The gift boxes were neatly arranged into a pyramid, allowing them to be unwrapped one by one, starting from the top.Victoria's gifts, though stacked with perfect precision and visually appealing, were entirely different from Sharon's "Number One to Twenty-Nine" approach. None of the gifts bore numbers—they simply felt like a thoughtless gesture, meant to fill in the birthdays Jamie had missed.Seeing Jamie standing in front of the pyramid with an unreadable expression and a faint furrow between his brows, Victoria asked, "Jamie, aren't you going to open them?"Jamie's gaze returned to the gifts, and he picked up the first one.It was a pen—clearly expensive.He set it aside and unwrapped the second gift: a leather belt.The third: a tie clip.The fourth: a scarf.One by one, he unwrapped each item, including a fine bottle of liquor. Each gift was practical, thoughtful, and far from ostentatious. Victoria had clearly put effort into selecting things that would be genuinely usef
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