and bought me a cheap cake made with margarine. He even wa
need my money, my rides,
good woman didn't
after being a devoted p
get back everyth
Last year, he forgot my birthday
n dating for long at th
irthday approached this year, I called him
"Sorry, my boss is seeing a patient right now
me a message apologizing, but he still
buy me a cake? We can cele
shot of a delivery order. He bought a four-in
cakes with expensive dairy c
to one with dairy cream?
clinic, where we could celebrate my birthday. "I've go
there'd at least be something e
was
ifferent ideas about birthdays. My best friend once said, "I can make mysel
to make time for my birthday
e, Rosa stood by the door. S
Since you want it so m
at me to gaug
hday girl won't mind. Rosa worked hard helping me
odd
go to her place and pick up my birthday
with her. "What's going on with yo
vy. "Not really. He'
o! My company just went public, and I stil
to me. "Wow, you're even buying him
birthday, but he did make time for me.
y phone lit up. It was a
men's money, men's rides, or men's fa
describable feelin
augh. "Are you still plann
so busy lately that he barely ha
irthday, there were nearly
yed with his phone whe
g, I realized that he prob
hedule was just an ex
showed that he'd read my me
him on e
bered how Dav
k at one of his branch offices,
e toothache, and the only den
ated me. His strikingly thick
e looked so handsome
net who fell for her drill sergeant during boot camp, her ha
l for the
for you to have fun, but don't fall in love
ecret and not spend much money on him
ctor at my company, and he always thoug
in countless ways, both op
harmaceutical business, and I ha
ices were too high. I had stepped in and helped him out with an excuse. "Our director has been working
the suppliers and asked them to sell the medic
paid for advertisements at bus stops and transit stat
The ad company's running
g willingly and
so well. When did th
sy and held my hand in the car. He asked, "Baby, we've b
e he'd asked me that question. "I've told yo
I'd have to coax him. "It's okay! Just m
or a few days. He said
ived me into going to a hotel room under the pretense t
off my clothes and tri
ned him that if he went through with i
d been incredibly
mean by doing this? It's okay that we broke up, but did you really have to get those companies to cut ties with me? You are burning bridges, huh
moments I'd heard him s
argue with him, so
elt in my hand and casually tossed
e with gratitu
to realize that Davy wasn
happened to see a commotion outside Davy's clinic.
I supposed to go on?" The man leading the group swung an iron rod and smashed it against the tightl
g surgery on a child, a cotton ball had blocked the child's airway. Th
was visibly shaken. "The child is alr
you don't want to spend three years in jail, you can settle this mat
you insane? How can you ask for so much
, "Then you c
re? Are you trying to get back together with me?
. "Keep d
he men grabbed him by the collar
my ex-boyfriend in such a pitiful stat
at his clinic, including his gross negligence
yers and hired some people to
eard that his clinic had
y wasn't rich. They had already gone into debt
e debts. Now he had caused a death, and he was surely unwilling to
t resist passing by his clinic every time I w
ough, I saw
ffice when I received a cal
. Come and pick me up from the police station. I can't get a cab ba
e knew I loved him. Now that I didn't care abou
o again and why he had ended up at the police station, b
r I hung up, I rec
o go to the police
ed in, Davy's eyes lit up. He gave a smug grin and said, "Oh, you were so t
past him and walked over to me. "You
dele's here to pick me up!" D
ile and said, "Sorry, I'm a
tan Andrus. "Miss Nolan, I hope you can come to pick me up from
ouldn't stand it and stepped in to help the woman. Later, he had a fight
was
it me from another place. He didn't kno
After handling the paperwork with th
phone earlier. I apologize to you now. But even if you're mad at me, you can't just leave me here. I'm givin
t." With that, I wa
ou were here. Otherwise, I'd have been stuck at the
e idiot you mentioned was him. To
u're young, accomplished, and beauti
nged the subject. "Anyway, thank you
any executives would be gathering in a few days. "They're all fr
at I could familiarize myself w
day, I couldn't resist u
was just curious about
age from him. "Don't get too cocky. I will ge
nd didn't bother
job" he'd landed. But somehow, I al
like your big break isn'