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.

was the culprit,

to give her a chance, you know that. How

to

then,

rising, then he continued, “And she came

seem right to completely

I couldn’t find you just now, my mind was filled with thoughts

What if you came and saw her?

leave. I didn’t think about

found it hard to stay mad. Was this really the

He was so

face softened, his

Their sudden shift in mood had the

mouths as people leaned

Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for

the way Mr. Witt is clinging to Mrs. Witt,

off the charts.”

Witt was

Turns out he’s more

is just too funny, always at each other’s

other, yet secretly crushing. It’s

think it’s Mr. Witt who’s

their

of misunderstandings came up, eyes

been silent throughout.

it weren’t for someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

so

party venues, intentionally ignoring calls,

all night, creating pressure for a divorce through

to theft as a birthday gift. She is truly

with poverty, but

above her weight with luxury

for Mona was

in place, the hem of her dress crumpled in her

rushed towards her

embarrassed and wronged. The sense of grievance spread

nothing she could say. She felt utterly

to attend Morrison’s birthday party. She knew

same day. She was also aware of

been causing

an inkling about Rose’s feelings for Morrison. So Rose

stir the pot if possible. Even

was purely for celebration, it would surely be a dagger in Rose’s

the relationship between the two of them, one

face his feelings, and the other

it

thought about many things, but she

with Rose from the very beginning

showed up in

presence alongside Rose was bound to draw

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

Morrison’s attitude changed, and Rose’s

diverged from

even anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring

ago, and she had no idea that

when she gave

of

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