Chapter 164 - Alex's Birthday

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As the weekend arrived, Edith took Hazel to Lily's place to celebrate Alex's birthday. When they arrived, the spacious backyard was well decorated with balloons and colorful banners. Just like Lily had said, only a small number of guests were invited to Alex's birthday. Other than Alex's best friend, Tyler Lu, none of his kindergarten friends were invited to come.

Alex was a quiet boy and preferred to play by himself. Since he was not close to the others, Alex did not think that it would matter if he did not invite the others to come.

Lily Zhao was arranging some treats on the dessert table when both Edith and Hazel walked over. She greeted her friend and turned to the little girl. At this time, Hazel was wearing a pastel pink dress with small flowers stitched up to her skirt. 

"Oh my god! Hazel, you are so adorable!" Lily gushed as soon as she saw that little girl. "This is such a cute dress."

"Thank you." Hazel smiled shyly. "My uncle bought it for me the last time we went shopping together."

Lily heaved a sigh as she turned to her friend. "I didn't think that Iceblock Mo would have such good taste."

"Of course he had a good taste." Edith flashed a smile at her friend. "Didn't he choose to date me?"

Lily felt the corner of her lips twitched. "Get lost." She watched as Edith laughed and shifted her gaze back to Hazel. "I really want to have a daughter so I can play dress-up with her."

"Then you will have to work hard."

"How about lending Hazel to me for a day?" Lily whispered.

"Then, you have to ask President Mo if he would allow you to borrow his niece for a day."

Lily gasped as she thought of that cold and aloof man. Though she really wanted to play dress-up with Hazel, it would be impossible for her to ask President Mo about this. She might die before she could even ask. 

Forget it. Seducing her husband into giving her a daughter was much easier than talking to President Iceblock.

"Where is the birthday boy?" Edith asked as she swept her gaze around.

"He should be inside," Lily said. She turned towards the house and shouted, "Alex He, Auntie Edith, and Hazel are here. Come over and say hi."

A few seconds later, the little boy ran over. His eyes brightened when he saw Edith. "Auntie Edith! You're here!"

Edith bent to pat his hair. "Happy birthday, Alex."

"Auntie Edith, thank you." His voice was soft and polite. Alex shifted his gaze and stared at the girl with twin tail hair beside the teacher with a startling expression.

Although Hazel had visited his house a few times with their teacher, this was the first time that she had shown up in front of him looking like a fairy. For a few seconds, Alex thought that perhaps his eyes were playing tricks at him. It was not until Hazel had spoken that he snapped out of his thought.

"Alex He, happy birthday," Hazel said as she stretched up her hand to give him his birthday present. "This is something that Auntie Edith and I choose for you.

Seeing how her son had turned into a statue, Lily poked at her little boy and smiled. "Hazel is giving you a birthday present. What should you say at this time?"

Alex snapped out of his trance and took the paper bag. "Thank you." He raised his head to look at his mother as if asking her what he should do next. 

"Go and take Hazel to play," Lily said. "I will call you when your father comes back with your birthday cake, alright?"

"Oh." Alex nodded. He turned to Hazel and said, "Let's go." Habitually, he stretched out his hand to hold Hazel's wrist before he dragged her inside the house to play.

Lily tapped her fingers on her chin as she watched her son's retreating. "This boy is someone who did not have many friends and I was worried that he would have a problem chasing girls when he reached that age. But maybe I've been worried too much. " Her eyes brightened up when she turned to Edith. "Do you think Alex will have a chance with Hazel? Hazel is a good girl and I wouldn't mind having her as my daughter-in-law."

Edith stared at her friend speechlessly. "They are still kids. Stop thinking too much. Besides, any boys who wanted to chase Hazel will have to go through her uncle first. Are you sure Alex can do that?"

Lily thought about it and sighed in disappointment. "My son is too timid. It was good enough that he was making more friends now. Forget it. Let's not pressure him to go against President Mo." Then she turned to Edith with a curious gaze. "That's right. When did Hazel start to call you Auntie Edith?"

"Wasn't it you who told Hazel that she could call me Auntie Edith if I married her uncle?" Edith narrowed her eyes at her friend. "You don't know how embarrassing it was for me when Hazel suddenly mentioned that."

Lily laughed happily before she escaped to the side and turned to the auntie with a few instructions. 

Edith stayed around to help with the arrangement and once everything was done, Lily pulled her over to sit down as they waited for Lily's husband to return with Alex's cake. 

"Tell me." Lily propped her elbow on the chair and looked at her friend with a teasing smile. "Is it hard for you to live together with President Mo? You have been in a relationship for more than a month now. Tell me, how was your progress? Have you been naughty with President Mo yet?"

Edith coughed dryly. She had always known that Lily can be shameless in this matter, but she was not expecting to get such questions!

Lily leaned forward and studied her friend's expression closely. "Your face is red. You're embarrassed, but what does it mean? Have you done the deed or not?"

"A kid is living with us. What do you want me to do?"

"Just wait for Hazel to sleep and close the door. What's so difficult about it?"

Edith stared at her friend and suppressed the urge to choke her best friend. 

"President Mo can still restrain himself even though he was living with a beauty? I must really respect his self-control." Lily muttered. Suddenly, Lily felt a tug at her sleeve. Looking up, Edith was staring back at her with a hesitant look. "What?"

"Lily," Edith dragged her tone. She hesitated for a few seconds and told her best friend what happened in Neil's office a few days ago. "If something like this happened again, what should I do? I really liked him, but when I think about that, I am suddenly afraid." Edith inched closer and whispered a few words to her friend.

Lily Zhao stared at her friend in disbelief. It just occurred to her that although Edith had dated before, she had never reached that stage.

Edith's mother passed away early and she spent most of her time with her grandfather and his colleague. Growing up, Edith was bullied by the girls at her school and did not make a lot of girlfriends. Although she can act like a hooligan, she had never had this kind of talk to anyone.

To think that President Mo was really good at kissing that he had made her friend grew this restless...

Lily thought of what she should say and slowly, her lips curved into a wide smile.

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