Theo drove his car past the speed limit.

He only hoped that he was not stopped by the police.

He needed to get home before 7:30 pm as he had promised his sister to be home by then.

At 7:29 pm, he arrived in front of his house.

Theo heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he made it in time.

Theo entered the gate directly, Sylph had already done the facial recognition and opened the gate.

Theo drove his car through the road up the hill.

When he arrived in the garage, he saw that a part of it was covered by partitions.

He exited his car with a confused face.

But he did not have much time to dwell on it as he saw Aurora running towards him.

"Big brother!" Aurora jumped on him.

"Hey, cupcake!" Theo smiled and hugged her too.

"You almost arrived late!" Aurora said as she let go of him.

"Yeah, the interviews took more time than I imagined." Theo shook his head.

"Come on! There's something that I want you to see!" Aurora exclaimed as he took his hand and started pulling him.

"By the way, what's up with these partitions?" Theo asked as he pointed at the part of the garage that was covered.

"Oh, it's a school assignment. It needs to be isolated so I asked Sylph to isolate that part of the garage." Aurora told the lie that she thought about it.

She knew that the lie would not work for long, therefore she had to bring her brother to the backyard before he figured something out.

Theo was a little confused.

'It doesn't make sense. But I suppose she's anxious about showing me her gift for me.' Theo thought as they climbed up the stairs.

A while later, they arrived at the ground floor of the house.

"Let me cover your eyes!" Aurora said with excitement as she placed her hands on her brother's eyes.

"Is it necessary?" Theo asked as he laughed at the way his sister was behaving.

"Yes!" Aurora exclaimed energetically.

"No peeking, okay!?" Aurora asked with a stern voice.

"Okay!" Theo laughed.

He was having fun with this situation.

They walked to the backyard with Aurora's hands on his eyes.

When they arrived in the backyard, Aurora saw that everyone was in position.

"When I count to three, open your eyes, big brother!" Aurora let go of his eyes after making sure that his eyes were closed.

"Okay!" Theo chuckled.

"1" Aurora said as she moved to her position

"2" 

"3! Open!" Aurora exclaimed loudly.

Theo opened his eyes and saw a scene that he would remember all his life.

"SURPRISE!" Everyone present shouted.

Theo's face was the epitome of surprise.

His silver eyes were wide with shock as he saw these bunch of people there.

"Wow!" Theo exclaimed.

He saw his friends and employees all smiling at him.

His heart was warmed with gratefulness and love by their gesture.

"Happy Birthday, big brother!" Aurora hugged him.

"Thank you, Cupcake!" Theo hugged her tightly.

"I told you he would get surprised!" Ayia exclaimed loudly.

"Did you see his face?" June laughed.

"Yeah, he was so surprised!" Sam laughed.

"Hey, give me a break!" Theo exclaimed as he let go of Aurora.

"Who took a picture?" Sayuri asked giggling.

"Me!" Shizuka replied in her calm voice, but it was noticeable that her playful eyes.

"Send in the chat group, Shizu-chan!" Ayia exclaimed with enthusiasm.

Theo could only laugh as his friends made fun of him.

Suddenly, Ayia walked toward Theo and hugged him.

"Happy Birthday, Theo!" She said nervously.

It took all her courage to take action to hug him.

But she figured that she had to be confident if she wanted to be noticed by him.

Theo was a little frozen as he saw the stunning girl hugging him.

It was important to notice that Ayia was absolutely gorgeous that night.

She was wearing a leather knee-long skirt, black boots, and a purple floral skin-tight shirt.

Her purple hair was tied with a top knot and bangs by the side of her stunning face.

She put on some light makeup that made her look even more beautiful.

And her golden eyes were the final touch to perfection.

She looked more beautiful than most supermodels.

And being suddenly hugged by such beauty made Theo nervous a little bit.

But he brushed off this quickly.

Ayia was his friend, so he couldn't behave like that.

"Thank you, Ayia!" Theo said gently as he hugged her too.

They let go of each other and Theo continued hugging the rest of the people who came to wish him a happy birthday.

Ayia looked at Theo with loving eyes as he laughed and hugged Max.

'I love him so much!' She thought.

Theo talked enthusiastically with everyone.

"You didn't even suspect something was up?" Sayuri asked as she let go of Theo.

"No idea! I thought Aurora was going to show me her gift, but I never imagined she would throw a surprise party for me!" Theo laughed.

Everyone smiled as they heard that.

And Theo was being honest.

In his two lives, he never had a birthday party.

He usually forgot it was his birthday.

So, he never imagined that they would throw a party for him.

He looked at his friends and employees that came with appreciation.

He never imagined that in his new life, he would have so many people that cared for him.

The feeling of having friends and people that took their personal time to be with him on his birthday was indescribable.

"Thank you for coming, girls!" Theo said with a warm smile when he saw Aurora's schoolmates.

He hugged each one of them, and the girls became bashful afterward.

Being hugged by a super handsome boy like Theo was too much for their young hearts.

"Oh, and thank you for taking care of Aurora at school. She told me how helpful you were with her. I appreciate it!" Theo said with a warm smile.

"D-don't worry about it!" Vivian managed to say through her shyness.

"Yeah, we love Aurora. It's our pleasure to help her!" Umaru said with a red face.

"Megan, thank you for helping Aurora with her training. She told me how much you help her through it. That means a lot to me!" Theo said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"S-she's a talented fighter so it's not a problem!" Megan stammered her reply as she felt his hand on her shoulder.

Fireworks could be seen inside her head when she felt Theo's eyes looking at her.

Theo just smiled at them.

He felt that these girls were wonderful but a little shy.

When Theo was greeting the guests, he received a notification from Sylph.

"Boss, there's someone at the door." She said.

"Who is it?" He asked.

"According to the register, it's Ryoko Riverdale." Sylph replied after running Ryoko's face through her database.

"Oh let her come in!" Theo replied as he typed the code to open the door.

"Ryoko is here! Theo, can you open the gate for her?" Sam shouted to him.

"I saw! I just opened it!" Theo replied.

Everyone who didn't know Ryoko was curious when they heard that.

A while later, a blue-haired beauty arrived in the backyard.

Ryoko was extremely shy when she saw so many people that she didn't know.

"Ryoko, you came! Come here!" Sam exclaimed as she took Ryoko by hand and pulled her to see everyone.

"Happy Birthday, boss!" Ryoko said with a shy voice when she saw Theo.

"Thank you!" Theo smiled warmly at her.

He didn't hug her as he didn't want to trigger sad memories in her.

"Guys, this is the Head Director of a company that I am opening. She's amazing! Oh, and she's from Sakura City!" Theo exclaimed loudly.

"Hey, Ryoko-chan!" Ayia exclaimed as she hugged Ryoko.

"Hey, Ryoko!" Everyone smiled at her warmly.

The blue-haired girl was overwhelmed by their friendliness.

She could feel that they truly were happy by her presence there.

Her heart finally felt that she could live in this city without looking back to her old city.

Having a dream job is super important and not working with what she liked was awful, but to live without friends is worse.

They all talked happily.

"Come on, let's get this party started!" Theo exclaimed after he greeted everyone.

"Yeah!" Everyone shouted excitedly.

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