Chapter 698 - Childhood crush..

Ezra was now simply sitting on the couch with a poker face as another tear dropped down from her eye. Evlin was always a man with several words and he knew exactly how to express his internal emotions and feelings, in contrast to his elder sister Ezra. Ezra had always been a girl with limited words, seldom expressing what she felt in her heart. Even in this aspect the twins were extremely different from each other.

Ezra then stood up on her feet and walked up to the stage, trying to hide away her tears from everybody. She climbed up the stairs of the stage quickly and pounced in her brother, hugging him tightly with her arms. "I love you my little brother." The girl spoke softly but could be easily heard by everybody as the mike in Evlin's hand was still turned on.

Evlin smiled and then hugged back the girl, bringing the mike close to his mouth. "By the way guys. I am just two minutes younger to her. Let me just clarify."

Everybody chuckled and hen clapped for the cute siblings, while all other family members too rushed on the stage hugging the two of them happily.

Just then the dim lights of the room were turned off and suddenly there was a spotlight on a man who was standing in the extreme corner of the stage. The man had worn simple yet elegant clothes and was smiling looking at the siblings. "Ezra and Evlin. Happy birthday my beautiful people." He spoke happily and suddenly the spotlight shifted to a vast glass canvas placed in front of him,which was entirely covered with an adhesive. Whatever the man drew on the canvas was being shown on a gigantic screen behind the dance floor and everybody looked at the screen in surprise. The man had now skilfully taken some colored sand in his hand and was dropping it n the canvas in front of him with much speed.

Everybody gaped at the boy in surprise, whose face was just dimply lit under the light as the entire spotlight was now on the canvass and the gigantic screen.

"I know who he is. He is Olive! The famous artist." Somebody from the audience spoke looking at the man's creation in awe.

"Oh my god. You are right. I have heard he is friends with the family too." Spoke another lady looking at the man.

The man had quickly created two faces in blue and pink colored sand, which looked exactly like Ezra and Evlin. He then skilfully created a lovely background with different flowers made out of red and green sand, writing happy birthday on top of it in white color. In just a few seconds the man had created a beautiful sand art on the canvass and everybody was stunned looking at the screen in front of them. The boy was none other than Olive, who was Stefen and Vicky's talented son. The boy had got his mother's looks and his father's craziness towards painting and designing. He was thus known as the crazy artist who would spend nights creating art in his gallery without even coming out of his room for days.

The man's fair skin and blonde hair, made it pretty evident that he was Vicky's son but his madness for art made it pretty evident that he was Stefen's son. He was not just acknowledged as a part of the family even though not being blood related but he was everybody's best friend too.

Ezra turned to look at Mia and winked looking at her mischievously. Mia blushed a little and then turned to look away averting the girl's gaze. Olive was Mia's childhood rush, even since from the days they played together and went to same school in Bangkok. All the kids of the family had decided to shift to Paris to pursue their goals, but Mia's only reason to shift was that olive was studying art in one of the best colleges of Paris.

Soon after the boy completed his creation he held the mike in his hand and the spotlight once again fell on his head. "Happy birthday to my two best friends. I love you guys."

Everybody ran to hug the boy, while Mia was the last to walk towards him. She was trying to conceal her excitement upon seeing the boy after so many days, but her face was revealing it all.

She was too thrilled upon seeing her childhood crush after such a long time. Olive had just held the biggest painting exhibition in Paris and had been preparing foot it from past several months. An upcoming exhibition for Olive meant that the boy will lock himself in his room for at least one month and will not meet anybody, not even his family. The boy was always engrossed in his art work that he never really bothered to look at Mia from a lover's eyes. Though they both were amazing friends but it was not the kind of relation that the girl craved for.

Mia slowly walked up to the boy, who looked mighty handsome in his casual yet elegant clothes. He had a well defined square jaw, with a wide forehead covered with his messy hair look. His eyes reduced considerably when he laughed, wrinkling at the edges just like his mother.

"Hi here buddy." Mia smiled looking at the boy who had currently hugged Ezra.

"Hey, hey you idiot. How are you?'' The man smiled looking at Mia, hugging her instantly in his arms. This was the way he always talked to Mia, calling her stupid names. Mia too was used to it, but somehow she knew these were the signs of getting friend zoned for life.

She hugged back the boy with much love and warmth. "I am good you tell my artist. Long time no see!" She looked at the boy in his eyes and her heart skipped a beat. No matter how many boys she tried to date or how many friends she made, trying to forget Olive, but whenever the boy came in front of her, her heart used to beat rapidly in love and longing.