Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Wait a minute-I didn't call today just to shoot the breeze." The voice on the other end turned serious. "The situation in the Maldives, it's all been sorted out." Roseanne instinctively sat up straight: "Talk to me."

"Got time? Let's grab a bite, I've got something for you."

Roseanne frowned slightly, glanced at her watch, and agreed to meet the next day at three in the afternoon.

...

The next day, at the diner.

"This document, my legal team got ahold of it, take a look."

No sooner had they sat down,

Corley got straight to the point, sliding a manila envelope across the table to her.

"Since last year, this international lawsuit has been pushing forward, during which the hotel was forced to hand over all surveillance footage."

"Plus, with a fortunate tip-off about an eyewitness, following the trail, we finally cleared up the truth."

was the first to know, and he had absolute trust

learned the outcome,

it was almost exactly as he had

tapped on the table, his deep gaze landing on Roseanne, a hint of amusement in his voice: "You're the victim here, how you want to deal with this is up to you."

to swap out the oxygen tanks and how the gift box had been rigged

evidence was

even nearly losing her life, she should have felt outrage at seeing the mastermind,

Roseanne felt only

she had anticipated

saying this document is for

then let's go to

in Corley's eyes

him for a long time. Going to the police is because what Millie did to me has crossed

this to win anyone back or to get anyone's attention, but to protect

her parents' efforts in raising her, teaching her, and caring for her just so she could be taken

others, Roseanne

a judge, what does it matter whether he

should brace yourself, the outcome might not be as optimistic