My Second Husband novel Chapter 78

"Amos?" Christopher saw his name on the phone.

"Where's Eudora? Why did you pick up her call?" Amos questioned.

"President Granger, please mind your language! Eudora is having a fever and she almost fell from a building. She has been in the hospital for the whole day. Why aren't you here yet?"

Fortunately, he showed up in time and grabbed her arm. Otherwise, she would have ended up like that man.

"What did you say?" Amos' heart missed a beat. "How's she now?"

"She's not dead yet!" Christopher screamed.

Eudora came back from outside and saw Christopher talking on her phone.

"Who called?" She asked.

"Amos Granger!" He yelled and passed the phone back to Eudora.

"Hello!" Eudora took the phone and cleared her throat before she answered, "Hi Amos. Christopher was just exaggerating. I just have a cold. I'm feeling much better now. I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

"I'm sorry that I missed your birthday." Amos frowned. "Something urgent came up." He remembered.

She thought that she had finally calmed down but Amos' words made her feel bitter again.

She sniffed and replied with a smile, "It's okay. I'm not a child anymore. On top of that, I had a whale of a time with Aunt Valerie! By the way, isn't it already nighttime there? You should go to bed now!"

She hung up the phone without hesitation.

She was afraid that tears might roll down her cheeks if she didn't hang up.

Christopher looked at her in surprise. "Your birthday?"

"Yeah!" Eudora exhaled and nodded.

Christopher answered, "Sorry, I'm an incompetent boss. I don't even remember my staffs' birthdays."

"No!" Eudora shook her head. "It's not your fault."

"No, this was your first birthday since we met. Plus you have been helping me so much. We should celebrate it! Wait for me. I'll come back soon."

"Hey!" Eudora wanted to stop him but he had already run off.

"Let him be," she thought.

Christopher came back after a few minutes. He held a birthday cake in his hands. It wasn't too big but it looked delicious.

Eudora's eyes widened. He smiled, "It's really difficult to get a cake here. I had to go quite far away to get one."

He put the cake on the table and carefully lighted the candles.

"Just because your birthday is over doesn't mean we can't still celebrate it. Hurry up and make a wish!" He exclaimed.

Eudora was touched as she never considered her relationship with Christopher as close. They were just colleagues. But Christopher had been so thoughtful. Eudora felt a tinge of warmth in her heart.

"But I'd already made a wish!" She thought of the wish she made that evening.

"I see. Let's just eat the cake then! I like cakes!" He cut the cake into a few pieces and passed the first piece to Eudora. "Birthday girl gets to eat the first piece."

He gave the remaining pieces to the doctors and nurses in charge of the ward.

"This cake will be a blessing. A blessing to many people. You will definitely receive a lot of blessings in return, too!" Christopher exclaimed and had another bite.

He repeated,

"Happy birthday, Eudora!"