With that, Morrison snatched the bracelet from Rose’s hand and slipped it onto

his own wrist. He then thrust his arm toward Rose, flashing a cheeky grin, “You

gotta admit, it fits perfectly.”

Rose couldn’t help but twitch the corners of her mouth, “Looks like I

overestimated the size when I bought it years ago.”

Shaking his head, Morrison wrapped his arms around her, nuzzling her forehead

affectionately, “It’s not too big. I just never hit that growth spurt.”

His voice was thick with charm, and eventually, Rose’s face broke into a smile.

The platinum bracelet glinted under the soft glow of the party lights, adorning his

wrist with casual elegance. It looked just as stunning as she had imagined when

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she first picked it out.

“I finally gave out this gift,” she murmured, staring at the string of bracelets, her

face wearing a contented smile.d2

“Yeah. I’m really happy,” Morrison replied, pulling Rose closer, as if trying to

merge her into his very soul.

After years of awkwardness, for the first time, he found shamelessness

refreshingly easy.

Rose sighed lightly, lifting her gaze to the discarded watch he had tossed aside

with a half-smirk. “Isn’t that the one Mona strapped on you herself?”

Morrison’s face stiffened, “Well, she insisted, to give her a little credit.”

“So giving her ‘credit’ meant letting her strap a watch on you?”

“Did you ever think about what the headlines would be if I hadn’t shown up

tonight? Ex-girlfriend throws a birthday bash for Mr. Morrison? Or maybe, Public

display of affection at the birthday party, is there a new Mrs. Witt in town?'”

Morrison’s scalp tingled with discomfort. What a mess. Since when did putting

on a watch come with so many implications? Women’s thoughts were truly hard

to fathom.

But recalling how Mona’s antics had led to him standing Rose up at his own

birthday party years ago, he couldn’t help but wonder if they could’ve avoided all

these complications.

the culprit, and

a chance, you know that.

these past few days, trying to prevent you from filing for

thing back then, but nothing ever

continued, “And she

seem right to completely

just now, my mind was

What if you came and saw her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

and leave. I didn’t think about all

him, Rose found it hard to

He was so off-kilter

finally laughing, Morrison’s face

Their sudden shift in mood had the whole

people leaned back

out it’s Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning

clinging to Mrs. Witt,

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was the

he’s more like a lovesick

too funny, always at each

secretly crushing.

I still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s

their misunderstandings are

up, eyes turned to Mona, who

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot

so many

changing party venues, intentionally

the snow all night, creating pressure for

even stooping to theft as a birthday gift. She

say pride doesn’t come with poverty, but she’s out here

her weight with

disdain for Mona was

of her dress crumpled

her

wronged. The sense of grievance spread

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless to

Morrison’s birthday party. She knew

same day. She

Morrison had been causing these past

had an inkling about Rose’s feelings for Morrison.

to celebrate Morrison’s birthday, to stir the pot if

celebration, it would

between the two of

feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone out, even if

between them, it was unlikely to be

thought about many things, but she

from the very

the moment they showed up in identical dresses, the stage was

bound to draw comparisons, but

inevitable.

when two people appeared

inevitably compare them.

Morrison’s attitude changed, and Rose’s calm and

completely diverged

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would

no idea that

gave

the three of them left Mona

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