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The Birthday
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2026-01-03 08:00:00The boutique manager returned with the red dress carefully wrapped in black tissue paper and placed in an elegant garment bag with the Maison Delacroix logo embossed in gold.
“Miss Ashford,” she said, handing it to Kira with a warm smile. “Happy birthday.” Kira blinked. “How did you…” “Your brother called ahead when he made the arrangements for your visit.” The manager’s smile widened. “He wanted to make sure today was special.” Kira
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CHAPTER 139: Birthday ShoppingKIRA POVAdrian shifted slightly in his seat, leaning forward with his elbows resting on his knees.“Nothing too serious. Just a proper birthday party where we invite people. Their friends from school, some of our family, maybe a few of your close friends if you want.”“Okay. That sounds reasonable.”“We could rent out a venue. Something fun like that indoor trampoline park they’ve been asking to go to. Or maybe one of those places with laser tag and arcade games.”Kira thought about it for a moment. Lily and Ethan had been talking nonstop about wanting to go somewhere like that with their friends. A birthday party would be the perfect excuse.“The trampoline park could work. They’d love that.”“Yeah?” Adrian looked genuinely pleased that she was agreeing. “We could book it for like three hours. Get the private party package so they have the whole space to themselves.”“That’s probably smart. Less chaos with random kids running around.”“Exactly. And we
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KIRA POV“What’s he doing here?” Kira muttered under her breath.But her mother heard her anyway. Elena gave her a knowing look and smiled slightly before turning back toward the door.“You’ll have to come see for yourself, sweetheart.”She then closed Kira’s bedroom door and her footsteps retreated down the hallway.Kira sat on her bed for a long moment staring at the closed door. Adrian was downstairs. In her parents’ house, unannounced on a random weekday evening.What could possibly be so urgent that he couldn’t just call or text like a normal person?She stood up and walked to her wardrobe, opening the double doors and scanning through the clothes hanging there. Her hand hovered over a casual dress that looked put together but not overly formal. Then it moved to a nice blouse she could pair with jeans.Kira stopped herself mid-reach.Why even bother? It wasn’t like she was trying to impress him. This wasn’t a date. This was her Adrian showing up unannounced while she was trying t
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SOPHIA POVIt wasn’t too long after Sophia had snuck back into her room when she heard a knock on the front door downstairs.She froze, trying to listen to who it was.No one really came to visit them here at Marcus’s place even his mother barely stopped by, and when she did it was usually in the evenings. Elena always complained that the sun inside the estate during the day was crazily high and pierced her skin, so she avoided being outside when it was bright out.But it was sunny right now, in the early afternoon. Which meant it probably wasn’t Elena.The only other person Sophia could think of who would come knocking spontaneously was Kira.Shit.She moved quickly, pulling off her heels and tossing them in the closet, she started removing her makeup with wipes she picked up from her dresser. She pulled off her nice blouse and trousers and changed into an oversized t-shirt and pajama shorts.Then she climbed into bed and messed up her hair to make it look like she’d been sleeping in
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