Chapter 33: Birthday

SOPHIE'S POV

"Good to see you, Mr. Elliot; my siblings and I have been dying to see you again." Isabella cheered, still wrapped up in Elliot's arms and clinging to him. I continued to watch from a corner, like an uninvited guest.

"Same here, my angel; I've been losing sleep, wishing to see my friends again," Elliot responded just as charitably, beaming with smiles from ear to ear.

“Did you just say you were losing sleep?” Nathan asked.

"Yeah," Elliot affirmed cheerily.

“Oh my God, that literally was my past 24 hours,” Nathan interjected, and I furrowed my brows, wondering what he meant by that.

“Mine too.” Owen chirped in, also smiling.

“It's obvious we have all really missed each other’s company,” Elliot said, laughing loudly in a way that was so unlike him.

Then he glanced in my direction and seemed to remember only at that moment that I was still there.

"Oh." He exclaimed before turning to the kids and saying.

“One minute, guys.” He walked over to me with his palms together and