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Wayne had not meant to sound like a whiny child about to throw a tantrum. When Rose had rejected his gifts, he was just supposed to shrug and accept her decision. But it made him happy to give her things and it kinda hurt when she flatly rejected them.

It seemed like she never accepted things from him without some form of resistance. Heck, he remembered the effort it took to convince her to accept a job from him. He just wanted things to be simple: he gives her a gift, then she squeals with joy and accepts it.

Why was this bothering him so much?

He was supposed to slowly drift apart from her but here he was pulling off crap like this.

Rose was starting to look at him in a weird way and he could not blame her for being so surprised by his sincere outburst; he was surprised as well. If she did not want his gifts, there was nothing he could do about it.

“I’m sorry about that Rose, it’s fine. You don’t have to accept them.” Wayne stretched o
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