reuniting years later.

he was still alive, Dominic was still keeping him, and even married him. Both Dominic and Juliet die, presumably when Juliet finally succeeds unaliving himself through a fire.

consistently exposed to heavy amounts of Ashley's pheromones after his presentation. Koi also could not sense any of Ash's pheromones, and this is because he had lost his sense of smell during an accident when he was young.

Koi later presents as an extreme omega, though he doesn't recognize this until Angel (Keith's omega dad) recognizes him as the same kind and teaches him about his trait.

We get a glimpse of Nathaniel who was taught by Ash to expel his pheromones through a pheromone party at 10 years old, a glimpse of Grayson (who presented as an extreme alpha at birth!) being slapped so hard by Ash after he fed Koi a homemade cake that had poisonous elements in the ingredients. We also get some scenes/events that appeared in Kiss me if you can, told from Koi's POV: Chase crying at the bottom of the staircase after being pushed, "helped" to go down the stairs by the twins, Chase crying after his bird dies, and Koi visiting Chase and trying to comfort him.

I think it is Koi's fault first and foremost, for forcing his wishes to have many children on Ash, who never really wanted more than 1 child. When Ash put his foot down in terms of disciplining the children after Koi is poisoned, Koi didn't have any backbone to protest or go against his wishes.

Ash used to punish Grayson when he was a child by locking him inside a dark panic room. In this novel, we learn that this was the method Dominic used to punish Ash.

Ash's ex-girlfriend, the cheerleader who lets Koi into the cheerleading club, and who eventually becomes Koi's best friend.

Josh has contact with both of Chase's parents.

This is the prequel of the main series. Lore Wise, It goes with Eat me up if you can and that one is traumatising and you read once and never again, then this one which is so cute. Then after this is every other book I believe. The ML is absolute gold, and MC is so supportive. This book has the best character designs yet. In The Eat me one, both MC and ML were unlikable but the author went way too far. With the Kiss Me, Liar, the most popular one, the ML was unlikable but the revenge was gold. The Kiss Me If You Can, MC and ML were iconic, and Desire Me if You Can is literally Kiss Me If You Can with different characters.

I thought it would take 10 years for them to meet again was a bit absurd considering that Koi abandoned Ash to take care of his father who got sick but apparently died a few months after the two separated. When I read a review saying that all this time had passed, I imagined that at least Koi would be sorting out his own life in the meantime, following his own dreams, studying, being more confident in himself and trying to improve the difficult life he had so that he could meet Ash again on the other side of the country, but he doesn't change anything, he doesn't move forward, he seems stuck in regrets and expectations that the person he left behind will continue to be the same young man he was before. Ash has evolved into an obsessive love and holds a grudge against Koi for not being chosen. I understand that he has psychological traumas caused by two shitty parents, but Koi also has family problems, in addition to the guilt he felt for his own family's accident. In my opinion, Koi chose his father for this reason. Ash was always aware of Koi's problems, unlike Koi, who never knew about the traumas caused by Ash's father because he never told him. Not that I agree with Koi's choice, but I think Ash lacked rationality. In the end, the two end up together, but...