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."

first to know, and he

the outcome, he wasn't the least

exactly as

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." Roseanne's fingers slightly curled at the sight of the envelope being

detailed how Millie had bribed the diving instructor to swap out the oxygen tanks and how the gift box had been rigged with a

videos, the evidence was comprehensive, leaving

she should have felt outrage at seeing the

felt

if she had

asking, "You're saying this document is for

let's go to the

eyes as he smirked:

with him for a long time.

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

and caring for her just so she could be taken

Roseanne couldn't possibly play the

a cop nor a judge, what does it matter whether

yourself, the outcome might