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.

the culprit,

to give her a chance, you know that. How stressed have

these past few days, trying to prevent you from

have a thing back then, but

he continued, “And

seem right to completely snub

couldn’t find you just now,

you came and saw her? Would

quickly and leave. I didn’t think

Rose found it hard to stay

He was

Morrison’s face softened, his own lips

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

mouths as people leaned back with

Mrs. Witt who’s been gunning for a

clinging to Mrs.

off the charts.”

always thought Mr. Witt was

more like

too funny, always at

secretly crushing. It’s

the end, I still think it’s Mr.

all good, their misunderstandings are

misunderstandings came up, eyes turned to Mona,

been silent throughout.

it weren’t for someone stirring the pot and

so

venues, intentionally ignoring

all night,

theft as a

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

weight

disdain for Mona was

the hem of her

humiliation rushed towards her from all directions,

wronged. The sense of grievance

nothing she could say. She felt utterly

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

the same day. She was also

Morrison had been causing these

about Rose’s feelings

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

would surely be a dagger in Rose’s

two of them, one being stubborn

and the other constantly

any love between them, it was unlikely

things, but

with Rose from the very

moment they showed up in identical dresses, the stage

presence alongside Rose was bound to

inevitable.

two people appeared wearing identical dresses, everyone

inevitably compare them.

changed, and Rose’s calm and

diverged from

anticipate that Rose would suddenly bring up

ago, and she had no idea that Mason would

gave Morrison a

of them left Mona with no

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