"I don't want anything for my birthday," your boyfriend had told you. But could you take that as an answer? Of course not. You needed to spoil him with all the kisses in the world.

"You needed me?" he asks, stepping into the bedroom after you had called him upstairs. "I mean, when do you not need me?" he jokes, closing the door behind him and going up to you. He sees you applying lipstick, and raises one eyebrow with a smile. "What? Did you plan a date today and didn't tell me?"