Unpleasant surprises(ii)

Ember's POV

"Oh? I don't know what is going on... Yeah... today is my birthday. I have totally forgotten about that."

He kissed me and smiled. "Well I haven't. it's a good thing you dressed up pretty. I was scared that you wouldn't fall for my trucks. Alas, it ended up being good though. I don't think that anyone would be able to stop your shine at least not now."

I smiled at him because this was a very sweet thing to do and I felt warm in my heart. It's almost as though there was something that was stuck in my throat. I couldn't believe that I was crying.

"Thank you."

"Are you crying, Ember?"

The men began to clap and more tears streamed down my eyes. I was happy and at the same time sorrowful. Reason being that this man was a very good man and he was going to be heartbroken later on. I would have preferred to hurt a man if he was probably wicked to me but doing all of this and still betraying him? I didn't know how to navigate that.

"You are so overwhelmed." He muttered and I sta