“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.

the kind of person Preston was, and that the latter coming emptyhanded was a result of him being genuinely oblivious to the purpose of this occasion rather than being

Preston

wondered why everyone was aware of

her eyebrows. “Well, maybe it’s because you don’t have

Tia’s birthday through frequent and casual chats with one another. Nobody had made any

trying to eat

did not have a girlfriend, and Lulu’s jibes at the

unlikely,” Lulu said, shrugging her shoulders. “I was just reminding

Lulu was implying, Preston helplessly turned to Nicole, his eyes narrowed in discomfort. “Can you count me out like you

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

I’m not throwing anyone under the bus here. Besides,

my girlfriend, I’ll stay single forever.’ Preston’s expression soured

from him got the entire crowd roaring and guffawing,

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

birthday today. I have not prepared anything for you either,”

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