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

to give her a chance, you know

days, trying to prevent you from filing for

a thing back then, but nothing

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

It didn’t seem right to

just now, my mind was filled

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

quickly and leave. I didn’t

hard to stay

knew? He was

Morrison’s face softened, his own

smile. Their sudden shift in mood had the whole room chuckling.

as people leaned back with

it turns out it’s Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning

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

off the charts.”

thought Mr. Witt was the cool,

Turns out he’s more like

always at each other’s throats,

secretly

still think it’s Mr. Witt who’s

good, their misunderstandings are

of misunderstandings came up,

been silent throughout.

weren’t for someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

had so many

party venues, intentionally

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

to theft as a birthday gift. She is truly

come with poverty, but she’s out here

her weight

disdain for Mona was

stood in place, the hem of her dress

rushed towards her from all directions,

embarrassed and wronged. The sense of grievance spread through

She felt utterly powerless to refute

attend Morrison’s birthday party. She knew

launch being scheduled for the same day. She was also

Morrison had been causing these

had an inkling about Rose’s feelings for Morrison. So

Morrison’s birthday, to stir the pot if possible.

would surely be a dagger in

between the two of them, one being

the other constantly

any love between them, it was unlikely

thought about many things, but she never

with Rose from the

moment they showed up in

Rose was bound

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing identical dresses,

inevitably compare them.

attitude changed, and Rose’s

diverged from her

that Rose would suddenly bring up events

no idea that Mason would suddenly mention

when she gave Morrison a birthday

three of them left Mona with

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