“It’s your birthday tomorrow right, Gerald?” asked Giya as soon as he picked up.
“Hmm…”
“Humph! Why didn’t you invite me over to celebrate with you then? I was waiting all day for you to call me today! It’s already this late yet you still haven’t invited me… Could it be that you’ve already forgotten about me?”
“Not at all. It’s just that since I’m back in my hometown, I was just planning to have a simple birthday celebration!” explained Gerald.
To be completely honest, Gerald really hadn’t planned to invite Giya at all.
Though she was very nice to him, Gerald simply wanted to be together with Mila now. He didn’t want to get too close to other girls. Therefore, he summarized that continuing to have such a complicated relationship with Giya just wouldn’t do.
What more, Giya had gotten into trouble when she was here with him the last time. Gerald felt embarrassed to even invite her to come over again.
“Whether you’re inviting me or not, I’m coming over to your house to look for you tomorrow. Unless… you don’t regard me as your friend at all…?”
Giya leaned her head against the bed’s headboard as she spoke through the landline. She was currently in a room in a villa.
Over the line, Gerald could only agree helplessly as he nodded. Immediately after that, he came up with an excuse saying that he was busy and ended the call.
“Humph! You b*stard! You’re really heartless toward me!” said Giya with a desolate expression on her face before hanging up as well.
She had initially expected Gerald to take the initiative to invite her over to celebrate his birthday with him. On the contrary, she now felt that if she hadn’t called him, he definitely wouldn’t have invited her over at all.
What more, since that major incident, whenever she tried looking for Gerald just to have a simple chat with him, he’d always reply indifferently. At most, it was common for him to reply with just a few words.
This made Giya slightly uncomfortable. The more uncomfortable she felt, the more she couldn’t help but overthink the matter.
At that moment, knocking could be heard on her bedroom door.
“Giya? Are you asleep? Your father and I have some things to discuss with you!” said Giya’s mother from behind the door.
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