The Love Story by Don Joey Pascua

"Happy birthday. These are my presents for you. I hope you like them." "Thank you." Donna and Alex smiled and thanked them, then took the gifts and put them away. "The relationship between your brother and sister is too good. Alex even wants to celebrate your birthday together. " “Yeah, I don't even have a good relationship with my own brother. "It's Donna who's willing to oblige and celebrate my birthday as her birthday," Alex Pecson said with a smile. "The feelings are mutual. Plus, you all know me. When someone treats me well, I return it double. Alex often tells me that even if everyone betrays me, he'll stand behind me and support me. He never does. " Anything that would betray me. Even if it's because of his promise to me, I have to treat him decently. " Alex smiled but his smile was a bit forced and he felt very guilty. Donna's mother passed away not long after she divorced his father, and his father married Alex's mother soon after. Alex Pecson came to the Marquez family when he was ten years old. Before he was ten years old, his life was very hard. After he came to the Marquez family, he lived a good life. His mother told him that she wanted to live a good life. So she ask his father to betrothed Alex and Donna together. Donna's mother was a strong woman and good in managing her small business. Her father married into the Marquez family after giving birth to her. Although Donna's mother was busy with her career, she knew very well that her kept in touch with his first love. However, in order to give her a complete family, she chose to pretend that she did not know. When Donna was nine years old, her mother suddenly asked for a divorce. Then, she handed over the management of the company to the vice president. All the assets and shares under her name were transferred to Donna's name. She also signed an agreement with the bank to manage the company on behalf of Donna. A few months later, her mother passed away. In this country, one could become an adult at the age of sixteen and get married at the age of eighteen. Donna was now nineteen and had already taken control of the business. Therefore, all the people living in Donna's house relied on her to live. However, they clearly knew that Alex and James were together, but they kept it from him and relied on him without any qualms. When Alex faced Donna, he felt a little inferior in his heart. This was because Donna became successful rich and had so many friends around him. Alex had been trying to please Donna. He wanted to find an opportunity to integrate into Donna's circle of friends. Then, their relationship slowly improved. On Alex birthday. After all his friends had arrived, Tessy asked someone to push the cake out. Then, Alex make a wish "First wish, I hope that our family can be healthy and safe. Second wish, I hope …" Alex looked at Donna and said, "I hope that Donna can find happiness. Third wish …" Alex didn't say the third wish out loud. Instead, he closed his eyes and thought in his heart. He hoped that he could be in love with Tess for the rest of his life. Alex blew out the candles. In the cheers of the others, he kept smiling. James stood behind the others and leaned against the wall, looking at Alex with gentle eyes full of love. Everyone ate and drank while chatting. After the banquet, it was already very late, so everyone stayed for the night. This villa was quite big. It could accommodate 20 or 30 people. Donna waited in his room for a while before he received a call. Donna, Alex's friends, and James's friends were all about to go to bed. However, they were suddenly woken up by a knock on the door. Then, they were taken to the room on the top floor for no reason. "I'm sorry to disturb your rest." Donna said with an apologetic expression, "But actually, I also prepared a gift for Alex today. I want to give him a surprise. I hope that everyone can witness this scene. It will be over soon and I'll let everyone go back to sleep. Please bear with it for a while." After Donna finished speaking, he turned to the wooden wall and counted down, "Three, two, one!" After Donna finished counting down, the wall in front of him suddenly opened quickly. Then, there was the sound of dry ice spraying and the continuous sound of colorful cannons. In the glass greenhouse, the two people who were lying on the bed together were startled by this movement. They turned their heads at the same time and were stunned. They looked at Donna in shock. Donna's back was facing the others. He was very calm, so calm that there was no expression on his face. Donna walked towards them step by step. When the others saw this scene, they were also shocked and looked at each other. They couldn't react for a long time. Donna walked to the bedside and looked at them, "This birthday present is not bad, right? Do you like it? " "You did it on purpose!" Tess looked angrily. "Yes, I did it on purpose. But I did it for your own good. This way, you can publicly be together, right? " Donna said with a mocking expression. "Let me explain. We didn't want to hurt you, so we waited for the best time to tell you. We didn't mean to hide it from you." Alex explained with tears in his eyes. "So you thought that as long as you found the right time to tell me that you two were together behind my back, it wouldn't count as hurting me?" Donna looked at Alex with a funny expression.