Bought For Protection

5

I keep looking at my phone, there are still five minutes till it's midnight, and the 16th of June starts, I bite my nails anxiously awaiting

I checked my phone again and it was two minutes till midnight, I walked towards my balcony and let the cold air hit my heated face, I was in my pajamas waiting for him to call, he had never missed a single call on my birthday. I tried calling him to wish him on his birthday as well but they never let me talk to him, so every time he wishes me I wish him back.

It's 12:02 am and he still hasn't called, I get a nervous breakdown, and I sit on my balcony continuously watching my phone, all my friends knew not to call me at midnight because it was our time but this would be my first birthday when he didn't call me. Tears prickled in my eyes and I let out a small sob

Then my phone rang "Hunter? " I ask but the singsong voice of the twins broke my heart, I try to smile and sound grateful for their sake and thank them for their wishes.

Mrs.Cooper knocks on my door and like every year she walks in with her husband and all the servants of the house with a homemade cake. I smile at them and enjoy their efforts, I blow out the candles on the cake and make only one wish, I know everyone already knows my wish

'I want him back '

We ate the cake and went back to bed, everybody left with a smile on their faces, and being my housekeeper they still turned up with gifts in their hands. I cry a little bit receiving so much love from them. Luckily I was not a snobbish brat that gave them lots of trouble growing up.

"Mrs. Brown would be so proud to see you all grown to be a gentleman " Mrs. Cooper kissed my forehead before closing the door on her way out, the smile on my face dropped when I glanced at my phone lots of people wished me but the only person I'm waiting for hasn't. I lay on my bed sobbing slowly and fell asleep with tears in my eyes on my birthday.

I woke up to see a brightly smiling Mrs. Cooper, I smiled at her and got ready for the day, at breakfast, I was served a birthday special dish eggs, pancakes, cake, sausages, OJ, bacon, and toast. It's not very special but this is for me, all these are Hunter's favorite dishes and I always have them on my birthday

Papa came down for breakfast and looked at the dining table, he looked sad, I know my birthday must be difficult for him because he lost the love of his life on the same day, he walks to me and pats me on my back "happy birthday, son" he smiles and I thank him for smiling twice as hard, he pushes a black credit card towards me " for you, " I hide my disappointment and take the card and keep it with the others, every year he gives a different card but it's always the same. "And this" he slides a set of keys

I glance at my nanny and she looks as confused as I "Did you think I will let you drive with those friends of yours even when you are 17 now, " I look at him shocked that he remembers my age.

"Thank you, Papa," I said politely accepting his gift. We had breakfast in silence, I kissed her cheek and grinned at her showing the keys "Want to go for a drive?" She laughs and kisses my cheek too

"Maybe later but now go before the twins arrive" I smile and walk towards our garage

There are about seven to eight cars in there and I can't figure out which one is mine, I unlock the car and it beeps behind me in the driveway. It's a mat black jaguar, I squeal happily running towards my new baby.

I informed the twins that I would be picking them up, they were waiting outside, and their jaws dropped when they saw my baby, Ambrose, screech in a very girlish way that made Emily look at him weirdly, we laughed and talk nonstop on our way to school.

"So, did the lover boy propose yet?" The twins laugh at Emily's teasing but I walk silently after parking my car, they stop once they don't see me all flustered

"Hey, what's wrong?" Ambrose, approach me holding his arm around me

"He didn't call, " they share a look of horror I shrug his arm off and walk to my locker

"Is he ok, what if he is hurt?" They started back and forth with worrying questions, this thought had been troubling me since the moment I woke up but I kept mum they looked at me and changed their tone "I'm sure he is fine, maybe there was a network issue" they start encouraging me, I smile at their efforts and open my locker

Lots and lots of flower petals fall out of my locker shocking everyone in the hallway, "look theirs a letter, " Emily picks up the pink heart-shaped letter and reads "My dear Alexander, I wish you the happiest birthday and hope these flowers petals bring you lots of love and happiness, love your secret admirer" she looks at me all giddy with excitement

"The words suck but this is so cute, " she giggles, I share a shocked look with Ambrose, I'm weirded out rather than surprised, all of us knew who did this.

"The bell will ring soon, let's go, " I pull all of them away from the love splatter on the floor and walk to our homeroom

The entire day I received lots of greetings and gifts, the twins put up a post on their i********: that there would be a party at my house. I'm sure Papa doesn't mind as we do this every year