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

never intended to give her a chance, you know that.

to prevent you from filing for

back then,

“And she came all

It didn’t seem

you just now, my mind

came and saw her? Would

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

it hard to stay mad.

knew? He was

Rose finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his

shift in mood had the whole room

as people leaned back with

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

to Mrs. Witt,

off the charts.”

I always thought Mr. Witt was the

Turns out he’s more like a lovesick

too funny, always at

secretly crushing. It’s

still think it’s

all good, their misunderstandings

up, eyes turned

been silent throughout.

stirring the pot and causing trouble, these two

so many

venues, intentionally ignoring

the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce

even stooping to theft as a birthday

doesn’t come with poverty,

above her weight

for

place, the hem of her dress crumpled in her clenched

her from all directions,

wronged. The sense of grievance spread

say. She felt utterly powerless to refute

to attend Morrison’s birthday party.

for the same day.

Morrison had been causing these past

had an inkling about Rose’s feelings for

Morrison’s birthday, to stir the

would surely be

relationship between the two of

his feelings, and the other

love between them, it was unlikely to be

many things, but she never anticipated

Rose from the very

the moment they showed up in

Rose was bound to draw

inevitable.

people appeared wearing identical dresses,

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s

diverged from

that Rose

and she had no idea

when she gave Morrison a

three of them left Mona

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