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..."

needed data to back it up,

the tools to

lab," Owen offered after a

lacking in foundations, equipped with some

that such a windfall would

I look like I'm joking?"

a second before

please! Thank you so

lips curled into a slight smile, his eyes twinkling

the eighth

Kingswell University was at a premium, which meant that slots for individual

corporations. Its funding came not from college approvals but from

merely provided the space, and in return, all

the Department of Education, directly affecting the

financial

Because of its f

and its

university's academic lifeline,

It boasted some of the best maintenance, air conditioning, and heating systems in the

had asked to borrow space in Owen's lab, but he had

amounts" for shared access,

he was inviting Roseanne to join and

no idea about the special "treatment" she was receiving; all she

a genuinely

...

8 a.m., Roseanne