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

intended to give her a chance, you know that. How stressed

to

thing back then, but

continued, “And she came

didn’t seem

now, my mind

What if you came and saw her?

leave. I didn’t think

to him, Rose found it hard to stay

He was so

finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened,

shift in mood had the whole room chuckling.

as people leaned back with

Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for a divorce, not Mr.

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

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was

Turns out he’s more

too funny, always at each other’s throats, visibly

other, yet secretly crushing.

it’s Mr. Witt

their misunderstandings are finally

topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

someone stirring the pot

had so

venues, intentionally

snow all night, creating pressure

theft as a

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

her weight with

crowd’s disdain for

in place, the hem of her

her from

wronged. The sense

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless to refute

wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday party. She knew

same day. She was also aware of

Morrison had been causing

feelings for Morrison. So Rose was right.

Morrison’s birthday, to stir the pot if

would

two of them, one being

face his feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone

between them, it was unlikely to be

had thought about many things, but

with Rose from the

showed up in

bound to draw comparisons,

inevitable.

people appeared wearing

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s calm and

diverged from

even anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring up events

no idea

when she gave Morrison

of them left

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