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 Mona wasn’t innocent

chance,

few days, trying to prevent you from

have a thing back then, but nothing ever happened.”

continued, “And she came all the way here

It didn’t seem right to

you just now, my mind was

her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

quickly and leave. I didn’t think about all these

hard to stay mad. Was this

was

Rose finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his own lips curving

mood had the whole room chuckling.

as people leaned back with

it turns out it’s Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for a divorce, not

clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s like his survival

off the charts.”

was the

out he’s more like a lovesick

couple is just too funny, always at each other’s

other, yet secretly crushing.

still think it’s Mr. Witt

it’s all good, their misunderstandings are finally cleared

misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

had so many

venues, intentionally ignoring

night, creating pressure for

to theft as a birthday gift.

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

above her weight

disdain for Mona was

in place, the hem of her

humiliation rushed towards her from

embarrassed and wronged. The sense

nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless

Morrison’s birthday party. She knew about

scheduled for the same day.

been

had an inkling about Rose’s feelings

stir the pot

it would surely be a dagger in

the two of them, one

his feelings, and the other

any love between them, it was unlikely to be

but she never anticipated that she

from

they showed up in identical dresses,

alongside Rose was bound to

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s

diverged from

even anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring up

had no idea that

gave

confrontation involving the three of them left Mona with no

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