The Seventh Miserable Bride

Yasmine's life was boring without Sebastian's company. On this day, she was looking through the calendar out of boredom, counting the days since Sebastian Simons left home. Suddenly, she realized that it was Lily's birthday. She patted her head and thought that she was really an ungrateful person. She only cared about her husband every day and even forgot about her best friend's birthday.

She quickly took out her phone and dialed Lily's number, but her phone was turned off. She immediately felt guilty, thinking that Lily had deliberately turned off her phone because she was angry with her. She changed her clothes and rushed out of the house with her bag in her hand. She then went to a shopping mall in the city and bought Lily a big teddy bear for her birthday. She hurried to the apartment where Lily and Scott lived. She pressed on the doorbell and waited. After a while, a crazy-looking woman came to open the door.

"Why are you still sleeping at this time?"

Yasmine Taylor stared at her in disbelief. She was completely speechless.

Lily Adams rubbed her messy hair and yawned, "I'm always like this on the weekends. Don't act as if you never knew I was like this."

She pointed to the couch, "Take a seat. I'll go and wash up." Yasmine grabbed her pajamas and pulled her back. She put the big bear into Lily's arms and said, "Happy birthday!"

Lily smiled and kissed the bear. "Thanks, only you would remember that today is my birthday."

"Even your parents don't remember?" Yasmine asked.

"I mean the people around me now," she said.

"Doesn't Scott know about your birthday?"

Lily shrugged her shoulders, "It would be weird for him to know."

"Well, how would he know if you didn't tell him?"

"I did! I hinted him twice. The first time I said I wanted to throw a party on July 20. He asked me why and I told him that it's a memorable day." He said, "Oh, okay." "That's it?" Yasmine raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah."

Lily pouted, "Don't you think he is too inhumane? I've already hinted him so much. He should've at least asked me what kind of memorable day it is, right? Instead, he was so casual with it. I'm so angry with him."

"What about the second time you hinted him?" Yasmine continued asking.

"The second time was last night. I even made a cup of hot tea for him and brought it to his study. I asked him if he could take a day off for today. He asked me why, and I said I hope he could spend some time with me today because it is a special day for me. That was the second time I mentioned to him that it's a special day. But he still didn't ask me why. Instead, he asked me: How old are you?" Yasmine blinked. "What did he mean?"

"Yeah, I was confused at that time too, so I asked him why he would ask me that. Guess what he said?" she complained.

"What did he say?"

"He said that I'm not a three-year-old child but yet I still kept pestering him to take me out as if he was my father. I was really angry when I heard him say that!"

Yasmine burst out laughing and said jokingly, "It seems that you get along well with Scott."

"Get along well? I didn't even dare to speak to him at school. At home, he is like an elder to me, commenting on my diet and my lifestyle and everything else. Other than that, there is no other kind of romantic atmosphere between us that a couple should have."

"Have you done that?" Yasmine suddenly asked. "Done what?"

"That?"

"What is that?" Lily pestered.

"Hmph." Yasmine snorted, "Don't act innocent with me. I know you are a wild woman deep inside."

Being exposed, Lily said angrily, "Have you seen a father and a daughter do that?"

"What father? He just asked you how old you were, and you already regarded him as your father. It's your own fault. You shouldn't beat around the bushes. You should just directly tell Scott that it's your birthday and see what he does. It's a lot more simple like this."

"I don't want to do that."

Lily raised her chin stubbornly. "If he cares about me even a little, he should understand the meaning of my words. If I tell him directly, he will definitely agree to it out of courtesy."

"Doesn't that solve your problem?"

"What? It would be a date entirely out of courtesy. Do you think I'll be happy even if we go out?" she said.

"Your expectations for him are too high. You should take it slow. Scott is not the kind of man who is attentive and meticulous to a woman." she said.

"Ahh..." Lily sighed. "If it were your birthday, he would still remember such an important day even if you didn't say it."

"Alright alright. Don't think about it anymore. Go and freshen up. I'll go out with you."

After leaving the apartment, Yasmine and Lily first had a delicious meal, then they carried on to the forest garden to swim for the whole afternoon. Well, it was more like Lily teaching Yasmine how to swim. In the evening, Lily climbed out of the pool, lying on the ground and gasping, "You are not celebrating my birthday. I'm like a slave to you."

Yasmine smiled embarrassedly, "Well, I will make it up to you someday."

"Why do you suddenly want to learn swimming?" she asked.

"Sebastian always made fun of me for not knowing how to swim. I want to take this opportunity where he's not around to learn how to swim. When he comes back, he'll be surprised."

Lily snorted, "So you're making use of my birthday to make your marriage more enjoyable?"

"Don't worry, I won't forget your great kindness." Yasmine laughed.

"You'd better. My thighs cramped for thousands of times while I was teaching you."

"It's a miracle that you are still alive after you had cramps for thousands of times." she played back.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled. It was good to have friends around. At least when their lover was not around, they could make up for the emptiness in their hearts.

"It's getting late. Do you want to go back?"

Lily shook her head. "Scott is busy during the weekends. He's either attending a meeting or some dinner. I'll be alone if I go back. I'd rather stay with you."

"Okay, let's go for dinner, then we can go to the karaoke." Yasmine planned.

"Okay."

The two girls held each other's hand and left the swimming pool, as though they had returned to their college days.

They had fun until it was 10p.m. When the two of them were about to part ways, Yasmine casually reminded her, "Why haven't your phone ring for the whole day? You're pretty popular too. At least a classmate or a friend would send you a text message to wish you on your birthday, right?"

Lily took out her cell phone from her pocket gloomily. "Sh*t, the phone is switched off."

"Was it switched off the whole day?"

Yasmine rolled her eyes and thought that her phone was switched off only in the morning when she had called her.

"I forgot."

She quickly turned on the phone, and the text messages kept popping up. As she walked forward, she looked through them.

"They're all missed calls, right?" Yasmine asked.

"Well, there are a few text messages too," she answered.

"Is there any missed call from Scott?" She was curious.

"Yes, there's one."

Yasmine smiled, "That's good. That means that he has thought of you at least once today."

"Who cares about that one time?"

Lily waved her hand, "I'm leaving. Bye."

When Lily got home, the lights in the living room were already turned on. She looked around but did not see Scott Jules. She went straight to the office and peeked from the gap of the door. D*mn, he was reading again. Was he a nerd? She went into the bathroom feeling depressed. She then took a hot bath. Whenever she thought that Scott was still oblivious to the fact that it was her birthday today, she felt furious.

After coming out of the bathroom, she and Scott bumped into each other. She asked roughly, "Do you want to take a bath?"

"Yes."

Scott nodded.

She didn't say anything more and walked out while tying up her bathrobe.

As she was sitting in the living room watching a show, she heard Scott shouting at her, "Lily, could you please bring me my phone?"

She asked grumpily, "Why do you need a phone while bathing?"

"There is an important phone call I have to make. It's in the drawer of my office. Please." he said.

"You are annoying."

She walked into his office, complaining. She pulled the first drawer and second drawer open, only to see that there was no phone in it. But when she pulled the third drawer open, she saw an exquisite gift box in the drawer with a card on it. The note wrote," Happy birthday."

She was still feeling down moments before, but her mood suddenly lifted after seeing the gift. She couldn't wait to open the gift box. There was a shimmering ring inside. She was stunned for a moment. Her first reaction was that it was a wedding ring. She had not received a ring since she married Scott. Her colleagues had teased her that her marriage would break up sooner or later. She jumped excitedly in the study and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful. The size is just right!"

She sat down on Scott's chair and laughed like a madman. Suddenly, she heard a soft voice, "Do you like it?"

She turned her head to look at Scott, who was leaning by the door. She couldn't control her excitement and ran to him. She hugged him and said, "I like it. I like it so much. I really like it."

Scott was almost out of breath by her tight embrace. He huffed, "Could you let go of me first?"

Only then did she let him go and lower her head in embarrassment. She did not expect that her mind would lose control like this. She glanced at his hand and found that the wedding ring that he was wearing on his finger was a match with the one he had given her. She felt excited again. They were wearing the same wedding rings, which meant that their marriage was finally official.

She felt a rush of adrenaline and hugged Scott without control again. This time, it was even more exaggerated. Her legs were wrapped around him, and he couldn't get rid of her...

Finally, she got a title. As long as she had a title, it would be easy for her to get the rest sooner or later.

The month went by slowly. Fortunately, it was finally over. Yasmine had been waiting for Sebastian at the airport for a long time. When she saw Sebastian coming out of the VIP entrance, she waved her hands and he saw her at first sight. The two hugged each other tightly like a newly married couple.

"You've lost weight and become tanned. Was it tiring over there?"

Yasmine felt distressed and caressed Sebastian's thin cheek. She couldn't imagine how hard it must have been for him over the past month.