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.

was the culprit, and Mona wasn’t innocent

chance, you

trying to

have a thing back then, but nothing

continued, “And she came

seem right

couldn’t find you just now, my mind

What if you came and saw her? Would

finish quickly and leave. I didn’t think about all these unnecessary

him, Rose found it hard to stay mad. Was this really the

knew? He was so

Morrison’s face softened, his own

mood had the whole room chuckling.

as people leaned back

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

is clinging to

off the charts.”

I always thought Mr. Witt was the cool,

more like a

always at each other’s throats, visibly irked

yet secretly

it’s Mr. Witt

their misunderstandings are finally cleared

topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

the pot and causing trouble,

had so

venues, intentionally ignoring calls,

in the snow all night, creating pressure for a

stooping to theft as a birthday

come with

above her weight with

for Mona was

stood in place, the hem of her dress crumpled in

rushed towards her

wronged. The sense of

say. She felt utterly powerless

wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday party.

scheduled for the same day.

Morrison had been

an inkling about Rose’s feelings for

birthday, to stir the pot if possible.

would surely

relationship between the two of them, one

feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone out, even if

between them, it

about many things, but she never anticipated that

with Rose from the

in identical dresses, the

was bound to draw comparisons, but

inevitable.

when two people appeared wearing identical

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s calm

diverged from her

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would suddenly

ago, and she had no

gave

sudden confrontation involving the three of them

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