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?”

to intervene, knowing that Christine had caught Bryant off guard, but

gaze 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

leaned over, her curiosity

a pair of ruby earrings. “You were the one who bid on these?”

staggering price, bought by a mysterious bidder. I admired them

like them?” Bryant

were beyond my wildest expectations. The thought of accepting such a

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

on my drink, coughing as Christine’s

Ferguson, cheers! Holding up her glass, she toasted Bryant and then proceeded

a point. “You were being silly not accepting it.

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you can

worth a fortune,” I laughed

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