Where did we go wrong?

Part 18

Magnus scolded himself so bad for forgetting his moms birthday. Yes, Maryse is not his biological mother, but she raised him like she was her own. She is his second mom. How the hell could he forget her birthday? What was worse is that it was Alec, of all the people reminded him, her birthday. He knew Maryse would forgive him as soon as she saw him, but his guilty consciousness was far too big for him to forgive himself. He had to make up to her. He pressed a button in his land phone, which directly connects to Imasus phone.

"Yes, sir?"

"Imasu, I need to leave early today. Can you please cancel my other meetings today and rearrange those for next week?"

"Yes, of course, sir. I can."

"Thank you so much, Imasu....." Magnus didn't hang up.

"Sir? Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"Oh yeah, about that, are you free this evening?" Magnus was not sure whether he was making one of the biggest mistakes or one of the best decisions in his life.

"Um.. yeah, sir, what is it?"

"Feel free to say no. If it is not too much can you company me to a small birthday party this afternoon."

"Yeah, of course, sir, I can."

"Thank you so much. I owe you big times. Can you text me your address? I'll pick you up at 5.30 then. Anyway, I need to get going now."

"Of course, sir. Have a safe journey back."

"Thank you again, Imasu. I really appreciate this help." Magnus hung up the phone and got up from his chair and put on his coat. Maybe he made a great mistake by asking his secretary to accompany him to a family function, but he just could not go to this birthday party by himself.

Magnus was embraced with chilly autumn wind as soon as he stepped out of his office building. All the trees have started turning different shades of yellow and orange. For once, New York looked not busy but beautiful. Fall is Magnuss most favourite season. All the colourful trees, Halloween decorations, and chilly air, which is not too uncomfortable and made the season perfect. He loved the fact that you could unapologetically start getting ready for whatever celebration time you wanted. Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. It didn't matter what decorations you had in the house as few other people would be enthusiastic about the same celebration as you. Magnus took a deep breath and let the autumn weather embrace him. He wrapped his grey colour scarf around his neck. He also loved the fact that he could layer up in stylish clothes. Choice for today was black colour double breasted Jacket with grey colour, long scarf, and grey colour vintage gloves. His silver brought a nice contrast to the whole assemble.

Magnus already knew what to get for Maryse. He could ask someone else to go and buy it for him, but this is his mom. Of course, he had to go and choose one for her. Maryses love for good quality handbags and necklaces made things easy for Magnus. Now he just had to go to decide what designer shop he wanted to go. He made a mental note to treat her to a designer shop VIP treatment another time.

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Magnus looked at his outfit. He knew he looked good. His white and gold shirt made his skin colour pop. Gold and yellow always looked good on him. He decided to with a black skintight trouser. Few more gold rings on his fingers and a gold ear cuff, and he was ready to go. Magnus decided to tone down his makeup a bit as he was gonna be with his family. He always put less makeup on when he was with the people he loved. His eye lids were painted with a bit of gold glitter, and his nail polish choice for the day was black colour. Of course, he didn't forget his eye liner. Magnus checked himself one more time before he grabbed his car keys and his coat.