After finding the contract mentioned by Sophia, Bard drove to the appointed hotel and told the foreman about his purpose. The foreman took him to an elevator.
When they arrived on the specific floor, the light was on. However, it was utterly dark after they walked out of the elevator.
Bard felt weird. When he looked back at the foreman, the latter had gone.
'What's going on? Someone wants to do something to me?'
Bard thought there was something wrong with this hotel.
Before he turned away, a group of people walked out from the dark while pushing a cart, in which there was a big birthday cake with burning candles.
They sang a birthday song loudly.
Only then did Bard recognize they were Sophia, Edwin, Charles, Helena, Chloe, Bailey, Emma, Aria, and Drake.
He was dumbfounded.
The giant birthday cake stopped before him. Sophia said with a smile, "Happy birthday, Bard. Make a wish!"
Everyone was watching him. Bard was still in a daze. "So, you all remember my birthday?" he muttered.
"Of course we do," Chloe chuckled, "You can't blame us. Sophia forbade us to tell you ahead of time. We didn't mean to freak you out."
'Sophia?'
Sophia prompted, "All right. All right. Make a wish and blow out the candle."
Only then did Bard return to his senses. "OK. OK."
He sucked in his breath to blow out the candles.
Swoosh!
However, there were too many candles.
The cake was almost 5'3" and had more than one layer. There were candles on each layer. Therefore, besides Bard, others also helped him to blow out the candles.
Sophia dipped some cream and applied it to Bard's face.
All burst into laughter.
Since she did so, others also learned from her.
Before Drake applied the cream to his face, Bard glared at him in a warning. "I dare you to do it!"
Although Drake was a bigwig, Bard was his future brother-in-law.
However, his warning didn't stop Drake.
"Believe it or not? I'll never let Sophia be with you," Bard threatened him.
Drake replied leisurely, "You don't need to threaten me. Your disapproval won't make any difference. The point is whether she wants to be together with me."
Bard was rendered wordless.
Emma passed a gift to him. "Happy birthday, Bard. Please enjoy yourselves. I'm going home, leaving you youngsters here to have fun."
"Please don't go, Ms. Glass. It wouldn't be fun if you were not here," Bard stopped her immediately. Although she was Drake's birth mother, she was also Sophia's teacher.
"It's alright. Have fun." Emma insisted on leaving.
Drake said, "I'll give you a ride home."
No one stopped him.
Although it was Bard's birthday, Bard pulled Sophia to a corner and whispered, "I can allow Aria to be here as she's Ms. Glass' daughter and your friend. But why is Drake here?"
While he whispered, he looked at Aria, who felt uneasy.
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