"He’s just resting in the room.” I tried to indifferently brush through the conversation.
Truthfully, I had been calling Theo to come downstairs from the beginning, but the guy said, "As a married man, I should only be celebrating my wife's birthday, not any other woman's."
I rolled my eyes at him and said something without thinking. "I wonder how many birthdays you've celebrated for Cindy? Your reasoning is invalid."
Hearing my complaints, Theo responded to me with a solemn expression.
Hence, in order to avoid his anger, I left the room as if I was running away. I did not have the guts to call out to him again.
As I thought of this, I immediately smiled and said," Forget about him. Happy birthday! This is your gift."
I had specially chosen a beautiful box and put the invitation inside, anticipating her expression when she saw the gift.
"Thank you." Nicky reached out for it, smiling.
"How about opening it to see?" I blinked at her.
Nicky nodded. "Okay."
She tore off the red ribbon on the outside, then opened the box and took out the invitation. There was no need to open it up. She should know what it was based on the cover.
Sure enough, after seeing the invitation letter, Nicky’s pupils suddenly became dilated. She looked up at me in surprise. "It’s Drover Night, the artificial intelligence exchange meeting held in Zenon. I’ve been following their page for a long time but unfortunately, they only invite mainstream people. I’m not even on their invitation list. I didn’t expect you to have an invitation letter, Wanda."
I knew that this conference was very important hearing it from Theo's mouth. Yet now that I was hearing it from Nicky, I finally understood how rare this meeting was for them.
I scratched my head embarrassedly. "Actually, I took this favor from someone else. It was Theo’s invitation letter, and he gave it to me."
"No matter who gave this to me, I'd still like to thank you for celebrating my birthday." Nicky smiled while showing her dimples. She carefully put away the invitation. "I'll cut the cake."
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