Chapter 14

With a swoosh, fireworks lit up the night sky in an instant, the colors so dazzling and beautiful.

“Rosalynn, do you think it’s pretty?” Evan asked.

Rosalynn felt so wronged, the bitterness in her heart rose in waves. “Yes, it’s gorgeous. Thank you, Evan.”

There was a pause.

Then she remembered, today was Evan’s birthday.

She added, “Evan, happy birthday.”

Of course, Evan was happy. Twenty years of life had never been this happy before. He had originally regretted not being able to spend his birthday on the dreamy black sand beach this year. But, as luck would have it, a beautiful princess had appeared in his life like a fairytale, stepping out of the small, short window. This was the best birthday gift.

Not too far away, Evan’s parents stood together. They looked at their son, grinning stupidly while holding his cellphone.

“I heard our son has been getting quite close to a mysterious girl tonight,” Dana, Evan’s mother, expressed with a concerned expression on her face.

Chad Lockner, on the other hand, didn’t seem bothered by it. “What’s the fuss about a man enjoying the company of multiple women? Let him have his fun, and when the time for an arranged marriage comes, he will eventually settle down.”

anything, but thought

lousy man, acting recklessly himself and now wanting to influence

all night.

chauffeur waited at the pier, ready to drive

As he got into his car, he got a

as the car that

glanced at the driver’s seat. A lean middle–aged man in a leather

called out

got in the car with an icy demeanor. He’d already thought

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everything about Rosalynn in the future would have nothing to do with him. He’d be able to distinguish between Olivia and Rosalynn, not projecting his feelings

away from the

immediately turned off his

so

shuffling awkwardly: “Thank you, miss! It’s a birthday gift from

well!” Paige turned to

how much she’d had to drink; her eyes couldn’t

get in the car. We’ll feel better once we’re

help from Rosalynn to get into the car. Rosalynn fastened Paige’s seatbelt, closed the door, and then moved to the other side of the vehicle, preparing to enter from that side.

about to reach for the car door, a voice called out her name from behind. Rosalynn turned around and saw Evan approaching, clad in casual sportswear and with his curly hair in disarray,

a text message to Evan, thanking

his hands on his knees, panting so hard that

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