“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.

knew 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

one did,” Preston said, his

was aware of Tia’s

opportunity to tease him, Lulu raised her eyebrows. “Well, maybe it’s

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

trying to eat my heart out?” Preston

did not have a girlfriend, and

Lulu said, shrugging her shoulders. “I was just reminding you that you still have

Nicole, his eyes narrowed in discomfort. “Can

that pressure on him, he would

not throwing anyone under the bus here. Besides, I’ll soon have

unconsciously glanced over at Patricia. ‘If Patricia won’t be my girlfriend, I’ll stay single forever.’ Preston’s expression soured in an instant, and he murmured, “Why do I feel like I’m the only

from him got the entire crowd roaring and guffawing, making the atmosphere in the room even

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

it was your birthday today. I have not prepared anything for you either,” Cindy

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