Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

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.

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

only replied with

hand as

They would feel the difference as

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 to

didn't look anything out of the ordinary, so Quill

wasn't elsewhere that day, he would have

the lights in the room under Vera's cue, the sudden

thought Vera assumed he was

her hand and tell her he

Flick!

lights in the private room came back on, but it was

happened to be a cake on the table.

under the flickering candlelight. With a

moment Quill saw the cake, a memory he had kept buried

it took a different form in Quill's eyes. Ablaze, the surrounding was covered in a

in his

helpless

even his lips became pale. Under the dancing candle flames, Vera's face distorted

veins were bulging, and his breathing

"Happy birthday!"

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

urged

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

would

response. Quill was deadly silent. His expression...