The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 171

Yasmine's life was boring without Sebastian's company. On this day, she was looking through the calendar out of boredom, counting the days since Sebastian Simons left home. Suddenly, she realized that it was Lily's birthday. She patted her head and thought that she was really an ungrateful person. She only cared about her husband every day and even forgot about her best friend's birthday.

She quickly took out her phone and dialed Lily's number, but her phone was turned off. She immediately felt guilty, thinking that Lily had deliberately turned off her phone because she was angry with her.

She changed her clothes and rushed out of the house with her bag in her hand. She then went to a shopping mall in the city and bought Lily a big teddy bear for her birthday. She hurried to the apartment where Lily and Scott lived. She pressed on the doorbell and waited. After a while, a crazy-looking woman came to open the door.

"Why are you still sleeping at this time?"

Yasmine Taylor stared at her in disbelief. She was completely speechless.

Lily Adams rubbed her messy hair and yawned, "I'm always like this on the weekends. Don't act as if you never knew I was like this."

She pointed to the couch, "Take a seat. I'll go and wash up." Yasmine grabbed her pajamas and pulled her back. She put the big bear into Lily's arms and said, "Happy birthday!"

Lily smiled and kissed the bear. "Thanks, only you would remember that today is my birthday."

"Even your parents don't remember?" Yasmine asked.

"I mean the people around me now," she said.

"Doesn't Scott know about your birthday?"

Lily shrugged her shoulders, "It would be weird for him to know."

"Well, how would he know if you didn't tell him?"

"I did! I hinted him twice. The first time I said I wanted to throw a party on July 20. He asked me why and I told him that it's a memorable day." He said, "Oh, okay."

"That's it?" Yasmine raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah."

Lily pouted, "Don't you think he is too inhumane? I've already hinted him so much. He should've at least asked me what kind of memorable day it is, right? Instead, he was so casual with it. I'm so angry with him."

"What about the second time you hinted him?" Yasmine continued asking.

"The second time was last night. I even made a cup of hot tea for him and brought it to his study. I asked him if he could take a day off for today. He asked me why, and I said I hope he could spend some time with me today because it is a special day for me. That was the second time I mentioned to him that it's a special day. But he still didn't ask me why. Instead, he asked me: How old are you?"

Yasmine blinked. "What did he mean?"

"Yeah, I was confused at that time too, so I asked him why he would ask me that. Guess what he said?" she complained.

"What did he say?"

"He said that I'm not a three-year-old child but yet I still kept pestering him to take me out as if he was my father. I was really angry when I heard him say that!"

Yasmine burst out laughing and said jokingly, "It seems that you get along well with Scott."

"Get along well? I didn't even dare to speak to him at school. At home, he is like an elder to me, commenting on my diet and my lifestyle and everything else. Other than that, there is no other kind of romantic atmosphere between us that a couple should have."

"Have you done that?" Yasmine suddenly asked. "Done what?"

"That?"

"What is that?" Lily pestered.

"Hmph." Yasmine snorted, "Don't act innocent with me. I know you are a wild woman deep inside."

Being exposed, Lily said angrily, "Have you seen a father and a daughter do that?"

"What father? He just asked you how old you were, and you already regarded him as your father. It's your own fault. You shouldn't beat around the bushes. You should just directly tell Scott that it's your birthday and see what he does. It's a lot more simple like this."

"I don't want to do that."

Lily raised her chin stubbornly. "If he cares about me even a little, he should understand the meaning of my words. If I tell him directly, he will definitely agree to it out of courtesy."

"Doesn't that solve your problem?"

"What? It would be a date entirely out of courtesy. Do you think I'll be happy even if we go out?" she said.

"Your expectations for him are too high. You should take it slow. Scott is not the kind of man who is attentive and meticulous to a woman." she said.

"Ahh..." Lily sighed. "If it were your birthday, he would still remember such an important day even if you didn't say it."

"Alright alright. Don't think about it anymore. Go and freshen up. I'll go out with you."

After leaving the apartment, Yasmine and Lily first had a delicious meal, then they carried on to the forest garden to swim for the whole afternoon. Well, it was more like Lily teaching Yasmine how to swim. In the evening, Lily climbed out of the pool, lying on the ground and gasping, "You are not celebrating my birthday. I'm like a slave to you."

Yasmine smiled embarrassedly, "Well, I will make it up to you someday."

"Why do you suddenly want to learn swimming?" she asked.

"Sebastian always made fun of me for not knowing how to swim. I want to take this opportunity where he's not around to learn how to swim. When he comes back, he'll be surprised."