Your draft moves from an argument to the following morning, but a reader thinks the conversation is continuing. The transition may need a handhold: one clear detail that establishes the new moment before the scene asks for further attention.
Choose the information the reader needs
Sometimes “The next morning” is enough. Sometimes a changed location or unfinished task can establish the shift naturally. The useful question is whether the cue makes the sequence understandable, not whether it avoids every familiar phrase.
In an invented scene, “By breakfast, the suitcase was gone” places the reader later and introduces a change. It does not need a separate explanation of every hour between the scenes.
Check what happened in the gap
If an essential decision occurred off the page, decide how the reader will learn about it. A time jump can omit routine activity, but missing a necessary cause may make the next scene feel arbitrary.
Write a private sentence describing the skipped interval. You may not use it in the draft; it helps you know what the transition assumes.
Test the first paragraph after the break
Ask a reader when and where they think they are. If the answer differs from your intention, revise the cue before adding more exposition elsewhere.
This connects with paragraph breaks, but time shifts can require more than a new paragraph. A visible break and a meaningful cue work together to help the reader enter the next moment.