Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Murray froze in place. "You..."

Remembering what he did to her at the villa, Roseanne looked at him with both fear and caution.

"Don't come any closer! Stay away from me!"

"Anne..." A pang of pain shot through Murray's heart. "That day, I..."

Roseanne cut him off. "Stop it! Just leave. We have nothing to talk about."

"Anne..." With his eyes bloodshot, Murray stood rigidly, "I'm sorry. It was my fault. Can't we stop fighting? I shouldn't have, shouldn't have said and done those things..."

"I missed you too much... It was just a moment of impulse...I'm here because I want you to come back to me..."

"Come back?" Roseanne shot him a cold look. "To be what, your mistress?"

Murray blurted out, "If you agree to come home, I'll break up with Millie immediately."

Roseanne shook her head. "I refuse."

"Anne..." Just as Murray attempted to approach her again, Roseanne quickly turned and ran back to her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her.

After a moment, the outside noise faded away, and she cautiously stepped out to check. She found Murray slumped against the wall, asleep.

not knowing

figure on the couch stirred, and as Murray opened his eyes, a wave of dizziness hit him, causing him to squint uncontrollably. Once the dizziness subsided, he sat up,

clean and tidy, the unfamiliar setting and the

emerged from the

eyes

you

then shook his

say, "Anne, come back" like

coldly smirked, "Last night at eleven, you wouldn't stop knocking on my door, disturbing my life, bothering others.

head still ached, and her words felt like

scoffed, "This tiny, old dump? Do you

if you begged me, I

come back!"

and stormed out, slamming the door behind

corner of the street, he dialed Cliff's number. "What are you up to? Come out. I need

...

left a party. You still smell like

downing drinks in the clothes from the previous day. He sat down beside Murray, teasing

"I called you here to drink, not to

in surrender. "Fine,

bar, with the staff gone, just the two