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,

her a chance,

these past few days, trying to prevent you from filing for

back then, but nothing ever

his voice rising, then he continued, “And she came

It didn’t seem right to completely

when I couldn’t find you just now, my mind was

if you came and saw her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

and leave. I didn’t think

to

He was so

Morrison’s face softened, his

shift in mood had the whole room

as people leaned back with

Witt who’s been gunning for a divorce,

the way Mr. Witt is clinging to

off the charts.”

Mr. Witt was the cool,

more like a

always at each other’s throats,

secretly crushing. It’s

the end, I still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s being

their misunderstandings are finally

topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to

been silent throughout.

stirring the

had so

venues, intentionally

in the snow all night, creating pressure

theft as a birthday gift. She is truly

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

weight with luxury

disdain for

hem of her dress crumpled in her

rushed towards her from all

embarrassed and wronged. The sense

say. She felt utterly powerless to

Morrison’s

the same day.

had been causing these past

Rose’s feelings for Morrison. So Rose was right.

birthday, to stir the pot if

purely for celebration, it would surely be

of them, one being

his feelings, and the other constantly

it

about many things, but she never

Rose from the very beginning

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

was bound

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing identical dresses,

inevitably compare them.

attitude changed, and Rose’s calm and

diverged from

even anticipate that Rose would suddenly

years ago, and she had no idea that

gave Morrison a birthday

sudden confrontation involving the three of them left Mona with no

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