The Billionaire's Unauthentic Daughter ✔

C H A P T E R 3 5

❝Let life surprise you.❞

I went back and buried myself under the covers for the third time and fell asleep well until nine in the morning. Everyone had had their breakfasts by then and when I came down for my own breakfast I was greeted by an excited unison of 'happy birthday's. Again.

Everyone seemed to give me special attention today and I was surrounded by everyone, all of them talking to me at once and telling me about their plans for me. I smiled at everyone and before I knew it, all of my favorites were doled out in front of me. Keith stood quietly in the corner, watching me with an amused smile. I grinned back at him.

I could sense he wanted to say something to me, probably wish me on my birthday but he held himself back for some reason.

After I was finished with breakfast, I walked into the kitchen to talk to Keith. When he looked up and saw me there, he about jumped down from the counter he was sitting on and rushed to me. But before he could say anything to me, he was cut off by high heels clacking on the shiny tiled floor.

"Oh my God, Juliet! What're you doing here? You should go get dressed!" An enthusiastic Amelia's voice startled me.

"Get ready for what?" I asked as I saw her.

"I told you we were going to go cliff diving. Wouldn't want to break the tradition now, would we?"

"What?!"

"Well, come to think of that. You already broke the tradition one time, on your nineteenth birthday but let's forget about it. Now come on," Amelia grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the kitchen. I momentarily forgot about Keith. When I looked back he looked sad but gave me a smile and waved at me.

"Amelia," I tugged at her hand once I was sure no one was around to eavesdrop. "I can't go cliff diving!"

"Sure you can. So what if the real Juliet's not here? We'll have to make do with you."

"No, you don't understand. I can't go cliff diving. I don't know how to! The idea is already scaring the crap out of me."

"Don't worry, it was just for the show. I don't expect you to really cliff dive."

I sighed in relief. "Did Juliet like cliff diving?"

"Yeah, she was absolutely crazy about such thrilling activities and I guess she rubbed off on Heather and I too. But her parents only allow her to do that on her birthday."

"Wow. Did she have a death wish on her birthdays?"

"Something like that." Amelia snickered.

"When did this all start? Up until what I've heard of her, she doesn't sound like someone who's too much into such death activities."

Amelia chuckled and shook her head. "It's a funny story. She's absolutely crazy about the Twilight movies and used to watch them every now and then. So once on her birthday, she was watching New Moon and got this stupid idea to go cliff diving, just like in the movie."

"Really? Unbelievable."

"Yeah, and then after an hour or two of incessant begging, her parents finally allowed her to go with us, a dozen bodyguards and a few lifeguards."