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

give her a chance, you know that. How stressed

trying to prevent

then, but nothing ever happened.”

continued, “And

didn’t seem right to completely

find you just now, my mind was filled with thoughts

if you came and saw her? Would

quickly and leave. I didn’t

Rose found it hard to stay mad. Was this

He was so

face

Their sudden shift in mood had

as people

who’s been gunning for a divorce,

clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s like

off the charts.”

Mr. Witt was the cool, aloof, and untouchable

Turns out he’s more like a

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

yet secretly crushing. It’s

still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s being

all good, their misunderstandings

up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

it weren’t for someone stirring the pot and

so

venues, intentionally ignoring

up in the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce

to theft as a birthday

come with poverty,

her weight

disdain for Mona

stood in place, the hem of her dress crumpled in

humiliation rushed towards her from

embarrassed and wronged. The sense of

was nothing she could say. She felt

just wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday

scheduled for the same day. She

Rose and Morrison had been causing these past few

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

stir the pot

would surely be a dagger

relationship between the two of them, one

face his feelings, and the other

love between them, it was unlikely

had thought about many things, but she never anticipated that

Rose from the

showed up in

presence alongside Rose was bound to

inevitable.

two people appeared

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s calm and

diverged from her

anticipate that Rose would suddenly

years ago, and she had no

she gave

three of them left Mona with no

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