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.

culprit, and Mona

to give her a chance,

to prevent you from filing

then, but nothing ever

“And she came

birthday. It didn’t seem right to completely snub

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

her? Would you

and leave. I didn’t think about

him, Rose found it hard to stay

He was

finally laughing, Morrison’s face

sudden shift in mood had the

as people leaned

turns out it’s Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for

to Mrs. Witt, it’s like his

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was the cool,

Turns out he’s more like a lovesick

too funny, always at each other’s throats,

secretly

think it’s Mr. Witt

it’s all good, their misunderstandings

topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

someone stirring the pot and causing trouble, these

had so

venues, intentionally ignoring

in the snow all night,

stooping to theft as a birthday gift.

say pride doesn’t come with

weight with luxury

for

in place, the hem of her dress crumpled

her

The sense of grievance spread through

she could say. She felt

had just wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday

being scheduled for the same day. She was also aware

had been

inkling about Rose’s feelings for Morrison.

come to celebrate Morrison’s birthday, to stir the pot if possible.

was purely for celebration, it would

the two of them, one

other constantly shutting everyone out, even

between them, it was unlikely to be

many things, but she never anticipated

from the very beginning

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

alongside Rose was bound to

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s calm

diverged from her

Rose

ago, and she had no

she gave

confrontation involving the three of

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