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.

serve our customers the best we can. Keep your opinions and judgments to yourselves. Got it?"

in thought, Quill only replied with

hand as they went

room. They

Quill didn't seem to notice anything. He thought it was just the room's interior design,

They didn't look anything out of the ordinary,

day, he would have noticed

off the lights in the room under Vera's cue, the sudden darkness surprised Quill, and he finally

assumed he was frightened by the sudden

hold her hand and tell her he was

Flick!

in the private room came back on, but it was different from

be a cake on the table. Vera was lighting the candles

flickering candlelight. With a

had kept buried surfaced,

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

ringing in his ears

fire, accompanied by helpless cries, nearly tore the

cold sweat formed on Quill's forehead. He looked ghastly; even his lips became

and his breathing

"Happy birthday!"

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

she urged him to

look, she encouraged him, "You need to make a

wish would you

Quill was deadly silent.

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