Chapter 122

KIMBERLY’S POV The streets were filled with the crowds of Saturday shoppers, Aria, Adrian and I pushed through the crowd trying to get to our destination. "Will you wear this dress for your birthday dinner?" Aria asked, elbowing me as she held out a pale blue cocktail dress, its snowy color flashing like ice in the shop lights. "This would look terrific on you. At least try it on." I tried to smile, but it was not going quite as far as my eyes. "Later.” Adrian side-glanced me. "Isn’t Xavier coming back for your birthday? “He said that he would not miss it for the world." I took a deep breath, and then breathed lightly, "So, I wait for him." Aria's face scrunched up. "He'll be back. His company Lucky’s day is on your birthday, I'm sure he won’t miss those two important events.” Adrian jammed his hands into his pockets. "It finally all made sense why December 15th was chosen as the company’s lucky day. It was all because of your birthday.” I paused then spun around to look at him. "Wait—