Chapter 564


    Chapter 564 I Can Be Shameless Every Day


    ric couldn’t resist entertaining mischievous thoughts as he observed her reaction. And so, he


    reached out and pulled her to sit in front of him. “Well, I do have a suggestion now. Listen and see if


    you like it. If you don’t, we cane up with something else.”


    Intrigued, Victoria was eager to hear what he had in mind. “Mhm. Go ahead and tell me.”


    However, the man raised an eyebrow yfully. “Do you want me to tell you? Well, you’ll have to give


    me a kiss


    first.”


    Confusion washed over Victoria’s face. “Wait… What?”


    She thought she must have misheard him.


    Awkwardly, she stared at ric, who was in front of her. “What did you just say?”


    ric’s deep gaze lingered on her lips, his voice low and husky. “Are you ying dumb?”


    After a moment of bewilderment, Victoria suddenly blushed. “We are discussing something important.


    What on earth do you think you’re doing?”


    However, ric leaned closer and teasingly brushed his warm breath against her face. “This is


    important too, and it matters a great deal.”


    Instinctively, she turned her head away before his breath could reach her.


    To her surprise, he reached out and held her chin. “Just kiss me.”


    Victoria furrowed her brows in protest. “No way.”


    He looked at her with a puzzled expression. “Why not? Do you feel disgusted with me?”


    The word threw her off guard, and she quickly retorted, “Of course not. Why would you think that?”


    There was no way she could ever feel disgusted with him.


    “Are you sure?” ric lowered his gaze, looking like he was deeply aggrieved. “All this time, you’ve


    been rejecting my advances. A couple of days ago, you refused to sleep with me because of your


    friend, and now you won’t even kiss me.”


    A self–deprecating curve formed on his thin lips. “If this isn’t disgust, then what is it?”


    Hearing his words, Victoria suddenly felt like she had been portrayed as the viin in their interactions.


    She instinctively rushed to defend herself. “That’s not true. When I turned down your advances, it was


    because we were at the office, and there were people around. I thought it was inappropriate.”


    Pausing briefly, she gathered her thoughts before continuing. “You must understand this, right? And as


    forter, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to sleep with you. It was because Summer came, so I went to sleep


    with her. It was just a coincidence that one night and it didn’t happen again. And about what just


    happened… It’s not that I didn’t want to kiss you, but-”


    Interrupting her exnation, ric quickly interjected, “If you’re not unwilling, then what’s wrong with


    giving


    me a kiss now?”


    bina


    iriportant.”


    “Kiss me, and we’ll continue the discussion,” he insisted.


    She found herself at a loss for words.


    It seemed she couldn’t escape from giving him a kiss today.


    Feeling a mix of frustration and fear that he genuinely believed she was disgusted with him, Victoria


    reluctantly. leaned in and nted a quick kiss on his cheek.


    Her movement was swift and unexpected, catching ric off guard. Before he could react, she had


    already withdrawn. “Now, do you believe that I don’t find you disgusting?”


    “That was too quick,” he remarked.


    Confused, Victoria asked, “What do you mean?”


    “I mean, it was too quick. I barely felt it.”


    “You only asked for a kiss, and you didn’t specify the speed. Anyway, you can’t back out now. Hurry up


    and tell me your idea,” she retorted.


    ric emitted a soft hum before breaking into a gentle chuckle. “I’m not satisfied yet. Let me kiss you


    again.”


    Just as Victoria tried to stand up and make her escape, she felt a strong hand grab her wrist and pull


    her back


    into an embrace. Caught off guard, she found herself falling into ric’s arms.


    In the next moment, her chin was held, and his familiar breath pressed against her.


    She intended to push him away, but it was toote. Her lips were captured by ric’s, and the familiar


    scent and the friction of his lips gave her a sense offort. With a swift surrender, she closed her


    eyes.


    Expecting her resistance, ric was momentarily taken aback by her unexpectedpliance.


    However, he quickly regained hisposure and deepened the kiss.


    An hourter, ric held the woman in his arms with a satisfied expression on his face. The subtle


    upward curve of his eyebrows hinted at his happiness, and the usual depth of his eyes was reced by


    a different


    emotion.


    After letting out a contented sigh, he held her even tighter.


    Thinking about their recent encounter, Victoria blushed and buried her petite face in his embrace.


    As her cheek pressed against his chest, she could feel the gentle vibrations of ric’s low chuckle


    resonating


    within him.


    She wanted to lift her face and ask him about his amusement, but the weight of their recent intimate


    encounter made her bravery falter. Hence, she could only grit her teeth and yfully punch him.


    ric, however, paid no mind to her yful retaliation. After all, in the past hour, he had received what


    he had longed for in exchange for the cold treatment and lingering bitterness that had gued him for


    so long.


    Victoria punched him twice and still found no satisfaction, so she continued her yful assault.


    However, when she reached the fifth punch, her slender wrist was finally grabbed by ric. “Alright,


    alright. Enough with the hitting,” he said helplessly.


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    “Can’t I even hit you?” she retorted.


    “You can hit me if you want, but didn’t you mention earlier that your hand was sore?” he replied with a


    hint of amusement. “If it was already sore, won’t it hurt even more if you keep on hitting?”


    Victoria fell silent upon hearing that.


    She couldn’t believe he would casually bring up the embarrassing moment from earlier.


    Her ears reddened, feeling as if they were about to burst. Then, she swiftly pulled her captured wrist


    free from his grasp.


    “You have no shame!” she muttered angrily.


    ric cheekily responded, “Yeah, I have no shame. If you’re willing to treat me like you just did, I can


    be shameless every day.”


    “I don’t feel like talking to you.” Victoria pushed him away, intending to get up and leave.


    “Wait! Don’t you want to hear my suggestion?” he interjected.


    As the subject of the new year came up, Victoria hesitated for a moment. Fearing that he would


    continue his yful antics, she stood still in ce without turning back.


    “I’m all ears,” she dered.


    Recognizing her genuine concern, ric refrained from further teasing. He knew he had to handle


    things delicately, bit by bit, in order to capture her heart.


    Scaring her away now would mean losing the opportunity for future sweet moments.


    “I’ll talk to my parents directly about buying ne tickets,” he proposed.


    “Buying ne tickets?” Victoria turned her head in surprise. “What do you mean? Why do we need to


    buy ne


    tickets?”


    At that, hemented, “You can’t have the best of both worlds, so why not go abroad with them and


    celebrate together?”


    Victoria pursed her lips, contemting his suggestion.


    Truth be told, it was an idea that had crossed her mind as well.


    After all, they were ric’s parents, and it wouldn’t seem fair to burden them with the expense of


    traveling


    abroad with her.


    On the other hand, if she asked her parents to purchase tickets to visit, it wouldn’t be fair to her parents


    either.


    While she was grappling with her conflicting thoughts, ric took matters into his own hands.


    Contemting this, Victoria turned to him and asked softly, “Is that okay? Will they… be upset?”