Perfect Match: Irresistible Desire For You
Chapter 95

“I feel wronged. But, I’ll give you a chance to make up for it. You have to stay with me.”

Joseph leaned over and whispered in Ashley’s ear, putting his arm around her shoulder.

Feeling his warm breath in her ear, Ashley’s ear turned red once again. Joseph’s words were becoming almost too much to bear, and being the shy girl that Ashley was, this left her at such a loss for words.

Pretending not to hear what he said, Ashley continued looking through the handmade booklet. Behind the notes were the photos they had taken during their travels, along with some simple and affectionate words Joseph had written. This unique booklet contained the precious memories the two of them had made along the way.

After getting engrossed in reading all those presented in the entire booklet, Ashley finally found Joseph’s vigorous and stiff handwriting at the last page. It said, “Honey, what do you think about the special gift I made for you? If you liked it, then you have to give me 1, 314 k****s as a reward!” An interesting sketch of a k**s was drawn right beside it.

“Well, you still owe me 1, 313 k****s. Keep going,” while Ashley was still left utterly dumbfounded after hearing Joseph’s request, he suddenly whispered in her ear again.

“Are you kidding me? You’re asking for a reward for giving someone a gift?” Ashley asked, shaking her head in disappointment and pulling a long face. ‘If I kissed him at least five times a day, it would still take more than half a year to complete 1, 314 k****s, let alone five k****s a day, which should be out of the question.’

“It’s just a small token of appreciation for my love. Or should I say it’s a way for me to improve my kissing skills? Yes, that’s more accurate,” Joseph said with a straight face after seeing her cute reaction.

Looking at the serious expression Joseph had on his face, Ashley thought of what he had just said. At that moment, she suddenly had some second thoughts about her promise to stay with him.

“Can I still take back what I said?” Ashley asked in a low voice, feeling a bit hesitant.

Hearing her words loud and clear, Joseph calmly replied, “I’ll let you know once you’ve given me all the k****s.”

It should go without saying that Ashley was not pleased with his response. As expected, she couldn’t keep up with him at all.

“Oh, there’s one more thing I forgot to tell you. To keep encouraging our love, you have to finish the rest of the booklet. I’m going to check it randomly.” Realizing that Ashley was probably going to ignore him, Joseph ran his fingers through her hair and lightly said this.

The remaining pages were left for Ashley to continue. With this, Joseph would be able to see her keep a record of the moments they shared.

‘It’s not every day that I get a gift from him. However, not only does he want me to give him a reward for it, he also wants me to encourage him.’ Looking straight into Joseph’s deep and dark eyes, for the first time in a while, Ashley couldn’t help feeling that the man in front of her was up to something.

As soon as Ashley closed the booklet, the colorful lights disappeared and the room was instantly enveloped by complete darkness. Then, she suddenly felt her chair turn 180 degrees clockwise and saw a large heart-shaped candlelight display on the ground, with Joseph standing tall in the center and gracefully bowing in front of her and asking for her hand.

In this candlelit room, Joseph’s handsome face was filled with so much tenderness. He was akin to a knight of light who had appeared in the darkness.

Without even realizing it, Ashley looked at Joseph in amazement with the most beautiful smile. Then, she stood up and slowly walked towards the candlelight display and gave her slender hand to Joseph. At this moment, it felt like time stood still, making it seem as though they were the only two people in the world. It was so calming and serene that they could clearly hear each other’s heartbeat.

With the melodious music playing, Joseph and Ashley danced in the middle of the candle lights.

Time seemed to have taken them back to the night when the two of them danced together at the party. A lot of things had happened since then, and the biggest difference was that there were no eyes watching them, and they had now fallen in love with each other so deeply.

When the music stopped playing, Joseph looked at Ashley’s ruddy face and saw the glimmer in her eyes. Then, without a warning, he passionately kissed her lips.

Unlike the first time, Joseph cut to the chase this time. Every now and then, his lips would meet hers in a torrid k**s, and he would gently suck the tip of her tongue as they shared this very intimate moment.

Ashley found this sensation so overwhelming, so much so that her body was slowly getting numb and it was turning her on so much. It came to a point where she had gotten so weak in the knees that she could barely even keep standing with Joseph’s arm wrapped around her waist.

After a long while, Joseph finally let go of Ashley, who seemed to have lost her strength while leaning in his arms, and nonchalantly said, “What do you think? Have I become a much better kisser now?”

Hearing this, Ashley didn’t know what to say. ‘Did he seriously k**s me so passionately just for practice?’ Without a hint of hesitation, she stepped on Joseph’s foot and said in a furious tone, “Don’t get ahead of yourself. You’re still a terrible kisser, and you still need a lot of improvement.”

As soon as she said these words, Ashley walked out of the candlelight display on the ground. She didn’t want to risk being used by the mischievous man to practice kissing again because of what she said.

Seeing that Joseph was about to approach her with a devilish grin on his face, Ashley quickly tried to change the topic. “To celebrate our first day of officially being together, why don’t we go on a date? What do you say?” Ashley ended the question in a rather coquettish tone, worried that Joseph might force her to practice his kissing skills with him again.

Afraid that Joseph might get too full of himself, there was no way Ashley could admit that he had improved so much. Although she didn’t really know what a good kisser was supposed to be like, she honestly thought that he had really made a lot of progress this time.

If it weren’t for the first k**s their shared back then, Ashley probably would have doubted whether Joseph was actually an experienced kisser. Now, she could tell that it must be because of Joseph’s efforts that he had improved so much.

Hearing the coquettish words coming out of Ashley’s mouth, which seemed to have become a little swollen in the darkness, Joseph felt so happy. In any case, he had all the time in the world to practice with her, so there was no need to be in a hurry.

“Okay,” Joseph replied, nodding his head in agreement.

When Ashley heard that Joseph happily agreed to her request, she let out a sigh of relief. Without wasting a second, she grabbed a hold of his arms and said with a sweet smile, “Let’s go.”

At first, Ashley thought that for as long as the two of them were together, it didn’t matter whether they were officially dating or not. However, after tonight’s confession of love, which felt like a dream, she was captivated by this kind of happiness she had never felt before. On this day, it seemed that they had found someone they truly loved.

“You have to give me the specially-made movie. I promise I’m going to take good care of it.” Before walking out of the room, Ashley carefully held onto the booklet on her chest and suddenly asked Joseph.