Chapter 5

Nina’s POV

My birthday doesn’t have to be a big occasion. My mom feasted us with my favorites and she even put party hats for the three of us. I feel flustered at her grand gesture, since we rarely had this opportunity to celebrate my birthday given how heavy her workload is.

It felt normal at first, she keeps chatting on and on about her work and occasionally teases me with Gene since she sometimes calls us love birds, to my embarrassment.

I love my mom but sometimes she’s jumping to conclusions with my relationship with Gene. We’re friends, that’s all.

And when she reveals the news during our meals, my jaw drops, no longer interested in defending myself from her teasing.

“You’re getting married in Spain, mom? To Rodrigo Gomez?”

Of course it has to be him. Rodrigo Gomez, her long-time boyfriend of eight years, has finally decided to kneel on his one knee before proposing to her.

I thought their whirlwind romance is just a phase, since she h