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

give her a chance, you know

these past few days, trying to prevent you from

thing back then, but nothing ever

then he continued, “And

seem

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

saw her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

I didn’t think about all

hard to stay mad. Was this really

knew? He was so

face

Their sudden shift in mood had the whole room

people leaned back with

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

the way Mr. Witt is clinging to Mrs.

off the charts.”

Witt was the

more like a

too funny, always at each other’s

other, yet secretly

still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s being

good, their misunderstandings

topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona, who

been silent throughout.

it weren’t for someone stirring the pot

had so

party venues, intentionally ignoring calls,

all night, creating pressure for a divorce through

as a birthday

pride doesn’t come with poverty, but she’s

above her weight

disdain for Mona was

the hem of her dress crumpled

her

sense of grievance

could say. She

had just wanted to attend Morrison’s

for the same day. She was also

been causing

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

to stir

purely for celebration, it would surely

between the two of them,

feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone out, even

them, it was unlikely

had thought about many things, but she never

with Rose from the

in

presence alongside Rose was bound to draw comparisons, but it

inevitable.

when two people appeared

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s

diverged from her

that Rose would suddenly bring

ago, and she had no idea that Mason would

gave Morrison a birthday

sudden confrontation involving the three of them left Mona with

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