"What is that?" Her words immediately attracted attention from the kids. Both of them straightened themselves in order to see what was the surprise hiding behind Nora.
It totally made sense why would they look forward to the surprise for them. After all, they were impressed by the gift that Amelia had gotten for Owen.
They had never seen anyone who got Owen such a creative gift before.
Most of the guests would either bring along expensive delicacies or jewelry upon paying a visit to them.
Andrew and Ashley were long ago getting used to gifts of such a kind. All they wanted to see was something extraordinary.
It turned out that the imitation gun that Amelia had presented as a gift was interesting to them.
Hence, there was no doubt that they were going to look forward for the second gift from Amelia.
Owen spoke at this time, "Oh? Is that true that Amelia had gotten Andrew and Ashley a gift as well? Surely it must be an interesting one!"
Agreeing, Ashley began to echo in unison, "That's right! Hurry up, Aunt Amelia! Show us what have you been holding behind mommy!"
Under the pressure of intense gaze she received by everyone, Amelia could not help feeling stressed out. She worried that she was going to make another joke of herself after Owen's gift.
"Arg! I don't care anymore! In the worst scenario, I'll make everybody laugh at me again which certainly meant nothing to me anymore after the first incident."
At the thought of this, Amelia finally brought herself to show up with the cake that she was holding all this while.
The packaging box of the cake had already been removed. Since the cake was not meant for birthday celebration for Andrew and Ashley, there were no candles on top of it.
Although the surprise was no doubt different from their expectation, at the end of the day no kids could ever resist desserts. Both of the kids exclaimed, "Hooray!" Whooshing, Ashley came right in front of Amelia before she could realize.
"Hey, slow down! This is all yours!" Amelia was glad to see that they were over the moon. At least she did not screw it up this time.
Just as Amelia was dividing the cake for everyone, Ashley could not help asking, "Aunt Amelia, are the two lamb on the cake representing me and Andrew?"
Pausing, Amelia took a side glance at Ashley and replied, "Yeah."
Ashley asked again, "Can you tell that which lamb represents me?"
Smiling, Amelia said, "Look carefully. You'll see that one lamb is a male one while another one is a female."
Ashley immediately lowered her gaze to differentiate the two lambs. Immediately she exclaimed in excitement, "Indeed! Hurry up, Andrew. You should see this yourself!"
Andrew who was all this while standing next to the cake had already noticed this. Upon hearing this, he could not help nodding aggressively, "Yeah! I saw it!
It is so thoughtful of you, aunty!"
At this point in time, Amelia suddenly realized the vital role played by kids in a family!
If she were Andrew and Ashley's parent, she was going to look forward to return home and accompany them irrespective of how tiring and busy she got tangled up with work.
After all, these two kids were too adorable and
sweet!
Just as Amelia was cutting the cake attentively, with one look at Owen, Patrick had invited him to have a talk at the balcony.
Both equally gorgeous and well-built men came to the balcony.
Patrick first took out a box of cigarette from his pocket. He then took a glance at the thing that Owen was holding in his hand before he spoke in a very matter-of-fact way, "Give me the gun."
Owen said gloomily, "Are you serious? How can you smoke in front of me when you're aware that I'm on the move of quitting?"
"I have faith in your willpower." With that said, Patrick took away the gun from his hand and put it into use.
Seeing that Patrick was yet to return him the gun after he lighted up his cigarette, Owen had to remind him, "The gun is mine."
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