Chapter 750

Xander raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were filled with joy. As if trying to coax a child, he said, "Samantha, Happy New Year. This is a small gift that I've prepared for you." Confusion flashed across Samantha's eyes, but she took the gift from Xander's hand out of curiosity and opened it slowly. Inside the box was a pair of earrings. Samantha looked at the earrings and reached out to lightly brush her fingers against the fluffy white pom-poms dangling from the bottom of the earrings. She couldn't help but chuckle. "Xander, your sense of style is quite similar to mine—but that was back when I was in middle school." She would have loved such a cute pair of earrings when she was 14 or 15, but now, she preferred styles that were much more elegant and sophisticated. Xander instinctively gulped and became slightly nervous when he heard her words. "You don't like them, do you?" Sophie had shown him various jewelry options, but the pair of earrings in Samantha's hands were the only