Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 205

Chapter 205

The dishes started arriving at the table in quick succession.

Stoddard caught the aroma and felt his stomach rumble with anticipation. He grabbed a piece of the roast chicken, its tender meat perfectly juicy, "Delicious! I haven't had such an authentic roast chicken in ages. Today's definitely a good day." Sammy, hearing the praise, also took a piece to try, "This is really good! Liz, you should try some."

"No thanks, I'm on a diet."

Sammy quickly retracted his fork, placing the chicken onto his own plate with a chuckle, "Well, when you're off your diet, we can come back here just the two of us..."

Liz rolled her eyes in response, "Who said I would come with you?"

While they bickered, Jen, in a good mood, turned to Roseanne with a curious glance, "Hey Roseanne, I forgot to ask, how old are you? Going into grad school in September... you must be what, 22? 23?"

It was just a casual question with no other implications.

Roseanne answered just as casually, not thinking much of it, "No, I'm 26."

The atmosphere shifted slightly at her response.

just

at Owen, who was calmly continuing his meal, clearly having known

smile since sitting down appearing, "26 and just now getting into grad school? How hard did you have to

met with a quick nudge from Sammy under the

only responded with a cold glare:

all, the preliminary and

Liz sounded skeptical. "If it's as easy as you say, why didn't you

Roseanne was unfazed, "After

program. Now I regret

I've never heard

Liz decided

for her master's, it

couldn't secure

direct Ph.D.

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which, to her knowledge, only

pathways in medical fields.

they had an opportunity for a direct Ph.D. at Kingswell University

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