Obviously, Susan wasn't going to tell her the real reason.
She cooked up a random excuse by saying that she was carsick before coming out of the washroom.
Unexpectedly, Sigrun leaned into her ear and whispered, "By the way, Ms. Susan, since my birthday is next week, there's something I would like to seek your opinion on."
Go on.
"I have a friend who encouraged me to ask Ian how he is going to celebrate my birthday for me. Do you think I should do that?"
Sigrun stared at Susan earnestly and asked a question that was equivalent to twisting a knife in her heart.
At that moment, Susan's ears were ringing.
For the first time in her life, she felt the urge to flee. In fact, it would be best if there was a place for her to hide and not hear such a sound ever again.
Why would she ask him that? Can it be that he has celebrated her birthday with her before? No, they have only known each other for half a year. Hence, the timeline doesn't match. But the fact that she would say such a thing only means that they are close to each other.
Finally, Susan heard herself ask, "Has he celebrated a special occasion with you before?"
Sigrun nodded. "He has. During Christmas last year, he went to the amusement park with me. We even had a blast riding the carousel together."
A vibrant smile emerged on her face as if she was visualizing what happened that day.
In the meantime, Susan's face lost all color.
Just when she felt as if she was about to be tormented to death, someone appeared behind them.
are both of you still doing here?
seeing it was Kurt, Sigrun quickly ended the conversation and ran back to the
slowly followed behind
"Are you all
little dizzy. It's
made up an excuse to hide
though Kurt didn't expose her lie, he had a question for her
was up with you
didn't know how to
face him, Susan instantly forgot her troubles
makes you
wore mismatched
made a
the table. Trailing her gaze down
dumbfounded for a long time as a warm sensation filled her
invited, "Aunt Susan, what are you standing there for? Come over and have
"Sure."
smile graced her face again, she made a
was in the middle of his
expression turned
have a weak stomach. You
him a portion of
say anything as
could enjoy
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