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

a chance, you

these past few days, trying to prevent you from filing for

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

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

It didn’t seem right to completely

now, my mind was filled with

her? Would you be

and leave. I didn’t think about all

it hard to stay mad. Was this really the

He was

face softened, his own

in mood

people leaned back

Witt who’s been gunning

clinging to Mrs. Witt, it’s like

off the charts.”

I always thought Mr. Witt was the cool, aloof,

more like a lovesick

couple is just too funny, always

secretly crushing.

the end, I still think it’s Mr. Witt

all good, their misunderstandings are

the topic of misunderstandings came up, eyes turned

been silent throughout.

someone stirring the pot and causing trouble, these

had so

changing party venues,

the snow all night, creating pressure for a divorce through

stooping to theft as a birthday gift. She

with poverty,

weight with

crowd’s disdain for Mona

place, the hem of her dress crumpled in her clenched

her

wronged. The sense of grievance spread through

she could say. She felt utterly powerless to refute

just wanted to attend Morrison’s

same day. She was

Morrison had been causing these past few

feelings for Morrison. So

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

purely for celebration, it would surely be a

two of

other constantly shutting everyone out,

between them, it

thought about many things, but she never

with Rose from the

they showed up in identical dresses, the stage

presence alongside Rose was bound to draw

inevitable.

people appeared wearing identical

inevitably compare them.

changed, and

completely diverged from her

that Rose would

she had no idea that Mason

when she gave Morrison a

involving the three of them

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