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

days, trying to

did have a thing back then, but nothing ever

rising, then he continued, “And she came all the

It didn’t seem right to

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

saw her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

finish quickly and leave. I didn’t

to him, Rose found it hard to stay mad.

was

finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened,

sudden shift in mood had the whole

people leaned back

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

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

off the charts.”

I always thought Mr. Witt was the

more

too funny, always

yet secretly crushing. It’s

I still think it’s Mr.

all good, their

of misunderstandings came up,

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

had so many

venues, intentionally

night, creating pressure for a divorce

and even stooping to theft as a birthday gift.

with

her weight with

crowd’s disdain for Mona

place, the hem of her dress

rushed towards her from all directions,

embarrassed and wronged. The sense of grievance spread through her,

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless

wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday party. She

launch being scheduled for the same day. She was also aware

Morrison had been

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

birthday, to stir

purely for celebration, it would surely be a dagger

between the two of

other constantly shutting

it was unlikely

had thought about many things, but she never anticipated that

with Rose from the very

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

Rose was bound to draw comparisons,

inevitable.

appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s calm

diverged

didn’t even anticipate that Rose

years ago, and she had no idea that Mason would suddenly

she gave Morrison

three of them left Mona

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