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.

knowing what

the room through the windows. The 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, rubbed his temples,

clean and tidy, the unfamiliar setting and the cramped layout felt too simple and constricting for

emerged from the

eyes with her

sat down expressionlessly. "Do you

frowned, then

sober him would never say,

you wouldn't stop knocking on my door, disturbing my life, bothering

head still ached, and her words felt like a punch to

tiny, old dump? Do you think

begged

come back!"

and stormed

corner of the street, he dialed Cliff's number. "What are

...

look like you just left a party. You still smell

the bar, Cliff found Murray alone, downing drinks in the clothes from the previous day. He sat down

called you here

in surrender.

staff gone, just the two of them were