Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Murray had a splitting headache every time Shelby went on one of her tirades.

And just the mention of "Roseanne" made him tense up involuntarily.

After coming back from a trip to the Maldives, Murray had sent her countless texts from various numbers, all of which vanished into thin air.

He had no choice but to go to her place, not once, not twice, but multiple times...

The frustration of not being able to find someone anywhere was driving him up the wall.

Little did he expect to hear about her again from Hertha...

"What did you say? What's this about Roseanne?"

"Of course, it's about her! She ranked first! First, you hear me?! Ms. Payne is only taking three students this year, and I ended up being the fourth!"

If it weren't for Roseanne, she would have moved up a spot.

The feeling of getting so close after 99 steps, only to fail at the last one, left her frustrated, resentful, and defiant.

You mean, she

and now she's about to be a graduate student at Kingswell University! Regretting now? Why didn't you keep a closer

little longer? Now look,

beast provoked, fixed her with a menacing glare, "If you didn't do well, it's on you, nobody else! I

his gaze, and it was only when Beverley came

floor, frowned slightly, and then seeing her daughter cowering,

had overheard the siblings'

actually made it into

library, she thought Roseanne was just putting on airs, trying to ingratiate herself, never imagining she was serious about grad School, let alone that she'd actually

Kingswell University, first place...

couldn't

educated, she wouldn't dream of entering the doors of

is

anything. Do you think it'll make Roseanne fail? How did I end up with such

H

resentment, "I prepared for this exam for two whole years, and Roseanne only reviewed for six months. How could she pass so easily? There must be

that, she

rubbed his temples, too tired to deal with the mess, and