Serendipity by Casie L. Williams

Author:Casie L. Williams [Williams, Casie L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-08T06:00:00+00:00

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December 21st finally came. I had planned for us to go to O'Charley's for dinner. Of course, it being December, we couldn't sit out on the patio, but we still loved the place. I had his journal wrapped and safely hidden in my purse. I was so excited.

I had missed wishing him a happy birthday before he left that morning. So I was surprised when he came home expecting us to stay in.

“Why are we going out? It's not a special date I forgot, is it?” He seemed not quite panicky, but definitely on the nervous side.

“Well, of course it's a special day, silly. It's your birthday!” I was grinning at him as I walked up to him and gave him a big hug.

“Oh, that's okay, hun. We don't have to do anything special. I usually don't celebrate my birthday because it's so close to Christmas.” He kissed me on my forehead.

“That’s absurd. This is your special day and deserves some celebration! Go change. Unless you'd prefer to go in your fatigues.” I raised an eyebrow to show he could not change my mind.

“Okay! Okay. I'll change. Give me 10 minutes.”

“Deal,” I said, bouncing on my tiptoes, giving him a peck and grinning.

A while later, Colin sat back in his side of the booth with a smile that stretched ear to ear. He was happy.

“I honestly can't remember the last time I did anything for my birthday. Thank you.”

“Well, that's a shame, but I'm glad I'm the one to show you how special you are and worth celebrating.” I gave him a wink.

His head dropped as his signature crooked grin poked through. He shook his head. “You remembered.”

“Of course! ‘The first person to show me how a lady should be treated.’ How could I forget?!”

Right then, I reached into my purse and pulled out a metallic blue package and handed it to him. The look of surprise really drove home to me how little he expected of his birthday.

“Joleene, you didn't have to get me anything. Honest.” He seemed almost reluctant to accept the present.

“Colin. I wanted this birthday to be special because it's our first together, but I wish I could make it even more special given what you told me.”

I reached for his hand and squeezed. His boyish grin turned soft and loving.

“It's perfect,” he said after opening the package. He turned the soft black leather journal over in his hands before opening the front cover.

“I'm glad you like it. It's not much. But when you said something about needing journals, I remembered seeing this. I had to get it for you.”

“I love it. It's what I always wanted, but never found.”

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