Lyra's POV I took a deep breath, “What do you have planned for your birthday? ” He raised his eyebrow, “If I'm being honest, I have nothing planned. Maybe I'll just have a few drinks with my friends and yes... that's it.” “Alright that is blunt...” I muttered. “I was thinking of something better, There's a fancy restaurant down my workplace. We could go together and have a nice dinner, bills on me of course.” Luca's eyes widened, he surely wasn't expecting that I approach him with such. He cleared his throat, “Umm, that was sudden and intense. It almost doesn't sound like it's just a dinner.” I immediately got defensive. “Oh it's just a diner for your birthday. It's not like it's a date or anything.” He smirked, “I didn't mention anything about a date.” Luca successfully tricked me

