Stella was completely taken aback.

She smiled at Keegan and asked, "How did you even come up with such a method?" Keegan appeared slightly uneasy and took his time before responding, "Wasn't there a trend online about romantic gestures from science students? I thought I'd give it a shot." Vermont chuckled, "Haha, trying out your science-student romance in front of us liberal arts folks? Good thing you didn't use this to confess your love, or else you'd be stuck with me for life!" Felicity remarked, "You're a bit of a slacker academically, so of course, you wouldn't get it.

Stella's a top student; this is top- student romance." Stella quickly waved her hands.

"No, no, I won't get it either." Afterward, she worried about when Keegan might pull another " romantic gesture of a science student" on her and cautioned him, " I don't like these science student romantic gestures.

I prefer the tycoon-style romance." Keegan paused for a moment, still not reacting.

Vermont jumped in, "Instead of small talk, why not just give a grand gift? Stella and I have similar tastes.

Now you know what to give us in the future, right?" Keegan was speechless.

Felicity pinched him.

"You're incorrigible!" Just then, Aldor wheeled in a cake with Aurora helping him carry two bottles of wine.

The birthday song started softly, and Stella sang along quietly, with everyone joining in humming.

casting light and shadow on

throat tightened, and his

people remembered and

wasn't like Vermont, with a large social circle that organized

for a drink or two, reminiscing about the

Stella understood him.

wish." Keegan nodded, closed his eyes before the candles, and sincerely made his birthday wish for

blew out the candles, and

for?" Keegan glanced at her and said seriously, Wishes don't come true if you say them out loud." Stella

their

up, they would eventually leave their

they grew up healthy, everything else would

was that year after year, the people by his side would remain

of strawberries, Jaylene Saun's call

Keegan hung up the phone and turned

want to be with

Stella smiled, "I didn't intend for you to answer anyway." Keegan

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