Desires Die Hard

Chapter 152

Anya brought the dress that was worth a hundred grand home with her.

During her ride back home, she peered into the bag and caught a glimpse of something hidden within the folds of the dress. It was a beautifully made card.

The young woman pulled the card out of the bag and flipped it open. Her eyes widened with incredulity instantly. Written on the card were two simple words: Happy Birthday.

Happy birthday?

Sure, it was her birthday today, but why would Evan know that?

He had placed the card in the bag though. He must know that it was her birthday today.

Anya could feel her heartbeat speeding up slightly.

Was that why he had invited her out for dinner tonight? Did he intend to celebrate her birthday with her?

The young woman’s heart was beating furiously now. She took a few moments to calm herself down.

What was she thinking?

An expensive dress and a birthday card weren’t going to win her over. She wasn’t going to fall into bed with the mant because of a simple birthday gift.

She had principles.

Anya pulled herself together. She ripped the lovely birthday card into pieces and tightened her fists around the crumpled shreds. As soon as the bus reached her stop, she alighted and threw the torn pieces of the card into a bin.

She had planned to bring her kids out for a good meal to celebrate her dinner. It appeared that her plans were now dashed.

After some thought, Anya decided to buy a cake from a bakery around the corner. She would have her birthday cake with Ellie and her kids. They could have dinner at a nice restaurant some other time.

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Anya tried to cheer herself up. The young woman was greeted by the cries of her kids when she stepped into the apartment with the cake that she had just bought..

Ellie was trying her best to make them stop crying.

It was to no avail. No matter what she did, Nathaniel and Eudora kept wailing. The sound of their loud cries made Anya’s

heart break.

on the table hurriedly and turned towards her aunt. “Ellie,

her wits‘ end. She was ready to burst into tears as well. “Nathaniel’s

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His skin burned a worrying heat. The discomfort of suffering such a high fever

her brother wailing had upset Eudora as well. She couldn’t bear to have her brother suffering in misery. That was why Eudora had burst into

on in both the kids‘ heads. She had been trying desperately to stop the twins from crying. After they had quietened down,

terribly high fever. It might lead to brain damage if it were left untreated.

were unimaginable.

fever? A sudden wave of panic surged inside Anya. She rushed towards the couch where Nathaniel was currently sprawled across, and stuck her hand out. Her palm

you taken his

I’ve been taking his temperature regularly. It’s been stuck between 100.4 and 102.2. I stuck a cooling pad on his forehead earlier. It didn’t help

of her son’s flushed and tear–stained cheeks. The boy wouldn’t stop crying. She could feel her own eyes

a minute to shove some diapers, milk powder and milk bottles into a bag. Then, they were

with neon lights, loud music, and a crowd that

a comfortable couch in a suite in the nightclub. He had a glass of red wine in his hand and was swirling it nonchalantly. He wasn’t talking to anyone at all. In fact, his mind seemed to be elsewhere. Next

of wild and flashing lights. Dan whirled the glass of wine in his hand gently. “We’re supposed to be having fun. What’s with that look on your face?*

leaving soon,” Evan said before taking a sip of wine

for you back home? Or are you sneaking off to a date?” Dan’s lips quirked into a

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what he was doing today at all. Dan wondered if this

It might be.

make the man unhappy. “It’s

us. You should get to know them. Make

word that Evan

“I’m not interested.”

that. He raised his hand, caught the attention of a waiter and then snapped his

few gorgeous–looking, skimpily dressed young women sashayed into

on the two handsome looking young men seated in the middle of the