Chapter 160 Your Kiss

"Do you say this just to make me happy?" Joseph was amused.

"It's so late, you'd better go home. And, tomorrow..." Kate thought for a moment, "Tomorrow, I am going to spend the day with Daisy to celebrate her birthday. Few people have cared for her since my mother passed away, I want to make up for that. Since I will be with her all day, I won't be able to see you."

"That is not a problem," Joseph replied.

**

The next morning, Kate and Daisy left to spend the day at the amusement park. After a day of playing games and going on the rides, they went to a pub for supper and it was nearly ten o'clock when they finally arrived home.

Daisy was thrilled, "I wish I could spend every day like this!"

"We could go to the amusement park on the weekend in the future," Kate suggested and flopped down on the sofa.

"Can we? That would be great!" Daisy put her head on Kate's shoulder, "I remember when Aunt Flora would take us to the amusement park. I never thought we would be happy after she passed away."

Kate felt sentimental as Daisy spoke. She looked at her mother's photo on the table, then with a smile said, "She is always by our side."

"Yes, we're together, forever."

"I think we should probably get some sleep," Kate didn't want to talk about her mother anymore, or they would end up feeling sad.

When Kate got to her room, she saw that there were no missed calls or text messages on her phone. She immediately wondered if Joseph was too busy to contact her throughout the day. After thinking about it for a few minutes, she decided to call him.

The phone rang twice and Joseph answered, Kate was caught off guard and stammered, "Are you asleep?"    

"Not yet, I'm working on a project," He answered quietly.

"Then did I bother you?" She was worried.

Joseph's voice was soft and filled with caring, "How was the amusement park today?"

"Great!" Kate tried to sound happy, but she missed him and was too shy to tell him.

"Happy to hear that," Joseph continued, "It's late so you should go to bed. After all, you do need to go to work tomorrow."

"Yeah..." She thought he would have a lot to say since they hadn't spoken all day. However, Joseph seemed to be in a rush to get her off the phone. Kate felt a little depressed until she remembered he was working, so she assumed that was the reason. She whispered, "Okay, same to you. Good night."

"Good night," Joseph said and hung up.

**

The next morning Kate was having breakfast, when Daisy murmured, "Lord Joseph usually comes to pick you up around this time but he isn't here."

Even though Kate acted like she didn't care, she wanted to see Joseph. She liked it when he picked her up for work.

"Yeah, as a business tycoon, Lord Joseph must be very tired. I am sure that your support is very important to him."

"I'll do whatever I can."

After the breakfast, Kate grabbed her purse and car keys, then headed toward the garage when she saw Joseph's car pulling into the driveway.

Daisy seemed to be more excited than Kate. She shouted, "Kate, don't go to the garage! Your knight in shining armor is picking you up!"

Kate laughed at Daisy's reaction. She looked at Joseph and tried to hid her excitement, "I thought you weren't coming."

"I'm sorry, there's was traffic."

"It's okay. I mean, you don't need to pick me up every morning. We don't even work in the same direction, it is a waste of your time," Kate could see the weariness on Joseph's face when she got in the car. She touched his hand and said, "Did you get any sleep last night?"

"Do I look that bad?" Joseph asked with surprise. He wanted to ask her how she knew, but that would sound as if he was admitting he didn't sleep.

"Bloodshot eyes, dark circles, puffiness are all signs that you didn't sleep or if you did, you didn't sleep well," Kate said with concern.

"Could you give some energy?" Joseph asked and squeezed Kate's hand.

"Energy? Me?" She was confused with his request.

Joseph looked at her and smiled. He leaned over and softly kissed her lips, "That gives me energy! It made me forget that I am tired and it will give me the strength to make it through the day."

Kate slowly opened her eyes and knew exactly what Joseph meant. Without saying a word, she also felt the warmth of their kiss and the passion behind it.

When they arrived in front of Kate Group, Kate asked, "Shall we have lunch together?"

"Sure, I was just going to ask you the same thing," Joseph said with a smile.

Joseph took the plan he spent the night working on and drove to Cooper Group. Cooper Brown, the president of Cooper Group, looked anxious when he found out that Joseph wanted to see him. He was unsure what to do, if he refused to meet with Joseph, it would offend him. However, if he met with Joseph, he would offend Smith Group. After weighing his options, he decided it was best to see Joseph, even if it was just to keep a false sense of peace.

"Mr. Smith, how are you? I am surprised to see you, why did you want to speak with me?" Cooper greeted Joseph.

Joseph didn't really acknowledge his question. He handed the plan he prepared over, "Mr. Brown, before you decided whether or not to sit down and meet with me, you should read this first."

Cooper was confused and felt a little uncomfortable as he took the folder from Joseph. He had planned to just skim over it, but the contents got his full attention. After reading it carefully, he asked suspiciously, "Isn't this plan given to me before from Kate Group?"

"That is the one you denied," Joseph sat down on the sofa, after seeing Cooper's reaction. He calmly started to say, "If you think this plan is good, I don't mind you using it. However, you would have to work with Kate Group."

The second part of Joseph's sentence was loud and clear; he had a lot invested in the matter.