Giselle had passed Casper a rather large, cylindrical object wrapped in paper tulle.

It feels like a cake box.

Just then, another thought crossed his mind.

Did I put down today’s date as my birthday in the school records?

He stared at her with an indecipherable expression in his eyes.

Giselle flushed even more furiously under his stare. She had a strong urge to flee the scene.

Swallowing her embarrassment, she proceeded with the second part of her plan.

“Happy birthday to you-”

Giselle began singing to Casper in her sweet, melodious voice.

Her rendition of a short and simple birthday song was ethereal.

Casper could not look away from her even if he wanted to. He felt utterly hypnotized.

The cake in his hands suddenly felt priceless.

In the blink of an eye, Giselle had finished singing, and the two of them fell into silence. She could not speak out of shyness, while Casper was awestruck.

Giselle broke the silence.

“Erm, Casper, Happy Birthday. There’s a small gift in the package, along with a birthday cake. That’s all. Bye!”

after presenting the birthday gift.

wrist before she could make her escape, and a tall figure stepped

faced her and placed her present carefully on

next moment, he had pulled her in for

was an unusually intimate gesture on his part, and Giselle blushed as she struggled in

to no avail

in his arms, Casper asked, “Ms. Clauder, I don’t want

words sent tremors through Giselle’s body,

dates and enjoy candlelit dinners, and I’ll bring you flowers as often as you like. I want to protect you and support you through your ups and downs. My goddess, may I have the

shook Giselle to

an answer, she mustered every last bit of her strength to break free from his embrace and run back to

have escaped if he had not let down

stood motionlessly and alone in

dumbfounded by

not have acted so hastily. Giselle may have begun to fancy him, yet

atmosphere had bolstered his

he had not won Giselle over with his unexpected

I was too eager. I’ll need to work harder and be

Casper to wait patiently for Giselle to accept his

that he had forgotten to

real birthday fell on the twenty-fourth of June,

none of the information

wealthiest family in Chanaea,

his true identity to enroll in the university, and assuming a fake identity was also part of his year-long agreement

in Chanaea, the Simpsons had many enemies, and Casper would have been an obvious target if his identity

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