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.

he was the culprit, and

give her a chance, you know that. How stressed

few days, trying to prevent you from filing

thing back then, but nothing

then he continued, “And she came all

It didn’t seem right to

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

saw her?

finish quickly and leave. I didn’t

found it hard to stay mad. Was this

knew? He was so off-kilter

Rose finally laughing, Morrison’s face

in mood had the

people

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

to Mrs. Witt, it’s like his

off the charts.”

was the cool,

more like a

too funny, always at each

yet secretly crushing.

it’s Mr. Witt

it’s all good, their misunderstandings

misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona, who

been silent throughout.

for someone stirring the pot and causing trouble,

so many

venues, intentionally ignoring

all night, creating pressure for

theft as a birthday gift. She

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

above her weight with luxury

disdain for Mona was

place, the hem of her dress crumpled in her clenched

her

The sense

was nothing she could say. She felt utterly powerless to

to attend Morrison’s

same day. She was also

had been causing these past few

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

birthday, to stir the

it would surely be a dagger

between the two of them, one being stubborn and

the other constantly

love between them, it was unlikely to be

had thought about many things, but she never

from the very beginning

showed up in identical dresses, the

alongside Rose was bound to draw comparisons, but

inevitable.

when two people appeared wearing identical

inevitably compare them.

and Rose’s calm and

completely diverged

Rose would

ago, and she had no

when she gave Morrison a birthday

confrontation involving the three of them

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