My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

“It’s our turn now since you’ve given her your gift already,” Lulu teased.

“Of course,” Stanley said, not in the least surprised by how others had come to know about Tia’s birthday.

He felt that Nicole knew that today was Tia’s birthday, and that she had seen her plan to surprise from a mile away. If his guess was correct, Nicole had informed others of the occasion and its purpose.

“You’ve all prepared gifts too?” Tia asked, her eyes widening in surprise.

The last thing she had expected him to do was throw her a surprise party by inviting all of their close friends to celebrate her birthday this year. The only other thing she did not see coming was that they had shown up bearing gifts.

“Of course we did. Preparing gifts is a must for such an important occasion,”

Lulu replied, before handing her gift to Tia.

After everyone had given the items they had prepared to Tia, Preston lowered his head awkwardly and apologized. “Sorry, I didn’t prepare any.”

“Did no one tell you?” Samuel asked, a little taken aback.

was a result of him being genuinely oblivious to the purpose of this occasion rather

no one did,” Preston

why everyone was aware of Tia’s birthday

opportunity to tease him, Lulu raised her eyebrows. “Well, maybe it’s because you don’t have a

gotten to know about Tia’s birthday through frequent and casual chats with one another. Nobody had made any official announcements, so they had

trying to eat my heart

it was not his fault that he did not have a girlfriend, and Lulu’s jibes at the dinner table had only served to embarrass him

just reminding you that you still have a responsibility to

turned to Nicole, his eyes narrowed in discomfort. “Can you count me out like you did for Ellar? I’m begging

on him, he would find the responsibility too overwhelming for him to

Ellar retorted in disapproval. “Hey, I’m not throwing anyone under

girlfriend, I’ll stay single forever.’ Preston’s expression soured in an instant, and he murmured, “Why do I feel like

the entire crowd roaring and guffawing, making the

gales of roaring laughter, Patricia was the only one who remained solemn. Her head was hanging low, as if she was lost in thought. She had seen through Ellar’s intentions, but she did not know how to proceed without scarring him in the process. She was thinking of ways to let Ellar know that they could never be a

didn’t know it was your birthday today. I have not