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Then the

both gave me their gifts.

Mark handed me a beautifully wrapped gift box with a warm smile, saying, “Hope you like it.”

“Thanks, Mark,” I responded with a grin, genuinely touched by the gesture.

My surprise was evident when I discovered a dress of such unique design inside. “Did you design this yourself?”

“Yeah, it’s one of a kind,” he replied with a proud chuckle.

“Mark, you’re so thoughtful!” Christine complimented, before playfully challenging Bryant, “Mr. Ferguson, since you’re here for the housewarming party, I assume you’ve brought a gift as well?”

I wanted to intervene, knowing that Christine had caught Bryant off guard, but she silenced me with a glance.

intense, before he reached into his suit jacket and presented me with a small velvet box.

Christine leaned over, her

opening the box, I was stunned to find a pair of ruby earrings. “You were the one

had fetched a staggering price, bought by a mysterious bidder. I admired

Bryant

however, were beyond my wildest expectations. The thought of

offering Bryant a sincere smile. “Mr. Ferguson,

my drink, coughing as Christine’s

Holding up her glass, she toasted Bryant and then proceeded to down several more

a point. “You were being silly not

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whatever you

is worth a fortune,”

she advised, reminding me that to someone like Bryant, the cost was trivial. “Besides, if you don’t take it, who knows who will?

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