Nell also understood so she did not insist to stay.
A few days later, Nell's new show was finalized, which coincided with Christmas, and Joel called and asked if they wanted to get together.
Since Nell had nothing to do, she agreed.
When she went over, only did she realize that today was not only Christmas but also Owen’s birthday.
Nell did not expect it so she did not bring a gift and was a little embarrassed by that.
Fortunately, Gideon had already prepared it earlier. When he handed over the gift to her, Nell shot a glance at him.
"Why didn't you signal me earlier?"
Gideon smiled. "You’ve been so busy these days, so I didn’t want to bother you.”
He paused for a while. "Owen grew up with us and won’t care about these.”
Although Nell knew that what he said was the truth, she also understood that the most basic etiquette was required.
The party was quite lively but halfway through it, Nell suddenly received a message in WeChat.
It turned out that it was sent by Tara.
She was a little surprised.
After drinking together last time, she added Tara's WeChat account but the two have not been in touch.
Therefore, Nell was still a little confused when she heard from her.
She got up, went outside, and saw Tara wearing a beige cashmere sweater standing not far from the corner.
Seeing her coming out, she rushed over and smiled. "I'm sorry, Ms. Jennings, I’ll have to trouble you to pass this gift that I prepared for my senior. Can you give it to him for me?"
Nell suddenly became more confused.
"Owen is inside. Wouldn't it be better for you to give it to him?"
Tara smiled reluctantly.
"No, I'm in a hurry and need to leave immediately so I’m not going to crash the party. Besides that, it's not an important thing. Since I was just passing by here and heard that you guys are here, so I brought it along."
Up to this point, Nell felt awkward for not helping.
So, she received the gift.
"Well, then, are you sure you’re not coming in?”
"Nope, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Thanks for the trouble."
Nell shook her head. "No problem."
"Then I’ll leave first."
"Okay."
Nell felt helpless when she saw her left.
She did not give much thought to it and walked in with the box in her hand.
When she returned to the room, Owen was playing cards with a few people.
The three of them had just finished one round and were taking a break.
Gideon saw her come in and asked, "Where did you go?"
Nell replied, "Tara suddenly sent me a message, saying that there’s something for me."
As she was saying, she walked to Owen and stuffed the box to him. "This is her birthday present for you, have a look."
Owen was taken aback and was somewhat surprised.
He glanced at the box in his hand, then got up and looked behind her, and asked, "Where is she?"
Nell sighed. "She left!"
“Left? Since she came, why did she leave?"
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