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 innocent

her a chance,

to prevent

a thing back then, but

his voice rising, then he continued, “And

It didn’t seem right to completely snub

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

saw her?

didn’t think about

him, Rose found it hard to stay mad. Was this really the

He was so

face softened, his own

shift in mood had the whole

as people leaned back

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

Witt is clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s like

off the charts.”

was

Turns out he’s more like a

too funny, always at each other’s throats, visibly irked

other, yet secretly crushing.

still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s

it’s all good, their misunderstandings are

the topic of misunderstandings came up,

been silent throughout.

the

so many

changing party venues, intentionally

in the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce through

even stooping to theft as a birthday gift. She

They say pride doesn’t come with poverty, but she’s out

her weight

crowd’s disdain for

hem of

humiliation rushed towards her from all

sense of

she could say. She felt utterly powerless to refute

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

being scheduled for the same day. She was also aware

Morrison had been causing these past

Rose’s feelings for Morrison. So

to celebrate Morrison’s birthday, to stir the

celebration, it would surely be a dagger

between the two of them, one being stubborn and

other constantly shutting everyone out, even

any love between them, it was unlikely to

about many things, but she never

with Rose from the very beginning

the moment they showed up in identical dresses, the stage was

alongside Rose was bound to draw comparisons,

inevitable.

appeared wearing identical

inevitably compare them.

attitude changed, and Rose’s calm

diverged from

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring

had no idea that

gave Morrison

three of

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