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What the… Seriously, he's laughing at me? How nice.

"See? You're laughing," I snapped. "Even you think I really am not… Haaaah." And there I was back to sulking. I slumped my back on the backrest of my seat and leaned over the window again.

"You don't understand what you're saying," Kaiden replied, still laughing.

"Why not?" I asked, irritated. "And stop laughing, it's not funny."

"It IS funny though. A beautiful girl saying she's ugly. Ha-ha-ha-ha!"

Badump!

OMG. Did I hear him right? K-Kaiden just said that I'm… I'm beautiful?

"W-what?" I blurted in surprise. I felt my cheeks go hot. "You're lying."

"I'm not though. You know, I have the perfect song for you," he said through his laugh. Then, he picked a song from his playlist, and turned the music on in the car.

'Hm? This intro and beat… I know this song. This is—'

Kaiden started singing along with the music. OMG, I wanted to squeal. He was singing for me! And I love his voice. He could try auditioning for singing contests and he would definitely win!

"Oh, her eyes, her eyes

Make the stars look like they're not shinin'

Her hair, her hair

Falls perfectly without her tryin'

She's so beautiful and I tell her everyday

Yeah, I know, I know

When I compliment her, she won't believe me

And it's so, it's so

Sad to think that she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me, "Do I look okay?"

I say…"

Kaiden glanced at me as he sang, and smiled at me.

'Why is he so good at cheering me up? Come on! Just look at that smile!'

"When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

'Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile

The whole world stops and stares for a while

'Cause girl, you're amazing

Just the way you are

Yeah…"

And there I was, smiling again. All my sulkiness was gone like the wind.

"See? The lyrics are perfect for you," he quickly commented before the next verse came up.

"Her lips, her lips

I could kiss them all day if she'd let me—"

…

…

…

Kaiden stopped singing. He probably thought the same thing I just thought. I knew he didn't mean it but still… I wanted to tease him about it.

"Sooo…" I said in a sing-song tone, "You want to kiss me?" I laughed. "All day?"

"T-that's—" Kaiden acted all shy and bit his lips. His ears turned red again.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha! What? You just said the lyrics are perfect for me," I continued to tease him. "The whole world stops when I smile? What are you? In love with me? Ha-ha-ha! I think you chose the wrong song. Not all lyrics applies—"

But then… Kaiden's face turned so red. Oh no, did I tease too much?

"I'm just kidding. I know you didn't mean it that way. Why are you blushing?"

"N-nothing… And yeah, I was careless, I chose the wrong song. But you get what I mean."

"Yup. I totally understand," I chuckled. "Thank you."

Kaiden sighed. He was probably brooding over his mistake. It was fine though. It's not like he accidentally revealed his real intentions towards me and I happened to hear it. He would never think of wanting to kiss me and that's 100% obvious so there was nothing to brood over for.

After a few more minutes, we arrived at the restaurant which was a five star, fine dining restaurant. I wondered if they had a dress code because I wasn't wearing a formal dress. I asked Kaiden about it and he said it was fine so we just waltz inside like that.

A waiter guided us to our reserved seat which was on the balcony of the second floor. I marvelled upon seeing the balcony. It had the most amazing view of the sunset and the ocean from afar. Below was the flower garden of the restaurant with a beautiful dancing fountain at its center. The fairy lights were lit up, illuminating the whole garden, making it look like a magical place. And the gentle breeze was so calming.

"Wooow, it's beautiful here, Kaiden!" I exclaimed as I continued to marvel at my surroundings. Noticing the empty tables besides ours, I asked, "We're the only ones here?"

"Yes. I wanted some privacy so I reserved the other tables, too," he answered as he sat down nonchalantly on the soft chair as if what he said was totally normal.

Yeah. I almost forgot how crazy rich his family was. This was probably all normal for him. I should get used to it since I'd still be living at their home for the next three or four years or so. I wondered if we had enough money to pay for the rent.

I sat down on the chair in front of him and noticed he looked so handsome reading the menu. Grabbing my phone, I took a picture of him once again.

Click!

Kaiden caught me and raised one of his eyebrows at me.

"For reference again?"

"Yes. He-he. Sorry."

"Why don't we do it this way," he said while taking out his phone from inside his coat pocket, "everytime you take a picture of me, I'm gonna take yours, too."

Click!

"Huh? B-but I'm not as good looking as you. Besides, I'm only taking pictures for reference."

Kaiden smirked. "Then I'll use it as reference, too."

"Reference for what? You're not writing a book, are you?"

"Nope. Not a book but… I am developing games. And games need characters."

"What? Don't tell me you're going to make me into a game character?"

"Why not? You'd make a perfect one, though."

"Like what?"

"Hmm… a pumpkin?"

"WHAT?! Not a pumpkin! At least make me a person, a human, with a body!" I pouted.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Then I'll make you… hmmm…"

"Now what? Don't tell me it's a bunny who's an emergency food source for a monster or something like that."

"Ah! I just thought of the perfect character for you."

"What is it?"

"It's a secret. You'll know once I'm done making. I'll send it to you in Armageddon."

"Noooooo… unfair! Tell me what it is. You're making me curious again."

"It's a surprise. You'll love it."

"I seriously doubt that."

We bickered a bit more until food arrived. We ate our fill and it was delicious then, headed back home. I continued pestering Kaiden but he didn't give in. Tsk! Stingy brat.

And so, Saturday ended with us having tired bodies. As soon as I got into my room, I went to the bathroom to shower, then changed my clothes, and fell on the bed. The moment I felt the softness of the bed, my thoughts drifted away.

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Hi Pumpkins!

I just wanted to let you all know that I made changes for June privilege tiers. Please take note of the discount especially for Tier 5, it has 99% discount which means all privilege chapters that you'll unlock moving forward will just be 1 coin each so it's a major discount.

I'm putting it on here to be clear since new app update is not showing the discount percentages per tiers. Hope it helps. Thank you so much for all your support again.

ABC Tiers (June)

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