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.

he was the culprit, and

never intended to give her a chance, you

days, trying to prevent you from

thing back then, but nothing ever

continued, “And she came all the way

seem right to

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

came and saw her? Would

I didn’t think about all these

found it hard to stay mad. Was

knew? He was so

finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his own

Their sudden shift in mood had

as people

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

Witt is clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s

off the charts.”

I always thought Mr. Witt was

more like a

couple is just too funny, always at each other’s throats,

secretly

still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s being

it’s all good, their

of misunderstandings came up, eyes

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot and

had so many

changing party venues, intentionally ignoring calls,

night, creating pressure for a divorce

to theft as

doesn’t come with poverty, but she’s out here trying

above her weight

crowd’s disdain for Mona was

the hem of her

towards her from

and wronged. The sense of

She felt utterly powerless to

just wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday party. She knew

same day. She was

Morrison had been causing these past few

an inkling about Rose’s feelings for

come to celebrate Morrison’s birthday, to stir the pot

was purely for celebration, it would surely be a dagger in Rose’s

of them, one being

the other constantly

love between them, it was unlikely to be

had thought about many things, but she never anticipated

with Rose from the

the moment they showed up in

bound to draw comparisons,

inevitable.

people appeared

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s

completely diverged from

anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring up

she had no idea that Mason would

gave Morrison a

the three of them left Mona

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