She Brought Light || Guy's POV

Chapter 75: "Happy Birthday, Handsome"

I can tell Veronica feels guilty about not having anything special planned for my birthday. She looks stuck in thought and whenever I ask what she is thinking about, she'll brush it off with a smile on her face.

After the two of us eat, I suggest the two of us just go to her room, climb into bed and watch something. I don't exactly feel like going out anyway.

To think I used to go out and party every weekend, get drunk and go home with a random girl, and I enjoyed it. It was something I looked forward to every week because I knew I could just numb the pain with alcohol. I barely even came home weekends and every Saturday and Sunday mornings I would wake up with a huge fucking hangover, swear it was my last time and then do it all over again the following week.

I used to think nothing and no one would change that part of me. I thought it was something I would do every weekend and holiday.

And then Veronica came into my life.

Now I'm the biggest softie I have ever met when I'm with this girl. I don't want to go out and party. I don't want to go out and get drunk.

Instead, all I want to do is stay locked in my room, or her room, and just stay in bed and watch movies. We don't even have to do anything and it would still make me the happiest man alive. Guys would call me whipped, but in all honesty, I'm just a guy in love and don't need anything other than my girl to have a good time.

While Veronica is in the bathroom changing into something comfortable, I change into my black sweatpants and a black muscle tee.

Veronica walks out of the bathroom in my t-shirt that ends mid thigh and, even though I can't see it at all, I know she has a shorts on underneath.

As she crawls into bed, I grabb her laptop then join her in bed. I ge5 comfortable before opening my arms for her. Veronica grins as she scoots closer to me and snuggles to my side.

"I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my day like this." I whisper against the top of her head as we lay in bed, watching Netflix from her laptop.

Veronica looks up at me with a wide smile. "Are you sure you can't read minds?" She asks, with her brows raised in amusement.

I chuckle as I look down at her, her head moving along with my chest but the smile on her face doesn't go away. She has that happy glow in her eyes that I love so much.

"I'm sure, beautiful. Although, I do wish I could read yours." I wink down at her and tap my index finger to her forehead.

"Now that's a dangerous wish." She smirks up at me and I raise an amused brow down at her.

"Really? Care to share?" I ask, smirking down at her.

"Nope." She grins and I give a childish pout. Veronica chuckles as she leans up and presses her lips against mine in a soft kiss, causing me to smile.

Veronica pulld back and settles down on my chest again, her attention going back to the laptop screen. Grinning, I poke her side with my index finger and she yelps, jumping away from me in surprise and narrowing her eyes at me.

With her eyes still on me, I move the laptop off my lap, not breaking eye contact. When she notices, her eyes widen and I know she's caught on to what I'm about to do, but before she gets the chance to run away, I quickly grip her waist and move to sit on her thighs while pinning her arms down.

"Are you ready to tell me?" I ask, smirking down at her. Veronica laughs as she shakes her head.

And that's when I attack her with my index fingers in her sides, causing Veronica to squirm under me as she laughs, trying so hard to get free from the tickling. She squirms and kicks her legs wherever they can go, all while laughing so hard.