that she didn't watch at that building just now.
Aaron also followed her gaze to see this photo. He paused and said nothing.
After two seconds, gently and quietly, he stretched out his hand and adjusted Yolanda's head.
Yolanda was speechless.
The siren sounded suddenly sounded sharply, one after another behind. The traffic light has turned green, but Happer seemed to have a wandering mind. He quickly looked away from the advertisement screen, and looked at the rearview mirror apologetically, "I'm sorry boss."
Yolanda felt that something was wrong. "Uncle Happer, are you not feeling well?"
Happer shook his head, "I'm fine."
After the two arrived at the company, Blair made a summary of Aaron's whole day's work schedule. Yolanda felt tired listening to his dense schedule.
Being the president was not easy. Behind the glory were the efforts and busyness many times more than others.
After Blair's report was over, Aaron ordered, "Cancel the business dinner tonight. I have my arrangement."
"Noted." Blair didn't ask Aaron what was going on. Since she was a secretary, she would just obey her boss's decisions.
Yolanda asked curiously, "Brother, what are your plans?"
Aaron glanced at her. "Going to a music concert."
"..." I really didn't know that you had such an elegant hobby.
Yolanda naturally waited for him to say the next sentence. However, after waiting for a long time, she didn't hear him saying that he would bring her along.
Yolanda wanted to ask a few times but felt that if she asked herself, it seemed like she could not wait to go out with him.
She shut her mouth and sat sullenly to the side to read the documents.
Who would have thought that after a few minutes, Aaron suddenly said, "You'll be going with me today."
Ah, he finally said it!
Yolanda secretly grinned, but still, she acted on purpose and coughed. "Oh, let me check my schedule first."
Aaron was dumbfounded. He picked her up directly and asked, "Do you still need to confirm your schedule when you're going to a meeting with me?"
Yolanda was speechless.
Aaron, you are heartless, she thought.
Finally, following the title of 'Office Lady', which was popular throughout the company, today Yolanda was successfully 'promoted' to 'Conference Lady'.
It was the first time and ever for their boss to let a woman sit beside, listening to their meeting. Even Yolanda herself didn't expect Aaron would bring her to the meeting, yet she still sat next to him.
Throughout her life so far, it was the first time she participated in such a formal-looking meeting. Thus, she sat upright and dignified, fearing losing Aaron's face if she didn't do well.
In addition to the normal weekly summary and report, the most important part of today's meeting was to discuss The 3rd Film and Television Literature Copyright Auction that would be coming soon next month.
These years, the development of Intellectual Property has been popular. The Intellectual Property Auction that would be held each year was focused on by many investors, film companies, and entertainment companies.
Azel Film Company, being the leading company in the entertainment industry was no exception.
Yolanda listened to their discussions carefully as they discussed the dozens of projects they were going to participate in, then analyzed the pros and cons and market prospects of each project like a company executive.
When the meeting was over and she returned back to the office, Yolanda, who had been instilled in a series of cultural projects for three-hour straight, was a little dizzy. Looking at her sideways, Aaron asked, "Tired of listening?"
Yolanda shook her head. "So, which one do you think I'll bid on after listening to it for half-day?"
It's coming. Here comes the random classroom test again.
Yolanda cheered herself up and blinked, "Is there a reward for the right answer?"
Aaron casually leaned back on the chair. "We'll discuss it after you've answered."
Yolanda really listened attentively today. Besides, she was also observing the change in Aaron's expression. After a pause, she probed, "Is it 'The Moment in Love'?"
This was a high-scoring youth novel with over 100 million hits in the famous Jetroina City of Literature.
After Yolanda finished speaking, she looked at Aaron expectantly, but the man just smiled inexplicably and didn't reply.
Yolanda knew it. Whenever he showed this expression, he was basically giving face to her, His expression like this was basically to give himself face, without revealing that her foresight was poor.
She shut up, sat beside and reviewed the summary of the meeting, trying to see again which one was Aaron's favorite Intellectual Property.
At about five-thirty in the afternoon, the man next to her glanced at his watch and suddenly closed all the documents, "Let's go."
Yolanda was immersed in the ocean of knowledge, she still didn't return to her senses. "Where are we going?"
"To reward you. "
"..." Yolanda was stunned for two seconds, then she regained her senses. "Did I get it right?!"
Aaron snorted and hid his smile. "It's indeed rare for you to get it right once."
Holy Moly!
Yolanda was like the study slacker who failed every exam and finally got 60 points this time. She was so excited that she danced in joy. Only after a while did she remember the key point, "Brother, how are you going to reward me?"
Aaron picked up his suit jacket and said as he put it on, "Come with me to the music concert."
"..." Yolanda's excitement suddenly disappeared, then she was surrounded by another emotion.
Erm, is he going to take her to the music concert? Ordinary people shouldn't go to a music concert together, right? What is he thinking? There must be an explanation for him doing this.
Yolanda asked, "Well, how come do you suddenly wanted to go to the music concert?"
Aaron answered, "I got two tickets from a friend. It shouldn't be wasted."
Yolanda was dumbfounded. "?"
Is this something that a person should say? Yolanda didn't want to go all of a sudden.
"What's wrong." Seeing her standing still, Aaron questioned, "Are your schedule packed?"
After struggling for a few seconds, Yolanda turned around and walked toward the washroom. "Wait for me for two minutes."
In the washroom, Yolanda was giving silent curses toward Aaron while twisting the faucet. How could there be such a nasty man? She wanted to hit him when he started talking.
However, even though she was angry, Yolanda seriously cleaned herself up in front of the mirror.
While waiting for her for these two minutes, Aaron walked gently to the door of the washroom, leaning against the wall to look at the woman inside.
She was facing the mirror, wiped off her lipstick, and pursed her lips. There were a few strange expressions on her face from time to time, as if she was practicing something.
He lowered his head and smiled, then walked away. Nonetheless, there was an indescribable relaxation and joy in his heart.
After having a simple dinner, Happer sent the two to the music concert.
Tonight was the first time that Yolanda and Aaron have come out to hang out since they met. Last time, back at Sela Bridge, Lenny was with them. This time was different. It was totally just the two of them going to a music concert together.
It looked ambiguous no matter how she thought about it. It was kind of like...  having a date.
As soon as the word 'date' popped into her mind, Yolanda immediately denied it. No, this man just didn't want to waste the ticket. She was simply a simp who accompanied him to listen.
When she thought of being invited to a concert by a man for the first time in her life because of he didn't want to waste the two tickets, Yolanda's rippling emotions were instantly taken back, and she sighed.
Outside the car window, there were lights flashing through it. Yolanda was lying in the car window. Her expressions of being aspirated, lonely and serious were observed by Aaron. He had no idea what she was thinking.
But just like that, quietly watching each of her delicate and lively expressions, was enough.
Aaron brought Yolanda to listen to the closing finale of the New Year's concert held in the Capital by Eins Orchestra, where Peter belongs.
To put it bluntly, it was also a performance operated by the Azel Group.
Although the Azel Group mainly focused on film and television, it was also related to music, games, cultural events, and so on. In particular, it also took on the whole market of the symphony concerts, operas, and other performances that meet the elegant taste of the upper class.
After Happer delivered them safely, he parked the car in the parking lot and waited.
Just as Yolanda walked to the entrance, she suddenly realized that her phone had been left in the car. She  turned her head and said, "Brother, you go first, I'll go get my phone."
Aaron just wanted to ask Happer to bring it over, but Yolanda had already left. He had no choice but to enter the concert hall alone.
On the other side, Yolanda went downstairs quickly and went straight to the parking lot. Just as she got to the car, she opened the door and picked up her mobile phone.
When she was about to leave, she suddenly noticed something was wrong. Uncle Happer's eyes were red.
She bent over and walked around to the front seat. "Uncle Happer, what's wrong with you?"
Happer hurriedly wiped his eyes and smiled again, "It's nothing. There is sand in my eyes."
How could Yolanda be fooled around so easily? Recalling Uncle Happer's distraction when driving in the morning, together with his current appearance, she was sure that Uncle Happer was hiding something from her.
Just like the mobile phone that she was reluctant to throw away, she had already regarded Uncle Happer as her 'half' relative. Now, seeing him hiding something, she sat directly on the front passenger seat. After all kinds of comfort and persuasion, she finally learned the reason.
"Elsa's mother is ill. She went to the hospital to find out that she need to undergo an operation, and the operation fee will cost more than 200,000 dollars. Originally, I could gather the money up after borrowing a little more money. But when I went to withdraw money a few days ago, I found out there were only 50,000 to 60,000 dollars left. After asking, I found out that Elsa took the money to celebrate her favorite idol's birthday. She said that the fans collectively paid him a red envelope of 8.88 million dollars."
As soon as he said this, Happer was unable to hold his sadness.
Elsa was still studying, whereas Mrs. Nina was bedridden. Uncle Happer was the breadwinner for the family of three.
Yolanda suddenly knew the reason why Uncle Happer was staring at the billboard in the morning. When she thought about it carefully- that's right, it seemed that it was the scumbag's birthday a few days ago.
She was speechless. "Elsa is already a grown-up, how can she do something without thinking?"
Happer sobbed, "I also asked her the same thing. She said it was some kind of rigid rules the fan's club had. Also, she told me that she was one of the committee, so she'll need to take the lead..."
Take your mother's fucking lead.
Yolanda was so angry that she clenched her fists. "Can't we go get it back?"
"I found out where the idol was filming, and I went to ask his agent yesterday. I told him that our family is in a special situation and waiting for money to save a life, but they said this kind of thing is the voluntary behavior of fans. So they don't care." Happer explained sadly and buried his head. "I want to borrow money from the boss during the day, but I can't say it."
What the agent told was probably James Hilton's decision. He was such a selfish and a person with no conscience, he could definitely do such a thing.
At this time, Aaron called Yolanda to ask her why didn't come up yet. Yolanda settled her heart down and could only comfort Happer for the time being. "Don't worry, I have a friend who knows the idol that Elsa likes. I'll ask someone for help, we should be able to ask back for it."
There was finally a glimmer of hope in Happer's eyes. "Really? That's great! Thanks, Yura!"
Was the scumbag run short on money? How could he request his fans to raise funds to send him money in the name of 'celebrating' his birthday?
He was really an asshole.
Yolanda's head was aching from anger. When she returned to the concert hall with her mobile phone, Aaron, already seated, was looking down at the program list.
The moment she saw him, Yolanda finally knew the difference between people. Some people could make her sick even though their photos were finely edited and posted on the billboard. There were also people, who just sat there casually, and looked like a perfect painting, making people unable to take their eyes off them.
"Do you plan to stand in the aisle and listen?" Aaron noticed her.
Yolanda abruptly closed her eyes and sat calmly beside him. She paused for a few seconds, then proceeded to pick up the program list on the seat and pretended to enjoy it.
"Hmm? Isn't it the Eins Orchestra?" Yolanda saw the familiar name, "I've heard their performance!"
And it was at that concert that I sent you a note, otherwise, you might have been caught by others, you know!
Yolanda was complacent for a few seconds, and then she suddenly regained her senses when she noticed the gaze around her watching her.
Fuck, she had slipped her tongue again!
Aaron bent his elbows and looked at her with interest. "When have you heard of it?"
"..." Yolanda lowered her eyes and thought for two seconds, immediately replying to him with her self-imposed 'perfect' answer, "On TV."
"Really?" Aaron's gaze became wary. "But Ains Orchestra is a commercial symphony orchestra, and it has never been on TV."
"..." Shall we end this, dude? It was my fault for slipping my tongue, do you need to keep biting at my mistake and don't let me go?
"Perhaps I may have misremembered the name." Yolanda, being calm, even emphasized, "Usually this kind of orchestra is called Etude, Eins, Enamored, it's normal for me to be confused."
After speaking, she glanced at Aaron secretly but happened to meet his gaze.
He wasn't speaking not asking questions. He just stared at her directly, with a little probing.
Yolanda was pretending to be calm at first, but after receiving his gaze, she had a sense of guiltiness that was seen through.
But the more guilty she was, the more steady she had to be.
Yolanda immediately straightened her chest and looked forward to the stage. "Isn't the prelude Rachmaninoff's 'Symphony No. 2 in E minor'? Brother, have you heard it, I-"
"Did you go with your boyfriend?"
Yolanda was talking nonsense for a while. When she heard this sentence, she stopped. She was stunned, then she turned her head. "What?"
The concert hasn't started yet, and on elegant occasions, even the surrounding audience who entered the venue paid special attention to the atmosphere. There was no noise at all.
Yolanda looked at Aaron, seemingly innocent and blank, but in fact, she was already panicking.
What 'boyfriend' was he talking about? Did he know James Hilton? No, how could he talk to her like this if he had discovered? Then what does he mean by that?
The two looked at each other. After a stalemate for a few seconds, Aaron seemed to have lost interest in the question and looked away. "It's nothing."
Yolanda gaped, her mood was like a roller coaster because of him. She stared blankly at the stage, her mind was still a mess. She didn't even know when Peter came over.
It was him who greeted her first. "Hello Yura, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing recently?"
Yolanda then turned around and saw Peter sitting beside Aaron. She smiled politely. "I'm fine, thank you."
Peter nodded. "Good to know that."
Tonight was his own orchestra performance. Since Aaron came here in person, being the head of the orchestra, Peter need to come over to greet them.
After a few polite remarks, he remembered something and suddenly asked Aaron. "By the way, did you find the woman you were looking for last time?"
It seemed that an incredible keyword had been triggered, which made Yolanda, who was looking forward turned her head. She stared at Aaron.
Aaron coughed and answered Peter, "Go and prepare."
In fact, this answer already hinting Peter that he should end this topic. However, Peter was a straightforward person. He continued blabbing, "Actually, I went to a colleague's house as a guest not long ago, only to find out that he specially recorded a video for half an hour at that performance. I'll ask him to send you the video to your email, so you can carefully find out if the woman is there."
Aaron was speechless.