My Baby’s Daddy

Chuckling, Shirley answered, “It’s a guess.”

“You must have looked up information on me,” Zacharias teased.

“That goes without saying,” she admitted. “Before coming here, I have to find out what kind of person you are.”

“Oh, what kind of person am I, then?” he asked out of curiosity.

All the previous information and reports she had gathered about him flashed through her mind. Looking in retrospect, she concluded that before getting into contact with this man, all the reports that categorized him as an aloof man couldn’t exactly define what kind of person he was. But now, she knew what kind of person he was-outstanding, capable, and a little playful. “After working by your side for so long, I have a pretty clear idea about what kind of person you are,” she answered.

His smile was increasingly charming. “So, tell me.”

“No, I don’t want to.” She rejected him haughtily, picking up a match and striking it before lighting the candle. When that was done, she paced to the switches and turned off all the lights in the living room.

it didn’t affect the light from the candle, and the room was blanketed under a

birthday song for me!” he requested. Struck with embarrassment,

hear it. “Just a couple of lines will

cleared her throat, clapped her

birthday to you, happy

brightly in the candlelight because he had stared

a wish now,” she urged.

candlelight danced on

eyes suddenly popped open, and he raised his head, catching her right in the moment when she was in a

his face. “I’ve made my wish. He looked deeply into her eyes as though. telling her telepathically that his wish was related to her. Sensing his

at the candles, then she

took out two plates before slicing a piece of cake and placing it on his plate. Then, she cut a smaller piece for herself