Chapter 40

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?”

Christine had caught Bryant off guard,

intense, before he reached into his suit jacket and presented me with a small velvet box. “I hadn’t found the right moment to give this to you-

leaned over, her

to find a pair of ruby earrings. “You were

had fetched a staggering price, bought by a mysterious bidder. I admired them online, never imagining they would end up as a gift

them?” Bryant asked, his smile

Mark and Christine were generous, they were within my comfort zone. These earrings, however, were beyond my wildest expectations.

them!” Christine intervened before I could refuse, offering Bryant a sincere smile. “Mr. Ferguson, you’re

coughing as Christine’s words took me

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

point. “You were

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whatever you can

a fortune,” I laughed off

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