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,

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

few days, trying to prevent

then, but nothing ever happened.”

continued, “And she came all the

seem right to

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

if you came and saw her? Would you be

and leave. I didn’t

found it hard to stay mad. Was

knew? He was so

laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his own

smile. Their sudden shift in mood had the whole room

people leaned back

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

Mr. Witt is clinging to

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was the

Turns out he’s more

funny, always

yet secretly crushing. It’s

I still think it’s Mr.

all good, their misunderstandings are

came up, eyes turned

been silent throughout.

for someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

so many

party venues,

in the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce

theft as a birthday gift. She is

come with poverty, but she’s out here trying

above her weight with luxury

for

stood in place, the hem of her dress crumpled

towards her from

sense of

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless

just wanted to attend Morrison’s

same day. She was also aware of

had been causing

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

stir the pot if possible. Even if

it would surely be a dagger in

of them, one being

the other constantly shutting

any love between them, it was unlikely to

but she never anticipated that she

with Rose from the very beginning

moment they showed up in identical dresses, the

was bound to draw comparisons,

inevitable.

when two people appeared wearing identical dresses,

inevitably compare them.

changed, and

completely diverged from her

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring up

years ago, and she had no idea that Mason

gave

three of them left Mona with

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