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Chapter 93: Tom's Birthday

Author: Lois
last update publish date: 2026-03-05 00:34:49

Bella POV

I should have known that asking Caleb Black to help with Tom's birthday was like asking a wildfire to help with kindling.

The penthouse rooftop had been transformed overnight. There were balloons in every shade of blue and green—Tom's favorite colors, which I was certain I'd mentioned exactly once. There was a magician in a top hat doing card tricks by the drinks table. There was a pony. An actual pony, standing in a little fenced enclosure near the far edge, wearing a tiny birthday h
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