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,

to give her a chance, you know that. How

these past few days, trying to prevent you from filing

did have a thing back then, but nothing ever happened.”

his voice rising, then he continued, “And she

birthday. It didn’t seem

now, my mind was filled with

you came and saw her? Would you be unhappy? I just wanted

and leave. I didn’t think about all

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

He was so

Rose finally laughing, Morrison’s face softened, his own

Their sudden shift in mood had the whole room

people leaned back

out it’s Mrs. Witt who’s been

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

off the charts.”

Witt was the cool, aloof, and

he’s more like

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

other, yet secretly crushing.

end, I still think it’s Mr.

good, their

of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned

been silent throughout.

someone stirring the pot

had so

party venues, intentionally

all night, creating pressure for a divorce

and even stooping to theft as a birthday gift. She is

They say pride doesn’t come with poverty, but

above her weight with luxury

disdain for Mona

in place, the hem of her dress crumpled in

humiliation rushed towards her

and wronged. The sense of

nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless to refute

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

launch being scheduled for the same day. She was

been causing

Rose’s feelings

stir the pot if possible. Even

purely for celebration, it would surely be a

relationship between the two of them, one

feelings, and the other constantly shutting everyone

any love between them, it was unlikely to be

many things, but she

with Rose from the very

the moment they showed up in identical dresses, the

Rose was bound

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing

inevitably compare them.

changed, and

completely diverged from her

didn’t even anticipate that Rose would suddenly

years ago, and she had no idea that Mason would suddenly mention

when she gave Morrison a birthday

of them left Mona

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