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.

culprit,

her a chance, you know that. How stressed

past few days, trying to prevent you from filing for

then, but

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

It didn’t seem right to completely snub

just now, my mind was filled with

you came and saw her? Would you

and leave. I didn’t think about

it hard to stay mad. Was this really the

He was

finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened,

Their sudden shift in mood had the whole room chuckling.

people

Witt who’s been gunning

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

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was the cool,

Turns out he’s more like

always at each other’s throats, visibly

other, yet secretly crushing.

I still think it’s Mr.

now it’s all good, their misunderstandings are

up, eyes turned

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot and causing

so many

changing party venues, intentionally

the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce

even stooping to theft as a birthday gift. She

They say pride doesn’t come with poverty, but

her weight with luxury

for Mona was

in place, the hem of her dress crumpled in her clenched

her from all directions, making

The sense of

could say. She felt utterly powerless to

had just wanted to attend Morrison’s birthday

same

had been causing these past few

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

birthday, to stir

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

of them, one being stubborn

his feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone

any love between them, it was unlikely

had thought about many things, but she never

from the very

showed up in identical dresses,

was bound to draw comparisons, but it

inevitable.

people appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s calm

completely diverged from her

that Rose would suddenly

ago, and she had no idea that Mason would

when she gave

three of

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