Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 201

Chapter 201

Roseanne had an idea brewing, but she knew she had to wait a bit longer...

Wait until her current contract expired before she could make her next move.

...

That day, as usual, Roseanne stepped out, planning a visit to the library.

Just as she left her apartment building, she bumped into Owen.

He had been engrossed in preparing for a new research project, pulling several all-nighters, and had just returned from his lab.

"Morning, Mr. Reynolds," Roseanne greeted him with a smile.

"You know, outside of class, you can just call me Owen," he replied with a hint of resignation.

"By the way, I wanted to ask for your opinion on something. Remember the project I told you about before? The one I never got to finish?"

Roseanne nodded. She remembered it well. That project aligned perfectly with her research interests. And...

She couldn't bear the idea of abandoning such a carefully selected and finely crafted project halfway; it seemed like such a waste.

"Have you made up your mind? Do you want to continue working on it?" Owen asked.

Without hesitation, Roseanne nodded: "Of course, I do! But... I don't have a lab right now, so I can't complete the data part, so it's not..."

it up, and data came from countless

the tools

Owen offered

some of the most advanced instruments and

be true that such a windfall would come her

like

hesitated for only a second

Thank you

into a slight smile, his eyes

was on the eighth floor of

premium, which

operating in direct partnership with corporations. Its funding came not from

provided the space, and in return, all of Owen's academic outputs were

university would report these achievements to the Department of Education, directly affecting the school's ranking

financial

Because of its f

its grip

university's academic lifeline,

the best maintenance, air conditioning, and heating systems in

space in Owen's lab, but he had never

professors with deep pockets offered "substantial amounts" for shared access,

to

about the special "treatment"

was a genuinely

...

the lab, at 8