Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Murray's figure swayed, his voice tinged with disbelief, "What are you implying?"

"You really don't get it, do you? You think you've covered your tracks perfectly, but Roseanne isn't a fool."

Murray, sensing an underlying accusation, grabbed Corley by the collar, his eyes fierce, "What exactly did you say to her?!" "Ha, looks like you still haven't figured out why she left you."

"As if you know everything!" Murray shot back.

Corley retorted, "Of course, I do-"

"Shut it!" Corley shrugged him off, straightening his shirt with a superior air, "Look at you now, like a stray dog..."

Cliff intervened, "Enough! Can't you guys cut it out for once? We're all friends here, why turn on each other?"

Murray snapped, "Who's friends with him?!"

Corley coldly added, "I don't have such friends."

Cliff sighed, feeling the tension.

at Corley, a warning in his tone, "Stay away from

"Or else what?"

voice was stern, "Don't make

will be others. But one fact remains-you'll never get Roseanne back. It's irrevocable. If you don't want her to despise you more, back off. Otherwise, you're only pushing her further away." With those final words, Corley walked past him, patting

Cliff looked at Murray, who seemed lost and dispirited, and

you knew,"

"Cliff..."

his side, "Let's go

she

"No matter how much we argued before, she always came back... Why

е

you ever considered that a bird stays in a cage not because the cage is secure, but because she chooses to confine herself within its

would she

hurt, and has

with that, she flew away, never looking

second time he was hearing them, the