What had she done? Vera blinked. There was no way she was telling him.

Noticing her silence, Quill looked over and grabbed her wrist. "Hmm?"

Vera replied in a mysterious tone, "It's a secret."

"You'll know when the time comes!"

Seeing Vera being all mysterious, Quill naturally did not press on. Furthermore, he was in a bad mood that day, so the atmosphere in the car fell silent very quickly.

Vera could sense his bad mood as soon as he quieted down. She kept feeling something was amiss.

Because she had been focusing on the surprise, she hadn't wished him a happy birthday nor gave him a present.

Thus, she began assuming if he was upset because of this.

But she could only keep it to herself and wait until they got to the restaurant. By then, he wouldn't be in such a bad mood anymore.

However, if Vera had known what would happen later, she definitely would not have thought about surprising him, nor would she have wanted to celebrate his birthday.

In the restaurant.

When the group of staff saw Vera bring Quill in, they couldn't help sighing and whispering to each other.

"My God, Miss Zais's boyfriend is so freaking hot. No wonder she's willing to prepare such a surprise for him. If I have such a hunk for a boyfriend, I'd be absolutely willing to prepare a surprise for him every single day!"

"D*mn right!"

"His boyfriend sure is a dreamboat, but Miss Zais seems very ordinary. Moreover, she's the one preparing the surprise in this relationship. It feels... Umm..."

Although she did not finish the rest of her sentence, everyone present knew what it entailed.

Their manager interrupted them.

our client. Don't go meddling in other people's business. What we need to do is to serve our customers the best we can. Keep your opinions and judgments to yourselves. Got it?" "Got it." "I've booked a table. Their business is booming. I had to book way advance to get a table." Vera said to Quill when

Quill only

held his hand as

room. They would feel

However, Quill didn't seem to notice anything. He thought it was just the room's interior design, so he didn't pay much attention

dishes. They didn't look anything out of the ordinary, so Quill didn't suspect

would have noticed something was amiss. However, it

the staff switched off the lights in the room under Vera's cue, the sudden darkness surprised

tapping her fingers lightly. Quill thought Vera assumed he was frightened by

her hand and tell her

Flick!

room came back on, but it was different

be a cake on the table. Vera was lighting the

Vera's delicate face brightened under the flickering candlelight. With a bright smile on her face, she began to sing the birthday

had kept buried surfaced, slowly drilling into his mind, corroding his ability

the candle flames danced, it took a different form in Quill's eyes.

song ringing in his ears turned into

helpless cries, nearly tore the

sweat formed on Quill's forehead. He looked ghastly; even his lips became pale. Under the dancing candle

bulging, and his breathing had

"Happy birthday!"

the birthday song and sent him her blessings. It was also then Quill's last bit of

she urged him to

a sincere look, she encouraged him, "You need to make a wish before blowing

wish would you like

was no response. Quill was deadly

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