'My happiness is rarely with them, and theirs seems to not excite me anymore as much as His does in my life.'
Finally, it's 16th/ December, it's here.
Friday morning I was surprised to head to the office with Kai to only find a surprise party being thrown at him, never in a million years did I consider him being born in December, that he is a Sagittarius but fine, I will take it.
I entered the embassy and am not going to lie, I was taken aback but what was there? The first floor of the reception is all decorated with a happy 27th post on the wall, the room is full of gold and blue balloons and a lot more other decorations. The workers of the embassy start singing Kai a happy birthday song as soon as he enters, Sarah and other people I see around here every day walk up to him with a cake in Sarah's hands that is lit by a candle.
They wait for it to stop lightening before they also stop singing.
They cheer and all clap happily for him. I walk away from him when I figure out a small figure of Leila among people standing at the end of the room cheering at Kai and walking to her.
"Leila you knew of this and you didn't tell me?" She looks at me and furrows her face.
"Knew of what?"
I roll my eyes. "I mean that today Kai was being thrown a birthday party?"
She is so busy cheering with the rest of the crowd that she rarely even looks at me. "Leila?" I cry out her name and she turns to me. "I mean yeah, I knew today was his birthday but I didn't know there was a party being thrown but I have news." She says smirking at me. "All this baby, is all under someone's wallet."
I roll my eyes because it's something even a kid would figure out because it's not like they picked all these decors somewhere on the street, someone was going to spend some money while buying them.
She looks at me and pokes her left shoulder on my right shoulder. "What?" I ask walking a little away from her.
"I mean don't you want to know the person who you are in a little competition with to your man?" I quirk my eyebrows in confusion. "Do I have to know? Because am in no competition with nobody. Kai is mine and someone better not be messing with my day before it even starts." She cheers and claps her hands loudly earning us a little attention that wasn't necessary.
Am already in a mood realizing someone had the nerve of doing a birthday party for my man without even including me, who does that?
But at least it brings Kai's eyes to me and it instantly reminds me of what he and I did.
A rush of blood goes up to my cheeks because still am not taking of it.
I have been thinking about it a lot and every time it does nothing but make me feel like a bad girl, a naughtier one at that.
I lowered my head but not before catching a smile that was forming on his face. It's like he is amused like he knows what I am thinking.
"Girl am trying to gossip here in case you haven't noticed," Leila says beside me and I turn to give her the attention she is calling for.
"Who is it?"
She smirks quite happily and now she piqued my interest. "Sarah." I widen my eyes in pure surprise because damn it, am somehow surprised but I don't know why in the back of my mind, I considered her.
"No way." She nods happily.
"She did all of this not even taking a cent from anyone else to help her, I mean this girl is possessed or obsessed because I don't think I can even call this love." I nod admittedly with her. It also made no sense to me, yes people don't know we are dating but come on.
A man like that can't really be single.
'I have known she had a thing for him from the start when I started working here but I didn't know she would go to this extent. I guess I have to talk it out with Kai.'
"Has she been doing this like every year?" I ask Leila but she shakes her head.
"This is a first because usually Kai doesn't work on his birthday. So she might have caught a word that today he was working." She says and I nod suddenly feeling annoyed by Sarah.
'Who does she think she is throwing a birthday party for a man that is taken?'
We are still gossiping when suddenly Kai interrupts everyone with his demand of requesting the attention of everyone to him.
"Thank you to every one of you who remembered my birthday and took it upon yourself to celebrate it with me here, from the bottom of my heart. Allow me to express my gratitude to you all, Thank you." Everyone cheers clapping their hands for him and it's that when I realize how much Kai is loved here.
'This people?' I frown as I stand right there with the jealousy eating me from the inside and the outside.
Am glaring at whoever am finding looking pleased with Sarah's work.
Kai smiles at everyone. "Thank you, I appreciate the gifts and everything but let's get back to work please." He says nodding to everyone and they all start making their way out.
I also turn on my heel and walk out of there with Leila on my side, I walk her back to her floor, before walking back to my cabinet to finish the work I didn't finish yesterday because of the superstar here none other than Mr Royal, himself.
I find myself working the first half hours of the day and the first half big day of my man with a frown and scowl on my lips because of stupid Sarah.
It's almost the end of lunch break and I haven't caught a glimpse of Kai the whole day since his morning birthday party now that it has been our routine to always have lunch together, now that I don't see him, I don't have an appetite to go alone to have something even though I am annoyed by him and his Sarah.
I walk to the cafeteria of the embassy and order some coffee before walking outside to the garden for some fresh air, I walk and sit on the same bench that I sat on the last time I met Leila for the second time.
It feels good being there alone, breathing in fresh air. Not many people love this side of the building.
I sit there thinking a lot of things going on in my life and how somehow my life changed from the last time I was here too, I realize I have grown to find some peace from living in this country.
And all that it's because of this same building and now because of a certain blonde selfishly handsome man that I met from this same building.
My phone suddenly beeps with a notification, I want to think it's Kai finally remembering but it's not.
I mean how could he when he has Sarah, who is the same age as him?
It's a text from Mia telling me to go get started on what we planned.
I stand up and head back to the cabin, why am I bothering when even the person am doing it for really doesn't care?
I haven't seen Kai all day so I just leave him with a text telling him am going home to rest because I don't feel well.
I walk out of the building and head to my car.
I drive to Kai's hotel and then head to his suite. Am glad he gave me a spare key to let myself in whenever I want to come.
I get there and call Mia a video call and she answers not very long.
"Hey." She says when she answers and I realize she is in a home too.
"Hey," I say before I exclaim at her.
"Wow, you are so beautiful."
"Wow, you are so beautiful."
We say at the same time and pause before we finally laugh together.
"Oh my God, that was hilarious." She says and I chuckle.
"Yeah, tell me about it," I say.
"But bloody boy, you are so beautiful." She says again and I smile.
"So are you," I say and she smiles.
"Life is shitty for having us meeting like this and doing this like this, I would have loved to be there in person." She says.
"Yeah, this is surely something," I say to her and she nods.
She looks at something behind her camera before she looks back at it and then smiles at me.
"Samantha, are you ready for our craziest to ever be an idea of celebrating a birthday?" She asks and I chuckle when I think about it too before I say to her.
"Never been ready Mia. Let's do it."
We smile at each other before nodding our heads.
'Here you go, Kai.'
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It's 5 Pm and am here back at the embassy to get Kai. He doesn't know of me coming here and that is what the plan is, he doesn't know anything but heck am dead if he does get to know what I did, but to my defense, it was for his good but I know I will be good as a dead meat if he doesn't like it.
I went back home to change and none of my family members was there because they all went to the talent show taking place at school but that is the last thing on my mind now. Even though I know I won't hear the end of it from my siblings that I didn't go to cheer on them, this matters too and there is no way in hell I wouldn't have done anything for my man.
I walk to his office and knock before walking in after hearing a come-in.
"Samantha?" I walk and stand in front of him, am nervous and I don't know if it is not showing on my face because I know I am never good at hiding things.
"Kai, I want you to come home?" He looks at me and furrows his brows. "Is everything alright?"
I nod not looking into his eyes, am wearing simple tight blue jeans with a big black t-shirt, it's an outfit I agreed on with Mia.
We agreed on me coming here and pretending to not be fine with him working on his birthday and convincing him to come to the suite with me.
"Am bored Kai, everyone at home went to school and I think I have a stomachache so I don't want to go plus you," I point my index finger at him. "You shouldn't even be here. I really want you to come be with me at least.
And Happy birthday, you told me you don't celebrate them so am sorry I have nothing for you but you also shouldn't be working after hours it's your birthday." He keeps looking at me and I know he can tell that I am lying to him, damn am even blabbering but I am surprised when he nods his head and stands up.
"Okay." 'Well that was so easy, but let's not get our hopes up yet at least when we see how the night ends.'
I nod and he gathers his things before ushering us outside, we get in his car and he drives away.
I came here in an Uber because I wanted to go with him.
I sneak into my phone and text Mia that we are reaching when we head to the hotel.
I don't get time to see if she answered and I don't want to look impatient like am waiting for something in case he gets alerted.
"So I have this movie in my mind, it's my favorite. We should watch it on your birthday night." I say as the elevator moves us upwards to his suite.
My phone dings but I pretend to not hear it I wish it was Mia's message telling me everything is set perfectly.
"Tonight am all yours to do as you please darling." He says and I smile.
"Are you sure you won't regret that?" I ask him teasingly but he shakes his head before he pins me on the side wall and towers over me.
My heart jumps in my chest at his action.
"I have been yours for the past months and it has been nothing but dreamy months so I don't expect anything different tonight baby." He says before leaning in and kissing me sweetly and slowly devouringly my mouth.
The elevator door dings open but he doesn't pull back.
I have to push him slowly when I catch the doors closing up on us.
"Kai we will move back down," I say and rush to put my hand in between the doors so it opens right back.
We reach his suite door and I let him be the one to open but the problem is, he always lets me go in first but I will not do anything about it.
He taps the card on the door and signals me to go in first like always and I do.
I switch on the lights in the process, hoping Mia is not going to disappoint me.
I walk and step to the side after switching on the lights.
He walks in and I start singing being backed by Mia and their father's voices through a speaker.
🎶 'Happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday, happy birthday.
Happy birthday to youuuuuu.' 🎶
I was surprised at the voice of Mia that mid the song me and her father stopped singing and allowed her to finish the whole song.
I turn to look at Kai as we are clapping after the song and I can't name the look that is on his face.
Mia and their father are all wearing the same clothes as me.
We planned this and said we were going to have dinner together but at the same time not together.
We discussed projecting the call to both sides so we can do it, we are all wearing blue jeans with blue t-shirts except for the birthday boy who is still in the black dress pants that he wore with a black polo shirt. We cooked the same food when I came here earlier and called her, we decorated the two places alike and the only thing we didn't match was the time difference.
"Happy birthday son." I turn to look at Kai and he looks embarrassed as he nods his head at his father. "Thank you, dad." He says and he turns to look at me but I still can't name the look on his face.
"So why don't you guys step to the table and we can eat this birthday away," Mia says and I can't shake the grin that this all thing is bringing on my lips.
We take seats at the arranged table that I pulled with the help I called for earlier by a hotel servant to face a wall that is projecting his family on the other side of the world with the same arrangement as ours.
"So Samantha, Mia didn't introduce you well to me?" Their father says and I gulp realizing how this all might be looking to him now. "Sir, am Samantha Adams and I uhm..." I find myself being speechless, what do I say after that?
I turn to look at Kai and he smiles at me before putting his hand over mine that is on my lap.
"Dad she is the daughter of the Ambassador and." He stops before he looks at me again and grins as he says the next words holding me hostage in his blue ocean-like eyes.
"My girlfriend." He says and I feel myself wanting to disappear.
My cheeks blush a shade of a deep dark pink as I hear Mia's next comment.
"Interesting, she didn't tell me that," Mia says and I feel like disappearing through thin air.
"I hope this boy of mine treats you well Samantha please from now on if he does something wrong don't hesitate to give me a call." I smile at Mr Royal.
"Thank you, sir,"
"Oh and stop calling me that before trouble starts on you, just call me Felix." I nod and turn to look at Kai and he smiles at me and from the look of it he seems fine.
We eat dinner like that but Mr Royal excuses himself after we are done, saying that he is going to go because he has a party to go to, we stay on a call with Mia.
I listen as she teases me and keeps on messing around with her brother.
"God Samantha I feel like I want to meet you in person, look what our Geniuses self came up with." She says and I smile.
"Am glad you were willing to help," I say and she frowns before replying. "Man, I love that big-headed man beside you but I don't think he appreciates it nor does he love me back equally, which brings me to wonder, tell me how you guys met? But Samantha you are a sneaky one too even though I had doubts of my own. Why didn't you tell me you two were dating." I smile but Kai says something first before I say anything.
"I love you too Mia, so much baby sister but anyway you should be heading to bed earlier and not asking questions that don't concern you, bye," Kai says and he clicks on the end call button on the laptop. "Samantha whose idea was this?" He asks as soon as he ends the call and turns to me. 'Okay now am dead.'
"You know it's not at night in London right?" I ask him with an amused look on my face.
"No darling don't play me sideways. Answer me." He says and I gulp knowing her we go.
"Am sorry if I overstepped your boundaries Kai and contacted your family without your permission but I celebrate birthdays and I couldn't know and not do something for you when I knew it was your birthday," I say and he slowly nods his head before he pulls me with my seat closer to him in one swift motion.
He looks at me and I just stare at him curiously too, he raises his hands and palms my cheeks. "Thank you," he says and I smile. "Thank you darling, I am very happy you did this and if am being honest, allow me to announce that it's one of the best birthdays I have ever had in years now." I look up at him and feel sad hearing him say that.
"Really?" I ask regardless and he nods and I smile feeling proud of myself too.
He pulls my face closer slowly and I move closer too as I realize what is happening, he kisses me slowly on my lips, I close my eyes and feel him guide my lips with his in sync.
We pull away and I open my eyes to look at him and he is also looking at me.
"Pack your bags, we are going on a little long vacation tomorrow." He kisses me one more time and I let him do so.
He devours my mouth the way he wants to and I let him do it.
That night he drives me home while I feel like we are riding on cloudy nine. I can tell, I took him by surprise but my actions touched him so deeply.
I didn't even get him anything but he kept saying thank you like I spender a lot of dollars on him.
I kiss him a goodbye outside my family's house before we part ways.
I walk inside with a pleased smile with me on my face.
I walk inside and my family too is all over the place about what happened at school.
I hear Savannah gloat over what happened, Yarrow also shares his opinions.
I sit there with them and I realize how slowly and slowly am slipping away from their happiness.
My happiness is rarely with them, and theirs seems to not excite me anymore as much as His does in my life.
My life is slowly slipping away from my family, and home and finding its own family.
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