Ashley’s mind was still reeling from her omnipotent boyfriend’s bad trick. Just then, Joseph continued, “That’s it! I believe I can marry you under the law.”

Joseph had a smug expression on his face. He was certain of his victory. He didn’t notice the wary look on his girlfriend’s face. Once again, Ashley was rendered speechless. Her cold glance remained glued to his face.

Before she could give utterance to her thoughts, the phone in her hand rang.

“My brother is calling you. Will you answer it or should I?” Ashley looked up at Joseph doubtfully.

“Either of us can answer it,” he responded in a casual tone.

“I think it would be better if you took the call. You two have a lot to discuss,” Ashley said decidedly, passing him the phone.

Ashley had no desire to answer the call. If she spoke to Mike, it would confirm the fact that she and Joseph had spent the night together. Even if he wouldn’t reprimand her, she would sense a teasing note in his voice. Therefore, she refused to answer the phone.

However, Ashley had a few doubts. First of all, she couldn’t understand why her family members were calling Joseph more frequently than they were calling her.

Before she could figure out what was going on, Joseph slid the answer key with his slender fingers. He then pressed on the speaker button. He placed the phone on the table and began to converse with Mike.

As soon as the line was connected, Mike went straight to the point. He said, “My sister needs to go to work in half an hour. Mr. Marshall, if it isn’t too much trouble, could you tell me where you have taken her?”

“That won’t be a problem. Ashley is going to take a day off from work,” Joseph snapped back. He knew how to cut a conversation short. He spoke in such straightforward manner with everyone except Ashley.

Ashley, who had no recollection of wanting to take leave today, was startled when she heard this. She looked at Joseph and shook her head, indicating she wasn’t going to take a day off.

“Okay,” Mike said. He slowly understood what was going on, but didn’t wish to start a fight. Instead, he put on a friendly tone and said, “If Ashley doesn’t want to go to work today, she is more than welcome to take a day off. However, my father wants to have a little talk with you. When will you be free?”

Mike’s voice was as clear as crystal in the silent room.

Knowing what her father was going to do, a helpless look appeared on Ashley’s face. She glanced at Joseph.

“Anytime,” Joseph still said in a relaxed tone.

“Okay. You’d better go there as soon as possible. My father doesn’t like waiting.” Even though Mike spoke in a gentle voice, there was a hint of gloating in his tone.

Before Ashley could rectify things by telling her brother she wouldn’t be taking a day off, Joseph decided to hang up.

“I want to go to work!” Ashley grumbled and stared at her boyfriend.

Yesterday, Ashley had spoken to her secretary about a personal matter. If she skipped work, her secretary might get wrong ideas. Moreover, she was shouldered with lots of responsibilities and didn’t wish to be labelled as a slacker.

“You are still so weak. There is no way you can go to work today.” Putting the phone aside, Joseph addressed his girlfriend.

After having breakfast, Ashley’s energy was revived.

When she was about to tell him she was fine, Joseph’s lips touched the sensitive part of her earlobe and he took a deep breath. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body. A sense of limpness swept over her. Once again, Ashley had lost all her energy.

Joseph, who took satisfaction in what he had done, smiled at her. “Look at you! You are still so weak. How can you possibly have the energy to work? I don’t think you should go to work today. I think we should spend a cozy day together.”

His words were almost like a whisper. Ashley was clutched by restlessness. She slowly lost herself and gave in to his tenderness. After a while, she regained her senses. When she realized she couldn’t push him away, she turned her head and bit his neck.

“Ouch… You wild cat…” Joseph whimpered as pain coursed through his neck. His voice was hoarse and his eyes dark.

Ashley was oblivious of the fact her gentle biting at the part near his Adam’s apple was seducing him. He wasn’t screaming in pain. Instead, she had awoken excitement in him.

Soon, she understood he was rather enjoying this. Shocked, she took a few steps away from him. Her beautiful eyes turned wide. “Don’t come over! You obviously want me to be weaker. We will maintain a distance!” she exclaimed angrily.

“Okay, I won’t come over.” Looking at Ashley who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, Joseph covered his injured neck.

He watched as his beautiful girlfriend regarded him warily. Every time his eyes fell on her, he was overwhelmed by an urge to make out with her.

For what felt like ages, she observed him. Once she calmed down, she let out a deep breath. “I’ve decided not to go to work. But what about you? Don’t you need to go to work?” she asked.

It was already too late. And just now, when she had jumped away from Joseph, she realized her body could need some rest.

“No. Like I said, we should spend the day together. Without me, you would be bored here. I want to keep you company,”

Joseph said calmly, but Ashley was rather skeptical. She had a bad feeling he was lying.

She could never understand what was going on in his crooked mind. She had no energy to go outside, but if they stayed at home, there was a possibility he would seduce her.

“When do you intend to talk to my father?” Ashley asked, changing the topic.

She had nothing else to do or say. She wanted to know how her calm boyfriend would deal with the matter in hand.

“I will be talking to him this afternoon. When you have enough rest, we’ll go back and have a showdown with your father.”

Instead of being afraid of Jack like he used to, Joseph seemed very assured that the victory would be his.

“Why? Is there a problem?” he asked, noticing his girlfriend was gaping at him.

“Well, there isn’t a problem. But I want to know something. What will I do while the two of you are talking?” Ashley asked slowly. She had regained her senses and wished to know how he would deal with her.

Her wise boyfriend had suddenly stopped being afraid of her father. Inwardly, Ashley had a sneaking admiration for him.

Joseph leisurely leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and tapped the armrest with his slender fingers. He was a man who had faith in himself.

“Your father invited me to meet him. You can say hello to him and then sneak out to steal… well… I mean get a hold of the household register. I’ll handle the rest.”

In a leisure manner, he revealed his strategy. His well-thought plan made Ashley dumbstruck.

It turned out that her boyfriend’s strategy that she had been eager to know wasn’t as reliable as she had hoped. In fact, it could be considered reckless!

“Call Mom and tell them to expect us this afternoon.” Joseph came close to Ashley. “Now we can take some rest. By the way, we will be having meal at your house this afternoon,” he added as an afterthought.

Thus, the war between the new father-in-law and the new son-in-law commenced. Joseph wasn’t the sort of man who would patiently watch everything. He would launch a counterattack against them.

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