Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

The seasons changed, and another year passed in the blink of an eye.

After a day's work, Willy's gaze was lost on the calendar, "Happy birthday!"

It was exactly that day when she disappeared from his life a year ago! If their child were alive, they'd be almost one year old now, wouldn't they?

Their little one...

Laurie, where in the world are you?

Shutting his eyes in pain, he placed his hand over his heart. He wasn't sure when, but a hole seemed to have formed there, and he couldn't fill it up no matter how.

The empty office was so quiet that a low pressure seemed to be sweeping through, suffocating.

He got up, picked up the car key on the table, and strode toward the door.

He got a small gardenia pot from a greenhouse and made his way to Roman Western Restaurant, where he would go on every occasion. It was the last place they rendezvoused. She said she wanted to spend her birthday with him; he never forgot. In the same private room, Willy put down the pot and ordered a few dishes and a delicate small two-tiered cake.

He unwrapped the flower pot after signaling the server to leave him be. The white petals gave off a faint fragrance that reminded him of his Laurie. Every time he smelled the scent, it felt as though she was still by his side, and only did his heartache alleviate. Willy poured some red wine and lit two candles.

"Happy birthday! In the future, I'll spend every year this day with you! Didn't you say you wanted to spend your birthday with me, Laurie? Why haven't you come back?"

His voice turned husky after downing the entire glass. "Where in the world are you? Laurie..."

and airports? Neither could he find any signs of her in any of the colleges. He had searched every place that she would possibly be at, but

the candle but knitted his brows tightly together, downing a glass of red wine

until ten before he belched and took out a pair of pearl earrings from his pocket, which laid inside a red box, atop a black velvet cloth. The diamonds on the studs formed two adorable dogs, one bigger than the other; though a little different, it wasn't

you not miss me

the time you come back, little

"Come back? Will

was he so uncertain at the

so why won't you check on me when I've been waiting all this while? Why..."

Carson, he stashed his

"Carson, what's up?"

necktie and nodded when Carson said the few of them gathered together and asked

I'll be

as he

desserts, especially cake with buttercream, but no matter he liked it or not, or how sickly sweet it was

"Laurie, sweetheart, happy birthday!"

our little one! I really hope I can see you again! Laurie, I've been looking for you, waiting, you know? If you can hear

room, and the hearty dinner and a Barbie cake were placed on the dining table while gift boxes piled up on the floor.

Elijah, the current head of

mother, Preslie, the semiretired second head of the Luther family. After taking some photos, Lauren wiped her baby's hand and handed her to the servants behind her before cutting the cake