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

never intended to give her a chance,

trying to prevent you from filing

then, but nothing

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

didn’t seem right to completely

couldn’t find you just now, my mind was

and saw her? Would you

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

it hard to stay mad.

He was so

finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his

in mood had the

as people leaned

Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for a divorce,

Witt is clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s like his survival instinct

off the charts.”

was the cool, aloof,

he’s more like a lovesick

funny, always at each other’s throats,

secretly

think it’s Mr.

good, their

of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot and

had so many

changing party venues, intentionally ignoring

in the snow all night, creating pressure for

even stooping to theft as

say pride doesn’t come with poverty, but

her weight

disdain for Mona

in place, the hem of her

humiliation rushed towards her

sense

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless to

just wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday

scheduled for the same day. She was also

had been causing these past few

feelings for Morrison. So Rose was

stir the pot

would surely be

relationship between the two of

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

them, it was unlikely to be

but she never

Rose from the

up in identical dresses,

Rose was bound

inevitable.

people appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

attitude changed, and

diverged

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would

no idea that Mason would suddenly

when she gave Morrison a birthday

of

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