Chapter 1050 - 1058: I Want to Kiss You

"I’m just saying this now, the cake might not look very good, but you’re not allowed to mock my skills," Jane Sampson pulled James Black over to the tea table, pressing him to sit down on the sofa.

Just as she had reached out to unwrap the cake, at the last moment she remembered something else and turned her head to look at James Black, making a special point to say it so that he couldn’t mock her.

Watching Jane’s finger waving in front of him, James Black lifted her hand and held it in his palm, his voice hummed with a chuckle.

He knew she would return, and even if she came back empty-handed, he wouldn’t mock her.

"Let go, I need to unwrap the cake for you," Jane glared at her hand which was caught in James’s grip and couldn’t be pulled free. She blinked at James and pouted her lips, signaling him not to mess around.

James hummed a response, but showed no intention of letting go at all.

Jane stomped her foot, getting impatient, but since James wouldn’t loosen his grip, she could only glare helplessly.

After a while, she thought for a moment and then leaned towards James, bending over to give him a kiss while he sat.

Her lips landed on the side of his face, and after the kiss, she tried to pull her hand free.

Hmm, she managed to pull it back.

Jane chuckled with delight, and after gaining her freedom, she quickly stepped back and unwrapped the cake in a few swift moves, stuck the candles in, and then used the lighter that James had just used for his cigarette to light a candle for him.

"This is the first birthday I’m celebrating with you, so I’m lighting just one candle for you. From now on, each year I’ll add another candle," Jane said as she gently pushed the not so pretty cake in front of James.

Then, turning around, she clicked off the living room electric light, and in an instant, the room was illuminated only by the faint candlelight and the gradual emergence of her singing voice.

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you..." Jane walked step by step towards James, her voice sounding very pleasant. Thus, even such an ordinary birthday song, sung from her lips at this moment, became in James’s eyes the most beautiful song in the world.

"Close your eyes and make a wish, then blow out the candle," Jane sat next to James, her eyes gleaming as she looked at him.

James’s gaze left the green figure on the cake and fell upon Jane’s face, capturing the light in her shining eyes.

"I want to kiss you," he said all of a sudden.

Jane was startled, her ears turned red and she answered in a hushed tone, "Make a wish first."

His wish?

James’s eyes deepened as he thought to himself.

One, may his family be healthy and everything go smoothly; two, may she always be happy.

And the third wish...

The third wish was for her to be there, year after year, just like today. That, on each birthday, she would be beside him, singing him a Happy Birthday, and making him a cake that wasn’t too ugly but wasn’t quite beautiful either.

That on each birthday, she would always be the first one to say Happy Birthday to him.

Two out of his three wishes, pertained to her.

After making a wish, James gently blew out the candle under her sparkling gaze. He heard her clapping joyfully like a child, then she bounced off to turn the lights back on.

Jane passed the cake-cutting knife to James, "The birthday boy has to cut the cake!"