Perfect Match: Irresistible Desire For You
Chapter 92

“Yes. Perhaps it’s because of my brother.” Although Ashley wasn’t really sure why Joseph asked about it, she didn’t hesitate to tell him everything.

“Okay,” hearing her response, Joseph calmly said.

Joseph was a man who wouldn’t miss a trick, so he came to the conclusion that Zaiden, the man Ashley had mentioned earlier, must have feelings for her.

When Ashley and Zaiden were on the phone, although Joseph couldn’t clearly make out what they were talking about, he noticed that the man’s low voice was filled with so much tenderness. The man said something along the lines of ‘as long as you remember me’. What was more, he was being awfully nice to her, so there was a possibility that he had some indecent thoughts.

Looking at it from a different perspective, a friend of Mike, the CEO of the Guzman Group, must be an exceptional person. And considering how affectionate Zaiden was towards Ashley, he probably wasn’t interested in just being friends with her.

Fortunately, Ashley was completely oblivious of that fact. Thinking of this, Joseph was quite pleased, and his heart was more or less put at ease.

‘It doesn’t matter if you’ve known her longer than I have, I’m still the one who’s going to get her in the end.’ Looking at the number in the call log, Joseph couldn’t help sneering in his heart.

As a matter of fact, Joseph used to think that Ashley’s dullness was a bit troublesome in the past. However, he now found it as quite an endearing quality of hers. It was precisely thanks to her dullness and lack of interest that no other man could make a move on her.

Then, Joseph turned his head and looked at Ashley who was pulling a long face. Needless to be said, he was in a really good mood. ‘You are destined to be mine,’ he whispered in his heart.

Seeing Joseph’s bright eyes as he stared at her, Ashley felt so confused. She still hadn’t figured out what he meant by what he just said, and now he was suddenly beaming her a charming smile. ‘Could it be an aftereffect of his illness?’

When this thought crossed her mind, Ashley decided not to think too much about it anymore. She said to Joseph, “Why don’t we go for a walk in the garden and bask in the sunshine? It’s good for your health.”

“That’s a great idea!” Without having to think twice, Joseph took Ashley’s hand to go to the garden at the back of the villa.

Time quietly passed by as the two of them kept each other company like it was the most natural thing in the world. When the clock struck four in the afternoon, Joseph told Ashley that they had to leave soon so she should get ready.

Hearing this, Ashley, who had just woken up from her nap and was browsing the internet, told Joseph that she just needed to get changed, then she’d be good to go. With that, she turned around and went to the bedroom on the second floor.

After entering the room, Ashley wondered what she should wear for her first real and mysterious date with Joseph tonight. Something was telling her that it would be a date that she would remember for the rest of her life. As she looked at her suitcase, a deep frown crept onto Ashley’s face. She only had casual clothes and some knitted coats, and she felt like they wouldn’t be presentable enough for their date.

Not wanting to keep Joseph waiting for too long downstairs, Ashley had to make do with a pair of skinny jeans with a loose white knitted coat, wearing it in a ladylike style. Ashley was tall and slim, and the outfit she was wearing made her appear even taller and more elegant.

As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Joseph waiting down the stairs for her. From the looks of it, Joseph seemed to have chosen an outfit that would match the clothes Ashley had available—a pair of jeans and a simple black hoodie, which gave him a casual look and made him look so handsome.

The clothes Ashley was wearing today might not be that much different from what she usually wore, but she styled her hair differently just for their date. Her soft hair was rolled up in a unique way, revealing her milky white neck. The moment Joseph saw the fresh and beautiful look she had, his eyes lit up in an instant.

“You look so beautiful.” When Ashley reached the last step on the stairs, Joseph held her slender hand and complimented how good she looked.

“You look very handsome as well!” Ashley returned the compliment as she looked at Joseph in amazement.

“Yes. Beautiful men and women are meant to be together.” Joseph tightened his grip on Ashley’s hand and playfully said.

Hearing this, the corners of Ashley’s lips twitched a little. ‘Could he be more narcissistic? Although there’s no denying the fact that he looks so good, he should at least be a little humble about it.’

He reminded Ashley of her friend Yasmin, who was also a narcissist and was quite proud of her natural charisma.

The schedule for the photo shoot of handsome foreign men got delayed just because Joseph had said to Ashley with a straight face, “Do you really need to take pictures of other people even though you already have a gorgeous man like me standing in front of you?” Remembering this, Ashley was once again left at such a loss for words. In her mind, she thought that this just went to prove that Joseph really was a narcissist.

“So, what are we going to do?” Ashley asked, sitting on the passenger seat of a convertible.

As soon as Joseph was done saying his narcissistic words, they went on their way to the perfect day he had planned for the two of them. And since Ashley didn’t know anything at all about this trip, she couldn’t help asking Joseph what they were going to do.

Seeing the curiosity written all over her face, Joseph calmly replied, “I’m going to take you to a movie.”

“What movie?” Ashley asked, sounding even more curious.

She never would’ve imagined that Joseph would invite her to watch a movie. In her opinion, Joseph didn’t seem like the type who would enjoy movies since he might think that they were boring and a waste of time, much like how she didn’t like dull soap operas. At the thought of this, she became curious as to what type of movies Joseph would be interested in.

“Here are the tickets. You can check it yourself.” Without keeping her guessing randomly, Joseph handed over two tickets to her.

Ashley quickly grabbed the two tickets and looked at them carefully. However, the more she looked at them, the more confused she became.

Not only were the tickets made of special paper and good to the touch, they were also bordered with gold, giving them a formal and classy appearance. However, what confused Ashley the most was the Obrarian text embossed in the two tickets—the name of the movie: Serendipity; the time: x/x/x (today) 18:30; the term of validity: permanent; the seats: No. 5 and No. 20…

Looking at these two tickets, Ashley thought it should be a movie that had premiered all over the world. But, after cudgeling her brains about it for a long time, she couldn’t think of a movie called “Serendipity” ever being shown in her country. Just what kind of movie was this that attracted Joseph’s attention? Most importantly, why did their seats have to be so far apart?

“Why are our seats so far apart?” Feeling so confused, Ashley couldn’t help asking Joseph. For now, she had to assume that she probably just wasn’t aware that a movie like that was running in cinemas. However, shouldn’t the two of them be sitting next to each other if they were going to watch a movie? In any case, Joseph had always been a big spender, so booking adjacent seats shouldn’t be a problem for him.

“You’ll replace out soon enough. No need to worry.” Just like that, Joseph tactfully skirted around Ashley’s question once again.

Getting a bit tired of hearing the same response from him over and over again, Ashley curled her l*p in annoyance. ‘Of course, I’ll replace out when we get there. I asked because I wanted to know right now.’ After letting out a helpless sigh, she glanced at her watch. The movie would begin in an hour and half.