Mark blinked in surprise and then chuckled. Oh yeah, that was today, wasn't it? Things have been so hectic recently that Mark just didn't give a damn about his birthday at all.
"I totally forgot, honestly. Thanks, Hector, it ans a lot."
"You're always welco, Mark. You can forget all you want, but I'm surely never going to. You'll see your present in the hotel garage. It's the new model V Avatendor with modifications made for driving on comrcial streets. I know you'll like it."
"Thanks, Hector. How are things at the company?"
"A lot better after you dealt with the embezzlers. Sinclair is keeping a low profile, but I can tell he has not given up on the CEO position yet. I'm still keeping an eye on him and his family, and I'll let you know if anything changes."
"Okay, just keep posted. Thanks again."
Beep.
Mark turned off the call once he was done talking and he raised a brow as he saw that he had a few ssages from people.
[Raven: Happy birthday, brat. Drop by the gym when you're free, I got you sothing.]
[Jeanne: Pat said it was your birthday today. Happy birthday.]
[Tina: Marky! I stole your data from the superhumans alliance and it's your birthday, isn't it!? I want to co to your house! If you don't respond to this ssage then I'll take that as a yes!]
"How the fuck did she get my number?"
Mark quickly sent out a no to Tina and blocked her before he moved on to the remaining ssages. Mark had no idea how Tina got his number, but Mark knew that it must've involved a lot of blackmail and probably a bribe or two. Mark still didn't know how the hell Turner could deal with this girl in his life.
[Pat: Yo, happy birthday or whatever. I got you sothing.]
[Image attached]
Mark raised a brow curiously and opened the image from Pat and he was imdiately shocked as he saw the giant yacht resting at a pier with the na 'The Vanitas' written boldly across the body. What the fuck? Pat got him a yacht!? Just how rich is this bastard!?
The yacht was pure white with a few black and gold stripes going along the side. The interior looked very lavish and from how large it looked in the picture, Mark could tell that it would easily carry ten people.
Mark sent out a thank you ssage to the few people who ssaged him and told Pat that the yacht was cool while sending a thank you ssage as well. Once he was done with that, he threw his phone on the bed and started walking out of the room. Mark didn't really care that much for his birthday. To him, it was just another day like all the others. But that didn't an he wasn't happy today.
He was finally eighteen. And since he was an adult now, that opened up a lot of doors for him that were closed before. The first thing that ca to Mark's mind was the fact that he could now create his own guild. It was impossible for Mark to create a guild before because he was underage. But now that he was a legal adult, he could create his own guild and the governnt could do nothing about it.
Mark decided that he would send out the ssage to Fiona, telling her that he was leaving the Artemis guild later that day.
Also, now that he was a legal adult, Mark could finally beco the CEO of Vanitas Motors. Mark was surprised when Hector didn't say anything about it during their call. Hector had been hamring on the fact that Mark was supposed to succeed the role of CEO once he beca an adult for a long ti now, and Mark thought Hector would bring it up the mont he beca an adult.
But for so reason, Hector didn't even ntion it to Mark during their conversation.
'Maybe he knows I'm busy with other things right now. I'm too busy to even think about the company.'
Mark was more than happy to just leave the company in Hector's hands until things settled down. If Mark tried to take on the responsibility of CEO while also handling the superhuman responsibilities that he had, he would not perform at his best in either one of them.
'I can also get married now.'
An errant thought suddenly appeared in Mark's mind, and Mark blinked in surprise as it ca and went very quickly. He scoffed at the strange thought while entering the kitchen. Where the hell did that co from?
Pop!
"Happy Birthday!!"
The sound of a confetti thrower being popped echoed through the kitchen, and Mark stopped in his tracks as he looked ahead of him to see Arit and Talia standing beside the dining table. There was a large birthday cake with two layers on the table and eighteen candles burning on top of it.
Many of Mark's favorite dishes were spread out around the cake, and there was one box wrapped up and placed at the side. Mark felt a feeling of happiness spreading from his chest as he saw his two girls smiling up at him.
Mark chuckled and walked into the kitchen quickly before grabbing Talia happily and raising her up to give her a kiss on the cheek. Talia laughed happily as she wrapped her hand around Mark's neck, and Mark held her with one hand while stretching his hand out to Arit with his other hand invitingly.
Arit wasted no ti and imdiately ca to him, and he gave her a deep kiss on the lips before muttering a quiet 'thank you' to her. Arit blushed under the intense gaze from Mark and gave him a peck in return.
"Ewww! Big brother, stop kissing and co see! Big sister Arit made a big cake! She was awake all night making the food and cake!"
Mark raised a brow in surprise. Really? That was shocking. He looked down at Arit and saw that she was looking away in embarrassnt. Now that Mark was looking closely, he could see that there were so dark circles around her eyes, which showed that she hadn't slept since last night. No wonder Arit slept in her own room.
She was trying to make sure I wouldn't wake up when she sneaks out to start cooking.
Mark felt a new wave of gratitude wash over him, and he squeezed Arit tighter against his body.
"Thank you. This ans a lot to ."
"I-It was nothing. I just... wanted to say thank you. For everything."
Arit was so shy that she felt like lting right there. Mark was holding her tight, and she had nowhere to look but up at him as he bead down at her. Arit had actually started working on the food the minute she ca back from school the previous day.
She tried her best to hide it from Mark, and she even told Mark that she needed to do howork so she would be staying in her own room so that she could finish the food and cake in ti.
Arit was happy that Mark liked it. Arit put her head on Mark's chest and sighed happily, and she would have been content just staying like this for a very long ti, enjoying Mark's embrace and knowing that he was grateful for sothing that she did for him.
But Talia was not as patient as Arit.
"Big brother, co cut the cake! I'm hungry!"
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