On Victor's birthday, the gifts and cards sent in from his fans were everywhere. The three kids; Alick, Elissa, and Ray, surrounded the pile of colorful presents as they crazily unwrapped them for Victor.
"Mommy, I want to be an actress too!" Elissa announced proudly. "Then I can receive a lot of gifts!"
"Elissa..." Lucas felt speechless. "What a great dream!"
"You'd better not be an actress." Ray patted Elissa's head. 'She's so cute! I want to hide her from the world forever,' Ray thought as he looked at Elissa with love.
"Why not?" Elissa responded, holding a bag of snacks tightly.
"You can stay at home. I'll raise you," Ray answered dotingly.
The adults stood aside, exchanging glances with each other.
"Hiss..." Taking a deep breath, Lucas said, "Ray knows how to make girls happy."
"That's my boy!" Barry pinched his nose jokingly and walked towards Selah, who had a swollen belly.
"Elissa is so lucky." Mary smiled warmly and said, "It seems that Ray will be my son-in-law. I like him!"
"I like him, too." With a wide smile, William patted Barry 's shoulder. "Make more money, Barry! Ray can earn it in inheritance, don't wear out my son-in-law." "You should be working harder too!" Barry chuckled and said, "Plan for Alick as well!"
"Alick is less than five years old. Isn't it too early?" Selah glared at Barry.
"He's growing up. Besides, Ray is only seven years old!"
The group of friends continued to chat happily. Later, Lucas said, "We have been talking for a long time now. Where did our hero and heroine run off to? Aren’t Ena and Victor afraid that we might empty their house?"
"I heard that Victor took Ena to prepare some gift," William raised his eyebrows as he answered.
They looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Inside a speeding car, Ena grew both excited and worried. "Where are we going? I feel bad leaving our friends at home like this. Are we going to stand them up?"
"We will return right away as soon as we prepare the gift."
"What gift?" Ena blinked.
"Well..." With a slight smile, Victor straightened his tie. William and Barry had also taken their girlfriends to the Civil Affairs Bureau without their knowledge. This seemed like an excellent idea to Victor, so he decided to give it a try.
However, as soon as Ena's gaze fell on the three words "Civil Affairs Bureau", her eyes turned red.
"Why are you crying? Is this you being mad or emotional?" Victor held Ena’s hand and asked, pretending to be relaxed despite being anything but.
He had felt so excited watching William and Barry come to his place with their beloved girls. He felt jealous at how dotingly they looked at their significant others. Now it was his turn, but why did he feel like his legs were trembling?
Ena sniffed, worried about ruining her makeup for the pictures they would soon take.
"Let's go." Victor took a deep breath and pulled Ena's hand to walk out.
"Hmm... Hmm?" Ena was stunned. She grabbed his shirt when she came to a realization and called out, "Wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?"
"I... When did I agree to marry you?" Ena's eyes widened at once. "How can you just drag me here like this?"
"Don't you want to marry me?" Victor raised his eyebrows. Although he felt confident before, the rate of his heartbeat proved otherwise.
"Of course... I didn't..." Ena’s face flushed as she pouted. "There are no flowers or even a ring! You aren't even kneeling! How can you just bring me here like this?"
"Ena, you seem to have forgotten that you owe me a gift." Victor chuckled softly, looking endearingly at the woman.
"What?" Ena asked in a daze, "What does marriage have to do with this?"
"It does matter! Because you are my gift!" Victor pecked Ena's cheek and spoke in a sultry tone, "This is the gift you owe me. Come with me. After this, you will become my private gift."
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